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

Master Warner Of Atlantis. Iowa, IL not yet
years old. but be weighs nearly 100 pounds.
There il prospect that the Asiaiic cholera
now working its way westward. will reach this
country in lss3.
Three married sisters, each Of whom has twin
children, held reunion at Allentown. Pa. lately.
The six children were present
The movement u cars over the main line Of
the Pennsylvania railroad last month averaged
l,joO per day in each direction.
Sunday Is the great day for base ball games
In the West. immense multitudes gathering 70 sen
contests between prOiessional clubs.
The liquor dealers Of Topeka, Kansas, shaved
the tail and inane Of . horse owned by pro.ecu.
ting attorney. and made kindng wood Of hi,
carriage.
la rscsn, speech at san Antonio. Dr.. Bald.
win stated that Texas spends S25 .oO0, 600 for
whisky, 81, 100000 Tor tobacco, and ,oOO, 900
for schools.
The PENNEY lvania Railroads new loeomotiv,
Jumbo Ia. seven feet driving wheels, anu Ia,
drawn a train from Philadelphia TO Jersey City, .
distance Of ninety miles, in eighty minutes.
The largest suspension bridge will be the on,
now building between Brooklyn and New Yorl
city. The length Of the main span IL sos feet {
inches. The entire length Of the bridge is 5,9s,
feet.
Fortress Monroe l. the largest single fortib-
cation in the world. II has already cost the Gov.
eminent over S3.On0.oOO. The water battery il
eonsiierel ono Of the finest military work, in III.
world.
Thu. far 1852 has been an ex,raariinar,
year for fires. The estimated losses in the Uniiei
States for the eight months foot Up more thAa
sci 0.O0o. 90 81 900 900 more than the average
for four years.
An along the Frazer river the edge l. blak
with salmon. while the creeks for n long distanoe
are iamined With them. Millions are 10 be sen
and. a the water goes down the creek. tbousants
are left TO die.
The 100000 bequeaihed in 1856 20 Hartford,
Conn. by John VI. Niles. to be held till II had
doubled. nov amounts 10 $i0,33S. and the income
will be used heneeforth. in accordance with the
terms Of the bequss,. To furnish poor families with
fuel.
The largest body Of fresh water on the gIob.
Is Lake Superior II IL 400 mile. long. 100 miles
vide at It's greatest breadth. and has an area Of
$1,000 square miles. it, mean depth is said to
be 200 feet. and its greatest depth about 200 faith
Gus. IT. surface Il CO. Zee; above the sea.
A Massachusetts Law makes the owner Of q
house liable for treble any lcss that may be su'.
tanned by gambling therein with his consent. A
saloon keeper at Lowell has just been compelled
TO pay 81 500. the money going to man Who had
lost only 5000 In playing poker on the premises.
FROM an experimental acre al Belair Grove.
near Sanford. Fla. there were sold. during the
month Of July. 1851 worth of pineapples and
plants. and up 20 August IS there yer. sold 100
boxes 81 lemons At $2.j0 per boz, making = total
ofs7l, with the orange crop yet 10 be heard from.
a peach grower, Who shipped one hundred
baskets of hne Nixon peaches from Milford, Del,
last week. neted just % cents. lie seems 10 think
that he should have had three cents more. or an
average of one cent per basket. The railroads
received fer carrying these peaches S57. theearter
81. the commission merchant s6Ts, andthe grow.
er % cents.
When John Saunders wen, from Kentucky 10
the West some forty years ago be sW0re that his
betrcthed. whom he ieft behind, should not see
him until he became . millionaire Lately he
balanced up his affairs In Montana, AID finding
himself possessed Of the desired million, returned
To Reniuckey. looked up his old sweetheart, and
the twain we're made one. lie 10 O.. she 81.