The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-03-05
STATE NEWS.



The Maryland stats Teacher Association
win meet In Frederick on the 9Th, 9TH and eth 81
July neat.
The banks and business men Of IIarsrstown
ave formed camhinatien and have mutnaiIy de-
termincd not 10 receive any matiiatsd coin nj lie
face value.
Mr.. Ezekiel Cowgirl, Of Miles river neck. who
died the 22d aged So hasa sister living In DEL
aware who 10 1887 years Of age, and sti retains all
her faculties.
Mr.. v. D. swsaringen, Of Middissown, Fred
srick county, has Al army cracker which was gle.
en- him BY member Of the First Rhods bland
regiment, In 1889. II 10 kept - Q msmsats.
in compliance with recent net Of the Lsxis-
laturs, and the suggestion Of Judge Alvey In his
charge 10 the grand jury, the doors q churches IN
Iagsrssewn are being altered 10 open ostvard.
The business place Of an Elkten man was
Ing been announced that be had died In he nirht.
He was among the 6rst on the spot In The Nora
Ing, not Bit dead.
Thomas Be.sshsnp, . native Of sonsrsss
county. Who vas left ~ orphan when quite young,
went 10 Colorado, and Il now said 20 b verv
wealthy. He interested In eleven claims IN Can
nison county, and also owns several mines In Park
On the night Of 3sd Of Feb, an inesndiary Gre
caused the destruction Of nne barn % ths Ein-
sale fA.n' near Upper hs.lbero'. The farm BE-
longs 10 Encch Pratt, and was tsnstsd By Mr..
Nicholas o. Ridgsly, who loses forty-nins shssp
and lambs, besides corn, tobacco and provsndsr
The late moderate weather u In Howard ceun-
~ attributed 20 the fact that Mr. Joseph MeKsnsis
caught ground hog out % bic hole near Uniou
Dam on de ieth and KILLED hin, siisr rsseh
battle. HE fellow. eitissns propose 70 give hin
ity.
Mr.. Jaeksss, tenant On he 0lsdiss fAsn In
Eik neck, Cecil county, says that The gAssheppsrs
are aeendsnt ssd lively On shs plass nee, ssd
declares that ssasshoppsrs have been go Il ~
seasons Of the year on thAt farm Cor the past TWEEN
~ years.
Hon. Daniel N. Heavy hss sppeIassd Master
Pearce crls6eId, Of Chsstsrtewn, Kent county, 10
the Unitsi States Naval Academy, from the First
congressional district sf Maryland. Young Girls.
held e grandson Of The late Senator James Al
fred Pearce, and . nephew Of James A. Peases Of
Chestertowp.
"A large chestnut tree. measuring seven and
a-haif feet aeros the stamp, was recently cut down
near Mill Green, Hartford county. Il was preba-
bly, the largest tree of the Kind 10 that nsiehbor.
hood. portion Of the top had bssn dead for
many years bat the other portions never failed
10 yield crop Of ehsstnals.
The Deer Creek Farmers Club, Of Hartford
county, sabout 10 initiate system Of cooperative,
sales OF stock. produce, implemsnts, sti., 10 be
conducted pretty much ~ the fairs arei England.
which arc periodically held In the market towns.
The first fair or sale will take place at Bclair,
the soth Of arch, and will doubtless prove great
convenience 10 the Hartford farmers.
"A Georgia paper claims peach orchard In
Alabama, belonging 10 brother % the Irish sgi-
tator, Parnsll As being the largest IN The world,
and yet u covers only $50 seros. The Chester
town Transcript makes merry over Alabama con-
tending ~ 70 large peach orchards orgetfal Of ths
little state Of Delaware and the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland. few years ago the Round Top Or
ehard. near Chestsrtown contained 1000 acres,
though now reduced 10 900 acres. Many eshsE
orchards ere cited a. containing 500 aad 40 acres
and Kent and Queen Anne's counties eontain ssv.
erai others exceeding $50 acres. III