The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-07-31
OVER THE STATE.

The Cecil county Agricultural Fair will COM
mence on October 5th.
The Democratic State Central Committee will
meet at Barnum's Hotel, Baltimore on the 4th of
August.
William Young, of Belair, has purchased the
McCausland farm in the 9th district of Hartford
county for $4,000.
"A single Washington county farmer sold TO-
600 bushels of wheat in one day last week to
shipping firm in Hagerstown.
Harry Besant, of Frederick City, who was
shot on the 5th inst, by DIR. Webb, of Baltimore,
is now in a rapidly improving condition.
DIR. A. q. Buchen, of Hanover, Pa, recently
sold his famous Indian pony, "Chickasaw," to a
Mr.. Cunning, of Baltimore, for Sl25. His pur-
chaser expects to make trotter of him.
"A few days ago DR.. Shaw offered in the House
petition praying for the passage of bill to pay
the var claim of Francis ii. Bankard, of Carroll
county, for $500 for horse lost during the war.
Mrs. Jennie ToadviDe, wife of Frank Toad
vine, merchant of Salisbury, Wycomico county,
died very suddenly on Monday last The deceas-
ed was a niece of William Daniel, Esq, of Balt-
more.
Captain Leslie, Of Elkton, is one of five officers
who survive, of fOrty-ive who circumnavigated
the globe, il the United States ship of-war Vim
cennes fftythree years ago, at which time he was
twenty yeaw of age.
Mr.. Frink Brown, Baltimore city s postmas-
ter, has at lis farm at Sykesville, Carroll county,
"the standard herd of Devons in the United States"
| 1t numbers eighty head and was founded by the
late George Patterson.
The Annapolis Ecening Republican says:
| ''The cabbage crop from Anne Arundel is said to
be enormms. Thousands are shipped from Bal
timore over the Northern Central and Western
| Maryland Railroads"
The Frederick county agricultural society
| will hold its next fair commencing October 18TH
A grand tournament will take place on the fair
grounds on the second day of the fair, under the
! auspices of the association.
William Jenkins of Rising Sum- Cecil county,
who had q son killed in the army during the war,
recently received draft for 900 from the pen
| sion department. and will also receive pension
during life, of Sl2 per month.
The Rev. William B. Gordon, of St. Peters
Protestant Episcopal Church at Smyrna, Del, has
received call from the vestry of All Hallows'
| Parish, at Davidsonvile, Anne Arundel county,
recently made vacant by the resignation of the
Rev D. A. Bonner, who has accepted charge in
! Philadelphia.
/ Mrs. Elizabeth Benznger, widow of the late
| Col. M. Benzinger, OF Baltimore died at the resi-
dence of her step daughter, Mrs. VIM. Penehan,
of Eicott City, on Monday. Mrs. Benzinger
leaves five daughters and one son-Mathias Ben
Finger, a wholesale grocery merchant of Chicago.
DR.. Joseph Benzinger and Frederick Benzinger,
attorney of Baltimore are her step-sons.
Lewis A. Bolinger, living Emmitsburg,
Frederick county, who has been the agent of the
Birdsell Manufacturing Company of South Bend,
| Indiana, recently arrested for embezzeing
funds belonging to the company. 1t is also
charged that he forged the name of George W.
| Null, well known farmer of Carroll county, to
two notes of S235 each and altered the same. He
released 81. 200 security for his appearance
| at court.
The Senate and House have passed. a bill,
which will now go to the President, to put Miss
! Mary A. Thomas on the pension roll at the rate
of S25 per month Miss Thomas, Marylander
! by birth, served in the summer OF 1862, and for
eighteen months subsequently. as volunteer nurse
and superintendent of nurses in the United States
army general hospital at Frederick city, Md, and
in this period rendered very valuable service for
| the wounded and sick from the battle fields OF
! Antietam and Gettysburg.
! AT meeting of the stockholders Of the c. A.
| Gambrill manufacturing Company, held on Mon
| day, the following directors elected for the
ensuing year: r. G. Macgil P. H. Macgill, Albert
Gambrill, H. c. Corner, Daniel J. Foley, George
c. Hit, Summerfeld Baldwin, VIM. H. Gibbons,
Ellicott City, Nd. Charles L. Hartley, Elcott
City, Nd. The following officers were elected R.
G. Macgill, president; P. II. Macgill, vice-presi-
dent III. c. Corner, second vice president; Albert
Gambrill, treasurer; George c. Hit, secretary.
The Cecil Democrat says: "a family long
residents of the neighborbood of Battle Swamp
owned a pair of geese that have struggled through
more than the ordinary goose life. One died a
few days ago at the age of "a years; the mate still
lives at the age of 80 years. The old couple
would make their nests, set on it, and seemed
pleased at their efforts to raise family of young
goslings, but they had faithfully performed thcil
duty in years gone by, and old age had deprived
them of their faculties of laying eggs and hatch
ing The mate is much distressed at the loss o.
| its partner"