The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-11-22


would soon be enabled to wage an aggressive
and successful canvass in 1892"
THE NATIONAL Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, which held its annual session at At
lanta, Ga, adjourned on Wednesday. Resolu-
lutions were passed favoring the Conger lard
bill, the Paddock pure food bill and the meat
inspection bill; favoring the opening of the
markets of the world to American agriculture;
deprecating socialism and agrarianism; favor
ing the Australian ballot system; urging the
necessity of closely watching the interstate
commerce bill to prevent its being annulled;
urging the government to foreclose its mort
gage or the Pacific railroads urging the relief
of cotton producers from the per cent. tax,
and favoring the government loaning money to
people upon lands or other good security.
A SUCCESSFUL farmer named Adam Kern, of
Boone county, Indiana, committed suicide a
few days ago under most remarkable circum-
stances. Ten years ago he commenced keeping
a diary, on the first page of which he wrote
the following: "At the end of ten years from
this writing, if 1 am alive and out of debt, 1
intend to take my own life" True to his
promise Kern blew his brains ont with pistol
ten years to a day after writing the unnatural
threat in his diary. He was seventy years of
age and had family, who thought he had for
gotten all about his pledge to take his own life.
THE ANNUAL meeting of the Maryland State
Grange will be held at Maltby House, Balti-
more Tuesday, December 9th, at 2.30 p. NJ.
When the proper representatives of subordi
or "a of fho
State grange, such grange may be represented
by Past Master, or any fourth degree men,
Der, and his wife, if matron. The State
grange will work in the fourth degree and all
fourth degree members are cordially invited
and earnestly requested to attend. Voting
members must wear the regalia of the order,
which will be furnished at the meeting.
HARPERs MAGAZINE for December will be a
superb Christmas number. The illustrations
will include, besides frontispiece in tints, a
large number of full-page engravings repre-
senting some CT the best work of the best mod
ern artists. The fiction, which will be given
a prominent place in this number, is of a
character especially appropriate to the holiday
season, and the editorial department will be
Christmas duties.
THE DISTRESSING news comes from Nebraska
that in the western portion of that State wo-
men and children are suffering for food and
clothing owing to the failure of the crops.
Corn did not yield more than ten bushels to
the acre, and in some sections even less. There
is nothing upon which to fatten the hogs and
they are being sold at a sacrifice in order to
save feed. Efforts are being made in some
states for the relief of these unfortunate people.
MARY METzDoRFF, who was convicted of
murder in the first degree in the Baltimore
Criminal Court a short time ago, has been pro-
nounced sane by experts. Sheis fourteen years
of age and caused the death of two persons by
poison. Judge Stewart has now decided that
he will have to sentence the girl to be hanged.
ALBERT H. SMITH, the junior member Of
the New York banking firm of Mills Robson
& Smith, has been arrested on the charge of
forgeries amounting to nearly $4,000. Smith
was prominent member of church and had
always been regarded as strictly moral man.
BOYD, THE Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Nebraska, was elected by plurality
of IA votes The other candidates on the Re-
publican State ticket were elected by pluralities
ranging from 1900 to 5000, while the indepen-
dents will have a majority in the Legislature.
DIR. NATHANIEL H. MORRISON provost of the
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, died on the 18th
inst, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. De-
ceased was the father of DR.. Robert b. Morrison,
whose wife is a daughter of the late Hon.
George Hawkins Williams.
GooD-sIzED diamond-back terrapins were sell
ling in Easton, Talbot county. last week, at
$3.50 apiece. Judging from these figures we
should say that this is about the best paying
"stock" the farmers of that county can raise.
TH1RrY-sEvEN students of Western Mary
land College were converted last week at
protracted meeting in the Methodist Protes-
tant Church in Westminster.
CONGRESSMAN BooTHMAN, of Ohio. says that
President Harrison will not be candidate for
He also says that Blaine is the
coming man.
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON has been elected United
States Senator from Georgia to succeed Hon.
Joseph e. Brown, whose term expires on the
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