The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-08-19
OVER THE STATE.

The State aud eounty taxes for Somerset
county this year amount 10 Sill on the si0O.
--DouglaIs, the horse sold BY X. II. Miller Of
Montgomery county, 10 Mt. Gbesn, Of Washing.
ton, made ais In Chicago last week.
MIR. Jesse Morris, residing near Goose nill,
Kent county, planted an orchard last fall, from
which he gathered apples. Of good size, this SEA-
son.
Kent island, which 10 the 9Th district Of Queen
Annss county, IL the richest island Of the Chesa.
peake bay. Its assessable property, real and per.
sonai, u valued at S7s0,p50.
The butter premium az the ntgomery eoun.
~ fair will probably exceed 500. The premium
q offered exclusively for Montgomery county but.
ter. aud will be awarded on the drst day Of the
fair.
--George Winthrop. Of Cambridge, Dorchester
county. who died recently, len . number Of isga.
cies 10 persons In that place, but bis executor has
not been able 20 End any property TO pay them
with.
Tho scarcity Of corn In Hartford has caused
an increased consumption Of wheat -four. Millers
say they are grinding about one.third more wheat
and only about one.ha the amount ofecrn usually
ground.
"A few days since Mrs. Augustus Fralsy, Of
Frederick, gave birth TO . son weighing only one
pound and a-qusrter. The child is perfectly
formed and has exeellcn, iunsa quart cup
will hold iteasily.
Clinton Ross, of Indiana creek, Dorchester
melons Of large siEe to New York BY vessel. The
Cambridge papers say u l. the largest individual
/ shipment ever made from that county.
| Maryland ranks second among the States ~
packer Of tomatoes, putting up 100000 cases OF
nearly seven and q quarter millions Of cans PET
annuin. New Jersey ranks 6rst, packing 500, 900
cases. aud Delaware stands third, packing iSO, O0o
cases.
Mics Hannah Wiley. an aged lady, Of Rock
Hin, :. C.. while ON . visit 90 her niece, Mrs. J.
Tho,. e. Hopkins. of Beiair, was taken III with
heart disease and died. The remains were con.
veyed to her home In South Carolina for inter
ment.
/ --Rebecca Williams. col0red. of frostburg, Al.
iegany county, has just received . pension d IS
y month. the arrears amounting 90 $2.635. IleI
husband lost a leg at the battle Of Sugar Loaf
Mountain, ". c., from the effects Of uiSeh hsdiff
since the
! Along the peninsula railroads In Deawar,
and Maryland there are now eight or nine basks
! factories, each making $500 10 1900 baskets q
I day during the busy season. The bottoms anl
hoops are made of Maryland pine aud the stavs,
I Of Delaware gum.
WIN. Adams. Of Frederick. was arrested anl
committed TO Jail. on the complaint of John DE.
lashmutt. Of Buckeystown. for opening n lemon.
alc stand at the Sunday school jubilee at that
place. Adams was released On habeas corpus, and
recovered $50 damages against DelashInutt.
-Robi. y. Ramsay. Of Hartford county. hal
I sItiue tufec httcs ot Wutcu nave
creased to eight. two having swarmed twice. IL
also caught. few days ago. swarm 81 Italian
bees. This variety l. new In that section. and Is
said to be much superior TO the common bee.
Mr.. John y. Buckley. of Cecil county, has
threshcd an average wheat crop Of - bushels Pcs
acre from &c acres, ~ acres of which yielded u
bushels per acre. Mr.. Hugh N. Cameron, of TIN
sane county harvested n large crop, one field d
which made the splendid yield of 10 bushels PEI
acre.
Charles Rathell. n Talbot county farmer. OF
his Kingston farm raised 1900 bushels Of whea
FROM 81 acres: on his Dolphin farm. from Isl
he gets 5000 bushels. and on the Davis farm
where he resides. from $50 acres he realizes 500
bushels. making n total from the three farms o
/ O,jnO bushels.
The new fertilizer Law for Hartford county
which went into effect on FIRST inst. requires = u
fee Of s25 each brand Of fertilizer odsre,
for 'ale in the county A sample Of the fertilizer
I with Analysis made by the manufacturers chem
lot. must be- deposited with the county commits
sioners. The chemist for the county l. 10 MAKE
anaiyse. In cases % dispute.
st. Msry's Protestant Episcopal Church, IL
North East, Cecil county. was built in l7i2. i
Is quite an ancisnt.io looking structure, built o
brick. and seems TO be substantial enough q
weather the storms Of several centuries more. tn,
parish vas founded In l5Od. and was one Of th'
earliest organizations Of the kind in the State
The old Bible first used in the church IL still re
tanned, and the wOrshipers at 81. MAry's lister
now. on Sunday mornings, TO the word read from
the same book which their great. graadf 70
vered and honorsd.