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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
How TO Get Rid of Canada Thistles.

Mr.. Jacob Bubb, of Jersey Shore, has been ex-
perimenting to some extent in order to ascertain
the best way of getting rid of Canada thistes that
grow on his farm He has tried salt, coal oil, and
a number of other remedies, but with no success.
Some time ago he took it into his head to try ap-
pie pomace from the cider press, knowing by ex-
perience that it would kill grass and other weeds
The application was duly made and the result was
entirely satisfactory. By cutting off the stalk OF
this Objectionable weed, and placing a common
shovel full of pomaee over the roots, they are sure
to die and the following season you will find no
trace of the weed. Mr.. Bubb has repeatedly tried
this remedy and every effort has been attended
with entire success 1t is upon his authority that
we give it to the public, hoping that it may be Of
benefit to many who are bothered with the Canada
thistle Try it-Jerseg Shore Herald.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
Suit and Cloak Department

We ase showing the most splendid values of any
house in this country. Our facilities for making
Suits and Wraps first-class, and we are clean
ing up the stock at about jobbing profit. We
ask attention to what we have to say below about
the goods.
A line in all sizes of HEAVY CLOTH UL-
STERS, nobby styles and full length, at IS. We
guarantee these to be cheaper and better than any
thing ever offered in this city at the price.
listers at $6-cheap.
Black Cloth listers, all sizes and full lengths,
at S7-such as having been selling at $40.
Colored Cloth listers at SS.
Light and Dark Cloth UlsterS, $40.
Light Cloth listers, $12.
Light Cloth listers and Black Circulars, Sl5
Light listers, handsomely trimmed with Plush,
$40 and S25.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
Profitable.

Benjamin F. Gist, near Westminster, picked
1856 bushels of peas from 1 acres and sold them
to a canning establishment at 81 per bushel This
is at the rate of S24 per acre. He also realized
S72 from an acre of sugar corn, and from II acres
he gathered considerably upwards of 200 bushels
of tomatoes, which he sold at 20 cents per bushel.
This is but sample of what many farmers in that
section did this year, the eanneries afording a
ready cash market for all truck.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
Plush D0gnaanS,

Equal in appearance to Seal Skin, which would
cost from $500 to $500. These we sell
from $50 to 800.
Black Cloth Dolmans $40, SO, Sl9, $l4, SIS,
SIG, SlS, $50, $25, $50, $36, $40, S45, $50, $50.
These are in Diagonas and Plain Beaver, elab-
orately trimmed with Passementerie Fringe, Fur
and Plush, and being our own manufacture, from
imported designs, we can sell them from 50 to $40
less than regular prices.
Silk, Satin de Lyon, Merveilleux, and all SILK
Satin DOlmans trimmed in Fur, Passementerie
and Plush, from $2S to S65. All our own make.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
STREET BRIDGE.

been completed
CALVERT STREET BRIDGE.
This structure has a length of 579 feet and a
width of 81 feet. 1t rests on two abutmens, three
piers and number of pedestals, at height Of
about 80 feet above the valley and 40 feet above
the stream. The substructure is of irst-cass cut
stone from Port Deposit, with hammered string
courses and coping, set in Cumberland cement,
and all the abutment and pier foundations were
carried to the solid rock the pedestals are found
ed on concrete. The superstructure is of wrought
iron exclusively, with the exception Of bed plates
and ornamental work. The floor is ofasphatum,
laid in the most approved manner upon wrought
iron bucked loor-pates. Thus the entire struc-
ture is built in the most durable and substantial
manner, and is entirely fre-proof The cost is as
follows:
Masonry, 1879 cubic yards, including
foundations...... ....................S I6,566.54
Drain wells end pedestals, &c.........~ l,3OS.OO
$ 77,S7454
Cost of superstructure complete...... 141 ,2SS.79
Total cost S219, 1898
Thrown open to the public August 2, 1851.
NORTH STREET BRIDGE.
This structure is $50 feet long by 81 feet wide
The substructure consists of one pier and two
abutments of first class cut work, carried to
point about 80 feet above the bed of the falls and
based upon the solid rock The superstructure
consists of two spans of cast and wrought iron
combined each span being l7j feet between end
pin centers. The floor of this structure is ofwood
Cost of substructure
Cost of superstructure...... 42,215.9O
Total c0st........ fo,OO0.Z0
Thrown open to the public August 3, 1880.
ST. PAUL STREET BRIDGE.
This structure is 703 feet long by 6S feet wide
The substructure consists of two abutments, two
piers and number of viaduct pedestals of first
class cut stonework, and the abutments and piers
rest upon the solid rock, the pedestas on concrete
foundations. The superstructure is entirely of
wrought iron, except few minor parts, which are
cast The floor is similar to that of fCavert-street
bridge being of asphaltum laid upon wrought
iron buckled plates. The entire structure is of
the most solid and eduring character, and is
thoroughly fre-prOof
Cost of substructure, j567 cubic yardsS 5S,377.6O
Cost otapproaches 90
Cost of superstructure.. 276,S924S
Total ,o9Z.Z9
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19

