The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-02
OVER THE STATE.

The ea,nings Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail.
road foF the last aseal year amounted TO sls,sss,
sTs.72.
u. I. Messler, Of Carroll county, has = Dur.
ham Gov ,ha, gives milk yielding iSl pounds Of
butter . week.
Capt. Thomas n. Fitzgerald, asomerses coun.
~ farmer, raised 100 bushels Of corn on twenty
eight acres of land.
The Easton Ledger estimates that 5000 tons
Of fertilizer sold in Talbot this year. and its
cost Is put at $4,000.
The CentTovile Record places at the head Of
its columns the name Of Col. Vim. Mckonney as
the Democratic candidate for Governor IN iss3.
Senator Robert p. Bration killed lately an
eagle In Somerset county which measured seven
feet eight inches from tip to Zip, and weighed nine
pounds.
Several Cecil county farmers arc reported 70
have plOwed up and re-seeded their wheat fields,
tho ny having destroyed all prospects for = crop
from their former seeding.
1t costs Kent county $4,000 = year TO supper.
her paupers at the aims house. All told they
number 50 unfortunates. That's doing much bet.
ter than Baltimore county.
The deposits Of tho Belair bank, In the twenty
working days since Il opened, have reached $t0,-
900 aud the discounts about $4,000. On the
latter there is = gross profit Of over $500.
MIR. J. Thomas Cotton, Of Aliens Fresh,
Charles county, died last week aged 81 lie leaves
wife and ten children. lie was brother Of Mr..
Gcorge Cotton, the we'll known politician.
The phiiadclphia PSsss says; "The Eastern
Shore Of Maryland is undoubtedly = remarkable
section u the coun,ry-rcmnrkable for the rapid
i,y with which great men go away from H."
Henry e. Dickerman, formerly employed in
tho Western Maryland railroad shops at Union
Bridge, Carroll county, has fallen heir 20 fortune
Of SIlO. 900, left him by relative In England.
The grand jury which adjourned al Rock
willie few days ago had a remarkably short ses-
sion. Only seventeen indictments were found,
four being for violation Of the local. option Law.
Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 2ist, the canning.
house of Joseph Arthur, near Aberdeen, Hartford
county. caught FIRE from gasoline lamp aud to-.
gcther with the contents were entirely destroyed.
Mr.. J. Fletcher Wilson sold this season from
his orchard on the Turkey Point Cecil county
farm, $500 worth Of peaches for canning pur-
poses alone This did not include the whole crop.
"A family in wicomieo county have the follow
Ing names which rhyme when written In pairs. thus
Sam and Dan,
Dave aud Stan.
Mary Cathafine and Matilda Ann.
II Eiward u. Grow. OF Chcstertown. while gun.
ming for ducks at Still Pond bar, saw large gray
eagle swoop down upon one Of his decoys, which
he was carrying Of. when n shot from Mr.. Crews
gun brought him down. The eagle was very
large
The Easton Lsiger states that tho four case.
of smallpox in tha, town had been for two week :
IN the basement nf the high school building when
discovered, The janiior OF the building and his
family were the victims. The schools were closed
for week.
Mr.. Amos Cox, n farmer In Elk Neck, Cecil
county. raised and cold Of of Eve acres Of ground
thi. year enough tomatoes 60 bring him the hand.
some sum of SGe9..I. The fruit was sid TO he
delivered on his shore. that he had only short
distance TO haul.
Two large bears, supposed 10 have escaped
from the party Of gypsies in Montgomery county.
have been lately seen near Mu.doek's Mills, near
Tcnay,oWn. They havs created great excite
ncnt among the school children, who are afraid
To- leave their homes.
An old resident Of Hartford county says the
Susqucbanna Is lower than he has ever seen IL be-
fore at this time Of the year, and very cold snap
would freeze IL to the bottom at Conowingo. The
eelhshers have been exceptionally successful this
season. because of the low water.
DIR. e. q. Cox. who has succcs.iyely been
Licuicnant-Govcrnor Of Maryland, commissioner
of pensions. president ofths District of Columbia
board Of health and commissioner to the Austria
liam Exposition, diei Saturday nigh, last. DIR.
Cox was graduate of Yale College.
MIR. William wciing. n respected citizen Of
Howard county, died on the 2lsi Of Nov. in the
seventeen year of his age. lie had llled many
important positions in the county. was n member
Of the State Legislature in ls5S, and in 1864 was
appointed assessor Of internal revenue.
The llascrs,oWn Ne'rs says: "Mrs. Clara
Sianhorc nee Hamilton, concluded her studies
In paris. and few days since arrived in New
York. She proposes to spend the winter in An
uapolis at the gubeTnatoTial mansion with the
Governor and his family. In the meantime the
suit Tor divorce will be prosecuted without Opp0-
sition from her husband. Mr.. stanhoPe."