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The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-23
Legal Notices.

tn THE BALTIMORE COUNTY ORPHANS
l. COURT. JUNE 18TH, 1sS3.
ORDERED, that the sale Of the Real Estate Of
WARRICk PRICE, deceased, made by Samuel
VI. Price and Thomas II. Matthew, the Executors
of the last will and testament Of the said deceased
and this day reported 10 this Court b. the said
Executors, be ratified aud confirmed. unless cause
be shown 60 ;he contrary,
or b.iors ne va dag ef .Iaiy. 1855,
provided copy of this order be inserted ia some
weekly newspaper. printed and published in Bal
tinoTe county, once In each Of three successive
weeks before the 9th day of July, 1883.
TheTepOFt states the amount Of sales 10 be s3,-
$3.50. JOSHUA y. COCKEY,l
JOHN GoNTRUM, judge.
JESSE DAILY,
True COPy-Test: THOMAS PHILPOT.
Register of wills for Baltimore county.
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S
J. II. PAwLING, OF PHILADELPHIA, EN-
TIERS BR. q. BILLY BADEYE
GEORGE ". NELSON, OF BALTIMORE, EN-
TIERS ell. q. ST0NEwALL.
To he irOited according the rules Of the National
Association, best three in Eve, 10 harness,
AT BISHOPS TROTTING COURSE,
Hed@s.Say. Jaas :7ti, at .! o'cisek r. H.
ADMISSION, so CENTS. IL.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-23

UTANTED-Smalic County Place IN exchange
w for city property. Also, Large Farm for
city property. J. p. CLARK, Lexington and
Calvert Sta. BAlimoFe. Nd. Hume 3tAag.3s.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-23

TN0R SALE, number Of Small Places in the
II country. on railroad or pike. J. p. CLARK,
Lexington 4 Calvert So, BALTIC. lFeb.StAug.26.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
FO0te Benton.

The Hon. Jacob Thompson,
in q letter to Merriweather's
Weekly, has some recollections
of eminent men of the last gem
Grafton. OF the late Henry S.
FOote, Mr.. Thompson says:
His learning was wonderful,
and no man of that day was
more apt or accurate in his
classical quotation. | remem-
beI his celebrated debate with
Benton, in which the latter was
completely scathed. The cur
rent number of the Century
Magazine, by the way, has a
very incorrect report of that
same scene. Foote was pour
ing forth d torrent of biting in
vective, so scathing that Ben
ton fairly writhed. At last he
sprang up and advanced as il to
attack Foote. Foote, small,
slim, and wiry, was not so large
as Benton, but stood his ground,
whereupon Benton turn ed and
left the Senate. 1t was at that
moment that Foote, pointing
his long finger at the retreating
figure of the Senator, repeated
that famous line from Cicero
against Cahline, which trans
lated means:
"He turns. he turns, he flies"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
MOrm0ns in Mississippi.

We learn there is a Mormon
church organized in Jones coun'
ty, near the Jasper county
line. 1t was organized la st
year by two missionaries from
Utah. The congregation is n
small one. Newt Knight, his
son, their families, aud the Val
entines are among the members.
Newt Knight Isl q well known
parsonage in that locality, and
figured prominently towards the
close Of the war, as the h ad of
a lawness band of deserters.
Among his other feats was a
raid on the Confederate com
missary stores at Paulding, in
which he seized and divided
among his band, all the cora
and bacon that had been acou-
mulated for the Government
Meridian Observer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
A Texas Romance.

In 1885 a citizen of CoahuiIa and
Texas was in need of a helpmate o
and passing the clearing ofa
settler he heard some one chop
ping. SO he concluded to turn
aside and see who the axeman
was. To his utmost astonish
ment he found buxOm lass,
about 20 summers old, splittirg
rails. He engaged her in con
versatiOn, and then and there,
on the rail cut she had chopped
and was preparing to split into
rails, wooed and won tho dam
sci. A more hOnored and be
loved couple never graced this
mundane ball than they were
and the old gentleman is still
living to bear testimony what
an excellent wife a rail.splitting
lass proved to be. They have
several children living ne ar old
Goliad.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
Vegetable DEVELOPMENT.

