The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-10-05
Local Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

LITTLE LOCALS.
The agricultural fair at York, Pa, began
on Tuesday and closes to-day.
-Towsontown is now without teegraphic
communication with Baltimore, owing to
dispute about office rent.
e. E. Ewing, formerly editor of the Elk
ton Wig, is located in Topeka Kansas, and
is engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery
business.
%. Eugene Weller, of Granite, Baltimore
county, appointed rs cadet to the Naval
Academy by Hon. Charles B. Roberts, has
passed the Board of Examiners for that in
stitulion.
Rev Davied S. Baker, pastor of the
second coored Presbyterian Church, of Bel
Air, has by his own request been dismissed
by Presbytery of Baltimore to the Presbytery
of Catawba.
The law prohibits the killing of par
tridges before the Goth of October. The pen
atty for its violation is a fine of S. for
each bird killed or offered for sale. Sports
men should remember this.
"A few months ago Mr.. James r. Smith
converted his "Susquehanna HOTEL" at Lap
| idum, into q store, where he has now on hand
a large stock of goods of various kinds, which
he sells at very low prices. Read his advcr-
tisemcnt.
| -Adutant General Bond will inspect and
rnvinw thn "Gnvnrnnr'a Gnn~d of Hartford
county," Mt the Fair Grounds, on Friday, the
18th inst, mtg o'clock, p. M. Lieut.. Col
BurgWyn, late of the sth Regiment, M. N
G =, is also expect | to he present on that oc-
casion.
The house of Mr.. VIM. II. Ruby, editor
of the Towsontown Journal, was entered by
burglars, last Sundey night, and robbed of
four dollars, two silver forks, summer coat,
q pair of shoes and some catablcs And now
there is much inquiry, says San CORES
pondent as to where the editor got all these
valuables.
The yield of oats in Hartford county this
year has been unusually large. Mr.. Henry
W. Archer has threshed his crop of this
grain, and reports 403 bushels, weighing 33
lbs. per bushel, from n lot containing less than
six acre, being yield by measure of G7b
bushels, nd by weight rs bushels ard 3
pecks per acre. This is the largest yield yet
reported
Mr.. Joshua Hope, who lives near Tay-
lor, has been made the victim of misplaced
confidence. One day last week he sent q
load Of hay to Baltimore in charge of white
man named Curry. Inc latter fail ng to re-
tuln in time, Mr.. Hope became uneasy,
and going to Baltimore found his team at a
hotel yard in Old Town, Curry having sold
the load and departed with the proceeds.
of the Hartford county delegates to the
Democratic State Convention, DR.. W. w
Hopkins Yves appointed one of the Vice
Presidents; Charles W. Michael upon the
Committee on Credentials; Andrew Boyle
Committee on r. solutions. Herry D. Far.
nandis, Col. John Carroll Walsh and Charles
H. Street, were continued as members
for Hartford county of the State Central
Committt 9.
In order to give teachers and pupils al
opportunity to attend the agricultural fair
the public schools will be closed, next Thurs.
day and Friday, October 18th and 18th, pro.
vided the trustees of the schools give theil
consent thereto. We hope none of them
will be so churllsh as to offer any objection
The agricultural fair is held but once a year
and teachers and scholars will all be benefit
ted bya day or two spent with their friends
at the fair.