The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-02
Local Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

LITTLE LOCALS.
-. james Wick, scotsman, of Rochester N
Y, is selling Hathaway's Excelsior Tomato
seed at 1925 per pound, by mail or express,
prepaid.
One Of the best COWS belonging 10
Richard Holloway, living near GIennville,
got access 10 a meal chest one day last week,
and overate herself causing her death.
The Bel Air Corrct Band has been prac-
ticing assiduously of late, and as n conse-
quonce have greatly improved in the use of
their new instruments Their music would
be crcditable to city band.
Mr.. A. NJ. Fulford, of this county, recent
ly purchased from T, S. Cooper of Coopers-
burg, Pa, fine imported Berkshire boar,
two years old which took first prizes at
several agricultural exhibitions in England.
The Rev. Mr.. Gallaudet, owing to illness,
will not be able to hold Divine service upon
Sunday next, but ID. W hopes to be able to
continue the regular services upon the fol-
lowing sunday, March i'm.
Last Friday night the ice went out of
the river from above Port Deposit, without
doing the slightest damage. The gorge is
still held fast at McCalls Ferry, but the river
being open below, when it breaks it will have
a clear road to the bay
On the I'd of February, Joseph Grey,
soldier of the war of 1872 died at his home
near Forest Hill in the SD year of his age.
Mr.. Grey was Il member of Capt. Ruff's COM
pany Of infantry, which was raised in the
neighborhood of Hopewcll
DR. Cranes free lecture, at the Court
House Tuesday mig t, was interesting and
amusing Several persons presented them
selves as subjects for his chronological skill
whose characters were correctly portrayed
from their bumptious developments.
On Monday Sheriff Hanway conveyed
to the Penitentiary, Richard Moore, Thomas
Reed, Hugh Hall and VIM. Freeman, the two
latter colored convicted at the recent term
of court of larceny. They went off in fine
spirit as though they were departing for a
pleasure trip.
Several interesting communications have
been unavoidably deferred until next week.
Correspondents should write plainly. Life
is too short 10 be consumed in revising badly
written articles for publication, unless the
subjects are of paramount importance to the
public,
Little Steve Glenn, the pioneer newsboy
of this town, desires us TO say to the people
of Bel Air that he will continue TO supply
them with the Baltimore Daily San, the N,
Y. Ledger, N. V Hrald Godey's Lays
Book, Dem0reSts MdgagiRe and PetcrSon's
Magazine.
The panoramic exhibition by Prof II.
! n. Hall, at the M. Il. Church, Bel Air, on
Monday night, was attended by upwards of
250persons The exhibition was interesting,
and consisted of Scenes in the Life of Jesus,
a Ramblc through the Centennial Grounds,
and Ten Nights in Bar-Room,
DIR. J. Edwin Michael Delonstrator of
Anatomy at the University of Maryland
School of Medicine and Mr.. j. Russell
Martinez, will please accept our thanks
for invitations to attend the 10th an
nual commencement of this institution,
held at the Academy of Music, Baltimore,
Thursday, March Isl.
AT Mr.. H. S. Gorrels public sale, near
Darlington, on Wednesday, his mule team
sold MS follows: One pair to Johns H. jan
ney for $400; another pairto E. NJ, Allen, for
S412; and third pair to Thomas A. Hays
for 1926. Pure. bred Berkshire sows sold for
$50 and$31 Berkshire pigs for IS to $40
each; cows averaged over $50 each four.
horse wagon $l3s; Champion reaper 1928
and farming implements brought fair prices
The First Day of Spring.-Spring began
yesterday with all the attributes which poets
accord to her. The air was mild, birds twit
tered in the trees, bees and wasps were
abroad and TO make assurance doubly sure
the first butterfly of the season was captured
and brought to our office by Mr.. VIM. Wann
The wealher-propEets will ofcourse reminc
. us Inul WUC1 COlllCs III JlhC u lullD u
will 20 cut like lion. We will not believe
them, however; for this is an exceptiona
year, and many old truths have been set aside
since New Years day,
On Monday afternoon Mr.. John Moores
while driving along the Hickory road, near
the residence of Col. L III. Webster, observ.
ed market wagon approaching at furious
rate, and turned out of the road as far as
possible to avoid collision. The wagon
came on, the driver turning neither to the
right nor left, and struck Mr.. Moores' buggy
breaking one Of The wheels and throwing
him out, the buggy running over him. The
horse ran with the broken buggy few
hundred yards, when he was stopped by j.
w. Holland and VIM. Bull Mr.. Moores was
somewhat bruised but not seriously hurt