The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-07-11
OVER THE STATE.

The tax rate in Somerset county is 81. 024 on
the 500.
Mr. W. T. L. Taliaferro has been reelected
principal of Belair Academy, for the ensuing
year.
The town council of EIkton has decided that
the ailanthus tree is nuisance and the work of rid
ding the town of them has commenced in earnest.
Mr.. James G.. Denmead for the past thirty
five years resident of Howard county, died last
month, in the S1st year of his age. He was a
native of England.
Mr.. Hugo E. Fiddis has been teller of the
Union National Bank of Westminster, for the
past % years, and has recently had his salary
handsomely increased.
Captain Alfred Cousins, of Elkton, left on
Tuesday of last week for London, England, to
take possession of fortune of $40 900 bequeathed
to him by deceased relative there
The pea crop of Anne Arundel county is
nearly gathered. The yield has not been so
great, but the prices were high, and the crop has
been remunerative. One farmer, off of sixty
acres, sold 81 900 worth.
On September 18th and 18th there will be
held an agricultural fair at 0wensville, Anne
Arundel county, under the auspices of three
oranges, and efforts are being made to have it
county fair on large scale.
Mrs. George M. Parke, of Westminster, is
first cousin of President Cleveland, and in cem-
pany with her husband and Attorney General
last week and called at the White House.
Col. J. Thos. Scharf, Land Commissioner, has
selected a room in the Land Office at Annapolis,
in which to place the Maryland exhibits from the
New Orleans Exposition. The old table from St.
Mary's county, used by Lord Baltimore, arrived
some days ago.
Mr.. Louis McMurry, the extensive Frederick
county Gamer, has over 1000 acres planted in
"Mountain Sugar Corn and has made arrange
ments with neighboring farmers to plant 500
acres more, thus making total of $500 acres
which he will pack this season.
The beautiful mountain resort, Penmar, on
the Western Maryland Railroad, was visited by
between six and seven thousand persons on 4th
inst, of whom 800 were from Baltimore. The
attendance was the largest ever seen there on one
day. And all this was accomplished by the
Western Maryland road without single mishap.
The B. & o. bridge across the Susquehanna
is progressing rapidly, many hundred tons Of iron
being now placed in position daily. That por-
ton of it crossing the island is finished, ready for
the ballasting and track, and the span leading
from the island to the next pier eastward will
soon be completed Work will then be proceeded
with between the island and the Hartford Shore
the two channel or draw piers being the last which
will be placed in position.
The Hartford county Medical Society met at
Darlington last week, and DIR. James F. H.
Gorsuch. of Baltimore county was elected presi-
dent and DR.. w. Stump Forwood was reelected
secretary. Various interesting medical questions
were discussed and particularly the subject of
the disease thought by many to emanate from
the drainage of canning houses, which has been
quite prevalent in the neighborhood. Papers
were read by Dr. Hickman, of Delta, Pa, on
"Acute Bright's Disease" and by DIR. w. H.
Noble, of Elkton, on "Fracture of the Leg"
DIR. E. d. Wells, of Westminster, has patent
ed a process for neutralizing the nicotine and
caustic ammonia in tobacco-which give the
bitter and disagreeable taste to cigars-without
affecting the flavor of the tobacco. A company
with ample means has been organized at West
minister for manufacturing the anti-nicotine cigars
on large scale. DIR. Wells process will not
enhance the price of CIGARS and those eminent
chemists Doctors Akin and Tonry, of Baltimore,
say the chemicals used in treating the tobacco
not only not injurious but positively beneficial
to the throat.
The Cecil county Ne,cs says: "a PROPOSE
ton that the four lower counties of Southern
Maryland, Prince Georges, Calvert, Charles and
St. Mary's, jointly erect hospital for their insane
poor is receiving very general attention and
endorsement on the part of the people of that
section. A like movement the part of the
counties of the Eastern Shore should DE inaugu-
rated. The keeping of insane patients year after
year in ordinary aims houses worse still, in
county jails, as is done more or less throughout
this State, is unworthy of the progress and ad-
vancement of her people"
Hartford county's two Farmers Clubs are
Furnishing. The Deer Creek association met one
day last week and discussed the question: "Would
it not greatly advance the interests of county
and State to offer inducements to foreign imi-
grants and citizens of sister States to settle
amongst us?' The next meeting will be held at
Mr.. Harris Archer's ON the 25th inst, when the
subject for discussion will be: (Which is the
easier, the more profitable, and in which do we
take the more pleasure-in making poor land
good or in making good land rich? The wilma
club will discuss: "Method of raising a crop of
wheat at the residence of Mr.. Thomas Hollings-
worth, on the 22d inst.
"A tract of 1000 acres of land, called "The
Forest" near Churchville Hartford county, twenty
five years ago had only four or five families on it,
who paid total tax of not over 80 cents. The
land belonged to tho Hartford Furnace Company,
and after the wood was cut of, the manager, in
stead of holding the land for second growth of
timber wisely sold it in small lots to German
settlers at from S. to SO an acre. The land was
covered with stones but they cleared it up, fenced
it, built comfortable houses, and now forty pros
porous families are supported on the tract, pay
ing the county $1,000 year in taxes. 1t is one
of the most orderly communities in the county,
since in the last twenty five years they have only
had one lawsuit among them.