The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-02-19
STATE NEWS.
Compiled from our Exchanges.

PARTS Of Washington county are infected with
typhoid and scarlet fever 10 an alarming extent.
ID. q. wooldnger reports eight near Letter.
burg, Washington county, between two screech
owls, In which tho beaten bird Was dsvoursd By
the victor.
An agent Of Jas. n. Ksene. the wsll.knsvn
New York spsculator and capitalist has been In
hood Of Havre do Grace, with . view Of raschas.
Ing.
"A company Of Maine timbsrman are al work
In Charles county, whore they have . camp 10 the
woods and will reside there. They are pleased
with the "miid" weather. Is compared TO that Of
Maine.
The shipment Of Ivy and swamp bsiss reefs 70
the Northern cities 10 one Of The growing sstsr.
prises Of the Eastern Shore. The roots are man-
ufactured Into pipes, whips and handles, door
knobs. furniture ornaments, 10.
AT Unity. Montgomery county. . war.hesss
belonging 10 Frank Gridith, and Vas With hin q
the battle Of Gettysburg, died last week. The
horse Was more than twenty-fv years old, and
bore the scar len By ricoehssias shell at 0sttys-
burg.
Parties from Psnusylvania have comnsassd
operations near Crystal FAN, II washisgtss ssua.
y, and have struck rich deposit ef hsnatits iron
ore. The produce Of the mine 10 10 30 shipped 10
Harrisburg. whore the demand 10 greater than the
supply.
In operation. and the nsw machinery 70 being pat
In position. Two thousand cords Of wood have
been cut this winter and much 10 being hauled 10
the mines. The works will soon b starred up with
increased vigor.
sold Dave. eolorsd man Who had served
In the Jones family, Of Mschanicsviile. Sc. Mays
county, for over seventy years, Was hurried last
week. "Davs" Was quite character In the ssigh-
borhosd. and for years, until prevented By age be
Was the VILLAGE blacksmith.
The people Of sauasewn. bsswsss Assistsm
and Harpss's Ferry. desire 70 have . pesesoles
there. AZ the postofBes authorities ere apt % clip
Cd the sufhxss Of towns thus honorsd, the people
will have 20 b content with ssuG - the titls ef
their settlement. 70 they get the Postoeles.
Misses Joe and Mamie Lyssh, daugAisss Of
Edwsd Lynch. 81 wsstuIsssss. and Miss Jeanne
Golden. were nearly suioestsd With coal gas while
asleep fsw nights ago. The gas cane through
the register from the room below. They usrs un-
conscious when discovered, aud we're restored With
great diaculty.
Mr.. Jonathan W. Kerr, proprietor Of the East.
srn Shore nurseries, 81 Denton, made careful o..
animation ef HE orchard rsesntiy snd found that
oil his peaches and cherries we're killed by the 70.
cent severe cold. An examination Of bads from
thirty-one peach trees Of the hardest varieties
failed 10 show . single one alive.
While Sheriff Hanskamp, Of Ailsgany eounty,
few days since, was sxtolling the pssfsstisns %
new pair Of handeaas, they closed with : spsisg
upon his own wrists, and be found himself nana-
elsd quite Enthusiastically. Az be had no key, snd
the gentleman who had Il could not BE- fsusd. the
bracelets had 70 be broken before be sssld BE- III.
Grated.
The late Mr.. John Meisr. q Hagsrsssvs, isfs
large estate 10 Be divided among Ne relative
mostly nsphsvs and nissss. Dsaisi Dennslly, Q
son Of Col. Daniel Doanslly, vas enc Of the
nsphews interested In the estate and be hes nsvss
yet turned up, and bic vhsrsabeuis ass unknown.
variess reports prsvii shss hs practices iav 10 enc
Of the Western States and was sssn in California
many years since. TIE prsssmptisn % that be 10
dead; bat, sim alive, handssas son q nessy
from his usslss stsisswsitins hissssppssrssss.
The Cecil Ds~scrsf dspIerss The backward
tendency of Eikton, and rather more than inti-
mates that the town 10 going backward. u says
"there 10 not shop Or forge that even sssks %
do more than temporarily rspair waists Places
Not dwelling or place of business has been
built In this venerable town Tor years. Not Q
wagon, . carriage. IN agricultural implement %
manufactured here. For all that the farmer OF
business man needs, except an occasional piew
casting, he has 20 geek forsign market o. The
home agent OF manufacturer. Salisbury, Cnm-
bridge, Basien, Centrcvilie. Chsstsrtswn. svsn
snow Hill, show signs Of llis and living We know
not here"