The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-21

THE ATTACHMENT OF WAGES LAW The follow
ing is the full text of the attachment of wages
law, extending the amount of exemption from at
tachment TO $500, which takes effect from the
date of its passage, having been approved by the
Governor February 81, 1874:
Section l. BE ii enacted By the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That section thirtysx OF article
ten of the public general laws OF this State en-
titled Attachments" be, and is hereby, amend
ed and re-euacted so that the same shall read as
follows:
SO. No attachment upon warrant, judgment
upon two non estS, upon original process, shall
issue against, be levied on, or affect the wages or
hire OF any laborer or employee not actually due
at the date Of such attachment, in the hands OF
the employers, whether such employers be midi
viduals or corporations, unless the debt or jndg-
ment upon which such attachment is issued shall,
exclusive Of costs, exceed the sum OF one hundred
dollars; and the sum OF oHe hundred dollars OF
such wages or hire due to any laborer or en-
ployee by any employer corporation, shall al
ways be exempt from attachment by any process
whatsoever; provided that this act and nothing
herein contained, shall, apply or in any manner
affect any existing debt contract, note judg-
ment, nor prevent any person or body corporate
from issuing an attachment on any Judgment
now obtained, or which may hereafter be obtain
ed ON any note, debt or contract existing at the
time Of the passage of this act and provided
that nothing in this act shall apply to non-res-
dent defendants.
Section 2. And be ii enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date OF its passage.
A GREAT CURIosITY.--Last week, Mr. Henry
Kline, of Juniata township, brought to this of
flee one of the most remarkable curiosites we
ever saw. This consisted of hens egg hav
ing well developed snake inside the SHE'LL
The egg was one that was fresh laid and full
size. When broken, Mr.. Kline noticed some
thing mixed in the white which he thought he
would take out He therefore lifted itup, when
he noticed it move, and closer examination
showed a tongue dart out in the most approved
snake fashion, while the eyes could be plainly
seen. So singular a freak of nature was worth
particular notice, and so he placed the egg and
snake in glass and brought it to this Office
where it was examined by great number of
persons. all of whom expressed their astonish-
ment. The snake was about two inches long
and about as thick as a turkey quill, and was
almost colorless. The questions which natural
ly arise are, how did il come there, and what
would have been the result had the egg been
hatched ?-ferry County (Pa.) Times.
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DEATH BED CoNFESsIoN-THE WRoNG MAN
HANGED.-The Milford (Del.) Ne,os has the au-
thority of respectable colored man, of Jones
Neck, named Alfred Craig, for the statement
that John Young, colored, an old man who died
near Frederick, on last Sunday morning, con-
fessed just before his death to one John Madi-
son, colored attendant, that he (Young) was
the man who killed the old pedler, for the MUIR
der of whom Ed. Darncll was convicted
and hung few years ago at Dover. 1t will be
remembered that the old pedler's body was
found in a mll-pond horribly mangled, and
showing every Indication of having met with
foul pay. Circumstances pointed To the bow
Darnell and man named VIM. Lopez, who
were arraigned. Lopez, succeeding in proving
an alibi, was acquitted, and the boy convicted
and hung. If this story is true, and there
seems no reason to doubt it, it affords another
illustration of the falibility of crcumstantal
evidence and the possibility of hanging thei in
nocent for the guilty.