The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-27

sci of the demurrerS in the Archer bond case at
tracted great'deal of attention, those of Attor-
ney General Whyte, and Messrs Bernard Car
ter and John p. Poe being particularly forceful
and brilliant. The other lawyers engaged are
Messrs. Z. H. Cans, of Baltimore, and Albert
Constable, of Elkton. 2
> Hartford county again came to the rescue
this year and supplied two splendid turkeys for
the editorial Christmas dinner. One of these
was from Thomas Butler, Esq, of The Rocks,
and the other from Col. Daniel Scott, of Belair.
The editors of THE UNION desire to express
their grateful thanks to these gentlemen, who
have heretofore remembered them in like
manner.
DIR A. C. McCurdy won the large fruit
cake disposed ofby guessing at Mr.. L. w. Held s
store, on Christmas eve. 1t contained 1251
raisins and the DIR. guessed ,295. Every pur-
chaser of one dollars worth of goods was en-
titled to a chance in the cake, which was
valued at IS. The same evening DR.. McCurdy
also won q 22-pound turkey that was rallied at
Urban's restaurant
"A letter from Centre Hall, Pa, dated
December 10Th, says: 1.-THE snow is "a inches
deep here on level and badly drifted. Travel
ing is out of the question. All trains have
been snowbound for the last twelve hours.
Freight traffic has been entirely suspended on
the Lewisburg & Bellefonte r. r. 1t is the
heaviest snow storm that has visited this sec
ton in twenty years"
1.-The editors of THE UNION return thanks
to the Towsontown lady who sent them on
Wednesday morning large and most amiable-
looking mince pie. We appear lately to have
got corner on pies Our lady friends must
know our weakness in this direction, but how
they found it out we can't imagine. A man
who don't like pies-especially mince pies
has no music in his soul. ...,,..-Y-.
THE weather on Christmas day was as
fine Christmas weather as any one could
wish. The mercury did not so above the
freezing point all day and at P. NJ. a northeast
snow storm set in which continued during the
night and the greater part of Friday. The
snow was about inches Deep and drifted
badly. 1t was the deepest snow seen here since
the blizzard in March, 1888.
There has been big racket the past year
about the bad roads in this county and We
earnestly hope that the year upon which we are
lust about entering will show some improve
ment Certainly things in this line cannot be
worse than they have been and the demands OF
a long-sufferiAg people should be needed. Ii
the supervisors will only spend the money. on
the roads instead of seeing how much OF they
can count as clear profit for themselves, there
will be- n change for. the better There are
some new men in the list of supervisors and
these should be careful to start right. This
will be big point gained. f "t 7"
The Attorney-Gener Defends the Gov
ernor.-In his argument on Monday on the
demurrer of the defense i'll the case against the
new General Whyte said that under the law the
Treasurer obligated himself to hand over to his
successor all the state securities in his posses
sion. WHY didn't he take the oath of office?
Because, when he was elected, he was default
ter to the State, and had plundered the boxes
in his keeping to get money. He had sworn
to perform the duties of his office faithfully
and honestly. His sureties knew that the pro-
visions of the constitution required these things
of him. He took the oath of office with the
securities behind him until the Legislature met
and elected his successor, and that successor
was himself. The usual committee was ap-
pointed to notify him of his election. and he
promptly accepted the office. If the law i'm
posed upon him the duty of taking the oath of
office in one month, he broke his bond. Talk
about relieving the sureties under such circum-
stances as that? Talk about the Governor
The Governor had no right to interfere and APP
point his successor, and all this TRADE against
officials for alleged neglect of duty was TRADE
from gentlemen who had not examined the
provisions of the constitution. 1t was the fail
IRE of the Treasurer himself to comply with
the law. The first bond was good, or the sec
ond bond was good, he did not care which.
The State said the first bond was good.
Mr. Carter-Do l understand you to say that
Mr.. Archer was in office?
Attorney General Whyte-No, but say your
theory is wrong. | am contending that he was
in office from the time of his original appoint
ment until 1882
Mr. Carter-I want to know what the au-
thorities you have been quoting have to do
with it.
Attorney General Whyte-I am doing it on
behalf of the Governor, as my duty requires
me to do, when he is charged with neglecting
his,duty. No matter how he may have failed
to do it in other instances, it was not his duty
to appoint successor to Archer.
Organization of the Pimlico Driving
Club.-The San of 10th instant says: "A
charter for the Pimlico Driving Club was gran
ted by the Legislature March %, 1888. The
club was never in active operation as the
Maryland Agricultural and Mechanical Associ-
alton increased in membership to such an ex-
tent as to utilize PimilcO for racing purposes.
The board of directors of the Agricultural AS
ISOLATION met yesterday and President FRANK
Brown announced that he would be so engross-
ed in his contest for the Governorship of Mary
land that he would not be able to give Pimlico
much attention. 1t was then decided by the
directors, twelve of the fifteen being present.
that they would lease Pimlico for the ensuing
year to the Pimlico Driving Club The rental
is to be $1,000 year. President Brown was
authorized to make the lease under certain con-
ditions. Col. Robert Hough, late secretary of
the Agricultural Society, has been earnestly at
work for the past few weeks booming the Driv-
ing Club and has secured over one hundred
members who agree to pay $50 per year for
membership. Ot0eT VALUABLE llIldHCldl anu las
been promised the Club, and several meetings
have lately been held to perfect an .organiza-
ton. The following temporary board has been
selected: John Henderson, Sherlock Swami,
James P. Winchester, III. S. Zell. +. A. Crook,
A. E. Booth, S. Mandelbaum. John Waters
Hart B. Holton. Louis Becker, William NJ
Manley and Colonel Robert Hough. The pro-
gramme as now planned is for running race
meeting to be held in the early spring in con-
junction with the Washington track, another
running meeting in the latter part of October,
a midsummer trotting meeting and another
like meeting in the early part of October. 1t
is thought the club will be able to perfect ar
rangements whereby it can secure the late
Maryland Jockey Clubs house, stables and
property adjoining Pimlico for the use of the
clubs members
A Son Wants his Fathers Property
The Baltimore american of 10th instant says !:
"Mr. William Cotton, as attorney for Andrew
Patterson ,Jr., "a minor who appears by his next
friend. Julius f. ]. Koechling, has instituted
one of number of suits in ejectment to be
brought in the Court of Common Pleas, against
various parties. The suit docketed is against
George Meyer, and the damages in the case are
fixed at S25, 600. The circumstances attending
the suits are romantic and interesting. 1t is
said that some years ago, and before his death
or that of his wife, Scotchman named Andrew
Patterson, became intimate with the boy
thereof. Patterson's wife died after the birth
of the boy, and subsequently Patterson married
the mother of the boy, thus establishing, as is
claimed, the boys legitimacy. Patterson died
several years ago, leaving will and an estate
valued at $50 600, but several brothers and sew
eral sisters came over from Scotland and sue
ceeded in breaking the will sold some $500
worth of real estate and divided the same, and
went back again to Scotland. The boy was
given about SIS O00 it is said, whereas, if legiti
mate, his mother and himself were entitled to
the entire estate. The brothers and sisters,
however, contended that Patterson never had
any children, and claimed they were next of
kin and entitled to the estate. The boy has
since been in an orphan asylum. The suits
are now directed against those in possession OF
the real estate sold by the brothers and sisters
of Patterson. The property is mostly about
Waverly."
Married at Waverly "A very pretty home
wedding was celebrated at the residence of the
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Warfield
No LAG York Road, on Wednesday, 18th inst
The contracting parties were Miss Grace =
Warfield and Mr.. Robert ]. Lyle, both of Wa
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