Baltimore: its past and present . MONUJIENT HARLEMSQUARE a large subscription list among the laborini classes The Baltimore IVecker, a weekly,owned and ably managed by Mr Wni. Schnauffer, and the Biene, published by Juenger. are the two German Weeklies. The ? Bayerisches Wochenblatt, publishedin the interest of former citizens of the Kingdom of Bavaria, bringing the latest newsfrom the Vaterland, has its readers all over the United States. There are also a num-ber of weeklies devoted exclusively to religion. These are under the auspices of thedifferent denominations and are well supporte
Baltimore: its past and present . MONUJIENT HARLEMSQUARE a large subscription list among the laborini classes The Baltimore IVecker, a weekly,owned and ably managed by Mr Wni. Schnauffer, and the Biene, published by Juenger. are the two German Weeklies. The ? Bayerisches Wochenblatt, publishedin the interest of former citizens of the Kingdom of Bavaria, bringing the latest newsfrom the Vaterland, has its readers all over the United States. There are also a num-ber of weeklies devoted exclusively to religion. These are under the auspices of thedifferent denominations and are well supported by the respective churches. In 1837 the first iron building of the world was erected by Mr A. S Abell. theproprietor of the Sun. It was built entirely of iron, at a time, when business mengenerally were unwilling to try the experiment, and its usefulness and beauty have 15 abundantly attested the discernment of Mr. Abell. In 1844 Baltimore was again dis-tinguished by the erection of the first electric telegrajih in the ELEVATORS, LOCUST POINT. The emigration of Germans to our Ciiy has aided materially in its development, andmany promment enterprises such as Gail & Axs Tobacco Works, William Knabe & i 4- i(> Gos., Piano Manufactory, the old drug house of A. Vogeler & Company, & Co., Tadr. Miller & Co., Jacob Seeger, Fr. Raine. Chris. Lippsand others, tell their own tales. Baltimore,like other ci-ties, has hadits periods ofmisrule, andthe yearsfrom 1850 to1S60 are darkpages in thehistory of ourcity. A roughelement ob-tained con-t r o1 of thecity and in-augurated areign of ter-ror. But atlast good citizens, irre-spective ofparty, com-bined for theprotection ofsociety andduring the\vinterofi86othe StateLegislatureenacted thefamous Me-tropolitanPolice workingswere magi-ca 1. TheBowie knifeand the Pis-tol were laidaside andthe roughs,either aban-doned theirin famous mode of living, or betook themselves to other cities. The old volunteer Fire De-par
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