The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-04-17
Local Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS:


The cold weather stopped gardening OPP
erati1ns for n while
Lazy husbands are known out West ms
stove watchers.
Under the new assessment law three as
SCISSORS are to be appointed by the Governor
i'll each county, at a salary Of 81 per day.
REV. David Winters, of Paterson City
will preach in the drove Church, next Sab
bath. The friends generally will do well TO
hear the eloquent speaker
&C. c. Kinsry, a member of the Board of
Managers of the new Agricultural Society of
Hartford county. Md, visited Oxford last
week tn obtain informntion relative to the
management of the Oxford Agricultural So
ciety, the size and style of the buildings,
grounds, &c.-Orto1d Press
"A colorcd boy, about 1G years ofage, was
arrested at Port Deposit, on Wednesday last,
| and taken before Squire Abrahams, charged
with an outrage against IL white girl about
ID years ofage. The boy was committed TO
Elkton Jail to await the action of the Grand
Jury in September
Professor Theodore Ascherfeld, former
ly of Elkton, has removed to Havrc de Grace
where Mrs. Ascherfeld will engage in teach
ing music and the French and German Ian
guages. Mrs. A. is an accomplished must
clan and an excellent teacher. See adyer-
tisement.
We are indebted TO Hon. Ohio =. Lee,
for copies Of the speeches delivered in tie
House of Delegates, on the announcement of
the death of Hon. Robert Fowler also in
pamphlet form, the poetical petition from
5000 ladies asking to be let alone on the
Local Option Question
On Thursday night of last week, the entire
plastering upon the cillng ofthe dining room
ut MIR. William Young residence, in Bel Air,
fell down, with Il terrible crash The table
had been set 70" break fast, and was crushed
to the floor and the dishes smashed. For
tunately the family had all retired, and no
one was hurt.
NEWSPAPER CHANGE.-P. Ii. Rutlcdne.
Hart1rd Democ'ut-hayng disposed of his
interest to Mr.. Joseph ii. Street, The pa
per will hereafter be published by the "Dem
ocrat Publishing Company
PHoToGRAPHY.-Mr james 5. Lytlc, hay
ing rclinquislIcd the hotel business, isnmkng
arrangements to re open his photograph gal
lcry, in Bel Air. Mr. Lyle is an excellent
photographer, and we hope will receive am
pie encouragement and support in his yoca
ton.
Town ELECTIoN.-Thc election for five
town commissioners ofBel Air takes place on
Monday, May 4th. We accord fully with the
suggestion that i'll this election politics should
be entirely ignored, and good men chosen,
without regard TO their political preferences
Ac IDENT.-On Saturday night last, about
eight O'Clock, Messrs John B. Norris and e
l.. Sawyer, while driving quietly along the
turnpike, near Bel Air, were upset by their
carriage striking pile of stones that had
been left in the road. Both gentlemen were
painfully bruised, and the top of the carriage
was smashed to pieces Their horse was a
quiet one; otherwise the accident might have
been more serious.
The BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA AND New
YORK RAiLRoAD.-The Newtown (Pa.) Enter
prise says:
The officers of The railroad company once
known as the State Line and Junuta, now
the Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
seem to be pushing their projects this spring.
Lines are now being surveyed southwest
from West Chester toward Baltimore. We
understand the president and other officers
OF the company intend shortly to visit this
REGION looking toward their connections
across Bucks county and New jersey"
SECRETARY OF STATE.-We are pleased to
state, says the Anne A'undel Adcertiser, that
Governor Groome has re-appointed Richard
G. Hollyduy, Esq Secretary of State. Mr..
III. has had much experience, this being the
fourth Governor he has served in that capaci.
ty. His face has become quite familiar To
visitors III the Xerntiyc Chamber, and his
conviVial manner and courteous department
have made him II universal iusorile. We
are glad he has entirely recovered from his
late severe illness, and hope he may long en-
joy the blessings of health.
CoLoRED MAN DROWNED On SATURDAY
night last in the Chesapeake Bay, near Spe-
sutia Island II colOred MN named John
Stevens, was knocked Ovrrbo ird from a gill
ling boat belonging to Mr.. John Mahan by
the accidental jibing of u sail His compan-
ions, who were all coorcd, sailed on for
about one hundred yards, before they put
about to rescue him. When they got near
him he was still atloat. They reached him
an oar, which he grasped so eagerly as to
pull it from the hands of the man in the boat
and with the oar in his hand Stevens sank
to the bottom and was drowned.
BRADLEY's PATENT ENAMEL PAISr.-It is
but little more than quartz? of Il century
since the art of mixing paint was confined al
most exclusively to II few, comparatively
speaking. Now, however, through the nge-
nuity of Bradley, practical painter, as well as
a chemist, we are not only enabled to apply
the paint if we desire, but can see the shades
in advance. Beautiful Sample Cards are fur
nished gratis, with different shades ur tints'
numbered. Having used the Paint ourselves,
we have no hesitancy in saying it is far supe-
rior, both in durability and finish, to any
Paint we have used or seen. We most re-
specially request all of our readers to care
| Etll h.,
c. P. knight, the Sole General .4gsnt, on the
third page of The 1Egas.
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