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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-01-03

Real Estate Transfers, Ssc.-TheiOllowing
s list Of real estate transfers. &c hlcd for ro-
cord in the office Of the Clerk u the Circuit Court
since our last report;
DEEDS.
Chas J. Hull to Saml T. Shaw.
e. l.. Smith 10 J. y. Shauck.
John Duarin and wife TO Chas. l.oncy.
Elira A. V. Hood. &c.. to WIN. u. Young.
Thus. Kelbaugh and wife 60 T.. \. V. Hood.
John Fox 60 Eugene lowering.
T. &. Slingluf', trustee. To- Edward o'Mara.
John Eckhardt and wife 10 Gco. W. Uhlcr.
Bertha Waddy To N. NJ Bruns assignment.
George Chilcoat 10 Wesley Royston. &e.
u. II. Gordon TO W. Esalc.
:. W. WoTthington. sc. to Bcnj. II. GuytOn.
a. 7. Louisa Woodruff o. u. u. Woodruff.
l.. VI. Reynolds, &c, To- Isaac Crowther, Sr.
Elosc Reman 10 Henry Boeltncr assignment.
Alice Brawner, admx., 90 ;. j. Messersnith.
Ann T.. Hahn ct al. 10 Ralph Jackson.
Samuel Snowden. trustee, TO SamI Black, lease.
John 7. Shock 4 wife to Samuel II. Tagas,.
NoHrGAGEs.
J. A. Hamilton To Metropolitan Savings Bank.
Levi Price to Ellen Matthew.
jesse Fowler 20 John Dressel assignment mort
gage.
Edward O'Mara to Fielder g. Slinglnr, trustee.
N. T.. IIcnkc To Nathan Humphrey.
J. o. Rourko to Central Union Permanent
Blds. Asso.
Philip D. schmidt. g. :, Ann Eliza Booth.
: X. ki''o. executor, q VI. -. Zarcrof assign
mont
q. W. nrun.. &c. :, wacr.y Mutual Pcrma
ncut Land Loan and Building Assocaion.
Louis He'll e. same.
William :. Dean e. Crfhciia Meyer
7. J. Frazier g. franklin Punt Bll,'. Asso
David Heck a. -aiue.
YIN Siarkcl and wife &C. LOU. Wcii.
Ca'haruc Lcakcn {, VIM. Bower
uLirA-rs.
John !. liraun 20 John bulfn.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-01-03

Tax-Payers' Committee.-The committee
of the Baltimore county Tax-Paysrs' Convention,
composed Of Messrs. David Fowler, John :. Bid
dison, John crowthsr, Jr., VIM. J. Diekey, James
Z. Hooper. Dr. B.w. Woods and William White
lock, met nj Mr.. fowler's Office, in baltimore, on
Tuesday Last. when drafts were presented Of bills
to be submitted TO the Legislature TO insure .
more economical administration for Baltimore
county. II IL said the bills submitted include 70.
forms Of . very sweeping nature. The committee
held another meeting on Friday.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-01-03

Driving Accident - -ast." ~aaae. M
ofthlaston us, -ith UAinfli a--ilsrt -r Nar
dsy sEsuinE shis fs,aFniug ifon ss1nt.sr g.
~ home near Coessysriiis 10 isscsnditg The
hiii "a he turnriss. Jast ahaVs the Me ilag's
one = TIE traces c,me lose All rrGlus ne =
he hsf's' - the lsg' eaa'si him g ViunEs fo'
-afd. gsftias the yoss frun. The sH4 q the Jois
The hor.ss then started g. run ani "a f~Aehing
the TO-, u the htii ;As uag struck Tasi upset
tag i snI ihr4-ins W Wprth ug'au aa' sith
sFeAi force against the fence snl ilto seer
diteh. it.4catHg Ais shoulder ari ra''.us ari
tfnuing han bsily. The hat.ss broke ia.s 60 fr.aa
ias hasgy All RAJ a. IA a. NJ sam telurgs
~hsr. thsy ~sTe 'toppsi John y jsnt' shs
"a. 18th Mr.. worihinftan a, iAe time. ~as also
thrpsn osi bat escaped injury
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-01-03

