The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-06-09
Local Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS:

| -Df. samuel kepler, School Examiner oil
Baltimore county, died in Towsontown on
Tuesday of last week, at the age of Al years.
The Baltimore Quarterly Meeting of
Friends will convene at Darlington on the
18th of the present month. The public are
respectfully invited.
Governor Carroll has reappoined Mr..
John Trago, of the Sd district, magistrate
Mr. Trago was previously appointed, but
failed TO qualify in time.
MIR. Daniel Yellott, son of jeremiah Vel
lott, Esq of Dulany's Valley, has purchased
a farm near Fredericksburg, Va, and will
shortly remove thiher.- Union.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and BAL
timore X. II. Company have put on two extra
excursion trains for the Centennial EXhibi-
ton. The fare by these trains will be Sc. 90
for the round trip, or 81 so for single trip
fare.
-Messrs Ouierbridge IIorsey, J. A l..
Mcclure Israel M. Parr and J. Carroll Walsh
have been appointed by the Maryland Board
of Public Works directors on the part of
the State in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Company.
One day last week valuable horse be.
belonging to Washington Abernctha, at the
Hickory, was bitten on the side by copper
head snake. 1t was feared that the animal
would die, but by drcnchng it with new
milk and applying other remedies it recover
ed.
The "Blue Stockings" is the name of Il
base ball club recently organized at Magno.
liza, with John T. Swecting President; James
Goodwin Secretary, and Joseph Bramble
Captain. The "Blue Stockings will play
match game with the Churchville Club to-
morrow.
On Friday Of last week Mr. VIM. p.
Preston, of Baltimore county, was found w.
ing insensible from an attack of vertigo, on
the floor of his room, bleeding profusely from
a severe scalp wound received while falling,
from contact with China water iar. At
last accounts he was recovering.
The BaItfm0rea1, published by Crutch-
field & Haas, at Baltimore, comes to us this
week bright in handsome new dress, its
columns tecming and sparkling with gems
of wit and wisdom. 1t has Just entered upon
its fifth volume, and we arc pleased 10 know
is in highly prosperous condition.
We are under obligations TO Messls.
John III. Lyle and Thomas j. Tydings,
agents at Magnolia and Edgewood, for the
latest time schedule Of the p w. & B. Rail-
road, which went into effect May 30. The
Baltimore and Philadelphia Express now
leaves Baltimore at A. NJ, stopping only at
Havre dc Grace, Perryvillc and Wilmington.
"A correspondent says rye flour, on ac-
count of its adhcsiyeness, is the best thing to
use in mixing Paris Green with water. He
stirs rye flour in water until it is of the con
sstency of whtewash. Then he adds as
much Paris Green as the mixture will take
up. He applies it with small broom,
sprinkling the under as well MS The upper
side of the leaves
"A Free Temperance Lecture will be dc
livered in the NJ. L. Church. Bel Air, by Mr..
George +. Stcarns, of Iowa, on Friday even
ing, June D, at :! o'clock. Subject-"C Come
now, let us reason together, saith the Lord"
Mr.. Stearns has been actively engaged in
promoting the Temperance cause for several
years in Pennsylvania and other States. lie
is not employed by any society, but has en-
gagged in the work, as he says, simply from a
sense of duty.
A carriage built by Clarke, OF Philadel-
phia, for General Washington aud for n long
time used by him, is exhibited by Mr.. Chas.
Wharton, on dist street, above Girard ave.
nue., Philadelphia. 1t was known as the
White Chariot, and was driven by John Fa.
; gan, Washington's coachman, on the presi.
: Dental trip from Mount Vernon throughout
the then Southern States, about 900 miles,
over very bad roads, but it was so well con-
structcd that upon lis return to PHILADELPHIA
it was found that not bolt or a screw had
: started in all that long journey.