The majority of our vegeta-
bles are quite unlike the plant
in it's wild state. BY cultlva-
tion through a long series of
years, some part of the plant,
that portion most useful to man,
has taken on an unnatural de-
velopment. This may occur in
the root, as in the carrot; the
tuber as IN the potato; in the
bulb as in the onion; in the stem
as in kObl,rabi; as in spinach ; in
the leaf.stalk as in rubarb, or in
the terminal bud, of which the
cabbage is an example. Tho
fruit is changed in a large num-
Der, as in the sguashes toma
toes, etc, and finally the seeds
themselves are modified, as the
peas, beans, sweet corn, etc.
These portions have not only
been increasing in size, but they
have acquired peculiar color,
flavor etc. which add 10 their
value. When these plants are
grown under favorable condi-
tions, they revert more or less
to their original wild state.
The carrot affords a marked
illustration of reversion. Al
lowed to SOW its own seed in
poor soil in autumn, the plant
which comes up the following
spring is left to fight its own
way among grass and other
plants, and in few years it be-
comes the well known wild
carrot" The small woody root
of this has been, by few years
of cultivation, brought back to
the large tender root, we know
in the carrot. Many other ex
amples could be cited of the
tendency ofcultivated plants to
be retrograded, but this is suffi
cient to show that the first point
in seed-growing is good cultiva
ton of the plant which bears the
seed. They must be kept from
reverting toward their first con
dition ; indeed one of the meth
DDS of improving plants an,
consequently their seed, is t.
provide those conditions whicl
will allow them to assume thei
greatest development. In othe
words, high cultivation is nee
essary in growing the bes
seeds. DR.. George Thurber
the American Agricnliurist f.
June.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
Sinaular Credit System.

Two months ago a Pole in
Schuylkill County, Pennsylva
nia, opened q salna.1Aa1,ssnn- .,,,,7 ID ~. 2,
pOoSN w iun Z" NiSuio y SeShh
He was patronized by his coun.
trymen, and being unable to
read or write English, he re
quested the Epglish-speakine
fIequenters to charge them
selves with the amounts they
were indebted. One day last
week he started out to collect
his bills, and some of the most
prominent business men in town
were startled by the presenta-
tion of bills for drink received
at "Polish Jake's." A glance at
the book showed "Henry Ward
Beecher' indebted for S42;
"John b. Cough" for s35;
"Roscoe Conckling,' for s37 ;
"Freddy Gebhardt," for S17;
"Mrs. Langtry,' $50, and "Mace
and Slade" charged with a bill
of $40. The sheriff has closed
out the saloon. The losses are
800. Warrants are out for the
arrest of number of young
men who are charged with be-
ing implicated in the affair.-N.
Y. Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
A Marriage Under Stress.

William Rohr, who has u com
Portable property to live OH In
New York, was married unex
pectedly one night. He was
asked to go to n house on bust
ness. He went and entering
the parlor the door was locked
on him. Two men were in the
room. one of whom was armed
with revolver and the other
with knives. One of the mel,
asked Rohr il he intended t.
marry Carrie, q sister Of the
speaker. Rohr was not ready
to marry inst then. The blood
thirsty brother threatened Rhor
that II he did not marry Carrie
that night he would fill him full
of bullet holes and shoot him t.
death. The other bloody broth
er advised him to marry peace
ably or submit to having his
throat cut then and there
Rohr concluded IT was better to
marry than die. Then the gir'
Carrie came in with a preacher
and the knot was tied, after
which Rohr left tho house, and
commenced proceedings for {;
divorce on the ground that he.
was married upon compulsion
And Carrie get alimony pending
the litigation, and is happy.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
Census in 1885.

Washington, July 13.--When
the firsa appropriation was
made for taking the tenth cen
sus 1t was the intention of Con-
gress to frame law so that if
any State desired to take anoth-
er census in 1883 the govern
ment would pay half the ex.
pence of it. It was desired to
have the census ofthe different
States compared with that taken
by the census bureau, and make
them both more reliable. Sew
eral of the larger states, New
York, Pennsylvania and Illinois
have already signified, through
the census authorities here de-
sire to take advantake of this
act. Inquiry at the cenrus of.
fee to-day, hewever, develops
the fact that the previous legis
latlan does not cover the ground
1t will be necessary to have the
law amended to make this
scheme possible. Superinten
dent Seaton said that an effort
would be madc to change the
law. II is thought that nearly
all of the States will avail them
selves of the opportunity for
taking a census at half price,
provided the opportunity is
made. 1t would practically re.
suit in u new census of the uni
ted States. The headquarters
would remain here, the only dit.
ference being that the States
would be required to foot half
Of the expence in their respec-
i've limits. The scheme is fa
vored by the census officials,
who have u strong desire to
perpetuate themselves in office.
1t would fui nish abundant work
for the civil service board, as IL
would necessitate the employ.
ment Of two thousand extra
clerks.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
Oldest Nawspa ,er Woman.

