The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-09-08
GENERAL ITEMS.

FIX Governor Leland Stanford, Of California
has an income Of abOu, -. 0OO.00O year.
Near harrington. Del. a locomotive and three
cars passed over child as il lay sleeping between
the rails. The child was but slightly hurt.
lit is claimed that the pioneer tramp died
IN Ohio few days ago. lie was 90 years old
and he spent the last forty years Of his life in GO
Ing from place To place on foot. Born in Holland
be fought in Russia. France, and India. and came
to the United States In isl1.
An observer IN Utah writes that one Of th,
causes operating toward the gradual abolition oi
poygamy Is the er-marriago Of IDENTITIES and
MoTmOns. In marriages of this kind that have
come under his observation, the supremacy Of Oh,
religious belief Of the Gentiles IL apparent.
In series Of tables giving the average ex.
pectaiion Of life at different ages, DIR. farr no,
only accepts one hundred years rs a recorded age
but says that the average duration Of life after
passing that age IL. In women, one year, nine
months. and three days, and in men about one
month less.
The mother Of twenty eight children IL Iiv.
ing Ia BrownVille. ia. She is still In the prime
Of life and vigorous. Her husband. the only one
she has had. j. also alive. Twenty three Of the
ehildrcd dead, though all lived several years
Among them were four pairs Of twins, born with.
In period Of six years.
A lady living In Clinton, Mass, recently
mixed u batch Of bread which failed to rise, even
after delay Of twenty hours. She did not wish
her father TO see the waste Of Jour- 50 she buried
the dough in the garden. The next morning her
father called her out to see an enormous white
mushroom OF an unheard Of variety that he had
discovered. lie was calling his neighbors 10 SEQ
TIE curiosity, when his daughter enlightened him
as to the nature Of the plant.
The birthplace Of George Washington 10 at the
inner side Of n peninsula having for its water
boundary Mattox Creek, the Potomac River and
Pope's Creek. The house in which Washington
was born stood on projection which is now called
Burnt House Point. Aroad leads down to Bridge
Creek Landing. n little less than two miles dis
tant, where, it is probable. a steam. boat wharf
will be built, in order that the spot may be more
easily accessible.
A railroad conductor bet German Of Quincy,
H., that he could not pick up loo eggs laid on the
ground yard apart inside Of IS minutes. The
eggs were to be picked up and deposited 10 q
basket, ono at time, and the basket was 90 re.
main stationary ut the spot where the first egg
was placed. Gorman thought he had an easy
walk over but the railroad man placed the eggs
In s;raigh; line along the side of the depot and
the basket nj one end, so that Gorman had 90 run
up aud down the line with each egg separately.
Al the end of 20 minutes he had picked up only
q Of the eggs. and had TO give up the contest
A local mathematician figured up that IL would
take about six miles Of travel to pick up the 100
eggs.
"A humming bird flew into room occupied
by Mrs. Russell in an old ladies' home n,
Norwich Conn. She caught Il and kept Il in cap
iivity for several hours. In dying about the room
u brushed its head against the whitewashed wall.
Two days later 10 returned Of its own accord. The
old lady identified Il by the whitcwashed feather,
on Its head. She put Il cage, and has caugh,
three others. They have become so tame tina,
they porch on her head and sip sweetened water
from n cup which she holds. II Is seldom that q
humming bird not in captivity 10 seen at rest
They resemble furry balls, bobbing from blossom
to blossom in the shrubbery. and bear only fain,
resemblance to anything else belonging TO the
bird tribe.