The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-07-03

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The Ladies' Mite Society of Hunts M E
Church have realized by their late festiva
about Sl20 clear of all expenses, and they re-
turn many thanks for the kind donations SEN
them by friends.
The estimated value of the last French
vintage is $4Oo, 900.
"A popular amusement in Nevada is match.
ing rats to fight rattlesnakes.
-Pennsylvania has about 250 Masonic lodges
with membership of $4,000 Master Masons.
"A Kentucky girl of thirteen is an appli
cant for divorce. Smart girls they have in
Kentucky.
Milwaukee grows apace. Its population,
according to the State census just completed,
is 101 ,049.
The total of reported losses by fire in the
| United States during the month of May foots
up 1914, $780,
The Democratic Convention of Maine has
nominated Gen. Charles w. Roberts of Bangor
for Governor.
The Journal Of Health says, "Sleep when
ever you can; anywhere you get chance; the
want of the age is Sleep"
Beginning on Thursday of this week, re-
member all registered letters will cost ten cents,
in addition to the regular postage.
| An Indian war is threatened in the West
| between the Sioux on the one side, and the
Pawnees, Utes and Shoshones on the other.
BE careful how you insult your acquaint-
ances on postal cards. A Brooklyn man has
given $4,000 bail to answer just such charge.
| The Denton (Md.) Journal says the indica-
| tions at present are that Groome for Governor
| will carry every county on the Eastern Shore.
-"Colored women LOG years DID, who re-
member George Washington" can hear of good
situations in Philadelphia o. Republican.
"A Philadelphia was so anxious to see all
| the fun at Bunker Hill on the 18th that he paid
| 81, 900 for furnished house there for three
| days.
bred by Mr.. A. j. Alexander on his Woodstock
farm in Kentucky, the sum of $40,630 was re
allied.
Mr.. Matthews, of New York, has been
given the privilege of selling soda water on the
Centennial grounds. He gives $4,000 for the
PrlylllesgHs;I OosH.J O.e-.-.-s- o~..
fsiters, have been arrested in Alleghany citv.
1t is a singular fact that cold water when
introduced into politics, invariably becomes
one of the fercest issues that politicians or con-
ventions can handle.
-"Please admit my friend, Mr.. w. S. Grady,
to my hanging to-day, at O'Clock" was a note
sent to the sheriff by the negro hung at Allan
| ta Georgia, the other day.
Letters are being constantly received at
| the Post Office Department from all parts of
| the country complaining of the poor quality of
| the postal cards now in use.
in the trousseau of Mile. Say, just married
| to the Prince de Brogle, there were thirty
complete costumes, and camefs hair shawls
enough to make rainbow.
-Bergner Engle have been given the priv
ilege of selling beer on the Centennial grounds.
They pay $4,000 for the privilege, and will, at
| their own expense, construct a garden.
| "A new hotel to be built by the Pennsylva
mia railroad company at Stewart and Elm ave-
| nues, at Philadelphia, will measure 254 by 700
\ feet, and will accommodate $500 guests.
| "A determined effort will be made by the
| Postoffice Department to suppress the practice
of free riding by parties at present or who
were formerly connected with the Department
| Exploring expeditions in the Black Hills,
| Dacotah Territory, have found gold in abund-
ance, so it is reported from Fort Laramie. The
men are taking out gold at the rate of from five
| to twenty-five dollars pan.
| The patients in the Alabama Lunatic Asy-
| lum are publishing a newspaper called the
| "(Meteor)." "(Zeb Crummet)" says this is
| nothing new, as lunatics have been publishing
| newspapers ever since he can first remember.
Thomas Milford, wealthy citizen of Cum
| berland county, New Jersey, who was to have
been married on Wednesday last, was found
dead in the woods near his residence on Mon
day. 1t is believed that he committed suicide.
-Ardeo Davis, an aged farmer of Herkimer
| county New York, was found dead in his bed
Saturday, with his head nearly severed from
his body. His wife and son, also the wife's
sister and son have been arrested on suspicion.
-Shadrach Painter, of Chestertown, per
forms the useful feat of going down head fore
most into barrel of water, with an oyster in
| one hand and an oyster knife in the other, and
opening and eating the oyster while under wa
ter.
| "A Maine girl left her clothing in an open
| boat and hid herself, and when her parents
were crying and saying that if they only had
her back they would obey her slightest wish,
she appeared and said she wanted to marry
Jake.
| Seven persons were poisoned In New York
Monday night by eating pickles which were
subsequently found to contain copperas. An
tdotes were administered, and all will recover
except perhaps one, who lies in critical con-
dition.
"A we'll executed counterfeit on the $500
notes of the First National Bank of Canton
Ill., has been detected in Washington. Look
! out for them. There are doubtless large mum
bers of them in circulation throughout the
country.
Crosby, the colored sheriff OF Vicksburg
| Mississippi, who was shot several weeks ago
has sufficiently recovered to be out. Gilmer
his deputy, whom he charged with the shoot
ing, was tried before cOlored magistrate and
discharged.
The old mansion formerly occupied BY
1 Lieut. Gen. Scott still stands In Elizabeth, N
j., and it is now proposed to buy it for pub
lie historical library and depository of ole
MS. relics, books-"a rendezvous for future
generations"
: The Houston, Ca, Home journal says Mr.
| VIM. Brunson had a tooth an inch long ex
tracted from the centre of his tongue near th
. root, one day last week. 1t was imbedded IL
the muscles, and entirely disconnected from thu
: jaws or gums.
: Hon Asa Packer, of Mauch Chunk Pa, i
n said to be worth S20,0O0,OO0. There are few
: larger fortunes in the country. He was poo
: boy, and has accumulated this large estate b,
}. good management and industry, assisted prob
+ ably by good luck.
The President accompanied by Genera
8, Babcock, Mr.. Satoris his son-in- law and MI
l, G. W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger mad
T. a visit to Philadelphia on the 18th of June, to
: the purpose of inspecting the grounds OF tn
! Centennial building.
From all parts of the country comes re
ports of the injuries which bugs, beetles, chincf
at es, grasshoppers and worms OF every descrlp
N ton are doing to the crops-the chinches ga
n the wheat; the bugs eat the potatoes; and tn
Is hoppers eat everything.
to The trotting horse Grey Beard, owned b
~ Frank Wright, of Easton, was on Monday la
le sold to parties in Washington for $4,000. Gre
is Beard has been under training the past te
70 weeks at fredericksburg, previous to which M
a. Wright had offered TO sell the horse for 5000.
d. There have been altogether $3S, 900 di
ID tributed by the U. S. Government as Admire
lv Farragut prize awards since the war; The la
,e instalment of $500 900 was awarded on the ~
e. of June. 1t will be divided between 1900 pc
d. sons who were at one time or another attache