Terrible Shooting Accident. Thos. Poul.
son. an industrious eolored man. living on the Old
Manor road. a short distance south 81 Knoxville,
18th district accidentally shot and killed his wife
between : and 5 o'clock on Friday night of last
week. lie had been 10 n shooting match in Long
Green during the day and returned home early in
the evening. and on his way home discharged the
load from his gun. but reloaded II again. While
eating his supper, his wife sing the stove
he got up aud going over 10 her remarked that the
sausage he had been eating was very good. lie
then walked 90 the corner IN which he had placed
his gun and picking Il up playfuliy said 10 his
wife, "look out. I will shoot you" A. the same
instant the gun was discharged, the whole load
entering the womans forehead, just over the eyes,
and coming out on top Of the head. scattering her
brains over the floor. little girl who lived with
Poulson ran out afterthe neghbors and when they
reached tho house they found him bending over
the PROSTATE form Of his wife. calling her name.
She made an cfort.,o speak but could not do 80
and died in about thirty minutes. Poulson says
that he thought the gun was empty, having for
gotten that be- had reloaded II. lie and his wife
had always born \ good character in the neigh
borhood and the impression generally prevails
that the shooting was purely accidental. Ponisoa
IL q sober man aud both he and his wife have been
looked upon az respectable eolored people.
-- -
Presentation OF a Cane.-The children Of
Mr.. Gideon Herbert, n we'll kn0wn Towsontown
Justice Of the Peace. on Christmas eve presented
him with q very handsome silver headed ebony
cane. Mr.. Herbert has eight ehildren--thrce
sons and Eve daughters--all Of whom are married
except one daughter. One Of his sons-in-law has
eight children, another six and another Eve, and
there are altogether twenty-five grandchildren.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-01-03

TI,HIs Is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub.
i scribcr has obtained from the Orphans Court
for Baltimore county, letters Of administration on
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29
A splendid Charity Festival Direetea
By ParIslan Jaurnalfsfs.


The Iete given on the night of Decem-
per IL Tor the benefit Of the sufferers bv
the lnundation In Spain is said to have
Deeh the most brilliant event of the
sort since the great Exhibition. IL ie
gratifying to record that the affair was
got up and directed by Partisan journal
ISIS. 1t was given in the Hippodrome
and was attended bya great humber of
celebrated persons. The ex-Oueen of
Spain, the chief members of the French
government, and, according to one re-
port, all that is most notable in Paris.
whether in poetry or statesmanship, in
Journalism or oratory. was represented
in the assembly which. moreover, was
genius and valor of France" The flags
of all nations were lit up by electric
lights, the city Of Murcia was repre-
sented in pasteboard with amazing ac-
curacy, and all the principal actresses
OF faris sold flowers and sweetmeats
ana gloves. There were fountains and
grouoes and baZaars. Mile. Sara Bern
hardt wrote autographs, Mile. Judie
told fortunes, Mile Theo cried violetg.
Nine. Carvalho sold music and Nine,
Croisette sold the journal of the fete.
The cover of this sheet was designed by
Gustave Dere, and Grevin was the CART
caturist; and the contents were from
such pens as those of Dumas, Sandeau
and Feuillet. The pictures inside were
drawn by Meissonier, Detaille, Vibert
and others. and the money article was
written by NJ. de Rothschild. The ad-
vertisements netted six thousand dol
lars, and there was an edition de lure
OF the journal printed on vellum. There
were eight hundred musical perform
ers, a procession of bull-fghters. lot
terry, a concert of twenty piano. fortes in
unison and another of thirty harps. rhe
orchestra for dancing included two hun
dred instruments. All the chief artists
of the Theater franchise and of the
opera assisted. The festivities were
kept up until morning, and were per-
haps OF unprecedented splendor and va
riety.,
1t is pleasant 10 hear this for several
excellent reasons. The substantial re-
suits that have been gained for the poor
peasants of the Murican plain supply
the first ground for felicitation. We
are charmed, in the next place, that q
celebration devised and carried out en-
tirely by journalists should have done
honor TO the craft by its immense sue
cess; and, finally. it is refreshing and
grateful, amid the continual jars and
jealousies and ominous clanking of arms
so constantly resounding from most of
the great European nations to hear
sounds of peace, and charity and good
will, which testify that among some at
least of the peoples there still exists n
sympathetic recognition of the great
bond Of human brotherhood.-N. Y.
EUeniiag Post.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29
California Prices for POefrH.

