The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-10-27

LITTLE LOCALS:


LITTLE LOCALS:
DIR. Crane will preach at Avondale on
Sunday night next
On Friday gunners were out in large
force hunting cartridges, which are unusual.
ly plentiful this year. Rabbits are also MI
merous. ------ .--.-----.-- .-.... -...
The unsightly old fence around the
court house yard has been sold TO P. Howard
for $33. 1t has been removed, preparatory
to putting up an iron fence.
An amateur concert of vocal and instru.
mental music, for the benefit of the Noun
tain Baptist Church, will be given Mt the
church next Thursday evening mt seven
o'clock.
Several persons from the n,ishLorhood
of Rising Sun, Cecil county, il is said, con.
template emigrating to King and Quecn
county, Va where excellent lands can be
bought for few dollars per acre,
On Friday oflast week, a valuable Alder
ney heifer, belonging to Mr.. ]. S, Richard
son, put her head between the rails of pen
containing chaff, and being unable 10 extr-
cate it, was smothered 10 death by the chaff.
Ducks are said to be plenty on Gunpow-
der river, above and below the bridge, many
of them red heads. Many ducks are found
also in Saltpetrc river, and number have
recently been killed at CAROLS Island
! TO,osOnt0acn Union.
Noah Small, raised this year, on the farm
of Miss Margaret Foley, near Hopewell, Ga
bushels of Late Rose, and Peerless potatoes,
from onefourth of an acre. Ten of them
which he brought TO this office, filled peck
measure, the largest weighing 2! pounds.
"A letter with the following inscription
was received a day or two ago at the Bel All
postoffice:
cover the hills and across the level,
Garry this letter like the devil;
When ii gets to Bel Air leave it,
And Miss - will receive it,
There will be a meeting of the Tilden
Hendricks and Roberts Democratic Reform
club OF Abingdon district, held at Abingdon
tomorrow Saturday, at 2 O'Clock, p. M
As business of importance will be presented
for consideration, full attendance of the
members is desired
"A Democratic gathering took place las
Friday, near Fork Meeting House, 11lh dis
trict, Baltimore county. Addresses were de
livercd by Hon. Charles b. Roberts, Hon
Richard ]. Cuttings, George II. Carman, G
W. Richardson and others. A bountiful ant
excellent lunch had been prepared, to whicl
ali present were invited previous TO the speak
ing.
Mr.. b. f. Forwood, Of Monmouth
Illinois, paid n visit to our office on Saturday
Mr.. Forwood left Hartford county in 1887
and has since been living in Illinois He il
a son of the late VIM Forwood, who livcc
near the Hickory. He speaks in glowing
terms of the great West, but says no on
need go there and expect to make fortune
without steady labor and economy.
The residents of the 9TH District arr
very much exercised over the nocturna
forays Of some large animal in the vicinity o
Parkton, Benteys and that ncighborhood
1t is reported that it leaves tracks in it
wake as large rs n small sized saucer. The
general impression is that it is a catamount
A large dog of Mr.. Mechior Armacost's wa
killed the other night, being completely tori
to pieces and his blood spattered all around
This fearful visitor has served to lessen thu
night travel around that locality considcra
bly, Ta3"s0ato'ra Jaiiraa5