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


4 H.
this winter.
The IIaecr,,own O,id Feiio,- speaks ~ toe
Hon. Michael iinnnon rs tio Archbishop of Anne
Arundel county.
--Dr. II. {. whiirfarl. Of Hartford county, has
removed 20 Jacksonville. Fla. whore he will
practices his profession.
Tho Governors Guard cavalry company, Of
liarford county. has been reorganiied. with ex-
sheriff VIM. Young a. captain.
a farmer Of Talbot county Gays: AS the
dogs 10, the alone last year. my sheep paid inc
more than one hundred per cent. profit"
The population Of Maryland, by the recent
census. is aboui a35 zoo, against Tso.s9!. in $780,
an increase of about 900 in the last ten years.
There were Gl5,i23 tons of coal shipped from
Cumberland over the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
from last January ~ to the close Of last
week
james Ferguson, Of Talbot county. is rcspon-
siblr Tor good many stomach aches. lie raises
100000 cucumbcrs annually from two acres Of
ground.
The Caroline county Dcmocraf says tina, dia-
mond back ,crrapins are being caught 10 plenty
in Eastern Bay, and command from SIS to SIS
per dozen.
There has been hut one ease og ASSAULT Ind
battery ia Dorchester county in the past rcc
months. They must be "A very Peaceable II bic
down there. III
Mr.. GEORGE e. IIume,. a promincnt Apd
highly esteemed young member Of the Wa Y
county. a few days ago.
Mr.. !. n. Barchus. of Barton. Aiieganv Co.
thrown from his horse Few days ago. break.
ing his neck. lie was IS years Of age and ieay es
n wife and thrcc children.
A hound In Washington county ran a fox
into its den among some rocks. The hound could
n; fnl the wav M; again and could he heard
barking for eight days and then is supposed to
have died ffom hunger
-llirsm Ball. 81 Marshars District. made this
season between seven hundred and eight hundred
gallons If sorghum moias.cs. Mr.. Ball was tho
first man in Hartford TO manufacture sorghum
Hdrr" dc Grroe Republican.
The champion hog last year raised bv
'has. Stonc., Of Fountain Valley. and weighed
Gf3 p"unl.. The largest reported this year
weighed 600 pounds. and was raised by J. BENG
dict, tniontown.-- W.sinins'cr idrocaic.
The Salisbury .iir,r'is,r hath !, that Caro-
lin" and wcomicn are the poorest counties in the
state. which j. - be.sing. ~ in these counties
people will not lend money on mortgages. and
hence. they owc less than other richer counties.
On accoun: OF failing health Mr. Thomas J.
Turner. editor and proprietor Of the Prince Ge"r-
?'"H. Of Upper Marlborough. Prince Gcorgc's
county. desires 10 sell his paper. lie owns farm
anil will devote himself to thai should he make
sale.
Tho Cecil D.mocrrf of the 18th. says: There
never shipped FROM Elktpr a larger or finer
.u, of turkeys than the .2S3 that A. r. Shocklcy
work on Thursday. The total weight was seven
tons. three hundred and seventy pounds.
Annie Stable. girl II years old. las,
week made the victim If practical Joke By her
fellow pupils Of the public school near Carson's
Run, Hartford county. One Of the number clad
in sheet played the ghost. AMI Annie fell in
sensible with fright and died the same day.
Jus; as Rev. Nr. Rciman was announcing
hi text at Briigcyil!c. Caroline county, sun
day or two ago. little urching put his head in
at the church door anil squcakcl Out. "Mr. lay
tons house il on fire.. and the entire congrega-
ton rushed lc!l nell for tho lire and left the min
lister alone in hi glory.
The Jail At Elk,on has crazy inmate named
Jim indTcws. lie Is continually rayng about
commission in the army. lie recently addressed
a note 90 Chesapeake City gentleman, asking
him tp employ lawyers 10 have Congressman
Talbot. cx.tioveTnors Groomc and Carroh and
"General Grants SON arrested for trying 10
"bca," him out Of his chances.
The Prince Georges county GdseIe says ::
Eve think that "bottom rock" has been struck in
the low prices Of land in this county rs in other
sections Of the State and that real estate Is slowly
but surely improving in value. The demand for
investments in real property has very porceptably
increased in the last few months, and men with
capital are making inquiries in regard to land in
this county.
When the case Of CharlcsTayior. the eoofcl
lawyer Of Maryland who sought admission o the
bar OF tue Maryland Court OF Appeal, AMI was re-
fused. and who then appealed TO the United States
Supreme Court. is reached IL will be dismissed.
Chief Justice Waite has received letter from At
torney General GWinn, in which he stated that
Mr. S,ockbridgc, Taylor's counsel, had instructed
him 90 withdraw il.
The census of Maryland has been completed
and tnbula;ed except Kent county. That has
been enumerated twice already, bu, for some rca-
other the figures wont stand the test Of cx-
animation. AMI third enumeration has been or
dcrcd and special ascnt sent there 10 supervise
the work Figures have n good reputation for
truth. yet those made in Ken, seem to require n
good deal Of watching To- prevent them from lying.
The Cambridge Chronicle says maj. WIN.
J.. Stewart. formerly of Dorchester and more re-
Gently OF Talbot. having attached himself TO the
Methodist Episcopal communion, Is represented
as giving series of oxhortations and prayers in
Easion osuncommon power and effect. bids fair,
in other language. % become an evangelist in tho
very best Of the word" Major Stewart
was. three or four years ago, resident Of Balt-
more city. member of the bar and an active
| Democratic politician.
The llagcrstown Mali. prints u letter from
Secretary EyaFts to Gov. Hamilton, calling his
| attention 60 what the reports Of the L. :. con.
snls In Germany say abou, the injury done TO the
| Maryland tobacco trade by the State inspection
system. and % the perfectly unreliable character
of the Inspections. The Mil would abolish the
whole inspection system. and let the trade take
care OF Itself. other trades do, which u probably
| the best solution Of the whole matter, and the
complexion To- which II will come at last.
In the Taylor Manufacturing Co.'S. Shops
at Westminster. may be seen novel engine. II
l. 10 be uso'l for saving dawn the large trees %
California. and l. go constructed as 10 be used In
cutting the tree into proper lengths after II has
been moved from the stump. II is decided i'm
provemcni upon the cut saw. and will do the
work of thirty axnen. Tho machine IL called
"Ransomc's Patent Combined Tree Teller and
| Log Cross-Cn; Saw" II l. peculiar piece Of
mechanism, and nj the time simple in its
parts. The valve movement Il automatic and IL
| entirely different from other valve movements.
MIR. John Brown. postmaster n. Brownsville,
Washington county. j. certainly very remark
able man. nc'was 90 years old ON the 10th Of
December. Il well preserved. quite active for one
50 old. and works n; the beam almost daily being
tanner by trade. lie was appointed postmaster
during Jackson's administration. and has held
the position up to the present time. with every
prospect Of continuing under the incoming ad.
tninisiratiun. Mr.. Brown has been u subscriber
To- the llagcrstown Hsrald since Il was establish
ell In 1914, aud has paid for the paper regularly
every year. calling at the Office in person foYRaat
purpose