The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-05-22
OVER THE STATE.

The House of Correction contains 1913 prison.
ers, 165 of whom are males.
-Woodlawn camp meeting, Cecil county, be-
gins August 10th, and will be in charge of Rev.
C. F. Sheppard.
The County Commissioners of Cecil county
have assessed the new Baltimore & Ohio R. R. in
that county at 600.
Frederick and Washington county farmers
are complaining that the fly is seriously damag-
ing 1Ff FIRST National Bank of Hagerstown, the
par value of the stock of which is $40, recently
sold for $3.50 per share.
The Allegany county miners express them
selves entirely satisfied with Governor Lloyd's ex-
PLANTATION in regard to the missing mining bills.
Governor Lloyd and staff have been invited
to attend the decoration of Gen. Grants tomb at
Riverside Park, New York, on the 3lst of May.
On the I'd inst, Mrs. Mary Maught, of Bur.
kittsville, Frederick county, who is 90 years oil
age, was among the communicates at the Lutheran
church in that place.
Gen. Joseph B. Seth, to Talbot county, Md,
will deliver the grafton before the literary socie-
ties of Western Maryland College during the CON-
mencement next month.
Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard, has
designated Hon. Chas B. Roberts, of Westminster
member of the committee Of arrangements for
at Annapolis, August 10th.
The heirs at law of the late Capt John L.
Morgan, native of Maryland, will learn some
thing to their advantage by sending their address
to ]. f. Frank, administrator, 2S2 Front st Mem
phis, Tennessee.
George W. Bromfed young farmer OF
Cecil county, living near Port Deposit, was found
dead in his barnyard on Sunday morning last
Death is supposed to hare resulted from apoplexy.
wife and three children survive him.
The quaint old town of Snow Hill, Worcester
county, will be 200 years old on the 9Th of July
next, on which occasion her citizens propose
holding a bi-centenary celebration. This old
fashioned village is exactly the same age as New
York.
Col. Henry Kyd Douglas, of Hagerstown,
will deliver his popular lecture on "The Southern
Volunteer" in Baltimore, on Tuesday, June Sth.
This lecture has been very highly spoken of by
the press and no doubt he will be greeted by a
crowded house.
Hog cholera is quite prevalent in the Western
counties of the State, many losses being reported,
some farmers losing quite heavily. An effort is
now being made to get Congress to appropriate
something like 5000, 900 to stamp out hog cholera
in the United States. 1t is hoped the bill may
become law.
The executors of the late John Lee Chapman,
ex-Mayor Of Baltimore, will sell on June LIST, the
Blue Ridge Summit property, situated on the
Western Maryland Railroad. The farm contains
17S acres, and is improved by dwelling and
necessary ut-buildings. The sale will take place
on the premises, near Blue Ridge Summit.
The foundation is now being laid for the new
observatory at Mt. Quirauk, near Pen Mar, West
ern Maryland Railroad. The new structure, which
is of iron, is finished and awaiting the completion
of the foundation, and will most likely be in posi-
ton this week. Gen. John NJ. Hood, president
and general manager of the Western Maryland, is
constantly adding to the attractiveness of his
popular road
Wesley Grove camp-meeting, situated on the
Washington Branch of the Baltimore q Ohio
Railroad, begins July 3Oth. On July 9th the re-
union and selection of sites will take place. The
camp hotel will be opened on June Oath, and re-
main open for two mouths. The following are
the officers President, 7. J. Magruder; first
vice president, John W. Numsen second vice.
president Jasper NJ. Berry, treasurer, Charles
Shipley secretary, S. G. Shipley.
The late ex-senator Thos. f. Carey, of Caro-
line county, whose will was admitted to probate
few days ago, disenherited two of his daughters.
The eldest daughter, Mrs. George J. Meekins, is
disinherited during the lifetime of her husband !;
if she becomes widow before her son is thirty
years of age she will have life estate in the
Horsey farm. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Jas.
F. Melvin, is finally disinherited. The other five
children share about equally. The estate is quite
large. The will and codicil combined covers
thirty-Six pages Of legal cap.