The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-09-12


Tors of Rugby, N. D., were seeking wives
Through a friendly intermediary, over 100 wo-
men opened up correspondence. Forty-eight
of these are just about to leave Kokomo and
Howard county, Indiana. to share their lives
with as many lonely bachelors.
Patrick Driscoll who owns four of the richest
silver and gold mines in Arizona and has an in
come of over $4,000 year, confines his personal
expenses to the lowest possible figures. 1t is
said that for years he has spent no more than
$50 month He is liberal in his gifts to worthy
persons and purposes, however.
Returns made to the Commissioner of Labor
of the State of New York covering $4,000 wage
were idle during the entire first quarter of the
current year, as contrasted with 81 per cent.
and lis per cent. in the corresponding quarters
of last year and the year preceding.
"Big Joen Grimes, said to have been the larg-
est man in the world, died at the home of his
parents in Cincinnati as a result of a peculiar
accident. While riding in cab his great weight
one of his legs was gashed, the wound refusing
to heal. Grimes weighed 1855 pounds and was 81
years OF age.
Henry Pohlman, of Kokomo. Ind, who has
been sued for divorce by Mrs. Sarah Pohlman,
declares in a cross-bill that his wife is a matri-
monial trust. He says she has married IA hus-
bands, 13 of whom are still living. Eight of the
"A, he asserts lived in Mercer county, O.. and
the other reside in Howard county, Ind,
dwelling in Kokomo.
Among the midshipmen of the fourth class at
the Annapolis Naval Academy who may claim
distinguished ancestry is w. Taylor Smith, of
Fredericksburg, Va. On his maternal side he is
fourth in descent from Thomas Jefferson and
also descended from five of the Colonial Gov
ernors of Virginia. two OF whom were Thomas
Mann Randolph and Wilson Nicholas.
feature of the Worlds Fair will be pottery
in operation. Workmen of the highest skill
will manufacture art pottery, so that visitors
may note all the processes involved. A firing
furnace will stand in the center of special
building. and the potters, with their wheels, will
be ranged around the interior, so that visitors
may make clear inspection of the work.
strengthening is now done in the West by a
means of flexible shaft. The knives or shears
can be operated as rapidly as the gearing con-
tanned in the shaft can be moved. Electricity,
steam or a hand crank may be used. A trained
workman can shear sheep every three minutes.
The record is 1850 pounds of wool from 800 sheep
in 10 hours.
DR.. James Suly, the eminent Washington
psychologist, claims to have proved by long OBJ
servation and a series of mechanical expert
ments that society's ban against hearty laugh
ter as bad form" is producing a mirthless and
says DR.. Sully, do not laugh as their forefathers
did, because they think that to do so would be
quite vulgar.
One of Germantown's landmarks is about to
fall at the hands of Father Time. 1t is a large
silver fir tree. which tradition says was planted
Upsaia, at Cleveden and Germantown avenues:
The old tree is rapidly falling into decay, and
the present tenants of the place contemplate
having it chopped down to remove dangerous
menace to passers-by
Sunday evening, in jefferson Park, Chicago,
John Oscar kissed girl who hadn't told him
that he might. Tuesday morning he was
brought before Justice Dooley. II think any
stolen kiss is worth S25, and that's your fne
john" said the magistrate. Its cheap valu-
alton. If 1 could purloin a kiss from a pretty
girl under such romantic circumstances, I'd
cheerfully pay as much myself"
Mary Gano Bryan Cobb, of New London, Ind,
died September 4th aged I0l years. She was q
step grandmother of William Jennings Bryan,
her first husband having been Louis III. Bryan;a
soldier in the War of 1872. She was also daugh-
ter of the Revolution, her father having been
Major John Gano, of the Continental Army.
She was the granddaughter of Rev. Daniel Gano,
brigade chaplain in the struggle for indepen-
dence.