The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-10
STATE NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges.


A law passed by the last legislature changes
the opening of the woodcock season from July It'll
a. September let.
--fhc population of Frederick. according To the
last census, L. .iS6 Of llagerstown 7l26, aud of
Cumberland 1866.
-Elkton's population IL less now by 30 than IL
was In 1890 aud the chief town Of Cecil county
can only boast of l.55i.
The wheat crop In Somerset county promises
AN average Of u bushels to tho acre, which IL
considered very satisfactory.
The school levy in Hartford county for the
cnsuing year has been Fixed Mt ~ cents on the
500. being the same last year.
The population 81 EasiOn, u 2O29 an in
crease since 1870 of 80. Nearly all Of this ia.
crease has been within tho past Eve years
The rate 81 taxation for 1850 in Montgomery
county. including State aud county tax, ~ 81 On
the SiUO This H. increase Of 10 cents ~ CT as
year.
The Taylor Manufacturing Company II West.
minister, has orders suhcirt to Keep them yc
until September. Their engines are in u,c all
over the country.
Comfortable quantities II peaches were sent
I" market irnm Kent county last Weck. both hy
water and rail. realizing full prices. They were
mostly 81 the Beatrice variety.
Hon. jane 4. Dcnni.. u Somerset county.
seeded i0J bushels 81 wheat and thrashoi cut
I.'3si. D.. u. Cook. Of the same county. ,ucicd
100 bushels aud thTashcd .gG0.
a great rivalry has sprung up between the
fruit canning houses IN Worcester county. Each
have their runners cut, prices have ada aneed con
siicrably. and the farmers are delighted.
MIR. Georgc colton. editor Of tbs Annapolis
Rsy'HLiieaa aud Of the Police COMM ssioneTs
eieet of Baltimore city sailed from New York for
Europe this week. lie will remain away about
three months
barn of NJ. .. ". Bowie. In Prince Gcor
Yr'- county, va destroyed by a whflwind few
day ago. A c"i"rri man with - team IT hpr.r.
III -. ~ IN.
ccpt the man. ~hn hal leg broken.
Rev. James Hunting. 81 the VI. T.. church.
died at oaA Grove. -. Mary county. last week.
aged Is years lie was at Que time a member 81
the faculty of Dickins"n college. aud later w.
superintendent Of schools of that county.
A wheat field On SasrafIas Neck. ccrii county !.
which was inv AIDED by the army worm in fiil
force has turned cut about thiriy bu.hcis ip the
acre. There was not n beard ~ blade to be- b..
indicating that the w"fm' had 'lDnc their w"fh
vol.
IN Farmpunt district. S.mcf,e, county. the
ceI.u. returns show popu.ionof2.S ol. Their"
are 100 persons named MaI,i.N. lui NAMED Hal.
i3i named Ford - named Park. ~ namsi Mile.
and 3? named Suiler q total 81 ~. out 81 ..s0l
belonging e. sIx natncs.
Tho CENSUS iakeTs e Westminster haV" cYh
clulci their lab1rs. anI the population Ia. been
asccTtainci to bc :. 100. abou; aun les than va.
generally supposed Ia 1870 the number 81 ~
hAbitanis wac $500, and the new c"nsu- ,hpw. al
increase IN the ten YEAR, Of 2u2.
A COW belonging o. samuel l.. Piper. 81
Washington county, after having been mi''in
siK days was discovered IN a cave or hole IN the
ground about sixteen Zee, deep She wa. taken
out with much difficulty. her weight being run -
siicrabiy reduced by want II feed.
TN the I'D ult.. while John lay ior Wa. bur, .
ing his brother. Joseph Taylor, in the family
burying ground On one of his farms in Bush River
Neck. Hartford county, his barn Wa. fired aud. to-
gethsr with two hundred barrels Of corn. entirely
consumed. cntailing n loss OF - ,20n.
A 10 ycar-old son uf Mr.. Elias y. Davis, near
Bird Hill. Carroll county, caught by the r"l
Of n ,hrc.hing machine. On Thursday Of las, week
and was whifled AROUND several times before the
machine could be stopped NJ bone. were broken.
but his face was terribly masheI AMI bruised.
