The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-02-25
STATE NEWS.

st. Michaels Comet The farmers along St
Michaels river, below the town, have had flint
sport shooting black head ducks during the pas
two weeks. They build blinds off the shore and
balt them with corn, and the ducks come there in
docks to feed, affording rare sport to gunners
who kill numbers of fine ducks often at single
shot. Dr. James Seth, few days since, fired
into flock with both barrels and got sixteen.
Messrs. Joshua 0. Wrightson and Chas. e. Caulk
have each done some good shooting
Hon. VIM. H. Hooper, of Utah, two daughters
and private secretary at East New Market
Caroline county, where he lived prior to locating
in the West Mr.. Hooper, it is said, became a
Mormon, and the right-hand man of Brigham
Young through whose influence he was elected to
Congress from Utah. He denies, however, that
he is polygamist, and asserts that large ma
jority of his faith do not practice polygamy. He
is reputed to be wealthy.
In the Circuit Court of Hartford county last
week Howard Terry, of Cecil county, recovered a
verdict for $4,000 for exemplary damages
against the Philadelphia Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad Company for having carried him a
half-mie beyond Havre de Grace, to which place
he had purchased ticket from Perryville not
having stopped at the former place long enough
to let him get off with safety.
Rev. John r. Paxton, for three years pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Churchville Har-
ford county has been called from his present
charge in Washington to ten thousand dollar
church in New York. Although but thirty ight
years old and but eleven in the ministry, DIR. Pax
ton has reached an eminence in the ministry of
his church rarely attained by much older men.
-Emeline Ayres, the widow of James Ayres,
an Old Defender, died at the residence of her SON
in-law, John c. Hazelett, near Cooptown Hartford
county, last week, aged 50 years. Her husband
was private in Captain Rampey's company,
and was in Baltimore in 1914 with Col. John
Streets regiment.
Says the State Board of Education ''There
are many children who are growing up in ignor-
ance and ideness, and who will necessarily be-
come curse to the community in which they live.
Some means should be devised for compelling
every child to receive the benefit of public or pr-
vate instruction"
Tho barn of Amos Spencer, in the occupancy
Of Amos Thompson, near llavre de Grace was en-
tirely destroyed by fire last week, together with
nine horses, three head of cattle and all Mr..
Thompson's farming implements. The fire is be-
lieved to have been the work of an incendiary.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
after years survey for its new line between Bal
timore and Philadelphia, has transferred its head
quarters to Annapolis, and is now asking from the
Legislature a new charter to enable it to cross
other roads under certain restrictions.
"A youth named Elmer Potts has been arrested
and held for the action of the grand jury of Har-
ford Co. on suspicion of having caused the death
of young Emmett Thomas, who found dead
in the woods last week.
The four distilleres in AIlegany county and
the three in Frederick county are all in operation
one of those in Allegany on double turn. Out
OF the five in Washington county but one is now
running.
"A white crow killed few days ago on
the farm Of Col. Lee, near Belair. The bill and
legs are jet black, while the feathers are all of
dusky white color. Col. Lee is having it stuffed.
Caroline county's wheat crop for the present
year is unusually promising. It's said that more
wheat is now sown annually in that county than
was reaped twenty years ago.
1t is said a theological seminary will shortly
be established in connection with Western Mary
land College, which is under the auspices of the
NJ. P. Church.
The farm of W. B. Jarrett near Jarrettsville
Hartford county, 100 acres, has been bought by
Stevenson Archer and Stevenson A. Williams for
$3.50.
Mrs. Levin Offutt, of Montgomery county,
aged 50 years, has recently cut front tooth.
Rev. Thomas Guard, of Baltimore, is to lee
ture in fredericksburg on the End of March.