The Baltimore County union., 1882-11-11
GENERAL NEWS rTFMs.

The people Of the United States consume
over 10000 tons Of coffee annually.
Michigan claims to have gained $4,000 new
settlers In her northern counties this year.
The dome Of the Washington Capitol 10 being
painted and Il will take dfteen tons Of white lead.
-Gas was first introduced In this country In
baltimore In 1921, In Boston in 1892, and In New
York in 1897.
Seven hundred and twenty-five bushels Of
potatoes from - acres Is what Bucks county, Pa,
Is Dragging about now.
II. ProthoFoe, n wealthy Englishman, has
arrived at New York with hoek Of os,riehes,
which he hopes Ia be able 60 "iarm' In America.
II. II. Piummcr, Of Brattleborough, Pa, has q
rose bush 30 years old from which more than
two bushels of buds have been plueked this season.
--IIorsethoes made ofthree thicknesses Of green
rawhide compressed In n steel mould are used 10
some extsn; In England. zhey weigh about q
quarter as much an iron shoe, and are said 10
wear longer.
Returns to the Department Of Agriculture
from all of the 200 counties Of the Uuited States
indicate wheat produe, slightly exceeding $780,
100000 bushels. or an average yield per acre of
about ~. - bushels.
Tho He'll patent would, Il i considered by
those competent 10 form opinion. be cheap at
$i0,o00.OOO. The consolidated telephone inter-
ests Of the United States are estimated at from
SlOO,0o0, 900 10 SljO.0O0.00O.
The provision made by $. l.. Landes Of Mt.
Carmel, H.. for his wiie aud children took the
form Of planting 100000 Walnuts, which, with
proper care, should produce trees fifteen inches In
diameter in twenty years and yield an independ-
ent fortune.
a Philadelphia woman, who called herself an
electTopathic physician and was noted a. quaek,
seems to have believed in herself for sbe treated
herself for hurt which shs had received by fall
ing down stairs refusing 10 have the regular prac-
titioner called 10, AMI died through her own un-
skifulness.
One of the curious industries in New York
city Is gathering the stale bread from large hotels
aud resiaurants. and grinding Il up into food for
poultry aud pigs. The Astor House sells It's stale
bread for $500 annually. The contractor has sI,-
100000 invested Ia the business, and keeps nine
teams ut work.
Nine girls Of Wheeling took some pictures of
actresses IN stage costumes 10 photographic, aud
posed a. nearly a. possible In the same attitudes
and TaimeBt. The portraits somehow got into
circulation In society, and the earnest efforts Of
the girls parents have failed u gather the cards
in for destruction.
On bT. Gienb's ranch, ia Colusa county, Cal,
In the same field are 20 be seen al the same time
one set Of men thr-shibg out this years crop. an
other set seeding for next year and a third set
summer fallowng for the second years crop. while
IN another part oi the field q tine volunteer cfou
j. coming well forward.
In the northern part of Picken. county Ala
hauia. acJ acre. Il land aud mill Ia good order
were '"Ii Tor f%lW cash. ihts sale - an csi-
dence oi tle declining value 81 property IN Pick
enc. produced solely by the railroad cloud hang.
ing over ~. and the conseluent defaBsement e
both county and persohal afsirs.
|, i e',imatei that the cu,t of maintaining
The chufrhe' u the ~hoe country. and of con
duc,ing the benevsleu, work IN which they are
engaged. 10 sio6.Gs2.o00 a year or absu, e. f.r
each 81 the H.. lp".gsG member. Jcws uay $ia5
each Epi.c1paliAhs sii. Congregational and
Dutch Reformed member sl5. Pfe.byiefians
sl5. Bap;i,i,. Lutheran. an4 Meihsii.,i &C. and
Roman Catholics S3