The Baltimore County union., 1886-03-06
SOME INTERESTING ITEMS

Frank o. Dame, who died in Boston last
week, had life insurance of $4,000.
School Teacher Brink of Niles, Iowa, will be
tried for mansaughter. He whipped 12-year-
old child so severely that it is asserted the child
died from the effects of the punishment
Mrs. w. P. Miller, of Buchanan, Mich, is the
fond mother of six children who were all born
within the past thirty -four months. They came
two at a time, and all but one are alive and
thriving.
"A newspaper of Beloit Kansas, says that in
Clark county during a recent snow storm a large
flock of sheep crowded close together, and the
snow, melting for while and then freezing, fas-
tened the entire flock together.
Sam Small, the Rev. Sam Jones coadjutor, is
tall and slender, with dark hair and a brown
moustache. He wears spectacles, although not
yet thirty five years of age. His manner is ner-
vous, earnest and attractive and his voice strong
and clear.
"A paper bearing the signature of Jay Gould
passed through the Prothonotary's office at Har-
risburg lately. 1t could not be read. There was
not straight letter in it and in order to enable
persons to decipher it some one had printed his
name below his scratching.
In the City of Mexico funeral cars, in lieu of
hearses, are drawn to the cemeteries along the
horse railroad tracks. The funeral cars are drap-
ed in black for adults and white for children, the
coffin being exposed under canopy. The mourn
ers occupy special car following the body.
The family of the late General Toombs finds
among ats heirooms a solid silver candlestick,
exquisitely wrought in the form of tree and its
branches at the base of which is a fountain from
| which a fox and some deer are drinking. The ar
ticle weighs twenty -four pounds and cost $500.
Capt. Tom Gregory of Winchester, Tenn,
has unique pair of gloves. They were made by
| Miss Mamie Philips, who shared lot of rabbits,
carded and spun their fur as if it were wool, and
from, tha mil ha She dac0rat0d
| back of each glove with the ear of q full grown
rabbit.
The Virginia Court of Appeals will hear ar
gument for new trial on the motion Of the coun-
| sell of Thomas c. Cluverius at the March term OF
that court. Cluverius has enjoyed excellent health
ever since he was committed to Jail, nearly year
| ago. He is very cheerful and is confident OF a
final acquittal.
When possible the necessary notices, rules,
and regulations displayed in Chicago street cars
done in simple verse, the better perhaps to i'm
| press them upon the uniformed minds of the citi-
zens of that town. Here is sample:
Passengers alghting from this car
Should face ahead to save a jar.
Judge Terrence, of Minnesota, relates with
| pride that when he stood at the death-bed OF his
| mother she took his left hand, felt it and then
said, "Give me the other hand, my son." And as
| she felt it with the two shortened fingers shot
| away in battle she murmured, ''That is the one
want" raised it to her lips and after sank to
| rest.
| Thomas A. Edison is thoughtt to have cleared
| two millions out of his electric inventions. His
purchase of rural residence at four hundred
| thousand dollars cash, to take his bride to-
| is regarded by his intimate friends as no grea
extravaganza. In appearance he is clean
| shaven man, youthful in face and so nearly dea
that taker has little fun in making himself un
| derstood.