The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-09-04
OVER THE STATE.

The September term of the Circuit Court for
Howard county commences Monday next.
That terrible scourge, diphtheria, is again
very prevalent in Frederick city and numerous
deaths have occurred.
Thomas B. Hynson, of Chestertown, Kent
county, who died two weeks ago, in his Goth year,
left an estate valued at $4,000.
Hog cholera is prevailing very extensively in
the western and southern portions of the State
One farmer in st. Mary's county has lost upwards
of fifty hogs from the disease.
The Democratic Congressional primaries for
Hartford county, will be held on Saturday, 1lth
instant and the county convention will be held IN
Belair, on the following Monday.
The Western Marylan Railroad Company is
rebuilding the freight warehouse and grain ele-
vator recently burned at Chambersburg, Pa, and
expect to have it completed in q few weeks.
"A prisoner in the Elkton Jail charged with
murder spends his time counting the letters, words,
verses and chapters in the Bible. He claims to
have made O complete count and is verifying it.
-Ex-Gov. John Lee Carroll, of this State, who
has been living in Europe for some time, expected
to return in August, but was prevented from COM
ing, owing to the illness of one of his daughters.
The pheasant season in Hartford lasts from
September LIST to February LIST. Woodcock may
be shot from June 10th to January LIST; partridges
and rabbits from October 25th to December 26th.
The late Judge David Davis, of Illinois, by
a large amount of land, the Grounds" farm, in
Cecil county, being among the tracts secured to
her.
Mr.. Augustus Wilson, Baltimore cotton
broker, has purchased the farm of Mr.. Brooke ami
son, situated near Urbana, and within seven miles
of Frederick city, containing 200 acres, hand
someIy improved, for $75 per acre.
Governor Lloyd will deliver some time in o.
tober q gold watch, voted by resolution of the
General Assembly, to Commander Schley, Of the
Greedy relief party, for heroic service in rescung
the lives of the Arctic explorers.
An educational association is to be formed fol
the purpose of building theological seminary al
Wayman's Grove, situated about 70 miles from
Baltimore, to train young men for the ministry O
-net. "A. j.. Ufysda1e, of New Orleans, who
was elected Bishop of the P. E. Diocese of Easton
at the adjourned convention which was held Al
Salisbury, on the Goth ult., died at Waukesha
Wisconsin, on Monday last, aged As years.
The Democratic Congressional primary meet
ings in Howard county will be held to-day (Sat
urday), 4th inst, and the county convention con
venes on the 18th. 1t is said there is no opposi
tion to the re- nomination of Hon. Barnes Compton
Thomas Reddington, of Havre- de- Grace who
was committed to the Beair Jail few days age
for drunkenness, died in that institution at ar
early hour on Monday morning last, from an at
tack of delirium tremens. He was about 30 years
of age.
From the Baltimore Herald: "Blue Ridge
Summit and other points in the South Mountain
are delightful summer resorts, but it will be well
for intending visitors to do one of two things-tc
wear thick boots to eschew the seductive whisky
flask. One party of explorers captured seventy
eight rattlesnakes at Buena Vista Springs, neal
the State line week or ten days ago, while nine
copperheads and rattler were killed fin space
of ten square feet in the same neighborhood.-
This region would make good location for ro
nance of the elsie Venner' type"
"A strange freak of lawyer and farmer is given
by the CicH Wing: "a person who has the two
opposite occupations of farmer and lawyer brought
long cared mule to town the other day and
thinking he would surprise the genial Register Of
Wills, led the mule into the Orphans Court room
The occupants were somewhat surprised and steer
ed clear of the donkey's heels while he stood with
his head out the door gaping at the passers by
The joking lawyer-farmer found the joke the other
way when town officer who, happened to be by
told him to appear before the magistrate for hav-
ing the animal on the sidewalk. In the end
however, the matter was not pros ecuted"