The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The Susquehanna river was frozen over from
wiiliamsport TO Harrisburg last week.
MIR. Edison's patents now number 500 more
than were ever before granted TO one man.
Oscar wiide's brother wishes TO come to
America 60 lecture. lie Is an wstheiic poet, too.
The Washington monument is now up 60 q
heigh, Of 3?2 feet and. IL is said, will be finished
10 June, 1854.
Only about one out Of every ten negro cabins
In the South has windows. When tho occupants
want any daylight they walk out Of doors.
The Lancaster county, Pa. tobacco crop Of
vested for many years in the matter Of uniformity
Of curing.
"A Chattanooga paper boasts that pig iron
'can he made at Chattanooga and placed In Pitts
burg for less than Pi,tsburg furnaeetnen can put
u on the furnace bank
--Two-eent letter postage Is 60 bc provided for
In the Post 0aiec Appropriation bill this year by
order of the House Of Representatives. This Is n
step in the right direction.
"A Charlottesville. Va. printer has written
2.i52 words on postal card With q lead pencil,
reservins in the centre of the card u space the
siEc of gold dollar, on which is inscribed the
Lords Prayer.
Minnie. one of the dwarf children Of Peter
u. Shearer. Of Stonersville. Borks county. Pa.
died a few days ago. aged years. 10 months and
90 days. She weighed only fourteen pounds and
had been blind from birth.
has been determined by Dr. 0it TO be sixty per
second. The method Of experiment vas to attach
pen 60 the snakes rattles, the record being re.
eeived on q revolving drum.
-- Col. Edward RiehaFdsan Of Miss, owns q. .O00
acres of cotton land, and last year raised i2.-
600 bales. lie also manufactures the products of
his fields. lie is the largest cotton raiser in the
world. the khedive Of Egypt being second.
Kentucky IL indulsing in quilting bees and
cat shaking. After the quilting cat is put upon
the quilt. The young folks take hold Of the cor
ners and toss the animal till Il jumps of upon
one of the young ladies, who is then crowned
queen of the bee.
--AMemphis magistrate lately fined a young
man $50 who got drunk at fancy ball while per-
sonating George Washington. The Justice said
that " he had not thus dlseraeed himself while
Per'onating that angus, character the hns would
only have been s..
Pastor Dairymple of the Methodist church at
somers, Conn. is esdangering his income BY OPP
position 10 social kissing. His salary 10 raised
in part BY entertainments In which kiss games
are q feature; but he has taken = hrm stand
against such diversion. thus cutting OF an I'm
poftant source of revenue.
The Mormons have been thirty years build
ing granite temple In Salt Lake City, aud IL
will take at least ten moro 10 hnish the work, In
case u IL ever carried 10 completion. which is
now considered doubtful. There is difficulty in
gathering the taxes levied upon the believers for
turning the structure into q State House when
Utah is admitted 10 the Union.
The ruling upon the respsctive liability Of
landlord and tenant for the negligent eonsiruc-
ton or bad condition Of 4 builJng. Chief Justice
Brigham Of Boston says that the landlord alone 10
responsible for the bad construction, but the ten
AMI may be made 10 pay any damages caused By
the malignant use oft. For instance, the land
lord is liable for injuries caused by = defective
trap door, but the tenant Is liable for injuries
caused by trap door left open.
"A mob at Marshall. Iowa, thought that DR..
Cohee deserved . whipping. but he assured them
that they we're mistaken, as he was not guilty Of
the offence Of which they accused him. Heasked
them 20 defer the punishment for Few days.
promising 10 prove bis innocence. They would
not consent TO this. but signed an agreement In
ease be exculpAtet himself they would all apollo
gire. DR.. Cohee was thereupon severely whipped.
He is nov suing the lynehers for damages, and the
proof Of their identity 10 clear in their own hand
writing.