The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-04-12

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PATENT BEE HIvE.-Mr S. r. Gilbert
has left at our office, on exhibition, q bee
| hive, patented by J. H. Crandell, of Prince
Georges county, Md, which seems to pos.
sess many advantages over other patents.
Not the least of these appears to be an ar.
rangement for excluding the bee-moth This
is accomplished by covering the surface of
the hive, around the opening for the bees to
enter, with strips ofbrass, over whose smooth
surface the moth, it is said, will not pass.
Consequently their efforts to enter are con-
fined to the wooden part of the hive. Search
ing around they discover an opening leading
US they think-if they think at all-into the
hive, and forthwith they go in, expecting to
revel in the delicious sweetness. Delusive
thought the opening terminates abruptly
being merely small triangular box, closed at
| the inner end-and they are thus as far off
"a ever from the inside of the hive 1t is
claimed that the moths will not leave this
box, which is separated from the bees by
perforated piece of tin, and they deposit their
t.
LAMr ExPLosIoN.--On last Thursday
evening, Miss Kate Barnes, q young lady
about sixteen years of age, residing with her
mother in the lower part of Havre de Grace,
in the face of the many distressing accidents
recorded, undertook to fill lighted coal oil
lamp, resulting in the gases taking fire from
1 bo lr,,,,, vr,iot
plode, scattering the burning contents over
. herself and mother. The flames were speed.
lily eXtinguished, but not until Miss Barnes
, arms and side were terribly burned, and from
which she is still suffering great pain Mrs.
Barnes fortunately escaped with but slight
injury,-HagTe Republican.
SINGULAR PHENoMENoN.--About ten
o'clock on Wednesday night the northern
sky was brilliantly lighted up by the aurora
, horealis, and about the same time the heavens
were spanned with broad belt of fleecy
| light, extending from cast to wcat, the onds
nearly touching the horizon, and the middle
Of the arc approaching the zenith. This
bow assumed fantastic shapes at one time
gathering itself up towards the centre and
then spreading out until it assumed its orig
inal form. Finally, it seemed to move to-
wards the west, and disappeared.
AN IMPORTANT INVENTION MIR. Robert
Y. Bovine, Of this county, has invented an au-
tomato railroad signal, which must prove of
very great value. The invention consists of
an arrangement Ivy which, when II railroad
train approaches Il crossing by means of an
apparatus fastened to the track signal is
thrown into sight at the crossing; and thus
approaching vehicles are warned of danger.
AT q certain point after passing the crossing,
q simple arrangement lowers the signal, and
the track may then be crossed in safety. Mr..
Bovine has obtained patent for his inven.
ton.
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MAIL LETTINGs.-The following routes, in
addition to those mentioned last week, have
been let:
Hickory Tavern to Mill Green, let to John
Snodgrass $104 Perrymansyille to Booth
by Hill, let to Samuel B. Hickey; $50. Alb
w iCb W uouH bS-
Swan; $149 Darlington to Darlington Switch,
no bid. Jarrettsville TO Chrome Hill, let to
Thomas B. Devoe; $135. Perrymansville
to Michaelsvillc, let to G. G.. Mount; 500.
Perrymarsville to Hartford Furnace, too
high, offered $3.50.
HARTFORD COUNTY RAILROAD. - Meeting
Of the Co,porators.-Th Corporators met on
Saturday last, and after the transaction of
routine business, adjourned to meet on Mon
day, April ed, at eleven O'Clock, A. M. All
solicitors in possession of subscription papers
are directed to return the same to the several
Corporators from whom they received them,
previous to the said 22d inst.
BY order Of the Board,
HOWARD MUNNIKHUysEN,
Secretary.
DEEPENING THE SUsoUEHANNA.--On
Monday, Hon. Stevenson Archer presented
in CONGRESS- q netitiOn from @ r Hitchcock