Replying to many letters in Indifferent
prose, we beg to state that the price we
pay for poetry is regulated entirely by
the merit OF the production, as deter
mined by the gentlemen who last week
asked to be supplied, if possible. with
The Burial of Mos ss," and who this
week (as elsewhere eXplained) received
seven thousand copies of that rare poem
transcribed from as many school books,
and from recent numbers of this journal.
When Tennyson, Whittier, or any of
the tree-for-all bards, send in n verse or
two. check of 800 is returned by the
next mail. Ordinary poetry known to
the trade as "B l." and which grades a
little above the productions of high
school girls, is quoted this week at
Sau3.65 per column, agate measure,
while the general run of lyrics are un-
saiable. In all cases the poetry editor
considers himself at liberty to recon-
struct the little gems that come to this
Office; fair specimen of the work is
as followa:
Sample fail poem:
The glorious autumn days are come.
With many gorgeous dye;
The woods beyond the meadow brown
Stand red against the sky.
Same thing reconstructed:
The glorious autumn days are come.
And gorgeously they dye
The rci-headed woods beyond the field,
Like rainbows in the sky.
1t will be noticed that the sen timen
mas been preserved. and the language
Nh00ped-up little so rs to give greater
eject to the verse. The central idea of
!he poet is to convey the intelligence
mat there has been frost in the neigh
ocrhood, and that, as usual upon such
OCCASIONS, the leaves have changed color.
None OF this has been lost; the news is
al there, but worked up in rather more
SENSATIONAL and attractive manner-that
Is al. As long as our present poet
s1e hero of The Burial of Moses" in
oigentl wields the amen ding pen at thi
once The bards need not fear that their
me lancies will suffer mutilation. San
francisco ATgonas1t.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29
The HYDE Estate.

The heirs OF the Hyde estate met In
Baltimore short time ago and organ
ized union known as the Hyde Asso-
citation of the United States Of Amer
lea" The Rev. John P. Hyde, Of Mar
tensburg, w. Va, occupied the chair.
Mr.. George A. HYDE. of New York,
attorney for the heirs IF Thomas Hyde,
was elected secretary, and Thomas
Hyde, of Washington. treasurer. The
questions discussed were: do the e.
tates existPn Are they attainable be
the American heirsP" and "Is the ma
ture of the claims such rs TO warrant le-
pal steps being taken with n view 10 OBJ
tain the propertyPn A great deal of docu-
mentary evidence was read. dating
hack rs far rs 1870. From the proofs at
hand it was decided to take steps TO en-
force the claim. A fund Is TO be created
to pay expenses, and George A. Hyde, OF
New York, who has made himself IA
miliar with the law on the subject and
the facts will probably be appointed at
torney. and will visit England to
prosecute the suit.
The heirs claim that there will be
from fifteen to twenty-eix estates. vari-
ously estimated in value from $50. 600. :
600 ~ $500. 600. 600. The Hydes Of Mary
land are the descendants of Thomas
Hyde, who came TO America from Eng
land and landed at Annapolis in the yea
l752. The association resolved 70 max
Baltimore It's headquarters.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29
Fish Killed By Lightning.

A correspondent OF Land and Water
ays; A curious incident of the whole
Vi the occupants of small fish pond
oelng destroyed by fash Of lightning,
Sreported = from Seek, grand duchy OF
nassau. The Ndssduer Bote states that
uurlhg very heavy thunder and hail
aorm at night time. n fash Of lightning
struck small pond well stocked with
Various kinds fish. the property of the
Paslor OF the parish. The following
morning the whole of the fish were
discovered dead upon the surface of the
naIer. They had all the appearances Of
having been half boiled. and crumbled
Wpieces NJ the least touch Just as Is the
.,se with fis after being boiled. Neither
nly external nor internal injury could
u, ~ observed. the scales being intact and
we swimming bladder filed and well
r,'1SServed. The water In the pond was
y, ,Lil muddy and dull the morning after
W. NV storm. as If the lightning had only
Inc Tiehbsrne case has once more
II'eh TO disgust and trouble England.
Writ oi error has heen sued out on the
sound that the offenses of perjury for
DInch The claimazt, Arthur Orton. was
"'nccd to two terms of seven years
prison were one and the same, and
n he should have been sentenced TO
'|iy one term.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29
A Fight With an Eagle.

