The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-01
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Der 700 oranges, with $4,000 members.
The President has appointed Mr.. VIM. M.
Maynadier, of Baltimore, Paymaster in the
army.
Here's chance. An Illinois girl offers her.
self as prize to the fellow who outspells all
competitors. .se..Ay-e
"Boston" Corbett, who killed John Wilkes
Booth, is at present a hat maker in Cleveland
mandatory.
Capt Leander Clark, of Newburg, N. Y, has
sold the stallion Hurricane to Baltimore gen
tleman for $40, 900.
A young Chicago clerk devotes his salary to
the support of his mother and two sisters, all
habitual drunkards.
Captain Suter, in whose mill-race the first
gold was found in California, is now living in
Littiz, Lancaster county, Pa.
A negro who lately died Of hydrophobla in
Nashville believed to the last that he had been
bewitched by a fortune telling aunt.
Dan White, a negro, was lynched near Raj
eigh, Shelby county, Tenn Tuesday night, for
an attempted outrage upon widow lady.
A burglar in North Carolina was found upon
being shot by farmer, into whose house he
had broken, to be woman in mans dress.
The bill to provide extra compensation for
Jurors in protracted trials has passed the New
York Assembly, and the Brooklyn jurors are
happy.
A Milwaukee woman has been sick nearly
year, from fancying that she saw a kangaroo
in the looking glass while she was tying on
new bonnet.
They tarred and feathered man right up
here in Berkshire the other night for shame
fully abusing his wife. Bully for Berkshire!-
Boston Post.
The Boston and Lowell Company transport
ed 5000 passengers to and from Concord, Lex
ington and Boston, on the day of the centen-
NAL celebration.
L I,,o1 r. hoe baa,,
ascertained that in eight million years from
now the entire town will have sunk below the
surface of the earth.
Our country's little wine and liquor bills last
year footed up the mere bagatelle of 81, OOO,-
900, and this doesn't include the wear and tear
of lamp posts either.
John Harper, the senior member of the great
publishing house of Harper Brothers, in N. Y,
died in that city on Thursday, April I'D, in the
10th year of his age.
A young lady named Alice Early, of Rock
ford, ILL.,, recently got verdict of $4,000
against W. F. Story, editor and publisher of
the Chicago Times, for libel.
In 1874, Calvert, Charles, Frederick, st. Ma
RVS, Howard, Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties produced 9,56S,65S lbs. of tobacco,
which was sold for $SS6,953.
For some time past couple of Mormon apos-
ties have been holding forth in London, Cana
da, and not a few converts have been made to
that faith by their preaching.
The locomotive "Andrew Johnson" on the
Chattanooga Railroad, has painted on it huge
pair of shears, with an accompanying inscrip-
ton, "From tailor to President"
Another proof of the mysterious ways OF
Providence is the fact that Donaldson's bal
loon was permitted to get within forty-fve feet
of the earth before he fell out of it.
Gov Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, is said to
possess the inkstand which the signers of the
Declaration of independence used when they
| appended their names to that docum enb. s.ss
| Georgia freedman, at the close of the war
| had $3.50, has supported wife and five chill
dren and by steady cultivation of the soil is
now worth So, 900 in land, stock and money.
| Emigration westward from Omaha is said to
| be unprecedented, over 900 having left since
March 1st while 1000 in one day last week
were unable to get passage on regular trains
"This is the last dollar l have. When this
| is gone l shall drown myself" is the inscrip-
| ton upon dollar greenback which last week
! found its way to the Mankato (Minn.) ReUieW
| office.
| By recent statute in Tennessee, the losing
| party in q lawsuit has to pay the jurymen's
| fees and it is alleged that the juries provi-
IDENTIFY render their verdicts against the richest
| litigants.
Cards are out for the marriage of Colonel N
| Smith, of Kentucky, to Miss Ida Greeley, eldest
emony will take place at ten o'clock Saturday
morning, May LIST.
The library of Congress at Washington has
copy of the first book ever printed in the
| United States. 1t is Eliots account of his la
bors among the Indians, thin volume Of
twenty pages, dated in 1860.
| Attorney General Williams has retired from
! President Grants Cabinet, having resigned last
week. He will establish himself in the Legal
| in 0to wi m a ka q
specially of Supreme Court practice
Want of time prevented burglars from real
| izing $1,000 secured in the inner safe Of thf
41~----Eo-VdCer vault, out were interrupted be-
fore they could accomplish their work.
Up to Monday last the Union Pacific Rail
road was still so badly blockaded with snow
that travel was nearly at stand still. At Og
den there had been no arrival or departure OF
! trains between the 18th and the ed of April.
Extraordinary revivals of religion are in
| progress in the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches at Lynchburg, Va. So far nearly
three hundred persons have professed relig-
| ion, and interest in the services SEEING to be on
the increase.
California is destined to be the wealthiest
State in the Union. In addition to its immense
grold products, it has wonderful capacity as an
agricultural State. Its agricultural products
for the year are estimated at one hundred mill
lions of dollars.
The counsel in the Pilton-B eecher trial are
talking about an adjournment for week after
all the testimony shall be in, and previous to
the summing up, for the purpose of arranging
their other business which this trial. they say,
has greatly disturbed.
Captain A, p. st. John, aged about seventy
years, manager of the Peoples Line of steam
ers, at New York, committed suicide on one of
the boats of the line on Friday of last week.
Capt. st. John was az energetic business man,
and was worth about $2,OO0,0O0.
Kansas young man made three desperate
but unsuccessful attempts at suicide, because
young lady refused to marry him. And she
did right A young man who makes three at
tempts to kill himself and fails each time, is
apt to be unsuccessful in all his undertakings.
The Freemasons of Iowa are very much ex-
ercised over a recent decision of the Grand
Master that dancing in the lodge-rooms is in
consistent with the good of the craft. Two
subordinate officers have been deprived of their
positions for violating the spirit of the deci-
sion.
The Kent Nea0s says "There seems to be a
diversity of opinion in regard to the effect in
this county of the recent cold snap and frosts
upon the peaches. A large majority of those
whom we have consulted, however, are CT til e
opinion that the buds have not been seriously
injured.
The largest catch of fish made at one haul of
dria, Va, Saturday morning. 1t was made at
Freestone Point by Jacob Faunce, who caught
1000 shad and $4,000 herring at one drag of
the seine-a most profitable business at present
quotations.
John Caldwell, aged twenty -fve years,
clerk in the Office Of the Water Department of
Baltimore, hung himself on Sunday evening
last in the yard in the rear of his DWELLING
He leaves wife and three young children
He was addicted to the use of laudnum as q
stimulant, which was the prime cause of the
sad affair.
Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, promul-
gates an official account of the progress made
toward preparing for the Centennial, and par
ticularity of the important part of the work,
borne by Pennsylvania and PhiladelphiaS' In
addition to the 100000 appropriated by the
Legislature, Philadelphia has given about ST.
100000 to the project, and will probably give
another $l,OO0,OO0 in the course of few weeks
An extraordinary suit for the recovery of
rich estate will shortly be commenced by the
heirs of the Waldron property in New York.
The land in question embraces all between SD
and l09th streets and North and East Rivers.
For long time it was partially covered by
swamp but was improved by the Tweed Ring
and sold for taxes. The property is worth $780,
O0O0O0. Several of the heirs reside in Califor-
MIA.
Last week an aged missionary named Clark,
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