The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-06-25
STATE NEWS.
Complied from our Exchanges.


The tax levy In Garret county, State and
stounty, for 1881, Is sl.06 on the 800.
Capt Bndd, Of Hartford county, raised this
year 5000 quarts Of strawberries on half an acre
of land.
The county tax levy In Talbot IL 6s cents on
the S0o. making With the State levy $50 cents on
the SlO0-same as last year.
The annual session of the Maryland State
Teachers Assoeiation will be held at Frederick on
the 9Th, 9Th aud sth of July.
The county lcvy in 81. Mays county for 1881
has been fixed at 95 cents on the $500. which with
the State tax makes $l.l32 on the 500.
The strawberry crop Of wicomieo county sold
for fraction over 100000, Of which the growers
received little over half after paying all sxpsn-
ses.
The Thomas W. Jones Co. slate quarry. .
little over four acres, ON Slate Ridge, Hartford
county, has been sold to John Parry and others
for $500.
Gen. 10 Due, OK commissioner sfagrieuisurc,
has been paying EastOn q visit with the view Of
making Talbot his future home u he can End .
suitable farm.
All Of the stock for the new railroad from
Reading. Pa, TO PerryviIle. Nd, has been taken.
and u will be built ~ necessary arrange
ments are perfected.
The foundation walls Of tho new Presbyte-
rian church at Belair have been condemned By
the architect, and they are to be taken down aud
built Of better material.
-"m' ur'utn caught an empty conn whilst
engaged In capturing logs in the Susquehanna at
lIavTe.de TRACE on 18th instant. Its appearance
indicated that u had been occupied.
The seventeen year l0eusts have made their
appearance in 80. Mary's county. They have
well defined VS. On each wing, which some su-
Persii,iou' people Interpret as predicting war.
A report comes from Kent Island that the
army ~Orm e passing through the wheat fields on
the Island. They were FIRST seen in the wheat fsid
OF John u. Price, but have not done any m8ssriai
damage.
Tho Methodists of Deals Island built . new
church aud Fixed upon last Sunday n the day for
its dedication. storm came along few hours
after the painters had put the last touches upon
the building and utterly demolished u.
Amos Phillips. Of Kent county, while blowing
struck stump which gave him q severe jar. A
few nights afterwards be awoks almost stranglej.
hi, noath and throat being oiled with blood. II
Is thought the jar broke . blood vessel.
James =. Beali. Of Hartford county, was at.
tackled By large black sake while chopping
wood. fight ensucd, but Mr.. Beail finally sue
ceeded IN killing the snake. II measured seven
feet and two inches in length aud seven inches
NJ ound.
--Abou, four thcusand logs. which escaped
from the breaking Of the boom at wilamsport.
Pa, were caught In the vicinity Of IIavre-de.
trace. siill larger number passed fuxther down
the Susquehanna. and the shores n far down rs
Pools Island are lined with them.
The Cecil Wig says: "The Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad Company have, IL 10 understood.
determined upon the lower route for the line Of
their new road from baltimore 10 New York. II
will pass through this county on line. the near.
cst point Of which 90 Elkton will be about three
miles distant passing very close "a Mllers Corner.
-Eggs ought 10 be cheap in wieomico county.
few weeks since. Bro. Malone. of the Adrsrf;.er,
told how the turkey gobblrFs Of that favored Sec
tion laid eggs regularly. lie has now discovered
n breed of rOosters specimen Of which IL eonsid.
cred below the average if he don't succeed in lay
ing seven esgs n week. Truly. wicomico Is con
ing to the fore.
The Democrat. Of Howard county on Wed
ncsday nominated the following county ticket -
For State Senator. Edwin wardeld House Of
Delegates. Robert A. Dobbin. John +. Hardy
Register Of Wills, Thomas T.. Maclin; Sheriff. T..
Alex. Talbot; County Commissioners. Joseph II.
Toomey. John T. Ridgeley. jerome c. Berry Sur.
veyor. John 7. Il. II. Carroll.
-Tae CaaJriiy, Era institutes the following
comparison: There are nine full practicing phy,i.
clans IL Eaton aud four large drug stores making
a comfortable living out Of population Of 3.000
Cambridge has but two full practising doctors and
three drug stores. foe population Of 500. What
would be the opinions of an unbiased observer IN
regard to the health of the two places.
Susan Cronc. q girl ~ years old. living in the
family Of Capt. II. X. Young. In Frederick county
had narrow escape from being frozen 20 death .
few days ago. She went into the ice house and
fell down a narrow aperture in one corner. where
the ice had melted away from the wall, but being
covered over with straw, had not been noticed
before. Not returning TO the house, Mrs. Young
went TO sec what had become of her, and diseov.
cred her perilous position. She vas rescued In a
Pi.issis eo.sli'iea from cold. and sxhss.tsa ~
cries for help.