The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-02-28
STATE NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges.

The farmers are busy ploaiss for corn on til,
Eastern Shore.
iiarfpfi county farmer. are satisfied that
they AN rai.c tobacco With profit.
.iAss,,ts,iiic. Hartford county. la, pro,sAct
- religious meeting which ha- already lasted &c
tc,n weeks.
Mr. Jane. J.. street. Of Ilarfsrd county,
raised last season IN .iN acre. Of land a ofcp d
Tobacco which he has just sold for a. leo
The taA-payers oG NIcomicU county held 4
convention at salisbury on Tuesiay for the pur.
pose Of eoHsilerins the reforms recommended By
'.ov. Hamilton in his late message.
Mr.. Henry Cook Tilshman. of Miles River
Neck, fell dead on the 18th inst. while standing
On the porch Of hi own house. lie was about q
years u age. and highly respected.
At siding Hill, Washington county recently
fascinating stranger won the affections Of yous.
lady. g. whom he was about o. be married. when
a woman claiming to be his wife appeared on the
scene.
a aock 81 uill gce.c supposed To contain a
half million. Toosi every night on a Hat in Chin.
colleague bay. Their cackling keeps the people
awake Who live along tie shorc.-Si. MisLasr.
Coa.'.
The CumbcrlsnI Noes. Republican. notes the
lc'ding editorial 81 the New York T,.s. ON Gov.
Hamilton. AMI thinks !; looks now very much a.
y The ""'srnoF will be the Democratic dark horse
for the presidency.
Mrs. bronson. wife Of Lieut.. bronson. sta.
toned at the Naval Academy, Annapolis. recent.
y fell heir % tho ., si0O. Goa from the es;as
Of millionaire uaclo who died in Ncx York,
leaving an estate valuei a; sl.50o.00O.
James AuSs has purchased from Mrs. Amber
Jones her farm Of so acres, situated nj Jarrei,s.
vile. Hartford county. for $500. Mr.. Amos has
sold the farm which he now lives near Jar.e,ts.
vile. containing Ill acres, 10 J. I. Ward for
S7,oOo.
An effort i. being made TO build = place Of
amusement in westminsteT, Nd, TO be called the
"Aeadsmy 81 Music Sth a market house below.
on the plan of Maryland Institute, baltimore.
number Of prominent citizens are interested in
the movement.
The Legislature has passed Law to punish
by hne aud imprisonment in Jail, at the disere-
tion Of the court. any person who shall profanely
curse and swear or use obscene language in any
street. lane or alley. within the hearing Of any
person passing.
Prom tho report just issued Of the Grand
Lodge Of Maryland. A. r. aad A. Masons, Il Is
learned that the receipts for last year were $50,
095.55, and the expenditures So ,5Ie.s2. Seventy
Lodges were appreciated. There are 81 Amer.
can Grand Lodges. and altogether 5s2,557 men,
bers. decrease last year Of y,ss7.
Edward Iiamill, now living near Belsir,
Hartford county, viii be l0t years old on the 9Th
Of March next. His wife died in ISIS, when she
vas los years old. She Was his second wife. and
Of the time Of her death they had been married
more than 60 years. Ills sister, Mary Hamin,
died in April. 1879. in her 1924 year.
On the night Of tho 18th inst, Mr.. james
stanford was found lying in the road near Snow
Ill., with portion ofhis head and face submerged
In puddle 81 water. II IL supposed he fell 10 q
o., TO which he was subject, and drowned. The
deceased was 20 years Of age. and was never mar
ried. Together with an unmarried sister Who
kept house for him. and who Is now 70 years old.
he had hyei in the same house all his life. II Is
said that he had never been Is miles from home.
"A petition IL being circulated among the ei,i-
Eens Of Hartford county, the form Of which Is as
follows: ITO the Honorable, the Senate and
House Of Delegates. The undersigned qualified
yoters Of Hartford county respectfully pray your
honorable bodies 20 pass q general Law prohibiting
the sale Of spiFtHous liquors within the State be-
low the gauge Of Fret prosf or In the least adu!-
terated with any unhealthy drug. the offender 10
be punished with imprisonment In Jail or Ia the
State prison, at the discretion Of the Court"