The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-01-29
STATE NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges

from Altoona, Pa, asks the editor to send US an
honest lawyer"
MIR. Wilson Compton. Of Charles county, an
uncle Of Mr.. Barnes Compton, State treasurer,
died suddenly few days ago.
"A sleigh built In 1910 Is still running Ia Kent.
TiSsak=ood u yet perfectly sound and the sleigh
looks now rs II Il would be good the remainder o
the century.
In pedestrian matches !; Usually takes a mum
Der Of laps 10 make q mile. But In slcighng
trips in this neighborhood an Eik;on girl can
make y number Of miles In ono lap Whiy.
MIR. Jos. Stewart, an old and esteemed citizen
Of Cambridge district, died very suddenly last
week. He had just closed his Bible. after having
read several chapters, when death struck him.
The Cecil Uen,oeTnf states that futirtee feet
well on the farm Of Frank Dcvalingcr. near the
Delaware line, frozen during the last cold
snap. The ice was one-fourth u an inch In thick
ness.
One day last week Sewcl Paine. of Stockton.
Nd, shot u. n hawk but missed IL. and while pre-
pairing TO shoot again the gun acciicnily dis
charged and the load. striking his wife, almos: in
stanily killed her.
The Cecil Win complains of the clipping of
the names of Maryland towns by the Postoficc
Department, and fcars, lift /. continued. Elk,on
may be changed To Elk. and Turieytown suffer
the ioss Of It's tail.
The two farms Of the late Robert I. McGaw.
on Spesu,ia I,ianl, Hartford county, containing
together T0I acres. with valuable ducking and
fishing shores. have been sold 20 Mr.. Middleton.
Of Philadelphia. for $la.9j0 cash.
The next House IL Delegates which convcncs
at Annapolis will be composed Of ninety one in-
stead of eighty four members. Seven counties
having gained In population suiicien, To en,i,le
them 10 one additional representative each.
The County Commissioners Of Talbot county
arc paying out abont $50 per week in b9untc. TN
hawks heads. The gGnners making prof.
table business out Of the bonuty One man TO-
T.. H. e. Sc, hasWt h.
The pcninsular railroads are doing rushing
business in carrying oysters 10 Philadelphia. ON
Saturday train ofthiTty four cars passed through
Snow Hill. and ON another day there nine
hundred barrels passed through going north on n
single train.
An estate was recently closed up by the Or
phans' Court of Talbot county where the debts
were S3S,i7S.7i. and the assets amounted t. only
S?iG.OG, which IL to be distributed to seventy
creditors nj the rate Of ve-ninths of one per cent.
final dividend.
A big fight is going on over the Chief Judge
ship Of the Seventh Sudicial circut Of this State.
made vacan; by the death Of Judge Brent. Gov.
Hamilton Is being beseigcd almost daily by the
friends of the different aspirants and up o. this
time no can tell what the outcome will be.
Caroline Primrose. who died suddenly ut
Camden, n. j., was born In Centrcvillc. Queen
Anne's county. Nd. l171, and was more than 10
years old ut the time Of her death. She was over
20 years old when she made free. and has been
the mother oftwcn,y Eve children born in slavery.
The Maryland Annual Conference of the NJ.
p. Church meets at Cumberland on Wednesday.
9th of March. The president Of the conference,
Rev. I. ID. Valiant, will preside. This conference
embraces Maryland and the District Of Columbia,
and numbers 10 ministers and about 100 lay
delegates.
Charley Davis. lad employed at Harlan :
paper mill. Cecil county, came across pocket
book while sorting old papers, recently, that con
tanned Is note and pawn ticket that called for
a watch. One day last fall VIM. Carter. another
employee in the same mill, found $40 bill In some
loose papers.
- Simpkins. Of Elkton. !. gtunblins phioso-
phcr, for he complains that the reduction Of fare
TO Baltimore from Sl.s to Sl5o Il clear loss to
him. Heretofore, when he wanted to GO To Ba't-
more, he stayed at home, thus saving Si.'5 every
time. Now he can only save Si.io, clear loss to
him q quarter trip.
"A Denton. Caroline county, man recent;
patented u machine 10 work Maryland biscuits.
The primitive machinery for beating the biscuit
consists Of woman. n stump and IN axe. all II
requires about half an hours time to pat tho
dough in proper condition. The ne" machine
does the work IN ten minutes.
An Elkton lady set her bread on chair near
front room stove one night last week, closed the
stove door and went oil. intending to come back
in few minutes thereafter and fix theare for the
night. The next morning the IRE was out. \
scorched chair and sinscd shawl showed how mar
rowly the family escaped n burning ont.-Dea'o-
eTat.
Robert II. Dashicll, a son of DIR. John W. pa-
shell, Of Princess Anne, Somerset county, has
been rendered insane from Illness, and occasion
ally, escaping from his keepers creates an excite
ment By running through the streets yelling and
swearing. Before his sickness he was the model
young man Of the town, aud his present condition
exciies much sympathy.
The 81. Miehaers C"mei says; ~ little
daughter Of Nellie Limbriess, colorcti. Of BROAD
Greek Neck, sometime during last summer got
hold Of q cup containing Dissolved concentrated
lye and drank portion Of the liquid. which
caused inflammation To the inner coating OF the
stomach, and after q long and painful illness the
child died n few days since.
Tho Denton (CarOlipc county Union says
The January Term OF the Circuit Court for this
county met last Tuesday, Hon. Frederick stump
associate judge presiding, and adjourned the same
day. II IL said TO have been the most remarkable
term on record, only ono Judgment being entered
and one order signed by the court. The appear
ance docket numbered eighteen cases
The old Protestant Episcopal Church %,
whitemarsh, Talbot county, has long since been
abandoned as n place Of worship, and the burial
groand surrounding Il has been deprived Of IL.
fonea having the ancient graves subject TO the
dcpredations Of live stock. This IL one Of ths
oldest burial grounds IN the country aud u shout,
sanpps,.~ mnao ~, ,ha al P''' W '"' "'
The Washington County Agricultural Society
next fair on October II. ~. ~ and II. Commit.
tees have been appointed TO arrange the details