The oldest newspaper woman
IN the country in said to be Mrs.
Harriet N. Prewitt. who from
l84S to 1862 was editor, propIi.
etor, news editor, bookeepcr
and mailing clerk of the Yazoo
City, (Miss.,) Wing, afterwards,
the Banner. At the same time
she kept her own house
aud brought up her three
fatherless children. Finally her
health gave way. and for twenty
years she has been q helpless
invalid. She, however; contin-
ues to exercise her brain by
composing poems and:.sketchcs
and is fond oftalking Of the ante
bellum days of the South, and
sesd the dfrfSt 'saasEs,Ybf tbsR, Is
Her cottage home is compared
to that of Paul Ii. Hayne, mas
much as it is endowed with hon
eysucklc vines, and its walls
within are covered with pictur
es, clipped from the illustrated
newspapers of the past twenty
five years. Cincinnati New $
Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

New York 'rimes.)

II has been repeatedly point.
ed out that ice is destroying the
American race. The ice water
that is universally drank by
Americans who believe them
selves to be temperate, chills
the stomach, renders digestion
impossible, and makes the con-
sumer . hopeless dyspeptic,
even il 1t is not Responsibilities
many persons believe it to be-
for that almost exclusively
American lnalady, Bright's dis.
ease of the kidneys. But there
is another evil wrought by ice
in this country of which no no.
tice has yet been takon. The
practice Of preserving food on
ice is rapidly demoralizing the
American palate and rendering
us, as nation, incapable Of
dining like civilized beings.
This is the season of the year
when strawberries are brought
in ice to this market. The ef.
feet of the ice is utterly to do.
stroy the flavor of the straw.
berry, even ifit does not con-
vert it by freezing and subse-
quent thawIng into sodden,
leathery, unwholsome garbage.
People who buy the early straw
berries either find them detesti
bic and ever afterward avoid
strawberries at all seasons, or
they actually learn to like the
flavortess fruit, aud thus reduce
themselves to q point in the
scale of culinary barbarism to
which even the native Indians
never sunk. In like manner ice
is destroying oil capacity on the
part of our people to appreciate
fish. Nearly all the trout and
salmon sold in the market has
been frozen. The flavor of the
trout is totally annihilated, and
but little of the flavor of the
fresh salmon remains. 1t is
probable that few of our citizens
who consume trout and salmon
have ever, in the course of their
those flsh1 really taste Wien nhsH,HE hs,H.
contaminated with ice. They
eat fish because they under.
stand that on occasions it is the
proper thing to eat finely com
minuted sawdust spiinkled with
fish bones.
Years ago the writer of that
clever satire, "My adventures
il Skitzland," described the in
genious con- truction of the
Skitzlanders which enabled
them to send their stomachs to
u restaurant and have them I'LL
ed with food without the troa.
BILE of eating. Dining with MS
will in time become as mechaiii
cal a process as it was in Skitz
land. We shall fill our stomachs
with food fro IN which the flavor
has been driven by freezing, or
with the wretched meats and
vegetables that have been re-
duced to uniform tastelessness
by the "canned provision" deal
ers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
THE GREAT RIVER C0hvEN-
TION.
New Mississippian.l

The delegates from the vari-
GUS Boards of Trade aid the
different commercial organiza.
tions of the Mississippi Valley,
recently assembled at st. Louis,
have determined to carry the
war into Africa. They have
now arranged for a great river
commission, to meet at Wash
ington City during the very
height of the Congressional ses.
sion, in the month of February.
Mississippi needs a great and
strong delegation in that body.
Let the State Legislature which
assemblies here in January, send
delegation to represent the
State. Every Levee District
should-send representatives to
attend to that special interest
in the body, and those cities of
the State whose harbors are on
the river should unite in some
special organization looking to
the permanent preservation OF
the banks in front of their cities,
and the permanent preservation
of their harbors.
Commerce is with us in this
matter-the Western States are
determined on the movement.
This is what the National Re
publican says on the subject:
''The people are coming them
selves this time, and Congress
may as well take notice that
they mean business. Candidates
for the Speakership and tae
scores of aspiring statesmen
who have Presidential bees buz-
zing in their bonnets must tall
into line, or be laid OF the shelf
by the members of this Conven-
tlon. We rather like this Wes-
tern style of doing business. II
| is frank, and reaches its object
Get means,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
EnuIish Women In Bones.