m1-An indianapolis girl has written poem
about ice e-cream, and calls it "frozen dream. =
Wait till it thaws inside of you, sis. You will
not feel like writing any poetry, but your gen.
era knowledge on the subject of ice cream will be
painfully enlarged
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
NEO. HI. MATTHEW'S IL CO.,
VI Real Estate Brokers,

O6ice No. 80 Lerfn0tOll Street,
Sd door west of st. Paul St., BALTIMORE.
Houses, Ground Rents, Farms, Country Seats,
&C., Bought, Sold and Exchanged Money Loaned
on Mortgage in sums to suit Ground Leased,
HOuses Rented, Collections Made, &c. All busi-
ness connected with Real Estate will be promptly
attended to. [April l6,'sly.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
No Moustaches for Him.

The will of Gerhart Bechtel, late of Washing
ton township, Berks county, Pa, was filed in the
Office of the Register of Wills at Reading last
week. In it occurred the following remarkable
provision: "And further disinherit and prohibit
from participation in the distribution of my es-
tate such Of my male descendants as persist in
wearing moustaches." A son of the deceased,
Levi Bechtel, was appointed executor, and of
course will have to see that the upper lips of the
male members of the family are kept moved clean.
Strange notions some people have.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
WALKING JACKETS |!

Light Cloth Walking Jackets, in % different
styles, all new and nobby styles, $3.50 to S25.
Black Cloth Walking Jackets, only $3.50, worth
S400.
Paletots, elegantly trimmed with Plush, 800 to $40
Misses and Childrens Cloaks and Havelocks.
Boys Kilt Suits
Seal-Skn Sacques.
Fur-Lined Circulars.
Another line of those elegant Fur-Lned Circu-
rffs, full 50 inches long, with handsome Fur Col
lars, $50.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
WHAT THEY COST.
Description OF Three New Bridges Over
Jones' Falls and Their Cost.

In reply to an inquiry from Mayor LatrObe,
Chief Engineer C. II. Latrobe has furnished the
following description together with the cost, Of
Calvert, North and St. Paul street bridges over
Jones' falls, near Union Depot, all of which have
been completed
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19
Miscellaneous.
Miscellaneous.
Neal, ArmstrongsC Go.
Leaders of Low Prices!
STRICTLY ONE PRICEl
Baltimore 8. Holiday Sts.,
BALTIMORE, MD.

In order to make room for large importations of
Holiday Goods, we commence to reduce stock, and
in order to do so as rapidly as is possible, have
lowered the prices ON many articles. In our
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19

Gs-"Isn't your husband a little bald ?" asked
one lady of another. "There isn't bald hair in
his head" was the hasty reply.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
He Worried the Police.

4 son OF the Emerald Isle made il re-
mxrkably interesting for three or four
members Of the police force yesterday, it
requiring their combined efforts to conduct
him to the cooler. Ii is claimed the iel-
low, whose name is not known, is only
about hali-witted, and il takes but a email
amount OF liquor to make him rs crazy ~
q March bare. lie was in East Sedalia,
where he created 81 much disturbance that
Officer MssOnhall locked him up in the en-
CINE house. Al noon he attempted to
transfer him tu the calabOOse down town,
but the task was a difficult; one. After a
time, however. with the aid OF "nippers."
he was placed behind the bars, where he
gave vent Ia his wrath in style pecu-
liarly his own. lie was kept as = prisoner
until this morning. when he was liberated,
the officers taking into consideration his
mental condition.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16