T. w. Wright, the well-knswn tax
idermist, had quite a novel experience
on Tuesday, which was not altogether
without danger, but he was so fortun-
ate as to escape injury, and has two
trophies of his skill and prowess as me-
menioes Of the event. Mr.. Wright is a
skillful hunter, and on Tuesday was
seven miles east of the city. and near
the bank of the Missouri river, on the
lookout for game suitable for preserva-
tion. While thus engaged, partly hidden
from view, large eagle came lowering
in range Of his trusty double-barrel shot
gun, and he discharged enc round,
which brought the noble bird TO the
ground. Not wishing to risk breaking
its wings or legs by another shot, or
otherwise disfiguring it for the taxider-
mist's use, he reirained from shooting it
a second time. Throwing his gun down
he ran TO the wounded bird, seized il
and was in the act of Sitting its throat
when it gave q scream and Immediately
he felt something strike him quite for
cibly and be fell to the ground. Great
was his surprise when he found that
another eagle. a companion bird, at
tracted by the fall and cries OF Its mate,
had made an attack on him. The eagle
remained on the ground for few mo-
ments, futtering around. He struck at
it with a stick, when il new upward.
Mr.. Wright felt assured from it's
movements that il was preparing for .
second assault and seized his gun, but
not a moment too soon. for the infuriated
bird, with its strong beak and taloRs
and propelled by its powerful wings,
made sudden sweep at him, when he
discharged his gun, portion of the
shot taking effect in one Of the wings,
causing 1t TO sheer from its course and
fall TO the ground. The taxidermist
ran and seized 1t, when desperate
struggle eHsued, lasting some little
time. as he was desirous of securing the
bird alive. Finally the eagle was wor-
ried out and he succeeded in fastening
its legs together and then turned his at
tention to the first bird, which was dis
patched. With his gan and the live
and dead eagles, all making a. heavy
weight, Mr.. Wright started home. and
had the trophies of his exciting days
sport safely cared for. He is not de-
sirous of repeating the experience, as
the capture of slightly wounded eagle
is no pleasant task and attended with
some danger The live eagle measures
seven feet six inches from tip to tip of
the wings and the dead bird seven feet
five inches. They are about as large
specimens of their species as have ever
been seen in this part OF the country
Rdnsas CITY (Mo.) Journal.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29
Josh Billings on Marriage.

BY awl meanes. Joe, get married. II
you have n fair show. Don't stand
shivering on the bank, but pitch rite in
and stick your head under and the
shiver Is over. Thar amt amy more
trick in getting married than thare is in
eating peanuts. Many man has stood
shis ering on the shore until the river
run out. Don't expect to marry an
angel; they have been all picked up
long ago. Remember, Joe, you amt q
saint yourself. DO not marry for beuty
exclusively; beuty is like ice, awful
slippery, and thaws dredfil easy. Don't
marry for luv, neither luv Is like n
cooking stove. good for nothing when
the fuel gives out. But let the mixture
be some beuty becomingly dressed, with
about $3.50 IN her pocket, gud speller,
handy and neat In her house plenty OF
good sense, tuff constitution and by
laws, small feet, light step; add TO
this sound teeth and warm heart. The
mixture will keep in any climate and
will not evaporate. IL the cork happens
to be left out the strength amt gone.
Joe. Don't ms.TTy for pedigree unless Il
Is backed by bank notes. A family with
nothing but pedigree generally lacks
sense.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29
The ThImble.

The name of this little instrument is
said TO have been derived from
thumb" and "bell." being at first
humble and afterward thimb.e. II Is
of Dutch invention, and was brought TO
England about the year 1895 by John
Lofting, who commenced its manufac-
ture at lslington, near London, and pur-
sued 1t with great profit and success
Formerly, iron and brass were used, but
latterly steel. silver and gold have taken
their places. In the ordinary manufac-
ture tbir plates ofmetal are introduced
into die, and then punched into shape.
In Paris gold thimbles are manufactured
TO large extent. Thin sheets of sheet
iron are cut into disks of about two
inches diameter. These, being heated
red hot, are struck with punch into n
number OF holes, gradually increasing
in depth to give them the proper shape.
The thimble is then trimmed, polished
and indcnted round its outer surface
with number of little holes, by means
of small wheel. It is then converted
into steel by the cementation process
tempered, secured and brought to a
blue color A thin sheet of gold is then
introduced into the interior. and fast
ened to- the steel by means of polished
steel mandrel. Goldleaf Is then app led
10 the outside, and attached to Il by
pressure, the edges being fastened in a
small groove made TO receive them. The
thimble Is then ready for use. Those
made in this manner do not wear out, as
so many ordinary gold thimbles do, but
will last for years. The gold coating,
II cut away by the needles, may be
easily replaced; hut the steel Is Of an
excellent quality and very durable.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29
Fashion Notes.

