The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-11-23

the passage OF new assessment bill. These
are some of the reforms which the late cam
pain has forced the bosses to recognize as heces-
sary and which they will be compelled to give
in spite of their past refusals.''
Mr.. JOHN S. GILMAN, highly esteemed citi-
zen and president of the Second National Bank
of Baltimore, died at his residence, Wood
lands" near Waverly, ON Saturday morning
last, aged about sixty years. Mr.. Gilman was
a native of Maine but came to Baltimore when
quite young man and entered the employ of
the late Horace Abbott. A few years later he
was taken into business with Mr.. Abbott and
when the Abbott Iron Company, of Canton,
was incorporated, he was made treasurer and
secretary occupying those positions until the
dissolution of the company. He had been pres
ident of the Second National Bank for twenty
two years and was connected with several otter
prominent institutions Mr.. Gilman was a
most kind-hearted and agreeable Christian gen.
tleman and had very large circle of personal
and business friends.
A FEW years ago poor street-car conductor
in New York city managed To save few dol
lars from his meager salary. The road upon
which he worked was financially embarrassed
and once came near going into bankruptcy, the
stock having dropped 10 81 per share. At this
price the conductor bought twenty-five shares
and his friends thought he was erazey. Very
som the business of the rad commenced To
pick up and the stock advanced. The eonduc-
tor continued 10 buy and now he Is practically
the owner II one Of the best paying horse rail-
rsasls In the country. The conductors name
y Henry Hart and his wealth Is now estimated
a. from s3,o0,eo o. ss,oo.0oo.
Ma. wmIIsN ScHxNrFFER. one of the most
prominent German citizens Of Baltimore and
editor aud proprietor q the HecksT. died sud
aenly II paralysis at his residence on Charles
street avenue on Tuesday night last aged ffty-
four yeaFs Mr.. schnauiier eameto Baltimore
about thirty-five years ago and embarked in
the newspaper business with his brother,
I continuing in the same up 10 the time Of his
/ death. He was connected with a number Of
/ charitable institutions anu Was also director
7 of the German Bank of Baltimore and Of the
7 German American Fire Insurance Company.
! Mr.. Schnauffer had an extensive acquaintance
in Baltimore county.
Thar DEMOCRATIC victory in Ohio in only
son Oh nulI-NdN hIdlT hitCE lHC ASpuOh-
can Lieutenant Governor pulls through with
small majority. and the Legislature is also
strongly Republican. So is "A kind OF mutual
victory. so to speak, with no particular advant-
age to either party. The same way in Iowa.
baltimore Herald.
And vet our Democratic friends declare that
the late elections in those states were great
victories for their party and make them sure
for the Democratic nominee in '92. If their
chances for success in the next Presidential
contest hang by such slender threads as these
their prospects for securing another lease of
power are slim indeed.
AMONG THE possessions of Vice-President
Morton is fine hotel which he rents out. In
the hotel is bar. This latter fact stirred up
the National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, which met in Chicago last week. and it
actually passed a resolution condemning "Vice-
President Morton and his bar-room." Could
ANYTHING be more absurd than this? No wonder
| that august body had high old time at its
Chicago meeting. What with suing each
other for damages and denominations in de-
bate we see very little difference between it and
the ordinary political convention.
A GEORGIAN named Eliphalat Condor is now
living with his ninth wife, five of his former
helpmeets having died and the other thee
having been divorced. A woman in Dakota
has kept up with the enterprising Eliphalat
and is now in possession of her ninth husband
and she is only forty-two years old at that.
This remarkable woman is said to be quite well
off, having accumulated many sheckels from
the estates of her former husbands as well as
from alimony in several divorce suits.
AN Iowa jouryman could only name eight
states of the Union and three Presidents. In
his opinion England is in Africa and Canada is
tout somewhere beyond California" But
that nothing We have had some right here
in Baltimore county who could neither read
nor write 1t is said that one of the latter upon
being asked if he could write his name, proudly
replied: ''Yes, kin and kin do more than
anybody else kin. kin read it after it is writ"
MAYOR LATRoBE, before he retired from of
fee, signed the ordinance leasing the Bolton
depot property to the Permanent Exposition
Association, the yearly rental being fixed at
1900. The association has the privilege any
time within ten years to purchasing the prop
erty for 100000 with the further condition
lllfhl NC SoihpiOeSU
years from July LIST, 1890, and the improve
ments not to cost less than S150,000
The ANNUAL meeting of the Maryland State
Grange will be held in the Young Mems Chris
tan Association Building, Baltimore, COM
mencing Tuesday, December 10th, at 2.30 P. NJ.
The Grange will work i'll the fourth degree and
all fourth degree members are earnestly re-
quested to attend The election and installa-
ton of officers will take place at this meeting
and many important matters will be discussed
and settled.
THE ANNUAL meeting of the Association of
Public School Commissioners of Maryland will
be held at the State Normal School building,
Baltimore, Tuesday and Wednesday next, No
vember Goth and 9th. In view of the fact that
some changes may be proposed in the school
law at the next session of the Legislature, it is
J desirable to have a full attendance of the men,
bers and full interchange of opinions.
THE BALTIMORE Anaerican recommends a
change i'm the Constitution of Maryland so that
the salaries of the judges of our courts can be
increased. The Chief Judge of each circuit
now receives 81, 5O0per year, and the Associate
Judges 81, 800 each. These salaries that paper
declares, are entirely too low.
BALTIMORE crrY's divorce mill has rather
more grist than it can dispose Of just now. In
one day last week three divorces were granted
and new eases are being docketed almost every
day We are forced to conclude, taking Balti-
more as a guide. that marriage is indeed a fail
/ ure
A WEEK has passed and no effort has been
made to secure the $500 Offered in the last issue
Of THE UNION to any church or charitable in
stitution provided il could be shown that we
''shamelessly denounced the late Citizens
ticket or man on IT, The offer is still open.
THE OFFICIAL returns of Maryland have been
tabulated by the Secretary of State. The total
vote poIled was 2O4,l 1853, of which Baughman,
Democrat, for Comptroller, received l03,9O0,
Wellington, Republican, 96,527, and Stone,
! Prohibition, 3,741.
THE NATIONAL Grange Patrons of Husband
nv. which held its annual meeting in Sacra-
mento, California, last week, reelected Hon.
J. H. Brigham, of Ohio Master. Hon. Mott
mer Whitehead. of New Jersey, was reelected