The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-09-16

Virgins ha, sii, s27 white school population
and 49,, 1876 enrolled and ?iO,9sO c9lored, Of
which $1,000 are enrolled. West Virginia has
202 1864 whites, l3s,179 enrolment I,5i9 colored
school population and I, 1928 enrolment.
There are %: shiis msies, 2jT coiorei males.
white females and 30 eolorei females confined
within the Kentucky peniten,iary, Of whom 50,
including 6 women. are life conviets.
"A Chicago arm has negotiated for I, 900 acres
Of land in Madison county, Tenn, for the pur-
pose Of establishing strawberry and fruit farm.
1t 10 said that about the year 1896 there was
offered ~ . gift 10 . Lutheran church 10 New
York city six acres Of land near Canal street and
Broadway. and II was declined Is mot being
worth fencing"
An attempt is about being made to cultivate
oysters IN Great Salt Lake; 5000 seedlings will
DO forwarded BY Fish Commissioner Blackford,
who has no doubt Of q satisfactory result u .
proper bed can be found where the minute animal
life, upon which the young oysters feed, can be
found.
Mrs. Harriet Boswell. widow who died re-.
Gently 10 Lincoln, H.. len her entire estate. val
ned &c $4,000, TO the poor widows Of that place.
Several marriage engagements have been broken
OF In consequence. The widows have awakened
20 the fact that they can never, never love again.
1t is said that the wealthiest city 10 the
United States, In proportion 10 population, IL
Portland, Oregon. The weather there 10 % bad
during sir months in the year that the people
esn't get out 70 spend anything, and, Of course.
riches accumulate.
The number Of aoraviAn Church members In
the United States 10 only 1900. The member.
ship throughout the world. including the churches
In missionary fields, numbers about 100000.
In the canton Of Zurich, Switzerland, they
have new Sunday Law. which puts q stop 70 all
requiring noise. During time Of church service
all shops and stores are 20 be closed.
As one practical ecmmon-sense result Of
camp msetings may be mentioned tho action Of
the Methodist ministers on the camp. ground at
Millersburg, ny. They solsmniy pledged them.
selves 10 withhold their support from every polit
icai candidate who attempts 10 secure BY liquor
or money either nomination or election 10 any Of.
Zoe.
An immense planer has been constructed at
Pittsburgh capable Of planning piece Of iron or
other metal ten feet wide, ten feet high, twenty
four feet long, and 90 arranged that four cutting
tools may operate on the work at one time, two
being on the erosshead and one on each upright.
The city Of Paris receives nearly o million
Of dollars annually for the privilege which IL
grants 10 owners OF vehicles for hack stands In
the public streets.
Two Mormon missionaries In York county,
8: C.. have been notified to leave, under penalty
Of being lynehed.
The population Of Tappahannoek, Va, 4,
ave hundred and sixty-three. Theprsssnt mayor
has held the position for forty years. and Il is
said be can keep the place - long a. he lives.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company en-
plays gardener on eash Of the three divisions
between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The gar.
deners' duties arc 20 lay cut the various beds
which greet the eye Of the railroad traveller at the
different stations, the company furnishing the
money 10 secure the necessary plants.
Many New York physicians arc now carry.
Ing about their drugs instsad Of writing prescrip-
lions. The practice is growing out ofths inereas-
charged fer prssoriptions By the druggists. 0ftsn
The blu fm medicine 10 larger than the ysIeian's
charges.