The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-02-21
STATE NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges.


Capt Thos. Riggin, of Crisfeld, has a we'll
preserved bed quilt 1O2 years old.
-Governor Hamilton is the fortieth Chief
Executive who has been formally indicted into
office in the present Senate chamber.
Mr.. Eugene Digges, formerly States attorney
of Charles county, has gone to Southwestern
Texas, where he purposes to settle.
Lewis II. Moberly and D. II. Moberly, broth
ers, are the respective Democratic and Republi-
can candidates for mayor of Frederick.
"A new town is being laid out at Pen-Mar,
Western Maryland railroad, with the view of To-
eating permanent summer resort there.
Ten Cecil county hens, fed on buckwheat
scraps from the house, laid sol eggs in 100 days,
which sold at an average of % cts. per dozen.
Mr.. John Huffer, living near Broad Run, in
Middletown Valley, Frederick county, has Per-
cheron colt not three years old until April, which
weighs 1885 pounds.
Mr.. W. j. Hopper, of Centreville, is the owner
of a ring dove which has been in his possession
over twenty years, and it was grown bird when
he became its owner.
Six hundred acres of land near Lime Kiln
village, Frederick county, purchased by Louis
McMurray, of Baltimore, year ago, is to be
planted with sugar corn for canning.
A young man who attended the leap year
ball recently given by the ladies of Havre dc
Grace made the following answer to the lady send
ing him an invitation "Deer Miss, yours reseev-
ed. tumble"
Mrs. Mary Yinging, aged IS years, on the
18th inst, and Mr.. John Soluble, aged 10 years,
on the eth, died near Manchester Carroll county.
The former had her life insured for S23,0OO and
the latter for $4,000.
Forty two will be considered by all to be
very large family. Joseph Six, our senior con-
stable, owns to having this number; himself, his
wife and five children. Seven skies are 42.-Ne-
chanicstocn (Frederick co.,) Clarion
Christ Church, (Episcopal) on Kent Island,
Queen Anne's county, is being torn down to make
room for a more modern structure. This church
was built about 1850, of brick brought from Eng
land, and is believed to have been the Oldest
church in Maryland.
Ocean City will be headquarters for politi-
clans as well as the centre of fashion the coming
summer. The convention for the First Congress
sonal district will meet there, pursuant to reso-
luton passed at the last one, held at Easton IN
1873, and it is rumored that the State Democratic
Convention will be held there to send delegates to
the National Convention, and nominate electors.
Pleasant Riley, who recently made his es-
cape from a sick bed while deliriOus, from the
farm of Mrs. Codwise, near Rockville, Montgom-
cry county, was found dead under melting snow
drift Riley bore good character for honesty
and industry, and remorsefully took to heart one
incident of his life-that of killing another negro
man about two years ago to save his own life.
Bowen, the minister who married farmer
Shores to his step-daughter aged IL years, in
Somerset county, has been held to bail in $4,000
for the action of the grand jury. Shores was also
arrested and ordered to find bail in Sl,OOO; but
not being able to find security, was committed to
Jail. 1t is now said that he is man of no prop
erty and having no influential friends, ne will
probably remain in Jail until the grand jury acts
upon the complaint
-Lysander Ewing, Allen Jones, VIM. Hipklns
and young German were crossing Mobiles mill
dam, on Deer Creek, Hartford county, recently IN
a small boat. Owing to the floating ice the boat
foundered and they were all immersed in the icy
stream beyond their depth. Ewing and Hipklns
swan ashore. Jones and the German not being
able to swim, were drowning, when Mr.. Ewing
threw off his overcoat and plunging into the icy
bath succeeded in bringing both the drowning
men to the shore.
There has been great complaint with the
Centreville Postofce, arising from letters posted
there never reaching their destination. detec-
tive was employed to ferret out the affair on
Friday the mystery was discovered. There was
large crack between the planks of the front door
in which the letter drop hole had been cut. Many
letters would find their way into this crack and
never reach the letter-box. Upon ripping the
| plank off fifty letters were found that had aecu
! muated there since the LIST of January.