The Baltimore County union., 1880-08-07
STATE NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges.

The yield "f wheat ala Kent Island this sea.
son aggregated over 100000 bushels.
caroline county Is said 60 be filling up with
Northern settlers. who are buying farns.
liver $1,000 have been subscTibcd To- the stock
u. the Cecil county Agricultural Society.
There /. an abundance Of apples in Anne
Arundel and adjoining counties this season.
Tao colored men have been drawn 90 serve
ut the sept. term on the Howard county jurics.
There i. an unusual demand by land renters
for farms in Queen Anne's county for next year.
Ezra Smith. near Mdlctown, Frederick
county. l. the owner Of n calf which weighed i3O
lbs. when one week old.
The crop Of corn in Talbot county promises
to be larger than was ever known in the memory
Of the oldest inhabitant.
The farm known as "Bcnnett's Delight" 212
acres, IN -. Mary's county, has been sold to
Thomas Jordan. for 81 200.
Philip BECK. Of Washington county, on &c!
acres, raised $40 bushels of wheat, an average oi
nearly 30 bushels to the acre.
r. J. Jump, so seriously injured by Mr.. Mel
vim at Denton. is doing we'll, and but little doub;
Of his recovery u entertained.
Abraham Shan. near Jefferson, Frederick
county claims to have raised 1870 bushels Of wheat
on acres of land, an average Of 80 bushels to
the acre.
-Extensivc preparations are being made on
the Susquchanna river To secure large crop oi
ice next winter if Jack Frost concludes to manu-
factuTc any.
Mount Vernon district. In Somcrsc, county.
has but two land renters in II. All other persons
own their houses. Thi. is a degree of iniepend.
cncc rarely found.
The iron works a, Rowlanivilic. Cecil county.
which have been idle for several months past
exccp, for about two wceks-bcgan to run their
full capacity last week.
A number Of railroad officials were prospect
ing about lIager.town few days ago for u suit.
able locatiun for II large and handsome depot
building Tor the Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
John Stewart. Salisbury negro. was fined
81 Tor swearing On the street. In default he was
committed ;o jail. This is the irs, ease in Sails
bury of enforcement of the new law against pro.
family.
--Cunowingo bridge. across the Susquehanna
river. was struck three times by lightning during
a late Storm Several Of the rafters were shattcr-
ed and n team Of mules Prostra,ed. though not
killed.
n whole strip of territory. well populated.
lying over the Taiilroad. and belonging to Kent
county. il reported to have been omitted altogcth.
from the census. the enumcrator supposing IL
to he IN Delaware.
The statement which originally appeared in
one of the Rclair papers that WIN. Shealcy. Of
Magnolia. Hartford county. had committed suicide
BY taking laudanam. was without foundation.
Mr.. Sheaisy il in excellent health and spirits.
Mrs. Sarah T. IIardcastic, wife of Gen. 4. l..
=. liar,icastic. died on Saturday evening last at
her home in Easton. She was pious and n iio'.
the poor. and will be greatly missed by the COM
Mr.. Ei,xmill.r. Of E.e.lysyiiIc. Washington
county. died a few DAYS ago from ncrvou. pros.
tration occurring durin. a heavy hail and rain
Storm. Daniel Mcfn,yrc. aged about sixty years.
living In the same peichborhood, was seriously
affected in a similar manner during the Storm
Th, popula,ion Of Talbo, county. as given by
the census enumcrators. Is Ig.Os3. This increase
Of popuiation will enti,c that county 10 three rep
r..enia,iy.s in the legislature instead Of two as
nj nrcscnt. Queen Anne's county also gains a
reny...n,a,ivc ON account of nm increase in non.
ula,ion.
The eleventh annual fair Of the Carroll coun
40 A,,;c,i,,,.I Society viii n. held nj Westmins.
a., comm.nciny Tue.day. september 2s. and con.
,;n,in, T.,ur day.. The premium lists In al, the
d.na ay,,n.n,. arc iiberai. and an unusually fine
JisnIay ~ ~. nyoduct az the rich county OF Car.
roll ns we'll AS the countie, adjacent, Is antici.
mated.
II, 4. said that Mr.. John wayman's corn on
.cbangc Point In Broad Creek Neck, 10 the
h;,,..., .o,n ever ,rovn In Talbot county. IL l.
nisn,ed \ i0x3 Io has Two stalks In hill. |, like
sm,li trees. and the ears arc now made and "a
iay,o tha, thew hay, bur,ted omen the cans. The
G,Ii contains about 20 acres. and the estimated
yisld i. .bou, 100 bushels IA the acre
1T Il reliably r,por,ed that the baltimore and
oh,o pa;,oaJ "a hayc In view the erection Of A
ia,,. summer ho,rl A Frostbure. The location
ri .i;m.s. NJ P,o,,ba-y arc excelientIy a,lapted
a. m. loca,ion Of such an establishment and the
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