The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-12
Some Facts About the seventeen-Year

Some Facts About the Seventeen-Year
Locusts. State Entomologist Quaintance saws
that the periodical cicada or seventeen year
locusts will appear during the spring Of the
present year in Maryland. The severity of the
brood over any given territory will naturally
be variable, and nothing definite can be stated
on this point The insects are likely to be
most numerous in forest groves, particularly
of white oak or other woods where the natural
conditions have been but little disturbed
High and well drained situations, where the
soil is of rich sandy loan, seems also to be
q favorite locality. Fruit trees planted last
fall or the present spring on land that has been
but recently cleared will probably be the great
est sufferers.
The damage is done to the plants where the
egg is deposited. The particular part selected
is usually the twigs of last years growth.
The punctures in such trees weaken so that
the twigs may be broken off, and in those that
remain the after effect may be quite serious
from the warty and knotty-like wounds. The
eggs are mostly deposited in the month of June
and require from six to eight weeks to hatch.
When the Larvae emerge from the tree and fall
to the ground they Immediately burrow be-
low in some crack or groove, thus beginning
their long subterranean life.
The food of the nymph of the cicada is the
juices, which they suck from the smaller roots
of the trees and plants. The Larvae construct
tight earthen cells until almost ready to
emerge to the world seventeen years later. In
leaving its cell, it bores directly upward until
at or near the surface of the ground, where it
remains short time until ready for its final
transformation. Leaving the ground usually
between shutdown and ten o'clock, it crawls to
nearby upward object, and in the course of
an hour the adult escapes by working its way
out of the old shell through the split in the
back. The old cases are left clinging to the
object OF support and will be very frequently
noticed on the trunks of trees, shrubs, fence
posts and the like When it first emerges the
body is very soft and the wings are but little
developed, but these gradually expand, and on
the following day it is ready to enter into the
full enjoyment of its brief aerial life of about
thirty days. The noise of the singing is made
only by the male.
Meeting of Arbitrators.-Dr. J. f. H.
Gorsuch and Messrs. John Arthur and John
G. Halbert arbitrator appointed by the Cir
cult Court to settle the suit for damages of Mr..
Samuel M. Rankin against the County Com
missioners for alleged injury to his farm, lying
in the 18th district on the road leading from
Long Green postofice to Cuttings postoffice,
due to alleged defective drainage, met on the
premises on Thursday last. Messrs. Boarman
q Lindsay are counsel for Mr.. Rankin, and
Mr.. Osborne l. Yellott represents the County
Commissioners, all of whom were present.
After viewing the premises, where County
Commissioner Yellott had provided a lun-
cheon, those present repaired to the fine old
Wilson homestead nearby, where Mr.. and
Mrs. John V. Wilson served dinner Later
the hearing of the case proceeded and will be
concluded later.
Others present either as witnesses or specta-
tors, in addition to those named above, were
Messrs. James G. Kane Milton Dance, John
P. Clark, Joseph Miller, John Kane, o. p.
Grau, John B. Longnecker, Richard Swarm
stedt George H. Schmidt Charles r. Powell
and Adam Schmidt.
Ellicott City High License.-A letter from
Ellicott City dated April 9Th says: Petitions
bair ,o;ro cd ~, fo1a
the majority Of saloon keepers, asking Gov
ernor Smith to veto the bill which was passed
by the Legislature increasing the liquor IL
cense. The license as it now stands is $780,
The bill recently passed makes the license $500.
1t prohibits any other business being con-
Quoted in the same building and prohibits slot
machines or any gambling or gambling device
whatsoever. Application for license must be
endorsed by at least five owners of realty and
no applicant can indorse the application of
another. The larger saloon keepers are not in
the contest at all. The only objection being
raised by them is its inapplcability to that
part of Ellicott City in Baltimore county"
Died From Exposure.-Frank Hummer,
an aged shoemaker, was found dead early on
Tuesday morning last lying beside the ware
house of Mr.. Frank KicIienstein, who keeps
store at Parkville on the Hartford road. JUS
tice Charles Brockmeyer was notified and
held an inquest. the jury, after hearing the
testimony of several witnesses, rendering a
verdict of death from exposure. Hummer,
who was 20 years of age. is not known TO have
had any family. DIR. Lingard l. Whiteford,
who was summoned, made an examination of
the body. For some time the man was EN-
ployed by Mr.. Lawrence Miller, shoemaker,
at Carney, who saw that the body had res
pectable burial. Mr.. Frederick Lassahn had
charge of the interment
Work of the Orphans Court.-In the
Orphans Court this week letters were granted
on the following estates:
On the personal estate of Thomas Stanton to
Jam es Stanton, administrator.
On the personal estate of George G.. Rothe,
ST., to George C. Rothe, administrator.
On the personal estate of Rose Boon to Nell
son Boon, administrator.
On the personal estate of Susannah Gore to
Jesse l.. Gore and Charles l.. Gore. executors.
The will of Susannah Gore, late of the 18th
district, which was admitted to probate, gives
all of the estate to two sons, Jesse Lee Gore
and Charles Larsh Gore, to be divided between
them equally, and names them as executors.
Successful Building Association.-Th
twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Jarretts-
vile Permanent Building Association was held
few days ago. The reports of the secretary
and treasurer showed that the association is in
prosperous condition and a dividend of per
cent. was declared. The following officers
were elected: President, DR.. NJ i. Jarrett
vice-president, Alfred s. Upton; secretary,
Thomas E. Cathcart treasurer W. H. Jar
rett; attorney, s. A, Williams; directors.
J. E. Eggleston, ]. B. Ward, l.. J. Gross and
Thomas Gross.
Met With Singular Accident--John
Klimper, of Texas, 9Th district, had his right
leg fractured below the knee Thursday morn
ing while working at Beaver Dam marble
quarries. near Cockeysville. He was passing
a platform on which fellow-workman was
standing. By some means the latter slipped
and fell, striking Klimper with such force that
both rolled on the ground for several feet On
attempting to rise Klimper discovered his in
jury. He was assisted to his home where the
fracture was set by DR.. Benjamin R. Benson.
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