The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-11-02


eornhelds in Cecil county style themselves MOLLY
Msguircs."
POUR hundred aud hfty bushels Of crAnberries
have been gathered the present season within the
eorotaiion limit of Salisbury. Nd.
The True Naryiasdsr says that local option
In Somerset county Is a failure and that the Law
should be Internationally repealed at the earliest
date possible.
james Benson Ia. sold i2s acre. of "Maid.n
Point near -. Michsel'- Talbot county. includ-
ing the improvements 10 Samuel j. Slater, Of BAL
umofe for 10000.
The Che.tsrtown Meas does not think there
will be any opposition the Eastern Shore to the
nomination of Hon. Philip Francis Thomas for
governor neat year.
The last wooden span. except the draw, ~
the railroad bridge over the susquehanna. at
Have lie Grace. has been taken down aud is now
being replaced with iron
The American Band. &C Midietown. carried
% the prize offered by the Montgomery County
Agricultural Fair for the best band attending Il,
aud last wecl rceeiye 81 the premium --si00.
The grand jury for Allegany county AFTER an
examinations u the Witnesses in the 81 T.
Cook llaghsy. held in bail 20 answer the charge
u killing A. II. Blaekiston. dismissed the case
The public sehools e Caroline county. accord
Ing 10 the FR'oH, are at . lou ebb. They have bu,
tuo terms per year and their teachers receive
M srsf saiafies than those 80 eouniic.
Bass fishing !. said Ia be very hne in the
sasquehanna river. sOuthsrly wind or = calm
are said TO be the br., conditions for the sport.
great many rock hsh also caught IN the heb
po,'.
Mr Levi Hon.e, II Frederick county. recently
eaush; black has Ia the PotpmAc. which weighed
b.. & o.. Tho head measured : inches actos.
a, the slll, and the end Of the tail vas inches
broad.
The editor of,hs Cambridge y.e., Mr.. Jo.e,.h
II. johnson, Who l. bachelor with high cheek
bone AMI long nose. after having been declined
by the pretty Cambridge girl', has hnally advef-
tssl iYr wife.
In Frederick. Isaac AibAssh. convicted Of
larceny Of s55 vas sentenced 60 three years in the
Peniien,iary, and ~ss severely leeturei by the
Judge for an unmanly attempt to shield himself
By falsely accusing hi, sister of the crime.
IN Mr.. William Webster. of churchViiic. has
~ apple tree thA, bears every year two crop. Of
pplr.. The second crop lses not Away, npsn.
/ 81 this year Il has done -. we knoS. from
2ccimen' handed To- u by M webs;sr.-Bsia.s
The School Board Of Allegany county granted
y teacher, the public school, IL that county
plidAy 81 one iay 20 attend the county fair. leaN.
y the teacher to choose the day. The Frederick
l,uuty Board declined To- allow the teachers of
~ ~ county a like privilege.
u 1870 w. ks.kt.,, % o-stgrtown. y. g, :.
knpiling history VI the Mary land ., geHaeni. in
e tnion Army during the late war. IL /. 10 be
simple narrative 81 facts. based upon official
hia. ~ithout any establishment OF lAudAiion Of
| ldiVidual'. Such work mus, prove very
| ,terrstihg
| Judge MAgrulcr of the Circui, Cour, for
finec Georgs's county. refused the application Of
| ~. Bel,a A. Lockwood. Washington, female
| Wycr. for admission 60 the bar Of that county.
/ .. Lockwood afterwards addressed . meeting
| the open air and denounced the Judge in the
i hlst seVefe term.
Recently little girl, the daughter Of Mr..
II Al ~ al. ...e A..
Brions'ille. frcisrick county, wAs attacked By .
| hge black snake, enveiOping her 10 its iolds aud
| casing her ." fall do~n. brother. Age.i eight
i yars. succeeded n killing the snake aud re.cuins
l. sister uhhurt. though terribly frightened.
| Mr.. Geo. Stephenson. ~ho had been SICK for
| me months. died at biz residence at Lapidum on
/ lcinesday evening. Mr.. Stephenson "a. .
'oiher Of MAJOR WIN. u. Stephenson, and was
ceic'i, a. whis and served one term in the
taFyland House % Delegates. more than twenty.
We year, ago. Harre De Grace Rsysbi.can.
In the Circuit Court for Allegany county, on
tonday last. the jury In the ease Of MelvinA hell
| .. Henry {. McElhsh Tor breach u promise aud
Suction returned a verdict for plaintiff for s.. o0o
amagcs. The parties are Te.pectably connected
\ - reside IN the village Of Gilpintown. The
tisintia 10 q handsome giri about Il years q age.
Mrs Mary :. Pinkney has sold Londonderry.
near Easipn point, 10 Admiral febiser. of Wash
ington. for sea. 900. The farm 10 small. but the
dweiiing house. built BY the late DR.. y. Pinkney
!. one Of the largest and finest In the county.
Mrs. Pinkney aud family will remove 10 Annapolis.
sed make their home In that city.-N. h,eAa,r.
Cswsf.
a farmer living in North Severn. about two
miles from AnnaPslis. named Capt. Edward
Tours. died recently. lie was Supposed Co have
money 'ecrsted. as he wss 50 misery that he de.
uied his family the necessar.es OF life. A few
days after his death, in an old ash barrel in his
corn crib. $4,000 In gold. silver and government
bonds were found.
Rev. J. y. smith informs u. that last week
while nutiing With q party Of friends In the
neghborhood of Andersontown. he found two
trees-one an ash, the other . sweet gum--from
ihe bows u which water vas descending In safi-
eicnt quantity TO DO seen one hundred yards.
This 10 . strange freak of nature, . phenomena
Dot easily accounted for.-D ,aio. rsiss.
Early last Friday morning. as Lewis Toms.
eyouth living with Mr.. Geo. X. Rudy, o short
distance north of town. was passing thru strip
Of timber on the farm. u large chicken hawk hew
down from tree and attacked him. Lewis
grabbed stick from the ground, aud after few
blows killed the bird. which measured four feet
from Up % lip Of winEs.--M,ddissasn Register.
''s<Tk westminster Adrs,afe saws .Tho 81.
Michael's CSmd deems u Of sufficient Importance
for special mention, that q farmer Of that county
has determined On abandon grain cuiturc for graf
ing. thinking u more profitable. II he were 60
pass through this region he would End number
% grazing farms. but ue believe they ell produce
Sufficient grain and hay for their own use. Il ap.
pears 10 be the opinion, among graser., that graz
Ing farms require less labor, make more money
and return 20 the soil In the form ef manure what
10 taken from u. II II easier, therefore, 20 kesp
. grazing farm In good condition"
1t Is stated that the legal heirs In this country
TO the MacKay estate In Scotland have been
found. The estate amounts 10 f3se.oee, aud
William Maskay, the original owner, settled In
Montgomery county, Nd. In 1857. the will die.
posing Of his American property having been re-
corded in Rockville. In 1874. his executors were
his widow, Anne Mackay, and his s.in-iaw,
Andrew lloyd and Henry Green. Anne MaeKay,
Of Maysvilie. n.y.. his great sranddaug hter. has
been In communication with the Glasgow attor-
neys. and through her the clerk of Montgomery
county has been enabled 90 obtain the Scottish
records. which settle the question. The persons
10 be benefited by this ~windfAli" are the Boyd,
Admcnson, Praythsr. Crayeran and McEifrcsh
families.
les-Ths factory of the Bsl,imors United Oil