The Baltimore County union., 1884-12-13
STATE ITEMS.

An effort is being made to establish a crema-
tory at Hagerstown.
+ The fox hunters of Frederick county have
been having fine sport recently.
The resignation of Uuited States Senator
elect Wilson as Associate Judge of the First Judi
cial Circuit of Maryland, will take effect on 31st
instant.
Mr.. D. T. Lakin, Examiner of schools of
Frederick county, has been elected secretary of
the State Association of Public School Commits
sioners.
Thomas W. Anderson, a leading merchant of
Cambridge, has made an assignment, with assets
estimated at $4,000, and liabilities amounting to
10000.
Judge Miller has appointed Messrs. F. E.
Wathen, Frank II. Stockett, Jr, and D. Claude,
of A., examiners in chancery for the Circuit Court
of Anne Arundel county.
The Fnderick City Carnival ASSOCIATION mas
determined to have demonstration similar to
that of last year, including trades display, on
Tuesday, February 18th, next.
Gov. McLane has appointed Mrs. J. Thomas
Scharf of Baltimore, lady Commissioner, to rep
resent Maryland at the Worlds Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exhibition at New Orleans.
The Cecil county Agricultural Society con-
template holding spring fair. This is one of
the most progressive Agricultural Societies in the
State and generally goes through with whatever
it undertakes.
"A Centerville paper says that Hon. Thomas
J. Keating, of that town, is prominently mention
ed in connection with the Collectorship of the
Port of Baltimore. Mr.. Heating is brother-in-
law of Col. E. II. Webster, present Collector.
The Union Bridge Lndee suspended two weeks
ago. Mr.. C. F. Weigandt, who was associated
with the Inder for few months, and lately with
the Morning Call at Frederick, that suspended
last week. it is stated, will start another paper at
Union Bridge
Al.
Hagerstown, charged with shooting Edward Gloyd,
of Montgomery county, after being out rs hours,
notified the court of their inability to agree and
were discharged. The shooting occurred at Ha-
gerstown last October.
The large ice companies of Cochran & Co.
and Oler & Co., who do business in Baltimore,
but usually obtain their supply of ice from the
Susquehanna river, and have large ice houses in
Havre- de- Grace and Lapidum and on Garrett Is
land, have recently been consolidated and rein
FCommodore w. S. Schley, of the GreeIyreler
exneditiou fame. with Mrs. Schley, spent Sunday
in Haeerstown recently. He was the guest of
his cousin, COL George Schlcy. The Commodore
was called upon by the leading citizens and
officials of the town, including among them, Judge
Hoffman of the Circuit Court, who when mem
ber of Congress, appointed him to the Naval
Academy.
recently examined some specimens of a mineral
sent him by Mr.. George Kirby from farm loca-
ted about one mile from Gambrills station, in
Anne Arundel county, which, upon examination,
he found to be very rich in zinc. On visiting
the farm Dr. Lawrence found considerable
quantity of the mineral scattered over the heid,
indicating rich and extensive deposit IN tne
land.
The Wicomico Record says: CDR. Delaney,
the French Psychologist declares that person
who lies on the right side has bad dreams. This
may be so in France but it is not true in Wicomco.
The man who lies the right side here has
clear conscience, big fat office and no night
mare. 1t is the man who lies on the 'oron9 s'de,
who has bad dreams, jumps out OF second story
windows. and commits suicide by marrying
mother-in-law,"