The quantity of whalebone
used in dress bodices is now
enormous, and when it is re-
membered that the "bones" in
corsets now exceed by about
100 per cent. what they used to
be, no wonder will be felt at the
extIem stiffness and angulari-
ty of the fashionable figure fem.
mime. Even muslin dresses
have three bones at the back,
one under each arm and fOnr in
front. Dressmakers are anx.
iously looking for the advent of
crinoline, round and large.
Then, they say, gowns will need
fitting only from the waist mp
ward. Now they have to he
made SO as to fit like gloves on
the hips, aud ladies are never
pleased. London News
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

Death from sunstrOke is not
produced by the effect of the di-
rect rays of the sun, as many
suppose, but from peculiar
condition of the nerves brought
on by loss of rest and excite
ment of the nervous centres
The man who sleeps comforta-
bly, each night for Il sufficient
number of hours can endure
nnharmed a great deal of expos
ure to the SUMS rays. To avoid
sunstroke, therefore, special at
tention should be paid to the
sleeping apartments to insure
their Icing as cool and well ven
tilated as possible. Beverages
of an over stimulating charac-
ter should be avoided, as well
as those calculated to make a
person waketul. While mode
rate Indulgence in all kinds OF
healthful food is in order, ex
cesses of all kinds in heated
terms should be sedulously
avoided.-Baltimore Sun.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02


During the war a Masonic
lodge at Fredericksburg, Va,
was sacked, and among the
articles carried off was a silver
bevel of the senior warden
which was undoubtedly used by
Washington, who was a member
of the lodge. This interesting
weapon was deposited among
archives of Integrity Lodge, of
Philadelphia by Capt. Warren
j. Young, a former member, to-
gether with a memorandum
stating that it was to. be return
ed to the Freuericksburg lodge.
''after the state of Virginia, as
a whole, ceases to be in rebel
lion against the government of
the United States.n The relic
was overlooked until a few
weeks ago, when newly elect
ed secretary discovered it, and
after a fraternal correspondence
! with his. southern brethren, "
turned ii Ia them.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

The south has 306 votes in tho
national republican convention
and the well-known fact that
these votes will be cast solidly
for Arthur moves the New York
Times to say that there are two
kinds of political soeidity in::the
south. One the solid democrat
ic electoral vote and the other
the solid officeholder's vote in
the republican nominating col.
vention. In other words the,
south is politically the rotten
borough of the republican par
ty and the Times evidently fears
the overthrow of it's party
through the exercise of the
power of this rotten borough of
oiiiceholders in the nominating
convention.-Memphis Ava
lanche.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

The advocates of w0man's,
suffrage in England are no. less
active than the supporters OF
the cause in this country. .. In,
deed, the movement seems to
be more strongly supported in
influential circles in Great
Britain than in the United
States. A proof of this is
furnished in the fact that 120
members of the house of com
mons, chiefly moderate liberals
and radicals, have sent a memo
rial to Mr.. Gladstone, asking
the introduction of a bill grant.
ing female suffrage in any fran.
chise measure the government
may propose. Beside those
signing the memorial, many
members have pledged them
selves to vote for a woman's
suffrage bill, if the bill be pro-
posed by some private member. .
and lot introduced as govern
ment measure.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

A private letter received by
one Of the officials of the Indian
bureau from Kansas reports
that "Oklahoma Payne" and his
followers are loud in their as.
sertions that they will enter ln-
dian Territory during the pres
ent week, court or no court.
They say that nothing can stop
them.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
THE
UNIVERSITY
of
Mississippi, at Oxford.
THE

Next Session opens 27, SEPfEM-
BER, 1888.
TUITION FREE TO f EVERFBoDf
BUrLAW STUDENTS.
Open to both Sexes alike.
The cheapest University in this
country.
All the Departments are IN sue
cessful operation-Law, LITERARY
entific. and Prepa ratory Depart
lis conducted as hereto fore,
For Catalogues free and lnforma-
ton apply to Gen. A. Z. Stewart
Chancellor.
SPECIAL inducements here ia
cong men and women-poor and
cb alike.
II. NJ. SULLIVAN.
s.. rptarv BoArjsof Trustees
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

