The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-23
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

More than 90, $780, 900 worth Of ostrich feathers
are exported from South Africa. The supply Of
feathers greatly depends on the supply Of food.
"A merchant saved about n dollar, at Quincy,
H., by using cancelled postage stamps, and has
already paid lawyer SlO0 for defending him,
without as yet being sure Of escaping imPrisoh-
ment.
What promises 10 become the largest iron fur
mace In the United States has grown up quietly in
the Virginia mountains, and IL now nearly ready
to be put lntp blast. II Il 10 Rockbridge county,
will produce 200 tons Of iron daily, aud belongs
exclusively 20 English capitalists.
bishop borgess. has forbidden the Roman
Catholic churches Of Michigan to raise any money
by .atiies, fairs. excursions, or balls. The fret
consequence Of this l. the lesoning Of tho incomes
Of several charitable institutions. and he has or
dorcd an assessment on his diocese TO make up n
deficit of 81 800
The State bureau of Labor shows that II linois
ranks next to Pcnnsylvania in the production Of
coal. The output for 1852 was 9.O0O 900 tons
Last year the yield was G,OOO.OOO tons. The coal
mines are found 10 forty-six Of the hundred coun-
ties Of the State. The value Of the yield Of coal
at the mines was nearly Sll.eOO.0OO.
When Joshua llill. of Georgia. was in tho
United States Senate he bought for $1,000 an old
field lying on the suburbs Of Washington. lie
thought little of IL. but held II n m investment
for his ehildred. The British Minister built fno
residence In the quarter 10 which Jhis land was
u
llill's purchase l. now estimated to be worth
s250, 900.
A Missouri doctor reports 10 the Philadelphia
Medical aHd !SHrgieai Rsporfer the case of farm
or who has nine children the eldest Of whom l. 10
and the youngest years of age. The list begins
with tho girl Of 10 years; then comes twins tboy
and girl of years, another pair of twins of 6
years, girl of I. and finally tripie's fall girl.l
years old. Father, mother, and children are in
good health.
The Mcthodisis of Decatur. H., desiring 20
promote n revival of religion, sent an invitation
TO Harrison. the boy preacher. who was then Ia.
boring at Grand Rapids. The evangelist replied
that his terms were SI00 week and board at
first class hotel. A committee decided, after con
sidering the matter carefully. 10 engage him. and
their course has already resulted In crowded meet
ings and numerous conventions.
1t must be n cheerful kind of love making
they have in North Carolina. The telegraph tells
oitwo young men Who called upon young wo-
man on the same evening and one of them was
moved some houts after by the undertaken. II
must have been a somewhat exciting time for the
young woman. she will now have to hunt up
some more lovers. since one has been murdered
and the other will probably be hanged.
One of the girls at the Garfield fair In Wash.
ingion had been brought from distance on ac-
count lf her remarkable beauty, bat the venture
proved improbable to the mana cement and un.
plcnsant Z" herself. Crowds gathered about her
booth. and insulting remarks became - frequent
that she compelled tu withdraw. "Are you
the American Lily" one man asked. "No."
was her reply. "hui am a tiger liiy."
4 young la1y of Oakland. Cal. married
brakeman in pigue. and tien returned 10 her fam
ily and kept the welding secret. when It was
discovered she sent for her husband and IMPRESSED
her desire 20 live with hitn lie agreed 70 thi. On
the condition tha, a; the end of ,ix months .he
could bake a loaf of bread tha, would tnce, With
the approval Of HE friends but IL l. hoped tha' hc
may be induced 10 receive her bread or No bread
The pastor of Presbyterian church in Pi,t..
burg has considered il necessary - remonsirate
with of the members the church On account
n their habit Of beer drinking. Insiea Of rceeiv-
ing the rebukc moekly and promising to mend
their way'. the beer dfinkors. IL l. saii have
'piVel 10 resist all attempts g. discipline then, On
the ground that IL il not wrong 90 drink beer
u an atenpt !, made e. stttle that qgesti1n. the
result will excite grea; iniefe.t. Probably 0piu-
ions will diaeF as widely a. they sometime. ap.
pear 60 10 On the question whether beer !. intoSi.
eating
The luNufiou. stylc in which many Harvard
student. live !, aid by a correspondent Il the
Hartford coarn"f 20 have become a cTJ ing evil
Poor young men require much more f1rtituio and
sci-rCliance than use 90 be;he case 20 20 through
the coufsc IN Open poverty. The pr0iessors h0E.
exer. have not fallen into eXirava CANT ways. One
dfesses 90 plainly. ani with little regard O.
modern fashion, that he !, descFibci positively
quaint. Their manners are unaffected and siml-
PIE tha; the contrast between them and the air. of
some Of the students is striking. The ffe.hman
are the gfanie.t Il al.
1t sounds odd 90 hear that while in Manitoba,
Dakota. Minnesota. and elsewhere 10 the Wet the
mercury j. many degrees below zero. Oregon and
Washington Territory are sufreing from desiruc-
tive foods. The Rocky Mountains appear 90 mark
the boundary between two climates and while
cold waves pour doWn from British America. cross.
ing into the niiei States west of Lake Superior
and then spreading eastward 90 the Atlantic.
comparatively modsra; temperature often prevails
along the Pacific coast. The telegraph has ena.
bied men 30 send warnings ahead of storm, and
other approaching meteorological changes. but the
science the weather remains 20 be mastered.
A recent visitor g. the Dismal Swamp in Viz
gnia found il much reduced in extent comparel
90 what It was twenty ycars ago. ], now contain.
some Of the bcs; farming land in the state. A
railroad runs across IL. anditi. on its way o. FINAL
extinction. The drainage of Lake Drummond. a
central body q water lying higher than the aver
age level Of the swamp. would make the whole
area fertile This j. project Of GOV. BENJAMIN =.
Butler. who once had surveys made. bu, a; lensih
abandoned il. The great industry Of the swamp
!. numbering. IL il penetrated by snail diiehe.
in the connection with larger canals. and by rsde
tramroal.. over which the log. are hauled TO be
sawsl mp into shing giles railroad ties. AMI cnein.
The lake itself. however. with IL. almost inpene.
tfable fringe Il express ari il. projecting roots
anil broken stump, i quite ~ dismal ever.
PERSONAL MENTION.