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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27

The Maine Commissioners of Pharmacy
have published their first annual report.
The law, enacted last winter, provides
that no person shall engage in the bust
ness of an apothecary, without having I'M
dergone an examination before the Com
missioners and received a certificate, I'M
der penalty of $50 for each week he con
tnues in the business. Two hundred and
sixteen apothecaries have undergone eX-
animation and received certificates
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27

U. S. Senator Patterson, who has been
almost at deaths door with sickness, is
thought to be recovering.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27

Judge Danforth has been appointed to
a new term as Justice of the Supreme
Court of Maine
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27

The Chicago Times sends on its way
eastward the crushing remark that 1.-THE
beans of Boston are undoubtedly better
than the manners"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27

Some of the shrewdest detectives of the
made to the terrific fight with burglar
at Senator Morrill's house, in Augusta.
They seem to be mentally drawing a
parallel between that contest and Fal-
stats celebrated encounter with the men
in buckram
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27

The trouble with the MeXcans has not
been fairly represented. The rioters are
Mexican residents Of Texas, who are dis
posed to assert certain ancient rights
which the laws do not recognize. There
is no danger of any trouble with the
Mexican government.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27

A pair of boy twins eleven years old, was drown
ed in Templeton, Mass, last SATURDAY. while skat
ing.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27

While Mr.. Drinkwater of the Ellsworth Ameri
can, will be absent at the Legislature. the paper
will be conducted by Mr. Sampson The Phis-
tines must look out, Belfast Journal
of its editor for the occasion lRockland Opinion
Thus queries Oliver Otis, overlooking
the obvious fact that if Samson were in
search Of his fayorite weapon, he would
enter the Opinion Office, take its editor by
the chin, and eXclaim cots here "
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well as the office TO which il Is TO 60.
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ADMINISTRATORS. EXECUTORS and GUARDIANS
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nal will please so state to the Court
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REPUBLICAN JOURNAL.
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People in Maine are being ylctimzed 10y
a sharper who advertises to send liquors
secure from seizure, on the receipt of
money and orders.
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The Boston Herald, although not party
paper. likes to see fair play, and makes
the following good point ON the radical
Republicans Of this State
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12

Or motion of Herman Stump, Jr., it was
resolved that there being but two nomina-
tons in the second, third, fifth and sixth
Dislr cts, that Joseph NJ. Street, be author,
lied to cast the ballot of the meeting for the
nominees from these districts, and the meet
ing proceed to elect two Directors from each
of the remaing Districts, viz the first and
fourth. The ballot SO ordered was cast.
The ballet for tho vacancies resulted 90
follows:
1st Dstrict-Wm. p Trimble, $50 votes ;
Amenlis r. Patterson, 394; Emmor MORT
son, 1GS.
4lh District-John Rush STREET., 55S votes;
James Amos, go; Thomas II, Nelson. 231 ;
Thomas Butler, 30; Curtis II Sitter, ID.
The chair then declared that VIM. p.
Trimblc, Amcniis II. Patterson and John
Rush Street, having received majority of
the votes cast were duly elected,
On motion it was ordered that james Amos
having received q plurality of the votes cast,
that the ballot of the meeting be cast for him
as director for the ensuing year.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
CuEyNEY HosKINs, President.
Gro. l.. NANBTBBER Sec'y.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12
Annual Report of the Conowingo Bridge
Company.
To tie Stockholders Of the

To the Stockholders Of the
Comowingo Bridge Company
GENTLEMEN AN uneventful year as regards
your Bridge has pas. ed since we last met The
receipts during the first seven mOnh his were very
light. Since they have been better, and con.
siderng the times we show fair result for the
year, and give promise of the Improvement we
may expect when the country is again actively
at work
The receipts for the year are s., 552 So. The
expenditures comprise in addition TO the current
expenses, 500 contributed to the Glen Cove
road, $500, one years interest on loan at per
cent, s91 balance due masons ON previous years
contract. These make about $500 in addition
to our current expenses.
The aance on hand at the close of the wear,
Sl,4ll99, the directors concluded was not sufii.
Client 10 make both a suitable dividend and re.
duction of the debt, so they ordered il should
be all applied towards the debt. On the LIST
instant, therefore, the loan has been reduced
sl,5oO, leaving but 81 800 against yonr proper
ty. The opening of the Columbia and Port De-
post railroad will, they hope, enable the com
pany at the close of another year, to both make
dividend and continue the reduction OF the
debt. Your bridge and approaches are now in
good condition to avail of all the business it
can command
1t may be proper for me to call your attention
to the fact that the county commissioners of
both Cecil and Hartford are in the habit of
granting subsidies TO the ferry between Lapi.
dun and Port Deposit, whereby it is enabled TO
take travel from your bridge, Now this is
hardly fair, as your property is not paying you,
If therefore, ii is to be ontmucd, woulA it not
be well to claim Ike assistance from the respect,
i've cour ties IA iitt"d thereby?
You .'r p'rt has been kept up at all sea.
sons for thr use and benefit of the public, and
up TO this time has not paid you simple interest
on the Investment. If, therefore, any are to be
aided by the public purse, You have as Just
claims as any and if this system is to prevail
see no reason you should not claim your share
and get il.
Wishing you a happy new year am
Respectfully, JAMES C. BELL,
President.
ConOMingo, lst Month, Sth, 1877.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12
Local Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.