The Sicks5urg Post states
that professors for eleven diff,-
rent departments i'll colleges,
polytechnic schools, and other
institutions of higher learning
in the United States, have just
been elected from the Universe
ty of Virginia.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

Charles Francis Adams is
mentioned as an independent
candidate for Governor of Mas
sachusetts.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

A grandson of Henry Clay
has been appointed a Second
Lieutenant in the United States
army.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
says that the proposition that
the trustees of the State Uni.
versity create a separate de.
partment for military discipline
and drill, and place a frst-class
...~-. a. ts~.I ~f;t rnanc m
be meeting with much favor.
Col. Clifford w. Anderson, OF
Savannah, is suggested for the
place.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02
The Cholera has appeared at
San Darnisco del Oaxaca, Mexi-

co.
George Knapp, senior proprie-
tor ofthe st. Louis Republican,
is ninety eight years of age.
A Virginia paper suggests
that the next Democratic nation
al convention be held in Rich
mond.
The Jewish Messenger says
the Rothschilds own &4O0, ,000,.
or nearly one.fourth of our ma
tional bonded debt.
Louis de Ia Rame, better
known az "Ouida," the novelist,
is now in strict seclusion and
under careful treatment.
The total stealings ofthe San
Francisco Harbor Commission
ring, according to the experts
report, amount to 7,24S,10.
Since the passage of the pen
sion law the number of attOr-
neys before the office has in
creased from 1000 to 1000.
John Bracken, the man who
swan ashore with the Cumber-
lands battle flag after her sink
ing by the Merimac, is now in
New York city and in want.
The New York World says
there are more Southern peo.
pie at the Northern seaside re.
sorts this year than ever before
Men who can swim easily else
where are often drowned in the
lakes of Wyoming, where a high
altitude reduces the buoyancy
of the water.
General John Newton, Presi-
dent of the Society of the Army
of the Potomac, has been invi.
..l ~ ~ -..--.~- 80 D..~o.s
Confederate cavalry brigade
at Dallas, Texas.
Blanche X. Bruce, q nephew
and namesake of the cOl0red
ex-senator, won the first prize
at the Commencement of the
Kansas University, at La wrence
a few days since.
The prosperity Of the Louisi-
ana sugar planters is shown by
the fact that 100000 is being
expended in and around Don
aldson for improved machinery,
new sugar houses, bagasse burn.
ers, etc.
1t was reported on the 18th,
that the Ulntah and ShOshone
Indians, near the border of Wy
oming and Utah, were giving
the agent some trouble by re-
fusing TO stay on the reserva-
tion.
DR.. Brown-Sequard has dis
covered an anasthetic, which
destroys sensibility but leaves
the patient capable of working
and attending to ordinary Iu-
ties. When the flesh is cut no
pain is felt.
Mrs. Christian, of San Anto-
nio, Tex, the other day confess
ed poisoning seven men to OBJ
tain their personal effects. One
victim was Mr.. Ilston, of Chica-
go, ILL.,, whom she murdered two
years ago on a ranch near Lare-
do.
The indepen dent damsels of
Athens, Ga, formed a "spins-
ters' clup," which no men were
suffered to attend. Then a
bachelors club was organized
in self.defense, and at last ac.
counts they were holding joint
sessions.
A German economic writer
says that Russian gold mines
yielded last year $36, 100000.
The great increase in produc-
ton dates from 1877, when the
Government abolished the great
tax on gold mining. The output
promises to become very large
indeed.
A telegraphic cable to be laid
between Cadiz and the Canary
Islands is now in process of
manufacture by an English firm.
The Spanish government has
ordered the work, which is ex-
pected to be finished this au-
tumn. The length of the cable
is about 1000 miles.
Ruskin says: "There is in eve
ry animals eye a dim image and
CLEAN of humanity, a flash OF
| stronoa liuht through which
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-02

The st. Louis Agricultural
and Mechanical Association will
hold its twenty-third st. Louis
Fair this year October l to q,
inclusive. The premium list
amounts to 100000. Nearly sew.
enty thousand dollars have been
expended upon the grounds
during the year, and many beau-
tiful additions are noticed.