The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-09-29
GENERAL ITEMS.

Some land In the city Of London wa lately
sold at the rate Of 81, 800, 900 an acre.
PHILADELPHIA IL 10 have q street ear With q
patent spring motor. The inventor Say. that
after the spring Is wound ~ It will propelth car
eight miles.
"A steam drc engine company Went from Mif-
hiut1wn, Pa, TO LcWistown by rail at their own
expense % exiinguish Gre. aud we're compelled
TO pay toll on cFossing the bridge.
ten. witheTs. the Kentucky hatse breeder,
says that the best stock follows the Limestone
rather than clay and sandstone formations. II
forms perpetual fertilizer for the land and give.
out n PastuTagc upon which l. Knit fine bone and
firm musralar tissue.
"A San Francisco old woman, Who had failed
10 an attempt tu write an n postal card NJ long a
letter a. she had intended o., presented the spoiled
card ut the Poe, Office 20 be exchanged for a clean
ono; aud when the clerk refused shc aiched his
face aud bit his finger.
Niles Henderson vent a. Pierre, Dakota, "a
be married 60 j. u. Scott but Scott died before
the time set At tie funeral Miss Henderson tod
her sympathzing friends that Scott was thu fourth
man To whom she had been engaged and that all
had died before the time fixed tor the nuptiais.
Charles lcslie Clark Of Lock Haven, Pa,
aged Is year,, was seized with violent vomiting
the other da! aud cast up snake that measured
eight inches III length. II IL supposed he swal.
lowed u last sumner. while drinking from n
spring. PeGnsyirania papers take the lead In
snake stories.
John N. Clark, for thirty years Sheriff Il
Boston, say that too many arrests are made. The
public has no conecption-though the fact l.
shown In a general way by the failure Of Grand
Juries to indct In about third Of the cases prc-
scnicd--of the number Of persons Imprisoned On
mere suspicion.
Major Clayton, son In law Of the late Jcrc.
miah ;. Black, Paymas,er In the United States
Army, has given n bond In the sum of sos 200
for the faithful performance Of the duties Of his
- l.. II.
Schall aud A. u. faTquhar, Of York, Pa, each In
the sum Of $780, 900.
Charles Goodnight has the iargesteattle ranch
10 tho world at the head Of Red River, Texas. lie
began buying land four years ago. getting 2sO, 900
acres at Is cents an acre. The price has risen to
81 an acre. lie Is Stll buying. lie controls
1O0.l 90 acres. To enclose his lands $50 miles Of
fence IL required. lie has ~, 900 cattle.
ten. Abe Buford Of Louisville said In relation
20 the unveiling Of the statue over President Tay
lor's grave: "in case We had been successful In
getting military display, had been asked To
act as chief marshal. and should have worn the
uniform suit that Ten. Taylor had on a, tho bat.
tie Of Bucna Vista. But as things now 60. Ishail
attend as n private citizen"
The peach. growing centre l. gradually NOV
ing south. Few years ago there we're great or
ehards In New Jersey. Then Delaware was the
chief producer. Now Maryland and Virginia are
coming 10 the front. The largest peach farms
are In Maryland. The Round Top farm has 1885,
900 peach trees. On the estate of Col. wilkins
there are 10000 trees. peach trees usefulness
Is over after ten or twelve years Of life, and the
soil In which II grows j. unfit for peach culture.
"A lady entered a ticket Office, Ia Toledo, and
bongh, ticket for Milwaukee. She told the
ticket seller that she had never Travelled alone,
and that her husband had always told her that
she could not without trouble. She desired TO
disprove IL By making this trip alone. Accord
ingly she asked for and got all the information
TO the departure Of her train the change Il cars in
Chicago. checking baggage. &c. and went from
the ticket office smiling at the manner in which
che would surprise her husband. 4 few minutes
later the ticket seller found On the counter the
ticket he hal sold her With the change.
-Two Mormon elders began a meeting u few
nights ago in Comcta county, Georgia. The meet
ing was well attended. After singing and prayer,
one Of the elders began sermon on the beauties
Of Mormoni'm. lie had no, spoken long before
gruG voice came from the audience, saying {:
put him out" Thi. was followed by a vollcy or
eggs tina; were not strictly fresh. The nissionarc
took up their gfiPsacks and made OF. chased by
the crowd. They proved % be able runners, and
when ihcy were last seen by their pursuers they
were headed toward the west. Public scntmen;
is In favor Of substituting buckshot for eggs in
the event oi further attempts to make eons eris in
that region to Mormonism.