Adam Refer, proprietor of the ~ Mile
Hous,, on The west fork of the Han ford turn.
pike, and poslmas err at Greenwood died on
last Saluldly week
-ln the January distribution of the State
School Tax by the Comptroller. II, rlord's
share is SO 321 63 for the white and S721 9S
for the colored schools.
"A few days ago valuable mule belong
ing to DIR. John Sappington, of Darlington,
having had its leg broken by the kick of a
horse, ii was found necessary to kill it to re-
lieve it of suffering.
David D. Durham, who kept n hole,
near Jarreitsvile died on Saturday las, and
Isaac Amos, of the same district, also di, ID on
Sunday evening. They were each about G5
years of age, and were highly respectable
citiztns Of the county
-Messrs. Bun Wilson and w. G. w.
Norris, while riding along the road from
Forest Hill to Bel Air, few days ago, es
pied a coon sitting on the fence, for all the
world like an Independent office seeker,
waiting TO see who will be President. They
captured it.
There will be an Illuminated Exhibition
of Dissolving Views, compri ing Centennial.
Religious and Miscellaneous Views, at Lapi.
dun M. P Church, on Tuesday evening,
next, Jan. 18th Admission 25 cts; Children
10 cts Doors open at g. o'clock, exhibition
begins Al 4!
The January ,haw sci in ON Saturday.
and was accompanied by a heavy rain Sat
urday night, which washed great portion
of the last snow from the road BID exposing
the" hard pan of ice with which the ground
was coated. We have heard of no damage
occurring from The rise of water in the
streams.
We have received +. January number
OF Leisure Hours, handsome 10 page family
paper, filled with choice literature-serial
and short stories, sketches, poetry, wit, I'm.
NOR, &c. Price $1.2O year, including
steel engraving, called "The Mitherless
BARN" j. l.. Patten g. Co., publishers, No.
l69 William street, New York.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12

The EIGHTH OF Observation-Disclosures, the
anniversary of the battle of New Orleans,
was celebrated in various parts of the coun-
try, by the assembling of conservative citi
zrns TO demand fair and honest count of
the Presidential vote
AT Washington large meeting wa. held
at which Hon. r. T. Merrick presided.
Addresses were made hy Hon. II. Waiter.
son, OF Kentucky: Col Pnltz r. of Missouri;
Hon. Mr.. TarboX, Of Massachusetts; Gen.
McMahon, Of New York, and Hon. Mr.. Ban.
ming, of Ohio, whose speech was most eff
fective and awakened frequent applause, as
did, indeed, the speeches of all the orators
Mr.. Watterson in the course of his r, marks
declared his belief that the vote would be
counted as il ever had been counted
He said he expected on the day of the
coun ing OF the vote to see a hundred tbous
and unarmed men in this CITY patiently
awaiting T. result, and determined in their
views of The American right of appeal. lie
knew that all the appliances of peace would
I've used In The settlement of the question,
but the people were net pr' pared TO submit
10 usurpaton, in the event of which n second
jackson would he ready TO lead them TO
preservation Of the constitution and the
government.
Mr.. Banning said tho people want peace,
but there must he no bayonets In the House.
Several of the speakers declared their belief
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12
Florida. Louisiana ana South Carolina.

