The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-03-31
State News.

Charles NJ. Jump of Talbot county, is men
toned as q democratic candidate for Comptroller
of the Treasury.
Owen Disney, a we'll known resident of Anne
Arundel county, Nd, died on Saturday last in the
10Th year of his age.
AT Denton, Caroline county, round seed pota-
toes are selling at $40 per bushel and corn nets
the farmer but As cts.
Seven members of Jarvis Ashton's family, in
Hampstead, Carroll county, had malignant dip
liberia, and four of them have died.
The Frederick county almshouse entertain
ed" nearly 10000 tramps during the past winter,
and the Taxpayers want work-house.
MILKY McGrsg5r, solored, the oldest inhabi-
tant of Worcester county, died near Berlin on Sat
urday last at the advanced age of 103 years.
The Columbia and Port Deposit railroad was
completed Thursday of last week, the last spike
driven being gold one. Trains will shortly be
making regular trips over the road.
Stewart Cooper of Berlin, Worchester county,
Md, met with horrible death last week. In an
epileptic fit he fell into an open fireplace, and,
being unable to help himself, slowly roasted to
death.
1t is said that unless the peach birds become
as plentiful here as the grasshoppers were in the
West last summer, they will not be able to damage
the coming peach crop Cambridge (Md.)
Chronicle.
ON Monday night of last week one oftho Dor
chester county tax-collectors, was waylaid and
robbed by highwayman of 81 200. In the scuf1e
which ensued Mr.. John H. Nobel, the collector,
was seriously hurt.
Col. Fitzgerald, editor of the Philadelphia
City Item, has recently paid visit to his old home,
Frederick, Md. Thirty years ago the Col. was a
resident of Frederick, where he has many warm
and admiring friends.
The Hagerstown Nesos states that each men,
Dor of the Circuit Court has been robbed this win
ter Judge Alvey's coat was stolen from his res
idence, Judge Pearre's house was robbed of sill
verware, and Judge Motter lost valuable spaniel
Tradition says that years ago when the head
waters of the Chesapeake swarmcd with wild fowl
the hands employed at an iron forge at Havre dc
Grace, once upon time refused to work because
they were fed ON canvass back ducks instead Of
| bacon.
The Changers Feast, in this city, on Satur-
day last, was one of the most enjoyable occasions
that has taken place in the Star Grange since its
| organization. A number of invitations were is
sued to those outside the order.-Frederick md.
| Republican.
"A lady in Greensborough, Caroline county
more than eighty years of age, has now in hel
| possession Marselles Skirt which was purchased
| more then ninety years ago. The skirt was pur
chased in that town by her mother in 1886. 1t il
her wish to he buried in it.
Our sportsmen now find employmentin shoot
ing black-birds. The air in the morning and even
ing is fairly alive with them, they go from anc
| to the swamps short distance below town. They
are in splendid condition and hundreds are being
killed daily.-Harer-de-G Grace Republican.
John Ellsworth, living in Jefferson district
| Frederick county, was injured on Wednesday o.
last week by the falling of heavy limb willis
engaged in felling trees on the premises of Mr.
Daniel Snyder. The injuries were of such char
acter that his death ensued the following day.
In the Circuit Court for Garrett county re
oanfJv 6urinU thu trial of suit n
the court: ave have some prayers to offer befor
the case goes to the jury" An old lady presen
said to- her husband in a Whisper which was over
heard by several lawyers: "Jonas, they'll call OF
you to pray sure, for there's no one else here tina
| can do it.
Bishop A. ]. Carney, Bishop and founder o
the Independent Reformed church, Washington
county, says in a card that he left Hagerstown OIL
November Esd, 1876, and since then have walk
cd distance of nine hundred and seventy-sil
| miles, and rode seven hundred and twenty-eigh
| miles, and preached two hundred and twenty
seven sermons.
The Cambridge Ne,os says the assessors founc
less than fifty thousand dollars worth of stocks il
Dorchester county last year, thirty thousand o
which were owned by one man in Cambridge
! The amount usually held by the citizens of tn
county is over million of dollars, but they dispos
ed of them last year in order to avoid the tax ant
repurchased after the assessment
| AT the election to be held next fall in thi
State there will be chosen a Comptroller of tn
Treasury, members of the Legislature county com
missioners, sherifs and surveyors. The Legisla
| ture, which will meet on the first Wednesday o
January, 1873, will choose successor to Hon
George r. Dennis, United States Senator, who's
term expires on the 4th of March, 1879.
George W. Miller, ESQ.,, Collector for Freder
lex county, of State and county taxes, reports t.
the Circuit Court of said county for ratification
So sales of real estate sold for taxes for the
| 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1875. The Court gives tn
delinquents from the 10Th of March until the 25tl
day of May, 1877, to show cause if any they have
why the said sales should not be ratified and con
| frmed.
The Chestertown Transcript says that shor
time SINCE Miss Maggie Lybold, of Galena, Ken
county, made an almost miraculous escape from
instant DEATH at least terrible injuries by fall
ing head foremost down a well forty feet in depth
The well was being cleaned out, when Miss Ly
bold in endeavoring to look down to the bottom
leaned forward, resting her weight ON piece 0
board lying across the top of the well, whicl
broke, precipitating her headlong to the bottom
| in about four feet of water. She was prompt,
rescued, and suffered no other inconvenience from
her terrible fall than a very cold bath and few
| bruises.
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