party, he accepted = nomination to the
state senate. At the election he ran ahead
Of his ticket, but Was defeated By the pro
scriptive system OF registration which then
prevailed.
In 1872 he MAS q prominent candidate
for governor before the democratic state
convention, which, after a close contest,
nominated Mr.. WOodson.
In 1876 the Missouri Pacific railroad be-
came bankrupt. and he Was appointed one
of the receivers BY the United States cir
cult court. Upon its purchase by y new
company he became one Of the directors.
and held that position up tn the time Of
in the following banks: ST. I.onis Ma
tional; National Valley. OF 81. Louis;
Moniteau National, oi California,
Missouri; Bank of Upton: Pleasant
Hill National bank; First National bank,
Fort Scott, Kan; President OF the Jefier-
son City Gas company and President Of
the Missouri River transportation COM
pany. lie also owned the Usage Valley
and Southern Kansas railway, running
from Boonvillc to Upton and there con-
Meeting with the Missouri Pacific, which
company leases and operates il.
On the 10th of Nav. 1859. ne was mar
ricd to Miss Martha Gibson. ny this
union, they had eight children, six oil
whom are still living. Mrs. Stephens died
January 10Th. 1877. Mr.. Stephens was in
his fiity-sixth year, tall and commanding
in appearance. oi sanguine temperament,
very quiet and unassuming in manner.
was afiablc, social and high minded.
None hav. exceeded him in the various
departments oi life in which he has been
engaged. and hc stood before the world Il
remarkable man.
Col. Stephens was an old Mason, having
lsen many years a prominent working
member oi Cooper Lodge No. 81, at Boon
willie, which body will do him the honor to
place him in his last resting splace On
Saturday.
The deceased was Slso member Oi Far
West Lodge. ]. u. u. +. No. 4, Of BOonville.
Hc was member vi this order over thirty
years.
The BAHo would sngges, that the Ma
sonic and tkld Fellows iratcrnities Of this
city meet tomorrow night and make the
necessary arrangements to attend the iu-
neral vi deceased.
.nI InSrpsI <c&vGrrr >rrpulES
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
A Jealous Wife.

South Sedalia, near Fifteenth street, was,
on Tuesday night, the scene Of quite an
animated discussion between jealous
wife and . woman who seems to have been
An innocent party. 4 gentleman was
walking toward his home, when he over
took a strange lady, who inquired OF him
the Way to house in the neighborhood.
He informed her, and as both were COM
PEELED to travel in the same direction they
did so in comPany-unfortunately for
them. They had proceeded probably a
block, when the gentleman espied his wife
coming to meet him, and, as the strange
lsdy's journey required her to 20 in an
other direction, she babe her escort good
day and left him. The husband proceeded
until he met his wife, who at once de-
manded to know who the strange woman
was. In vain he protested that
he knew not. 1t was no go.
however. The indignant wife i'm
agining, no telling what, determined to
see what there was in il. She left her
husband, despite his protest, and started
after the strange lady whom she soon over
took, and the way she tongue-lashed her is
said to have been terrible. The stranger
protested that she was innocent of any
wrong, but this failed to satisfy, and it was
not until some ten minutes had been
spent in the uncalled for abuse, that the
wife retired and proceeded home, where,
probably, her husband also received
benefit.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16

Under tho Wheels of q K. &
T. Engine Early this
Morning,
Nangling His Right Leg in q
Shocking Manner, Making
Amputation Necessary.

Mr.. }. II. CLANCY, - young man only
eighteen years old, who arrived here five
days ago from Fort Scott, Mas, where his
widowed mother resides, was this morning
the victim ri = shocking accident at the
Fifth street crossing in the X. 4 I. wards.
I'm arriving here CLANCY had NO diff
Guilty In securing situation as switchman
at night. lie entered at once upon his du-
ties, and il is said proved himself a conf
petent employe.
NJ lew minutes before 4 O'Clock
this morning, CLANCY WAS engaged
with others in switching, for
the purpose ri making up train. He
was crossing the track intending to
throw switch for the switch engine,
and did not perceive freight engine No. Is.
with George Mct;ec in charge, backing
down the track On which he then was. 1t
Was impossible Tor the engineer and fire
man to ser him. and, in consequence, he
was struck by the tender vi No. Is and
thrown To the track. His RICH; leg iell
across the rail, and the wheels passed over
the limb, mangiing it from the knee down
to the foot The accident being at once
discovered, the injured man was picked
up BY his iellow-wOrkman and Policeman
Conner, and carried to the cOmpany's hos
pital, where he was made as comfortable as
possible. 1T ) o'clock Drs. Allen and
King amputared the mangled limb at the
knee joint, the patient exhibiting during
the operation great amount OF nerve.
This afternoon he was doing remarkably
we'll, and seemed unusually cheerful under
such circumstance
The accident is one that was unavoida-
bic, as RAzOO reporter was informed by
men at work in the yards. Surely Fifth
street crossing is getting To- be place a.
much to be dreaded BY railroad men ~
by those who are unaecustOmed 10 con-
slant work around engines and cars.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16

