The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-12-25
STATE NEWS.
Complied nom our Exchanges.

The grnngcFs Of Wicomico county hags ~
lishe'i store rS the en-oreraiise plan in H.
bury.
MIR. Jas. p. Roe, of Caroline county, ,lriI Tho
past season g.il0 pounds Of peaches, 1000 rs Nj.
Of ArPirs, l.ioo pounds Of berries aud 200 ads
Of pears.
Tho Elk Mills Company Of Cecil count has
effected the sale of the well-known mills 4 lei
Loyel's factory TO Mr.. Painter, New YORK mi.
;aiist, for sloO.0UO.
--Taiho, county pays about $500 year 1, the
heads Of hawks. During the last twelve ttnths
600 Of the troublesome chicken thieves werg lied.
the bounty being soSS,s-ss aessFtl, ~
They either raise the biggest BIZ -. IL The
biggest liars In Carroll county Of any other cunsy
In Maryland. Wonder " our neighbors. thS Sea-
fiHsi and Advocate, arc not very often iulosed
upon.
The Hartford Democrat complains tht, the
mails between that county and Baltimore arHheine
sytcmatieaily robbed and that remittance from
Bolair, Churchville and Aberdeen have fafcd 10
reach their destination.
The Calvert journal says: "Demijo4s arr
scarce just now in Calvert. They all wcd on a
tour 10 baltimore this week, but are expelled 10
return brimful Of 'rcfreshment Drops IN few
days, when they will be heartily welcomed their
friends"
The 81. Michael's Comet says Last Tues
day week there was n marriage IN the r. E snrch
In Princess Anne, the only one in six years/ Fran
els Dashiell, son Of Dr. Cadmus Dashieil, n irried
Miss sallio Dash:ell. daughter Of DR.. J4A W.
Dashicll." A good deal Of Dashiell In th&
An old citizen Of North East, Cecil lnty,
predicts an open winter aud bases his Einion
upon the fact that We have hal q solid fred fol.
lowed by n snow before Christmas and VII this
occurs We always have . mild winter. T bbscr-
vAtons extend over period OF % years. kseing
q man Of so odd years Of age.
The Charlie. county iaSspeHd.Dt .. .Ths
School Hourl- an TnasIaw Last dfra ksh.t.
sccrctavr--'p notify the teachers efls hblc
-choci-'tuMr .Ths'AScragc attdndnudN' 1Assx. sts
term falls below the legal standard, the satl
schDols must promptly and peremptorily be closed.
TITS may he law, but Il l. rather hard one ,n
The hard-worked and badly paid teachers and ala
ON parents, who anvil themselves of the benefits {,
the public schools"
The high mountain summit west Of Middle
town. Frederick county. which has hitherto hal
no name. has been designated 'Lamb's Knob" ky
the officers engaged in making the geodetic sur
vey Of the vicinity. It's heigh; was found TO Be
about l.Soo feet above the sea level. Tho top oi
the ledge known n White Rock. on the south side
of the knob /. loo feet loser. The knob is higher
than any part OF South Mountain between tina,
point and the Potomac river.
The Rockville ldrorafc publishes letter
from W. Ncirs Bowie. giving the results Of h, ex.
Pcricnec In sheep raising. aud the benefits he ha.
derived from attaching bells to his sheep TO pre-.
80 sN""" ~ h"hss Siu'c us auoli'
ton Of bells he has lost Of his sheep by dogs
The bells have saved them u number Of times by
giving notice 10 the ovcrsecr, at distance Of hall
mile. in time to kill the dog and save the sheep
lie has in use three dozen bells on iock Of Isl
| sheep.
The Snow lIill Worcester county Mrssenge,
says; "Mr. Jno. ". Purncll. of th. place, owned
hen which had always been celebrated ms q
prcrnp, cgg-produccr. About three or four week,
ago she suddenly ceased "a lay and Car xoEpe tina
thereafter il was noticed that she was rapidly in
crcasng Ia size. One day last week the laying
humor again seized her and In a few minutes 81,
laid cigh; cggs This csgstraordinary effort proved
20 be too great a shock 20 her nervous ys,eu ant
| she shortly afterwards died"