The Baltimore County union., 1889-02-23


property of the late Lambert Cuttings, which
was reported in THE UNION last week as having
been sold to Baltimore banker, was purchased
by Mr.. VIM. H. Bosley, of the firm of John S.
| Cuttings & Co. 1t contains 2S5 acres and is a
most desirable property.
> You can look out for the electric motor
ON the York road almost any day now. Super
intendent Sanks says he will paint the town
red when the thing makes its first trip. But
he can save himself that trouble. We've got
| plenty of painters here already; but we do
| want the motor ALFRED bad.
Mrs. Jane Boarman, widow of the late
Col. Benjamin Boarman, of Hartford county.
and mother of Robert r. Boarman: Esq, of
| Towsontown, died at the residence of her sister
in-law, near Belair, on Tuesday last aged 80
years. She was native of Charles county, but
| spent nearly the whole of her long life i'll Har-
ford.
| MIR. Joshua Matthews, who died at his
residence in Baltimore, on the 18th inst, in the
I'D year of his age, was formerly member of
the well known lumber firm of Thos. Matthews
| & Son. He was member of the Society of
| Friends and was related to the Matthewses of
the Sth district of this county. His wife sur
| wives him.
The Roberts Steam Motor Company has
been organized in Baltimore, with capital of
| S340 OO0 The incorporators are Thos. Roberts,
| j. Smith Ditch, Richard S. Albert, Jere. ID.
Mallory and John S. Frederick. The Roberts
motor is the one now being built in Richmond
York Road Railway
- Mr.. Francis Sanderson, of Arlington,
Baltimore county, and Mr.. E. c. Eichelberger,
of Baltimore, executors of the estate OF DIR.
William X. Sanderson, of Frederick, Md, late
ly sold house and lot in that city to neice of
the deceased for 1880 cash. They also sold a
number of lots in Baltimore city, belonging to
the estate, for S2l ,S15.
"A daughter of Mr.. Henry Alt, fiagman
| at the Hillen road crossing of the Maryland
kal-. Csal-
with typhoid fever on Thursday of last week
and died on Saturday night. She was in the
2Sth year of her age and was member of Trim
| ity p. f. Church, from whence her funeral took
place Tuesday afternoon.
I'm making the surveys of the Belt for use
| of the city tax department, the surveyor has
found g great deal of property in Homestead,
SWaverly, Hampden and Woodberry that has
never paid cent in taxes. But these people
will all have to walk up to the captains office
since the city has got hold of them. There
| will be no shirking now.
MIR. James G. Kane, who has been active
! in his opposition to changing the name of Long
Green postoffice to Union Heights, has been to
| Washington with the petition of the patrons of
the office against the change. These people
| have enlisted for the war; and they say that
in the lexicon of a determined countryman
there is no such word a 'phail."
THE mystery of the belled-buZZard, seen
by Mr.. Joseph Phipps, farm manager at Hamp-
ton, as reported in The UNION of last week, has
been explained. Ayoung man named Andrew
Meisner, of Sweet Air, caught buzzard i'll
| steel trap about three weeks before and, after
attaching sleigh. bell to its neck, set it free.
1t is thought this is the same bird that Mr..
Phipps saw.
MIR. John K. Cowen acting for syndi-
cate of capitalists, has purchased the estate of
the late DR.. d. S. Cuttings, located at Glenarm
Station Maryland Central Railroad, for $50. so
per acre. The farm contains 407 acres. 1t is
understood that the same parties have options
on other properties in the neighbOrhood These
transactions have gwen quite boom to real
estate in that section.
"a few days ago well known fashionable
woman of Baltimore gave very large reception.
When the guests were about departing young
| lady approached the hostess and told her how
much she had enjoyed herself and returned her
thanks. The hostess appeared to be good deal
embarrassed at the situation, she actually
did not know the young woman's name and
had to ask her what it was.
ALLEGED "W hite Caps" have been sending
out notices to some residents of Resterstown
and much indignation is felt on account ofthese
Outrages. Among those who have received
notices are DIR. l n. Dixon and John Fisher.