The Rockville Adrocah claims that By tie
census now being taken, Montgomery county will
show n greater improvement in every respect than
any other county in the Staic-;hat the popula-
ton will have Increased fully - per cent. With o
corresponding improvement, in all other pArticu-
lars
One among the many remarkable incident.
noted by the census enumcTators for this district.
rays the COhtreVilie Record is the colosel man
named Edward Cheers. - years old next October.
who has been residing in the same house and on
the same 10, for 20 year,. lie is local authority
and vigorous and intelligent old man.
The yield Of wheat As measured by the thfesh o
ing machines that have been at work in different
sections Of Hartford county, is. as anticipated.
below the expectations ufthe farmers. The largest
yield reported l. FROM the field OF = 4. Williams
thirty bushels to the others in the lower
part of the county as low a. Eve bushels. Ia the
Ith and Sth districts report. indicate abou; half
a crop.
The people in the vicinity uf Woodstock com %
plain that the COuHty Commissioners have not
made road to the new iron bridge which cruises
the Patapsco river at that place. The bridge. il
g. stated, has been finished several months and j.
very much used in heavy hauling. In the pre-
ent condition Of the road il would require siron:
team TO pull an empty wagon on the bridge from
he Howard county side.
A thrcshing machine. bclongin. 90 Hon. 4
J.. GoTman and Mr.. Robert Scaegs. took Gre On
the farm of the former. in Howard county. on
| Thursday evening 81 last week aud Wa. entirely
| destroyed together with considerable lot IL
grain and rick straw. The los. Is estimated AZ
| about $500. The origin Of the FIRE could not bc
ascertaned. but it is supposedly caused by the
friction of the machinery.
A strange little animal. called the jcFbos. was
lately killed in wheat field IN Allcgany county.
II was about the sire of large mouse. the front
logs being short aud the hndlcgs long ami .tton
out of proportion 20 it, sire. Its tail was twice
the length of its body. and the body was covered
with long, fawn -colorsd fur. II 90 jump
from shcafto sheaf. distance of ten feet. and
fully four feet in the air. II has been the
Smithsonian Institute.
u
wheat thrcshing machines exploded on the 2Sth
ult. on the fsrA If Geo Smithcr in Queen Anne :
county. near Chcsisrtown. The engine and boiler
were torn 10 piece. some Of the fragments
dying nearly quarter oi = mile. Though
n number of persons were standing around ". all
escaped injury except n c"lorcd hoy. whu had his
lee broken. carriage was completely drm"l
ishcd. hut two persons seated in u were unhutt
President !. VI. Hood AMI board "i director.
Of the Western Maryland railroad made a trip "i
inspection On ThuTs.lay IL last week over the hal
| timore and Cumberland Valley railroad. the nov
| branch OF the Western Maryland The road Wa
| informally opened On Monday last. The branch
| Is from Elgcmont I" wayncsbnr". y distance "f
seven milc.. by means II which the Western
Maryland will have n through line e. Chambers
burg. via the Mont Alto railroad. until their own
line 10 that Poin, aad Shppensbure l. completed.
Maryland exchanges report the following n
the results 81 the census enumeration IN the local
| titles mentioned: Chestcrtown. Kent county. ..
500 Easton. 5000 Salisbury. .. go Cambridge.
$500 Ilavrc de TRACE. ?.sl6: Eikton. l.s5l /:
| Sharptown, Wicoinieo county, the district. sol
Delair. $50; Oxford. Talbot county. 6S9 Princess
| Anne. ISL; Trappc, Talbot county. sol Girls
| field. nearly 1000; Port Deposit. 9ts Cherry
iiiii. Cecil county, 2ji; Princess Annc district.
| Somerset county, t.i0i Fairmount. do. 2.SOi
Dubltn. do. .55S. Easton district. 5000.
| Information has been received % the assassi
nation nj his residence. Tugioa. Mississippi, IT
John II. Boyle. formerly &c Anne Arundel county
Boyle had been living In Mississippi since his
| release from the Maryland pcnitcntiary. where he
WAS confined on the charge 81 horse stealing dur.
| ing the war. Al the time Of his death. he was
sitting In the door of his house. aud near him
were his wife aud child, when n shot was hrci D.,
some unknown person. which. entering his back.
| killed him. Almost In tho identical manner.
many years ago. boyle assassinated Capt. Thos.
Watkins At his residence in Anne Arundel county
A Talbot county paper says; The County
Commissioners have notified the Justices of the
Peace tina, hereafter no Coroncrs inquest will be
paid Tor. unless held In conformity with Chapter
| -. Section ,, Public General Laws. which SAYS
..Nn cnrnner ahnll auminnn or hill any nrx uI In