The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-12
OVER THE STATE.

The students of Rockhill College, Howard
county, intend publishing monthly journal.
The Annapolis Glass Factory is nearing oom-
pletion and will soon be in active operation.
AT Elkton, Cecil county, on I'd inst, John R.
Loveless, of that county, was married to Ida M.
Lovelace, of Philadelphia.
1T has been reported that Mr.. John Wana-
maker, of Philadelphia, intends to establish a
branch house in Hagerstown.
During the last school term in Carroll coun-
ty, there were in operation 125 white and col
ored schools, with 1886 pupils.
George w. 7. Perkins, of Chestertown, Kent
county, died on Thursday of last week. He left
an estate valued at 100000.
-Diphtheria is prevailing to considerable
extent in Frederick City, and number of deaths
have occurred among colored children.
The Norris farm, containing 80 acres, situa-
ted near Minefeld Station, NJ. C. R. R., has been
sold to Mrs. Margaretta Taylor, for $1,7OO.
On one day, the latter part of last month,
ex-Gov. Hamilton sold to grain firm in Hagers-
town, 10, 900 bushels of wheat, being part of this
and last years crops ON his farms in Washing
ton county.
In the Court of Appeals the case of James
Graham Pearre, for assault with feonious intent
upon Mrs. Kirkland, of Baltimore was continued
until the April term. The continuance was asked
for on account of the illness of Pearre's counsel
"A young man named Edward Stevens, of
$40 and costs for assault and battery upon The
resa Nash, colored school teacher of that county.
Stevens justified the assault because the teacher
had insulted and struck his sister.
From the Havre-de- Grace Republican "The
editor of the Chester, (Pa) Times, in recent is
of his paper, tells all about how to shoot ducks
on the Susquehanna and Chesapeake. We may
judge of the accuracy of the editors information
upon the subject when he starts out with the
statement that canvas backs will not fly to de-
coysp"
Mr.. Jacob Williams, of Wilmington, father
of Rev. T. S Williams, of North East, Cecil coun-
ty, died suddenly last Monday night as he was
addressing prayer and experience meeting. He
was speaking of the contentment that this life had
brought him, when stroke of apoplexy over
powered him, and he died almost instantly. He
was in his 18th year.
The Salisbury, Md. Advertiser says: "There
are number of defects in the present constitu-
ton of the State which call for remedy. The
usual process of making amendments is slow, and
though it may answer when only one change is
to be made, it is almost out of the question when
q number of amendments are desired. A new
constitution may not be any better than the pres
ent one, but it is at least worth while to make the
trial. At the proper time attention will be called
to needed changes"
The Westminster Advocate says: CDR. J. S.
Matthias, living in the suburbs of Westminster,
had some fine guineas They were wild and
roasted in tree some distance from the dwelling.
One morning recently they did not come down
from the tree, on account of the snow. The doc
tor noticed that the tree was crowded with crows,
and took his gun and went out to shoot some for
sport. When he got there he found the crows
had killed a couple of the guineas. He took the
remains of the guineas to the house, and then
went after the crows again, and in the meantime
the crows had killed eight or ten more"