The Baltimore County union., 1889-02-23


->Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March
9Th
Next Friday is the first day of March and
spring will soon be here.
WashingtOns birthday-a legal holiday
occurred Friday, 22d inst. All the public of
fees were closed.
THE Hartford County Agricultural Society
has declined to join the Maryland and Delaware
Trotting Association this year.
Another cold wave followed the heavy
rain of last Monday and sent the mercury con-
siderably below the freezing point
"A postoffice called "Hobnob" has been
established in Somerset county, Md. A singu-
larly appropriate name for such place.
THE Loyal Legion of Towsontowp Will
meet in the NJ L. Church. Sunday afternoon
Feb. 24th, at p o'clock. Public invited.
Another interesting letter was received
this week from Mr.. S. Parker BOsley and will
be published in the next issue of THE UNION.
1.-The neighbOrhood of Shane, 7th district
has some very old people in it. Mrs. Sampson
is 95, Mrs. Rutledge 81 and Mrs. Meredith SO.
Town officer Bosley appeared this week
in his new helmet. To say that he is now a
holy terror to all evildOers is telling the simple
truth
-~.fhe first of the four large furnaces at
Sparrow's Point, 18th district, is nearly COM
pleted and will soon go into blast. Work on
the other three is being rapidly pushed forward
There has of late been considerable sick
a very serious nature. Three boys are now suf-
fering from pneumonia, the result of severe
colds.
@Samuel Fisher, of Mt. Washington. Bal
timore county, has been granted patent for
bride bit, and Benjamin f. Henckle, of Wood
ensburg. Baltimore county, has secured patent
for an ink-stand.
Mrs. Elizabeth ]. Disney, who died at
her residence in Woodberry, on the 21st inst,
was daughter of the late James w. Owings,
ofTowsontown. She was the wife of Mr.. Josias
r. Disney, and 55 years of age.
- Lately several rifle balls were fired
through the front doors of the NJ. E. Church in
this place. The person who did the shooting
is known and he will no doubt be called upon
hereafter to answer for the act.
@The fine Library Hall at AlbertOn, which
is supplied with the Edison electric light, is to
be heated by steam carried in pipes from the
boilers of the factory. 1t is one ofthe prettiest
and most complete halls in the State.
@It took Western farmer to discover that
by cutting off the lower eye-lashes of cow he
can prevent her from jumping fences. He says
that to COW thus "improved'' an ordinary
fence looks as high as a telegraph pole.
THE social club of Belair, organized to
beat the local option law, was indicted by the
grand jury on Tuesday last The charter for
this club was granted by the court. If the in
dictment is sustained it will be revoked.
MIR. Edward Higgins, president of the
the auspices of the Monkton w. c. T. o., in
the NJ. L. Church at that place, Tuesday even
ing, Feb. 26th at 7.30 o'clock. Admission free
->Mr. Levi Ferguson, of the 1lth district of
Baltimore county, surviving executor of the es-
tate of the late David B. Ferguson, of Balti-
more, has been released and discharged from
the further performance of the duties OF execu-
tor, &c.
->The ladies' mite society of st. Johns
Evangelical Church, Parkville, Hartford road,
will hold an oyster supper at the residence of
Mr.. John Reuter-, near the church, Monday
and Tuesday evenings, March 4th and 5th.
Admission 80 cts.
I'VE have received from the corresponding
secretary of the CatOnsville w. G. L. o., letter
conveying a vote of thanks for sending. THE
UNION as donation to the Free Reading Room
of that place, which is under the auspices OF
that organization.
- At a meeting of the Towson Guards on
Tuesday evening the company determined to
go to the Inauguration. Burgoyne's Band, a
number Of the members of which are also mem
bers of the company, has made no engagement
for the Inauguration.
@At a recent teachers examination one OF
the questions was: "Give the principal Occu
patton of the inhabitants of your district" "
The answer of one of the applicants was
Farming, going to meeting, and selling thell
votes on election day"
1.-The animal report of the Northern Cen
trail Railroad for the past year makes the follow
ing exhibit: Gross earnings, So, 2O3, 394. AZ
operating expenses, ,093, ,573.43; net earnings,
q 109, ,S21 01 other incomes, S3O7 62S.24; total
revenues, 81 All, 1925.
- Mr.. Lewis II. Urban, of Towsontown, is
making number of Improvements to his res
taurant, which is the oldest establishment OF
the kind in the town. The whole interior has
been taken out, the room heightened and the
ceiling raised about Al feet.
THE residence of Mr.. VIM. Lanahan in
GovanstOwn, took fire from defective fiue a
few nights ago. An alarm was given by the
blowing of horns and the neighbors assembled
with ladders and buckets and put it out before
any serious damage was done
-%The Waverly Republican League Club
has made all arrangements for attending the
Inauguration on the 4th of March. The club
has 256 members, $50 of whom will go to Wash
ington, handsomely uniformed. Capt. n. Nj.
RittenhOuse will act as marshal.
Mr. W. Stewart Diffenderfer, whose ken
nels are located at his country place at the head
of Charles street avenue, has number OF his
dogs on exhibition at the bench show OF the
Westminster Kennel Club, now in progress at
Madison Square Garden, New York.
Centennial Grange held meeting at Tow
sontown. on Friday. 22d inst After the trans
action of some routine business a sumptuous
luncheon, provided by the ladies, was partaken
of Later the Grange adjourned to attend the
farmers meeting at the Court House.
> Alex Hall, cOlored, for whom night Off
Ger BOsley had warrant for drunk and dlsOr-
derly conduct on the streets of this town, sur
rendered himself this week and was fined S4 20.
He is the man that the officer was after when
he accidentally shot Dave Ware few nights
ago. -ft
in the Court of Common Pleas of Balti-
more ON Monday last, in the case of George
Young against the York Road Turnpike Com
pany, the plaintiff took a non-suit. The jury
in the case agreed on verdict, but on account
of the nOn-sllit their decision was not made
known.
"a large number of farmers who came to
Towsontown ON Friday, 22d inst, to attend the
farmers convention, called at The UNION office.
Among them were representative men from al
most every section of the county, who take a
lively interest in everything pertaining to agri-
culture.