If the people who are engaged in this business
could be caught and treated to good coat of
tar and feathers it would teach them lesson
that would be servicable to them in the future.
->Towsontown will be well represented at
the Inauguration of President Harrison. Some
of those who went down from here four years
ago carried their lunches with them and sat
around on the curb-stones while eating them
the lunches we mean, not the stones. 1t is said
| that when President Cleveland saw these
"honest yoemanry'' slowing away their grub
he smiled sickly smile and told the coachman
to whip up the horses.
$M Mr. John S. Carswell, highly esteemed
citizen, died at his residence Homestead, Har-
ford road ON Monday last, aged 80 years. He
was native of Scotland, but came to Baltimore
upwards of forty years ago. He was success
fully engaged in the turpentine trade, but re-
tired from business some years ago. He was
consistent and honored member of the Presby-
terian Church and of st. Andrews Society. In
the death of Mr.. Carswell THE UNION loses one
of its Oldest friends and subscribers.
1.-The bazar held in the Odd Fellows Hall,
Towsontown, last week, for the benefit of the
NJ. Z. Church fund, was successful far beyond
the expectations of those who managed it. 1t
ended on Saturday night and the articles re-
naming were disposed of at auction on Monday
night. The expenses were light, almost every
thing having been contributed, and the net re-
ceipts were $780, This sum, with what was al
ready in hand and pledged, will almost wipe
out the debt on the church property.
MIR. David s. Longnecker, well-known
farmer of this county, died at his residence, in
Worthington Valley, ON Friday evening of the
last week, in the 9th year of his age He was
son ofthe late David Longnecker, of Dulany's
Valley, and although native of Lancaster
county, Pa. spent the greater part of his life in
Maryland. He was in all respects an excellent
citizen and good neghbor and he will be
greatly missed in the neighborhood where he
lived so long. His wife and two children-a
son and daughter-survive him.
Mr. John b. Connolly died at his resi-
dence in Baltimore, on the 10th instant, in the
55th year of his age. He was formerly engaged
in the marble business at Texas and furnished
the stone for building the City Hall in Balti-
more. He made large sum of money out of
this contract and built himself very handsome
white marble house at Govanstown. This out
lay, with some subsequent reverses, swamped
him financially and he became poor. At the
time of his death he was working for a street
railway company in the city.
A Woman Whose Death Recalls Two
Murders.-The Baltimore San of Monday
says: Mrs. Hester J. Benton, aged IA years,
who died on Saturday at her residence 1006
West Lombard street. was the widow of police
man Benjamin Benton, who was killed in
September, 1858, and whose death was the
cause of the murder of another policeman and
the hanging of three of the gang who at that
time terrorized Baltimore. Policemen Benton
and Rgdon arrested David Houck ON the charge
| of diSorderly conduct on September 22d, 1858,
and were taking him to the station, when
| Henry Gambrill ordered them to let him go.
! Benton refused, and Gambrill shot and killed
him; RigdOn was the principal witness, and
threats were made by members of the gang
that if he testified against Gambrill he would
also be killed. The trial took place November
5, 1858, Rigdon told the story of the shooting,
and Gambrill was sentenced to be hanged.
That evening Marion Crops and Peter Corrie
went to Rigdons home to kill him. Corrie
went into the store kept by Mrs. Rigdon ON
Baltimore street, near Arch, and asked for
Rigdon, who refused to come out, and Crops
fired at him through a back window with
cutoff shotgun loaded with slugs while Rigdon
was standing by the mantelpiece talking to his
wife. Nine of the slugs took effect, killing him
instantly. Both men ran away, but Corrie was
caught after lively chase by officer Cook, now
of the southwestern district who heard the
shooting Crops was arrested in Holiday
street saloon. Both men were tried, convicted
of murder and hanged"
Crops and Corrie were tried and convicted
at Towsontown, the case having been removed
from the city. Hon. John H Price was OH the
bench, and the late Richard j. Cuttings was
States Attorney. They were tried separately,
the late VIM. p. Preston defending Crops and
Hon. VIM. Pinkney Whyte was counsel for
COrrie.
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