The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-07-17
Three Democratic newspapers ia Ca

Three Democratic newspapers ia Callfor
MIA are edited by women.
There is more money and less hardship in
good ccrnfeld than in the Black Hills coun-
try.
The province of Pennsylvania had origi-
nally only three counties, Philadelphia, Ches-
ter and Bucks.
"A circulation of counterfeit money is said
to have marked the route of circus that re.
Gently travelled through Kentucky.
-"No, ma'am," said a jeweler to a beauti-
full lady, Il don't trust anybody these days.
would net even trust my feelings"
"A story comes from Bloomington, ILL.,, that
hen recently laid an egg with the words
Friendship, love and TRUTH" engraved upon
it.
The farm of Mr.. William B. Paca. in Har
ford county, called Hopewell, containing 263
acres, has been sold to George w. Baker for
$7,1OO.
Lydia Smith, who was Thaddeus Stevens
housekeeper, and was given $4,000 by his will
has sued the estate for six years pay at 5000 a
month.
1t is great comfort to baldheadsd men in
these red hot, star spangled, centennial days,
to reflect that the eagle, too, is baldheaded.
Style is nohair
-Pennsylvania has one million two hundred
thousand children of school age, employs eight
thousand school teachers, and owns nearly ten
thousand school houses.
The Boston Post says there are only Al 900
lawyers in this country. The Detroit Free Press
exclaims that it thought there were 1900 900,
with Texas to hear from.
Two railway workmen in South Carolina
have invented rear light for trains, which by
a change of color shows whether the train is
moving or standing still.
"A negro at Richmond, Va, ON a recent
warm night swung his hammock in an ice
house in order to keep cool, and now he sleeps
in the cold, cold ground.
Deposits of silver of extraordinary rich
ness are said to have been discovered on Rifle
river, Michigan, and the people propose to ri fe
the earth of its treasures.
Democratic primary meetings were held
Saturday last in several counties of Maryland.
The advices indicate preference for Hon. VIM.
T. Hamilton for Governor
"A young man in st. Louis recently COM
mitted suicide rather than go 10 work, to which
necessity he was reduced by his fathers refu-
sal to support him in idleness.
"A millionaire of Granville, Wisconsin, has
recently made will, in which he leaves $50,
900 to any incorporated town or village in Wis.
that will not suffer brass band.
The potato bug has reached the desert, a
hundred miles north Of Ottawa, Canada. They
arrived in showers, striking against window
panes like hail, and are devouring all the po-
tato vines in the vicinity.
Nearly all of our western exchanges con-
tain accounts of great storms, accompanied by
thunder and lightning and foods of rain, do
ing great damage to crops, fences, buildings,
bridges and other property.
The occupants of six hundred shanties
along the lines of New York railroads make a
living by planting corn and potatoes between
the rails and the fences. 1t is said that 900
acres are cultivated in this way.
Six months ago a supposed murderer named
Lloyd was hanged in Georgia, and it is now
said that he was innocent, the evidence against
him having been manufactured by detectives
who desired an offered reward An investiga.
ton is to be made
The Beecher case has been big bonanza
for the lawyers. Mr.. Evarts received $25, 900
Mr.. Tracy $4,000, Mr.. Hill $4,000, Mr.. Beach
So, 900, Mr. Fullerton s., 500, Mr.. Morris s., 500
and Mr.. Pryor 50 500. Mr.. Sherman refused
to accept money for his services.
The Chicago Times reports that the first
lady lawyer admitted to the bar in Ohio has
Just got her first client. The client is very
youthful, and is the legitimate result of success
full counting. The doctor says she is doing as
we'll as could be expected but what does she
know about law?
Frozen peaches will be shipped to Europe
this summer in large quantities. A successful
experiment was made last year, and it was de-
monstrated that fruit kept frozen during the
ocean voyage thawed out fresh and fine OF a
vor upon arrival in England, where it was sold
at enormous prices.
Near Atlanta, Ca, last tall, negro built a
coop, six feet by seven, into which he put a
dozen partridges, the ground being first cover
ed with grass. During the winter they thrived,
in the spring they mated, laid eggs, and hatch
ed out several brOods of young, and the negro
now has about sixty young partrdges all delng
well.