The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-07-29
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Alligator TAT l. nov used for eosking purpose,
IN soma parts Of Florida.
"A Virginia woman Of four score year. has
taken her thirteenth husband.
"A bachelor Of SO years, residing in LAnesville..
Wis., 70 about to marry . lady be has not seen
since he vas boy.
The Governor Of IowA has distributed 80. ga.
contributed from various sources for the relief Of
the sufferers by the cyclone In that State.
One million one hundred aud forty six thous-
and sacks ofAmeriean newspapers passed through
the New York Post-othee during the last hscai
year.
w. y. Eastman Of Butte Creek, Oregon, has
tooth which weighs eleven pounds. lie found
y IN the bed OF stream. IL belongs To some ex
tinet Kind Of beast.
There Is an apricot tree in Fresno county,
CAL. that measures sixty inches around the trunk
three feet from the grounl Il IL estimated that
there 70 not less than ton Of fruit on the tree.
-rhs attorney usssEai sf TssEsssss has dc
cided that the matrimonial associations and nun
tial guilds IN that State are Illegal and has OF.
dered their prosecution ~ the District ATTORNEYS.
james Fleming. late = director in the City Of
glasgow Bank. has just been convicted by the
Scotch High Court Of Justiciary of e,nbcrrling
s5.2l1'SS5. and sentenced to eight months i'm
prisonment.
Upward of $4,000. 900 letters and postcards
are posted daily In the world 3,tls OOO 900 let
tiers are annually distributed In Europe, OOO..
600 in America. 7G.0Oo.oo0 In Asia, 36,OOO 600 In
Auftraha anu ~ ,uuu,Oou Ia Africa.
Ohio papers are telling with some show ofas-
Constituent Of lady who has lived for forty years
within few miles Of Cambridge. that State, and
Who last week saw strawberries for the FIRST time
and did not know what they were until she was
told.
The ab.coniine cashier Of a Logan,port dad
bank carried away the bond which he hal given
Tor honesty, well all the leaves in the banks
records on which u vas mentioned but his effort
10 save his bOndsmen from loss will be of no all
a. the contents % the document can be easily
proved.
A man over so years old applied for q mar
rage license nj Kingston, Ontario. When asked
the name of the woman whom be was 20 wed, he
said that he had not yet made . choice, but was
looking around. and did not wish any delay for
formaliiies after selecting one lie went away dis.
appointed
The pastor u Congregational church at
Msneelona, Mich. cautioned the peopl. against
the excitement likely 20 be caused by ReyiVAii.t
BuFns, Who was abo1t 90 begin work in that
place. Bu, IL vas not long before he Va. himself
wFnughi up 90 high pitch Of feeling. aud nov he
has become a hopeless maniac.
r IL remarkable that mi.ers generally are long
lived. Many year' ago Samuel bailey. farmer
In the Isle % Wight. subjected himself aud family
60 incredible prisAiions. Ia order Go save feed for
horses they even did the rioughing and harrosing
hemselves. and would eat the flesh Of animals
which had diel a natural death. We, he lived o.
he ~.
4 peculiar system of mortgaging farms !.
used "a Switzerland. A farmer may borros u a
daE.n men succes.iveiy. the simple record Ia an
official book shosing their order. IL he fails 20
pay. successor - found for him by beginning at
the bottom Il the list q debtors and calm. on
each Ia his order O. assume ell the debts aud
manage the farm - stsp aside aud lose bis claim
William Booth. the General 81 the Salvation
Array in Enslani. receives and di.burses uith
absolute eoh'fol. s2jo,eoo year lie oun.. 81
fenis Ia he own name $50 baiiding. u..I for re
hsieus mse,inss. directs the uork q 1000 81
hoftst' anI Publishes paper. TAs VA rs,
Which cifealsiss go. 600 eopis. a month. lie !.
vel educated. ssry shining - speaker. clear
headed and arbitrary ia management. and. a..
c9riiug g. general opinion. an homes, IeAiot.
Al ATLANTA ga paper say: "a Russian Jes
~ho e.ns 60 Atlanta eight mon;hs ago uiih 81 IN
bic pocket 10 nos baildihg tso neat cottages on
to ,iiy lat' be- has pail Tor. Inquiry opens the
secret % As sacoe's. lie has fam ly u hve ehi.
dfen. ani each one q them - wotksF, a. IL also
be -iis lie averaged ESQ per seek a, . tailor.
and each member q the family contributes some
htng g. the general income. II al we're sifh.
oai the faiss PRIDE tia, hold. ~hols family idle
AL dependent 90 one man labor us should have
FtgsTeFoas Community. There 10 no dignity
lac that q hansst labor, shsther mah o. uotnAb
Ne the lahafer.H