The BAzoo is in receipt Of the csts-
logue for Cole county's eighteenth annu-
ii fair, to Be held ut Sleepy Hollow, Sep
tember 18th to 18th inclusive. The pre-
miums offered amount to 3, 600, and quite
. number If interesting features are an
nounced. Capt. Pratt, formerly OF the
Garrison house, is vice-prexident of the as
ISOLATION and also superintendent OF
track.
AT late hour Saturday night acouple
OF rural city m.rshals, one of whom show
ed q commission signed by Allen Pinker-
ton, were skulking around the city in
search OF what they called game" but, rs
they refused to tell the police who they
were looking for. it was not learned who
they were in search Of. They should have
been made to show their papers or have
been locked up for keeping late hours.
They took their departure Yesterday with
out finding anybody.
AS he sat on the steps Of Fifth street
residence last evening, he claimed the
right to kiss her for every shooting star.
She at first demurred. a. became q modest
girl, but finally Welded, As they all do.
She was even accommodating enough Ia
call his attention to flying meteors that
were about to escape his observation. and
then got to calling him on lightning bugs.
and at last got him down to steady work
on the light Of lantern that man MAS
swinging about depot in the distance.
where trains were switching.
Since the placing Of the Pacific ex-
press upon the narrow gauge road the town
of Warsaw is receiving the only express
matter since 1869. In tho years $3.50.
Mr.. Geo. l.. Faulhaber of this city, visited
Warsaw and other southwestern points for
the Southern express company, Of which
he was proprietor. At that time all bust
ness was carried on by stage. and Mr.. f.
saws Warsaw was the principal Office in
the southwest. A few years have made
somewhat OF a change.
-''Can pa make circus, MAJ Il
don't know, Johnny; suppose he could
ii he had great deal Of money to buy
horses and wild animals; but why do Won
ask, johnny" ''Oh, nothing much. Only
/ SAW that Castor fellow. that Won told sis
not to have nothing to do with, standing
with his arm around her At the back gate,
last night, and he said to sis, Il s'pose if
yer old man came around now he'd make
q circus and sis laughed and said, 'Yon
bet"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
A Serious Injury.

Mr.. A. Seligman, the shirt manufacture,
met with quite a severe and painful acct
dent last night, about z o'clock. He had
been out riding, and in attempting to
alight from the vehicle, At the corner of
Ohio and Second streets, fell to the ground,
owing to the horse starting suddenly, and
the knee cap of his left leg was broken in
three places. He Was carried into the
drug store and subsequently placed in q
csrrisss and taken ho9e where he ,sosiv-
Small. To-day be has suffered not . lit
tie pain, and he promises to have consid.
cradle trouble before he recoves.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16

Some Facts Regarding the
Death Of O@cer Whelan's
Brother.
He Possessed q Large Sum Of
Money, Which Cannot be
Discovered.

On FRIDAY last Officer Whelxn received
u telegram from Dallas, Texas, snnOunc-
ing the sudden death of his brother David
Mr.. Whelan ut once lett for Dallas, and
las, night returned, after having inferred
the remains oi his brother ut that point
on Sunday evening. In conversation with
a BAzOO reporter this morning, Mr.. Whe-
Ian said thee vas considerable doubt
about his brother having died natural
death, and from the information CLEANED i,
does seem as though there was some doubt
of it,
The Deceased LETT Columbus, kas, or
the first OF August Tor Dallas, where lie
had often been before and was we'll &C
quainted. TN the day OF his departure he
received $500 from his brother John, OF
Columbus, and had, in addition to this.
about 81 yOO0, which he had received some
six weeks ago from railway company for
injuries received n, the hands of said com
PAW.
the National hotel. where he had stopped
many times, and the proprietor Of which
he was we'll acquainted with. lie re-
manned there until Thursday afternoon
last. ut which time he retired To his room.
telling the landlord. Mr.. Jones, that h.
desired To leave for the western part Of the
state that evening and he would get up
abOu, six o'clock. This wss the last time
David Whclan was seen alive.
The next morning the chambermaid Wis
tied the room for the purpose Of placing i,
in order. and was Mortified at finding
Whelan dead. The authorities we're noti-
fed and an inquest held. at which y YER
dict was rendered that deceased came to
his death from hemorrhage. These are
the facts rs related BY Officer Whelsn.
Although thorough search was made.
the $500 was nowhere to be found,
nor could il be ascertained
where the deceased had spent any
considerable sum. Officer Whelan does
not think his brother died OF hemorrhage.
He WAS large, healthy man and had al
WAYS enjoyed the best Of health. When j,
is considered that many persons knew OF
the money in his possession, it does seem
little singular. However, beyond
slight abrasion on the side OF the cheek, there
was not mark upon the body. Had the
money been discovered, or had no one
known Of its being in deceased's possession,
the hemorrhage theory of death would I'M
doubleday have been accepted.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
Accident on the Pacific.