Patent-leathr slippers are again pop
ular.
The fioriated pattern most in favor for
beaded gimps Is the acanthus leaf.
Jointed china dolls and china AMI
mails are among the cheap playthings.
Irish popIin Is substituted for silk In
many of the long circulars lined with
fur.
The majority OF mantles continue TO
be male very long and with visite or
dolman sleeves.
The newest style of hair dressing is to
wave the hair all over the head, and TO
wear loose curls or n knot Mt the back.
Gold or silver braid is something let
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-29

Newspaper publishers have ne much
charitable feeling for their fellow man
as any other class of phinnthropists /;
but the QUESTION they are particu larly
interested In just now is--lIow much
loneer Is that paper famiae going to
lastf
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
Bricks LuncIl-Can.

SOMEBODY got at Mr.. Bricks lunch
can awhile ago and boiled onions in it,
and as he can't endure that vegetable
he got the notion that he never could
get the taste out of the can and so he
threw it away. Mr.. Brick is a baggage
master on a train, and he had the can
made for him and his address put upon
it. When he got back from work the
day he threw the can away he found
that one of the neighbours children had
picked it up and returnedit. He appre-
ciated the kindness of the child, but
took the can and chucked it into anoth.
er neighbours garden. In half an hour
that neighbor sent it home. Then he
determined to get rid of it any how, and
took it to the depot the next day and
threw it into the freight yard. Then he
went into the depot tor minute, and
on returning to his car found some ona
had picked up the can and left it for
him. Quite eXasperated, he chucked it
into an empty car that was Just being
hauled away toward Chicago, and he
didn't see it again till the next day,
when it arrived in an express package
on which he had to pay 20 cents Then
he swore prodigiously and tied it to a
dogs tail and the dog skun off with it,
and this was an unlucky move, for half
an hour later the dogs owner brought
the can back and tried to thrash Mr..
Brick for abusing his dog, the result be-
ing arrests and fines. Then Brick was
thoroughly aroused, and he took the can
and sunk it off dock. The next day
when he entered his car, there stood
something done up in paper that he
knew to be his can, and he Kicked it six
ty feet into the air and had to pay $50
for the valuable bird in the cage. Then
he felt sure that he was rid of the thing,
but diver happened to find it and got
thumped on the head for returning it.
Then Brick took the can home and at
night filled it with dynamite and ex-
ploded it. The people in the neighbor-
hood, who were violently hurled from
their beds by the shock, were quite in
dignant, and when they found out what
caused it they attempted to tar and
feather Brick, and he had to pay heap
for repairing the windows wrecked
And to add to his horror, he found he
had taken, instead of the can he detested,
new one, and he was about wild, and
concluded that he never should get rid
of the thing. But one day he induced
some one to borrow it, and he has never
seen it sinCe.-BOStOn Post.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
A North German Village.

The village of y is only one of
the thousands with which the country is
literally peppered. 1t possesses most of
the qualities, good, bad and otherwise,
which they share in common, at least in
this province. At a distance they are
picturesque; but if one desires to pre-
too near. They do look well in pic
tures-rude cottages, filthy puddles and
all but then artists can not; and would
not, paint the smells. This particular
village consists of a hundred or so small
cottages, built of rough stone, the old
matched with straw, the new with tiles.
They are not unsightly in themselves,
especially in summer, nesting in or
chards, hedges and gardens, but their
surroundings are abominable. Before
each door is a huge dung-hill Unit Re-
Spect zu sageR), where hens and swine
dispute the territory, and evil-smelling
green puddles, where geese, ducks and
dirty children whose hair is bleached
white with exposure to the sun, paddle
together in placid bliss from morn till
dewy eve. So far from trying to keep
such necessary adjuncts Of agricultural
life as dung-hills, ETC., ETC., out of sight,
as is our American custom, they are here
given the place d'hOnnettr, and fancy
the family pretensions to rank are gauged
in accordance with the more or less rapid
accumulations of these manure heaps.
Old men and women, beyond more
active service, sit in the door-ways and
keep the feathered and unfeathered
bipeds within bounds. Their faces are
brown and wrinkled, like dried pears,
their bodies bent and shriveled, but their
tongues wag vigorously, and they knit
necessarily, both sexes, upon coarse
wooden socks. There is no church at
y, the people attending service at a
neighboring village. The dignitary of
the place seemed to be the school-mas-
ter, whose cottage was distinguishable
from the rest by an air of superior neat
ness and the presence of a pretty garden
full of well-cared-for flowers. There is
here, as in all villages, q green where
the peasants meet for recreation, wind
mills on every little hilltop, and a we'll
filled, dreary old churchyard, which for
barrenness would vie with any New
England country burying ground. There
are no shops, not even bakery, all pur.
chases being made in the distant town.
-1EI1,ltjc MO1fbylJ