The Baltimore County union., 1886-07-10
OVER THE STATE.

Cecil comfy intends building an insane asy-
lum at a cost of 81 900.
In Middletown, Frederick county, recently,
butter sold as low as six cents pound.
Steps are being taken to establish bank at
upper nfarfboro', prinoo dcorgc'u county.
Col. e. II. Webster is making some hand
some improvements to his residence, 'Ingleside,"
near Bear.
Mr. j. 7. Motter, of Emmitsburg, has been
appointed superintendent of Oak Hill Cemetery,
at Georgetown, D. c.
DIR. R. H. Nelson, U. S. n, Washington, D.
c., recently purchased ground in Westminster, on
which he intends building handsome residence.
MIR. John X. Wilson, of Baltimore, has been
elected president of the Catoctin Iron Com
pany of Frederick county, vice Mr.. John Kunkel,
resigned.
Hampstead, Carroll county, has recently
organized military company of 80 members, with
Whitfield Stansbury as captain and Charles Il.
Murry as first lieutenant.
Naval cadet Solon Arnold, U. S. n, native
of Anne Arundel county, will shortly start a
three years cruise to China and other foreign
ports, on the steamer Essex.
Capt. Hunter, of the Salvation Army, got
into a difficulty on Monday last, with police
man in Frederick, and refusing to pay the fine
imposed by the Mayor, was sent to Jail.
-Messrs. S. Valentine Son, the bee men of
Hagerstown, are successfully shipping Italian
queens from tnelr apiary III tuat Pidco W MI =
Ernest Homan, of Blenheim Road, Bedford Park,
London.
-Hagerstown, with population of10 900, has
Is hotels and restaurants, so saloons and three
poncemen. Ex-Governor Hamilton Is having
erected mammoth hotel, and is experimenting
the work personally.
Colonel VIM. McKenney, of Queens Anne's
county, expects to have yield of wheat amount
ing to 10000 bust els and the Centreville Record
says that L. 100 f-binding harvesting machines
will be used in that county this year.
The G. P. Whitaker Company of Cecil county
has erected new buildings in connection with their
forge at Principle Furnace, in which they have
placed set of mammoth shears, designed to cut
scrap iron, to be used in the manufacture Of
blooms.
The Denton Union says: "Under the old
marriage license law Dorchester county sent to
the State Treasury from this source about 1000
annually. The present license reduction will cut
the amount down to about S12O per annum, and
cause falling off in the revenue throughout the
State Of least SAC, ,000."
Rev. F. W. Hillard, of Pocomoke City, Rev.
Peregrine Wroth, of Baltimore, and Rev. Jas. A.
Mitchell, of Centrevie, are all favorably men
toned in connection with the vacant bishopric Of
the diocese of Easton. The July convention has
been postponed and the election will be deferred
until after the General Episcopal Convention,
which meets in October.
In the spring of 1885, Mr.. VIM. Lidie of
Frederick county, made fork of apple wood and
Grove it into the ground to support trelis in his
garden. He noticed last summer that it had
sprouted, but gave it little attention. This sum-
mer further growth has taken place and on that
of last summer several blossoms appeared and at
the present time may be seen two apples larger
than walnut and perfect upon this miniature
tree. The fork was not over two feet long and
the apples hang within six inches of the ground.