The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-04-17
STATE NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges.

--.leroniah Bennin siry. one Of the Oldest farm.
sr' ui Hartford county. died las, week. aged -
wear.
Hon. llb5iI: 20 Gerry. q. Member of Congress
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MIR. Eldridss Gal'up. Of Hartford county. has
lost 'ix;sen head q cattle from piouto. = neumo.
MIA on his LARRY farm.
Hi Dclaudcr. living near Myer,ville, Fred
erick county. has colt which, when only n wear.
| OH. weighed 1910 lbs.
A colorcl child. daughter ~ Mile Brown. of
Hartford county. was burned 20 death a few day.
ago hy its e!oihe. taking ERE from the stove
The Legislature Iasicl local option bill. for
seven counties. viz Cecil. Prince Georges Carroll
Frederick. Montgomery. Allegany and Charles.
Mad l0ss are abundant; near Ilopewsl Som
erect county. Many children are kept home from
school in consequence oftho dread of ydrophobis.
Mic Bette Buhrinsn. of. Mechanics,own,
| Frederick county. who vas burned some lay. ago
10y tue explosion u: csal-Oi, lamp. lied from her
| injuries.
Three inches g: snow fell at Fro,tburg on
Wednesday of last week. and at Cumberland tho
air was decidedly winterish. leo forming in expos
ell place..
Mr.. Samuel Iiink. Jr. of Urbana. Frederick
county, has been appointed grange agent in
charge 81 the house Ia Baltimore. vice u. %. Dev
! Fic,. resigned.
Col. Vim. L. MauIsby. Of we,,mia.,.r. has
hlel With the Govornor an argumen; asain., tie
con 'i'uii7na'iiy o; tie gamblin; law paced BY
tie To-. stature.
Ron. james 4. Gary. If Howard county. ha.
purchased tho li.pcw,ll Mill property. in Jelcr.
s'n county. W. Va. with 81 acres of land at pub
| lic sale. for s.;.OuO
Mr. WA Jones soldier in the late var, re-
siding near Pondsyillc. has been allowed 81 .s00
back pension by the government. with u monthly
! allowance # = during life ager.fora H.raid
| Mr.. {. VI. Mills one evening last week shot a
! pigeon. near Libsrtytawn. which he afterwards
Uncovered was carrier. Tho maine ." u. Leon
harit, Baltimore Club" was stamped on il. fca,h
e..
-Fran,i. o. Medley. Of Charlie. county, lost on
the night Of tho "a inst. hi. entire tobacco crop
OF 4: .uou pound. by the burning Of barn in
which 1t had been placed. Tho barn eri-
IDENTIFY set on IRE.
Vim. Goull. Esq. who is AWAY, in advance
in corn planting in this county. will commence to
day. lie conteads that the earlier he can get his
corr IN the ground the better crop he haryc,ts.--
| C,s'r, t'Hr R.rnrd. sh INST
| The >oncrse; county schools are 10 close this
month. anl the children are 60 be punished by a
vacation Of m cntire year. owing 10 the scarcity
Of fund. The dredging licenses have fallen OH
- that the proceeds no longer supper, the schools
| On Friday oi last week. while the mother was
engaged down stairs, six year-ol son 81 AlcK
ander Little. residing 1t Parks rolling mill. Ces
county, got hold Of the lauianum bottle up stair,
which il died in n few hours.
The legislative body At Annapolis will ever be
| remembered by the good people Of Maryland ~
sway ahead of all previous Legislatures in the
number Of reform and re,TsnchIssat measurss IL
introduced and away behind all others in the NUN.
Der IL passel-BaaHer Of LibsTfy.
! A colutsl boy. ~ years old. whose parrnt,
lived near lioPewell. SOmsrss; county. secured an
! old musket enc day last week and went cunning
| In hring the piece he placed the brccch against
/ bis stomach. lie had ovcrchargcd the gun, and
the discharge injured MIN seriously that he
] died the next day.
--"6lei Grange" is the name Of the new Drex-
81 soi,lcmoni in Worcester county. The settle
msnt now contains twenty dwelling houses.
| school and a non seCtarian church. During the
last week few German families. direct from, the
old country, arrived TO settle in the grange which
has i.ruO acres Of gooi land.
Mrs. keAtn. wife Of Hon. Thomas J. Keat.
ing. state Comptroller, died suddenly at her resi-
dence, Cshtrcvillc. Queen AIMS county, on Mon
! day, from n eongcstivc chill. Mrs. Heating, who
was sister Of Col. T.. II. Webster, Of Hartford
county, was very ostimable lady. aud highly
respected by the community. She leaves six
| children.
The new road from the Western MARYLAND
Railroad TO wayesboro' will be somple,sd In
thirty days. The length Of this new branch is
seven miles. and the country through which Il
passes 10 one Of great beauty and fertility. A
further extension is projected 10 meet the Harris
burg and Potomac. which 10 gradually extending
/ In that direction.
| "A club to be known as tho woodmont Rod
and dun Club has been formed In Washington Of
| prominent gentlemen of that city. They have
lately purchased the woodmont estate In Wash.
ingion county, near Dam No. q, about elsysn
miles west Of Hancock, containing upwards Of two
thousand acres, paying S2,l5 for the tract. A
club house will be erected at once.
On Tuesday last Charles A. Lochte, living at
Mon,rOss, Montgomery. county. went down into
his well to clean the pump. When twenty feet
down the stone wall began TO cave In from the
bottom. and in . twinkling the entire wall had
fallen In. burying Lochte twelve feet below. II
was two hours aud a-half before he was removed
yet, as by miracle, no bones were broken, though
II Is feared he was injured internally. Lochte
never lost consciousness, and gave directions TO
| his rescueFs.