The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17
STATE NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges.

The population Of Dorchester county Is g..
The peach crop Of the peninsula /. estimated
at 3.ooo. 900 baskets.
The population Of Calvert county l. IO,IsG.
against y,SG3 in 1874.
| Hartford county claims a population Of Is.
Ooo. an increase of 5000.
The population of Dorchester county isaboui
23.S1:. against l9,iJs in 1870.
The manufacture Of barrels in the lower pr
ninsula has became n paying business.
WIN. u. Townsend. Of Talbot county. ship
ped 600 lambs To- Philadelphia last week.
Over 1900 barrels OF potatoes have already
been shipped this season from Marion Station.
| Somerset county.
The expcdiency Of establishing - large boo,
aud shoe factory Mt ccntfcviilc, il being consd-
cred by Baltimore firm.
MIR. Thomas warfeld, Of Ercathetl.vilic.
Washington county. has threshcd his new crop of
wheat, realizing 80 bushels to the acre.
=. L. Cantwcll, not yet 81 years old, and
Miss Edora Brown. not yet Is year. old. both of
Somersct county. were married last week.
ten. Hancock and Gen. l.. l.. =. lIardca.ile,
Of Talbot county. were Mt West Point together,
aud we're also companions.in arm ia the Mexican
var.
--Dr. William :. Archer. Of Pclair. embarked
at New York on Wednesday last for Europe.
whittier he has gone to pursue the study Of his
profession.
Miss Hammond. Of Hampstead, Carroll eoun.
~. while picking berries last week. was bitten by
snake. but has since recovered under medical
treatment.
MIR. o. dorsey. Of Petcrs,illc district. Fred.
erick county, has suspended Disabling operations
for the Summer. after producing COO barrels of
rye whiskey for the season.
Prof. Hciges. Of Pennsylvania. will deliver
the annual address before the Hartford county
Agricultural Society in October next. Iii. sub
tect will be Agriculture as a Science.
-Benjamin wakelAni died ut hi. residence.
near ChurchVlle, on the 81 inst. ia the ninctieh
year IL his age. lie was carried to hi. grave in
the Presbyterian Church yard by hi. tx sons.
The population of Queen Annc's county l..
l?.i6S. against i6.iTl in 1870. an increase Of 3.
2ss. This entities the county 90 three reprc,en-
tatves IN the House Of Delegates instead of two.
The hagerstOwn Gf"Ls reports very light
SNOW storm in that burg few mornings ago.
This fulhlls Ncnnor's prediction that SNOW would
tall in the Middle States betwcen July l., and
5th.
Mr.. II. u. LAmotir, Of Hampstead. Carroll
county. died on Thursday of last week. after a
long sud painful Illness. lie represented Carroll
county IN the legislature several years since and
Vas highly respected.
Ann King, eolored. Of Carroll county. gave
evidence to the census enuinerator during his
rounds 10 satisfy him that she 100 years old
IN May last. She was born aud raised ia ST
Mary's county. and s,ill quite active.
The Denton fai"s says: Ann Murray !. -;
down BY the enumerator of the census the old
e', person IN this district Her age is reported
at IFS. She has made quite leap recently A.
about years ago she was reported at ia
MIR. james Carroll. Of Bclair. dicI carly
Thusday morning Of last week. Of pulmonary H..
ease. lie was contractor on the Baltic. AMI
Delta Railroad and good and industrious, ciii
tcn. lie Was about 81 year. Of age. and leave. a
wife and eight children.
i nder the ac; Of the last legislature thcquc..
linn saftt a.
the voters Of Cecil county at the November elcc-
ton. The Local optiunisis are abou; e. open the
campaign by holding a county cuns cniinn On -
81 August. The delegate will be elected on the
3ist inst.
a Frederick county paper says: We hear Of
several farmers IN the vicinity of Mt. PieA.ant
that have threshed their whoa, crop anI realized
from 25 20 p bushels per acre. The Ful,zw wheat.
which for some years past has been yicliin. Ncl
seems I" have fallen behind TIL. year. both IN
quality and quantity.
A few days ago. while u steam thtashcr was
thrashing wheat on the farm 81 Mr.. Guwc. near
Damascus. Montgomery county. two horse shoes.
which are supposed to have been maiiciously
placed in y sheaf % wheat. were beided IN the
thrashsr. completely wrecking two concav. cyl
inders and doing ether damage.
The Frederick FHioH continues e. make u
lively fight against local option in tina, county
In bis last issue Col Cole says: No sooner did
Local Option boom in Frederick county than
the Army worm made it, appearance in our
county. What other pests and evils are TO follow
In the wake Of these Local Option orators il not
yet known.
DR.. e. e. Cor. who recently returned from
Australia where he was sent by the State Depart
ment TO represent tho United States a. Coinm,s
| sioner 10 the Australian Exposition. Wa. on Sat
urday admitted TO the Government Asylum for
the Insane. owing 10 softening % the BRAIN which
has made him hopeiessly insane. Dr. Cox was
Lieutenant Governor Of the State Of Maryla
during the term Of Gov. Swami. and Afierward
Commissioner Of Pensions.
The Cincinnati Gassns contains m interest.
ing account Of the celebration in the suburbs Of
that city. % the 22d ultimo. Of tho Tooth birth.
day Of Mrs. Prudence Glover. Mrs. Glover was
born in Frederick county, Nd. 100 years ago. and
10 % English lineage. Ten years later. in 1890.
her family removed TO Kentucky, and in that
State and Ohio her great length % days has been
passed. Mrs. Glover shows but little signs of
having passed 80 far beyond the allotted age Of
man.