The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-14

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Peter Berg, a French count. now Chicago
bartender has t watch 1na reasnted 10 BerTs
grandfather blythe general.
That wheat was grown in Alaska century
ago is proved by the discovery OF two old nour
mills built by subjects of the Car, in the
southern part of the territory,
There were COZ. 100000 passengers carried by
the railroads of the United States in 19O2-which
ana OS 1da rode Un eeh during the year
Special Health Inspector James Bramall has
been ordered by the board OF health at Cnester,
Pa. to cut off the whiskers he has worn for ~
years. A percaution against germ carrying.
Israel Smith. Jr.. leader of the famous Thirty.
third Massachusetts Regiment Band, now aresi-
dent of New Bedford, Mass, has in his posses
sion drum that was used IN the Dattle Oh BUN
ker Hill.
Mrs. Nellie NJ. Moore, of East Pepperil. Mass,
a cousin of Abraham Lincoln. is preparing
family genealogy. Her father was born IN the
same log cabin in which the great President was
1t is stated that in the historic village Of Her
mannsburg, in Germany, there are four kinds of
independent Lutheran churches, each of which
refuses to recognize the other or to practice
altar fellowship.
GOV. S. w. T. Lanham, of Texas, has sent in
his first veto. 1t disapprOves Dill allowing tne
marriage of man to his ste pdaughter ana OF a
daughters death.
YES" says Lawrence McAlpin. aged hun
dred, in Philadelphia, ''life's worth living, but
you have got to work to enjoy it," Mr.. cAlpln
was dancing master. fencing master and prize
fighter in his youth
Report that John D. Rockefeller had said he
would pay million dollars for a new stomach,
or healthy digestive apparatus, has resulted in
delugng the Standard Oil millionaire with
thousands of letters.
The pulpit which George Whitefeld 200 years
ago carried with him as he moved about the
country among the thousands who hocked to
hear him preach is said to be at present on ex-
hibition in New York CITY,
When the two Jones, John p, of Nevada. and
James K, of Arkansas, went out of the Senate
on March 4th they left that body without a rep
resentative bearing the honored name OF Jones
for the first time since 1872.
A son was born few days ago to Mr.. and Mrs.
Cormac McCallis, of Hazelton. Pa, being the
twenty third child born to the couple. Mrs.
McCallis is forty-one years old and was married
at the age of seventeen years.
Postoffice Inspector Davis has made a queer
discovery at Spout Springs, N. @. He found
that railroad postal clerks were bringing jugs Of
whisky about three times week to the post
master there in mail pouches.
What is probably the largest locomotive in
the world has just been completed at Science
tady for hauling freight over the Rocky Noun
tains. 1t measures 20 feet and on level track
can haul q train of cars mile and half long.
The Cleveland Leader has brought forward
Harry, A. Garfield. son of President James A.
nomination for mayor of that city. 1t says that
he is the only man who can beat Tom johnson.
Miss Emma Kellogg, of Colorado, who wants
to be game warden, cites as her qualifications
the fact that she once lassoed young bear and
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lion deer and elk, and is well versed in wood
craft.
Superintendent Whitehead, of the Milwaukee
Board of Charities, threatens to appeal to the
Legislature for a restraining act unless the
telegraph companies and other corporations
sengers.
Senator Vest has been compiling list of men
who have been his colleagues in public life in
Washington, and finds that Missouri Is the only
State which, during the % years OF his service
in the Senate, has not made any change in It's
senators.
The Oldest person ever obtaining a marriage
license in Franklin county, Pa, is Wilford SIX,
nSH ct Xnq SIX fo is
very active =
A curative effect of vaccination upon whoop
ing cough, first noticed by some Italian physi-
cians has been confirmed by the extended OBJ
servations of DIR. Dietric in Algeria. degree
of immunity, moreover, was conferred against
the disease.
Because the inhabitants of Scituate, near
Boston, refused to hear a letter read from
Thomas w. Lawson, expressing his views on
LIQUOR license at town meeting, he has recon-
sidered his promise to give the place S50,OOO
soldiers monument.
Compulsory voting at primary and general
elections in Pennsylvania, and providing pen
atty for failure to vote. is the idea OF Repre-
planned in two bills which he introduced into
the Legislature at Harrisburg.
The telephone is in more general use in
Sweden than any other country. Rates average
81 a month, and distance messages are eight
cents for three minutes if under $50 miles. A
reply is always forthcoming from the central
station in about 10 seconds.
A railroad fifty miles long is to be constructed
in southeast Missouri this spring. 1t runs
through district which Is distinctiyely the
home of the watermelon. Enough melons are
said to be produced there to keep one railway
busy during the season In hauling them.
will of Prof. Sylvester Waterhouse. of WASH
ington University, was bequest of $4,000 to
Washington University, which shall not be
the principal and interest amount to $1OOO,OO0.
Electricity is to be used in agriculture as a
fertilizer as we'll as for mechanical power. The
novel battery just perfected by two Russians is
to be buried in the soil, which is thus magne-
cus
proven by tests with potatoes, beets, barley,etc.
At Asti in California, cistern 1O4 feet long
by "a feet wide and 81 feet deep was formed in
hillside for the storage of wine. The immense
tank was lined with concrete two feet thick,
and coated inside with glaze as tra pie
as glass; The capacity OF the tank is 5UOOOO
gallons.
a book of his "reminiscences of public men in
and out of Congress, entitled Grows Half Cen
acouaintance give him ample material for such
a book Mr.. Grow will spend the summer trav-
cling for rest and recreation.
Mrs julius L. Brown, of Atlanta, Ca, has Sc
cured, unaided, pledges from over 1900 women
of her state that they will not in future use the
Through her efforts over $500 of the school
children of Atlanta have subscribed to pledge
not to harm or annoy wild birds.
The private secretaries of the Congressman
have formed a union. The law allows each
Congressman 500 month for clerk hire. Many
of the Congressman have been pocketing the
500 and paying the secretaries such sums as
they deemed proper; Inc purpose OF the or
ganization is to stop the practice.
Miss Elizabeth Coombes Adams. granddaugh-
United States, celebrated her ninety sixth
birthday anniversary the other day at her home
in Quincy Mass. Miss Adams attended every
Presidential inauguration from that of John
Quincy Adams to that of Grover Cleveland.
Washingtons ill-htting false teeth, which gave
his mouth that odd square look seen in his later
portraits were almost the first In this country,
the art of making them having been rediscov-
cred in Paris in the eighteenth century. But
rude false teeth have been dug from an Etrus-
can tomb sealed before Roman history began.
Baltimore is one of the wealthiest cities of
the country, as it is one of the Oldest and
one of the most conservative, but its rate of
compensation for its public servants is not high,
says the New York Sun. The City Comptroller
receives 81 800 year. the same sum is paid the
Mayors Secretary. The salary of the Mayor of
Baltimore Is $1,000.
They have started Sunday newspaper in
London. 1t is of the strictly religious order,
however, and it offers bottle of water from
the river Jordan to every person who subscribes
for six copies. The water is guaranteed genu-
inc, having been dipped out and bottled under
the direct supervision of the leading citizens Of
Jericho and Bethlehem.
Rev. Walker d. Stirling, rector of st. Johns
Church, of Mount Morris, N. Y, hit upon a
unique scheme of increasing the income OF his
parish. He gave to each of 30 women in his
parish 81 a year ago for investment. On Sunday
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