Passenger train No. ; ON the Pacific, due
here at i::sO o'clock this morning, did not
arrive until $50. The delay was caused
By the diiching Of couple Of cattle cars
si q point two miles this side of New
Haven, or about seventy miles from 81.
Louis. The reason Of the accident is said
to have been broken rail. Several cattle
were killed and a plumber injured, but
none Of the train Iuen were hurt.
The passenger train reached the scene vi
the wreck On time, but was compelled to
remain there until 4 o'clock, at which
time the.track Was cleared.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16

About 1870 o'clock last Sunday night
the country residence Of Col. James
Mocbee, situated one mile north of Hughes
Vile, caught fire from defective fue and
burned to the ground. The burned struc-
ture was one Of the finest and largest resi-
dences in Pettis county. No insurance.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
Killed by the Cars.

Bert Dudley, aged ii wears, son vi q
widow woman BY that name, was run
over and instantly killed by train Of
fat cars, drawn BY switch engine No. 2OS,
Thomas Gentry engineer, near the Pacific,
freight depot 1T Ais this after
noon.
learned that he was attempting to jump
from one car to another while they were
in motion, and in SD doing missed his
mark and fell between them, the wheels
passing diagonally across his body, man.
Cling p in horrible manner. His body
was picked up and the coroner notified.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
An Unfaithful Wife.

Some lev months ego the BAzOo record.
ed the marriage of an Ohio street barber
to a woman whose character was consider
ed little Cloudy" They boarded for a
time and then commenced housekeeping,
and for aught the writer knows they have
lived happily together until yesterday. 4,
was not little surprised to find railroad
man in his wife's room, seemingly ~ con-
tented as clam. The knight Of the razor
said nothing, but quietly packed his trunk
and left the house, and, tits said, divorce
will be one of the things of the near fu-
ture
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
A GIRL BOY.
A Sensation Over q Waiter at the
Montville Hotel.

A great sensation wAs created al the
MOntville hotel, on Union avenue, in
Kansas City, yesterday, by the discovery
Of Young girl dressed in boys clothing,
who, for couple Of days, has been at work
in the dining room. The girl reached
Kansas CITY, says the Times, on Sunday,
dressed as boy, and upon applying
at the Moutville hotel for employment,
was given place in the dining room. No
one suspected her gender vas other than
what the neat trousers suggested until yes
terday, when young man thought he dis
covered in the neat waiter boy "tricIs and
wiles" only known to the members of the
fair sex.
Mn. Montville being notified, sent for
the waiter, and upon being taxed with
travelling under false cOlors. the girl Id
a male. Being asked what that reason
was, she said her home in southern Kansas
Was no, ut al pleasant, and she was try
ing to reach y sister in lows. II she dress
ed n y girl il would he impossible to
tramp through the country, but as y boy
there Was no difficulty about it. She left
her home last week, and in three days
reached Kansas City, where work was
given her with the abaoe result. The girl,
who is now known - Mary Daily, isseVen-
teen wears old. and the real reason for her
leaving home is that she was Tilted BY
. lover, who lived near her old home She
could not bear to remain and have his
presence 30 often before her, so she started
to Join her sister. Mrs. Montville, after
hearing the girls story, became convinced
OF Its truthfulness, and decided TO assist
the wanderer in trouble. Procuring ma
tcrial, the dress was soon fitted to the girls
form, and by night articles Of feminine
wearing apparel we're ready, and Mary
Daily appeared in her true colors, -
good looking girl. Mrs. Mon,ville will
keep the girl in her employ, and eventual
~ will see to it that she reaches her sister
in Iowa.