The Baltimore County union., 1883-12-01
GENERAL ITEMS.

The Altoona Pa Tise' says that there are
Uleut dozcn millionaire in that town.
, --Nr. 81 John. cx Governor "f Kansas. re.
eeites s'n night for lccturing in the cause OF
prohibition.
The baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
will bui'i twelve acres Of shops in Glcnwood five
mile. r. m riiisburg.
~ Batter nsn In Springfield. Mass, l. wear
ing stIlw hat. which he /. no, to change until
the General l. elected again.
-Generai Jubal Early declares that the Eng
lish language " not stron; enough for him when
he talk about Gcacral Nahonc.
w. 3. Johnston has just ended at Webster.
Mac buggy ride Of eight months duration, Iii.
starting place having been San Francisco.
Indy Jim.' the Piu;es' "squaw man" died
recently Having refused to 6ght with his tribe
at Pyramid Lake in lsGO. he was condemned ever
after O. wear pet,icoais.
Ten wears ago iron rails were manufactured
by ai Tail makers and steel rails by comparative.
ly iew hc latter now form % per cent of the
tsial output.
The largest locomotive ever built Is now DO
Ing made in Sacramento by the Central Pacific
Railroad. The engine and tender will weigh IGj
tons, aud will be Gj feet ; inches long.
"A ST. Louis clergyman has asked the news.
papers not 10 report his sermons. sinec some If
his congregation absent themselves from the house
Of worship because they can read the substance
Of the discourse nj their ease the breakfast table
New York San: "No' long ago We had the
marriage Of the champion "a; girl with museum
s;vs.syec; then came the nupials OF the giant and
s.sntcas; now We have the beirothal Of two mid
sets. There l. either a mania just now among
he human cnriOsiiics tor entering into the holy
bonds Of wcdlock. or quickencd appreciation on
he part Of the managers Of the value Of the mar.
iagc ceremony as an advertisement"
u. I. Case. Saturday, purchased from MIR.
Easton Of Lexington, n.y., the four year old stal.
ion EndymiOn. u half brother of Jay. Eyc-Sec, the
confederation being $4,000. The horse. which
expected to fully equal the achievement, Of jay
Eye See. resembles the goiding in several points.
lie is black. weighs $50 pounds and is said To
pcssess wonderful speed. Ills hes; record now il
!:3?. but a; private trials he is reported to have
owered that by several seconds.
IL. Oidroyd, n special admirer Of the late
'rosiifn Mt Lincoln. has leased the old Lincoln
homestead nj Springfield. Illinois. for n term Of
'ears and, while preparing il for his personal
iupaney. he has been fitting Il up with the view
Il preserving IL rs nearly as possible. just as Mr..
sincoln left II when he went TO Washington TO as
ume the Presidency. 4 room has been set apart
or the storage and display of Mr.. 0ldroyd's pr.
saic collection Of Lincoln mcmen;ocs gathered
turing period OF nearly twenty years.
"A blind man crossing the street the other day
was on the point of being run over by a reckless
driver when. at the risk Of her own life. beauti-
ful young LADY ran 10 his rescue and piloted the
poor man 10 the pavement. A rich bachelor saw
the Transaction. and 'traigh,way sought her out.
was introduced. courted, proposed, vas accepted,
and married the heroine. The eject has been
Wonderful. Hopeful young ladies may now be
seen standing In the vicinity Of street crossings
with one eye searching for stray blind men. and
the other on the lookout for rich bachelor, for IL
wSaid be a terrible bore 20 tackle tho old blind
man without the rich bachelor being around.