The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-06-27
OVER THE STATE.

Three Hartford county villages are named
Jericho, Joppa and Jerusalem.
Twelve thousand quarts of strawberries were
picked from 81 acres in Wicomco county this
season.
The citizens of Elkton, Cecil county, are
agitatng the subject of having water works con-
structed for their town.
"A horse died in Cecil county last week from
diphtheria. So says the physician who made a
post mortem examination of its body.
-Schlosser 8 tannery, situated in Carroll county,
received gold medal, the first prize, for the
finest leather at the New Orleans Exposition.
The wheat crop in Carroll county is said to
be looking finely, and with seasonable weather,
will be about so per cent. of the average yield.
Mr.. Henry Winter, of Howard county, we'll
known stock breeder, recently shipped twenty
three young blooded horses to Jersey City, N. j.,
Mr.. A. P. Southwick, of Eicott City, assist
ant editor of the Times, has accepted position
as conductor of the Wilson State Normal School,
at Wilson, North Carolina.
The Westminster Advocate says coal oil
we'll has been discovered Kingsdale, just
over the Carroll county border, in Adams county,
Pa. The flow is said to be strong.
Capt. H. Clay Naill, Surveyor of the Port of
Baltimore will be one of the orators at Patterson
Park, Baltimore, ON July 4, at meeting in the
interest of the Francis Scott Key monument.
Hon. ]. Frank Turner, Comptroller of the
State, has sold his farm, situated near Easton
Talbot county, containing 25S acres, to Messrs.
Nickerson Bros, for S14 900. Mr. Turner bought
it two years ago for $1,000.
Miss Martha Fraser, formerly of Cooptown,
Hartford county, is an applicant for the position
of Assistant Librarian at the Enoch Pratt Free
Library, in Baltimore. The Belair Egis says
she is thoroughly competent for the duties of the
position.
Miss Alice Worthington, formerly of Balti-
IN lie Fri of 10
where she has resided for some time. She was a
daughter of the late Nicholas Worthington, for
merly president of the Maryland Agricultural
College.
The Frederick Examiner says "Mrs. Admiral
Dahlgren, of Washington, lives most of the sum-
mer at her country seat, near Boonsboro', Nd,
on South Mountain, overlooking the battle field.
She is proud, handsome woman, resembling in
appearance and style some of the stately duch-
esses of whom we read in English novels. Her
estate extends over several square miles. Her
tenants are like so many vassals, and very faith
full ones too for a kinder "Lady of the Castle"
was never seen. Her income is spent largely in
building churches and SCHOOL, houses for the poor.
All alone without husband, child or relative,
she rules her little domain"
On Saturday night about / o'clock, as Mr..
Charles F. Weigandt, Jr., editor of the Union
Bridge Carroll county, Era, was driving along
the streets of that place, one of q number OF
drunken men standing on street corner drew a
pistol and made three attempts to shoot him.
The pistol failed to go off each instance. After
the third attempt the man made a very insulting
! remark to Mr.. Weigandt, who checked his horse
and asked who used the offensive epithet. He
was again fred upon, the ball fortunately missing
its mark. The horse became frightened by the
report, but was with much difficulty driven to the
stable, when Mr.. Weigandt returned to the scene
of action, but the crowd had left Since then he
has ascertained who his assailant was, and the
case will be placed in the hands of the States
Attorney.