The committee Of the House to investigat,
the election in Florida have returned to
Washington, buI their report has not YET
been made up 1t was established befor,
them beyond doubt, that the Democratic
State ticket was elected by 1000 mnjorit,
and that the Iilden electors received, by the
face of the returns, q majority of ninety.five
votes. The pudding ticket" process seems
TO have been operated in that State, and by
throwing out the fraudulent Republican,
votes thus cast, Tilden carried the State by
800 or 800 majority, The Democratic State
government is now in successful operation
n bill has BEEN introduced in The Legislature
inslructing the new returning board to issu,
certificates of election to such electors n
were shown TO he elected on the face of tn,
returns.
On Monday, at New Orleans, the rival
governors were both inauguratcd. The nd
dress of Nichols, the Democratic governor
was sble, calm and temperate He said t. al
the PEOPLE were determined and he was de
telmined tina. the Iule of fraud and usurpa
ton should cease" Packard, The Republl-
can usurpcr, was also inaugnraltd, amid the
glitter of federal bayoneis Tile issue is now
fairly Joined and as President Grant declines
to interfere in behalf of the Republicans the
starvng-out policy Will be commenced by
the Democrats The tax payers Of Louisiana,
like those of South Carolina, will pay no
taxes TO the usurping government and il
President Grant will keep" hands off, law
and order, under Demo cratic rule, will soon
be restored IN Louisiana. 1t is reported thai
Gen. Longsreet and ex-Gov. Warmoib have
both abandoned the Kellogg and Packarc
party. II this be true, they will speedily BE-
followed by other prominent members of the
bread d-butter brigade.
On Tuesday Gov. Nichols militia took
possession of all the State offices, cxcept the
state House, which was garrison,d by a
SINAI! body OF negroes. Packard has lost 8
great many Of hisndheronts The conservative
judges Of the Supreme Court took possession
OF their p aces, and their commissions were
duly copied uron the records. The CITY was
took place and no blood was shed. The rev.
olution was peaceful. Gov Nichols issued
proclamation urging the people 10 retire
peacefully 10 their homes.
Packard notified President Grant Of the
situation OF affairs, and the Secretary of Wa,
issued an order to Gtn Augur COMMANDING
the United States forces at New Orleans, TO
preserve The peace and dispense all unauthor
ized armed bodies Of men. This order places
Gen. Augur in delicate position. Tbs State
militia assembled by order of Gov. Nichols
and Gen. Augur will hardly take It upon
himself to declare that the Governor had n.
aath oriiy 10 call them out
On Wednesday the Republican Legisla.
tGre elected Kellogg to the L. S. senate 70,
the long term, and took Intellectual ballots
or the short tenn The Democratic Leris-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12
Nj A Il Il | Il d.

DEMOSS-THOMPSON,--At Broadway
NJ. p. Church, Baltimore, on Thursday,
December 2lst, 1876, by Rev. d. A. Sher-
mrr, J. n DEMOSS to Miss ANNIE H.
THOMPSON, both Of Hartford county.
AMOS-RUFF.-On Wednesday Janua-
ry 3D., 1877, by Rev. s. Ii. S. Gaaude,, at
the residence Of the bride, JAMES AMOS
to Miss MARY f, RUFF, daughter of Henry
Ruff, Esq all of Hartford county.
CHENWITH--WA WAGNER December
2Slh, 1876, at the NJ. p, Parsonage Bel Air,
by Rev w. NJ. SlraNer, WIN. CIIENWITH
to EMMA &. WAGNER
MILLS-JACKSGN-In Canton, on 9Th
January, 1877, by Rev. W. NJ Osborne,
WILLIAM MILLS tnd MARY +, JACK
son, of IlaliOrd county.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12
$21,415 GS

In pursuance of the duty imposed u,,on
the Executive Committee of the Mutual Fire
Insurance Company in Hartford County, they
have carefully examined the books and &C
counts rs kept by the Secretary and Treas
urer thereof, and are gratifitd TO have it in
their power to report that they were found
to he correct. and the an exed statement,
compiled therefrom, is a true exhibit CT the
condition of the company OH the 30th De-
CENTER, 1876.
While the company, rs it will appear from
this statement, has suffered severely from
losses by fire, there compelling the levying
of IA contribution of eight per cent. upon It's
premium notes, still for those who have been
members of the company for any length of
time the cost of insurance has been extreme
ly moderate. being but little over six per
cent. per annum on premium note given at
Il very low insurance,
1t must he remembered that our company
| was the pioneer association in the Stat. for
mutual protection against loss by fire, and for
years continued the low rates of nsu ance
with which it started, and which has never
materially increased them. while the cnmpan-
les that succeeded il fixed their rates from
| the beginning at double and ouadrupe upon
| certain species OF property hat ours We're
md by that means created large fund for
the payment of losses. But we can see no
advantage in this system of taxing member.
by Ugh Rates of insurance for the purpose o
creating large surplus in advance for the
payment of losses which may occur, over one
of low rates, calling t5r corresponding pre-
mium note, tie interest upon which will sui.
flee for the payment Of current expenses and
the liquidation of moderate losses al in the |
event of heavy losses being sustained, then
as a provision Tor their payment to levy
Iibution upon the mtmb RS in proportion
To the amount of their premium notes This
has been the policy of our company since its
esiablishn, ut, over thirty years ago, and w
would not advise q change
Experience has clearly demonstrated that
the true policy of an insurance company is
20 take small risks especially on personal
property of certain character, such ne the
contenls of stores and manufacturing estab-
lIshments of all kinds. Far b, tier have five
risks of 81 900 each, of this description, than
one risk of $5 600.
The Executive Committee would therefore
recommend change in the Bylaws, so that
no insurance shall begranted, nor contracted,
by this company, on personal property con
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12

Commemorative third resolution in the
report of proceedings of the Hartford County
Insurance Company published last week,
should have been printed ms Article XVI, as
follows:
Article XVI. No insurance shall be grant
ell by his Company 10 an amount exceed
ing $1,000 on the personal properly contain
ed i'll any store or manufacturing esiabis =
men OF any kind or description whatever ;
but nothing in this bylaw is to be constru-
ed as preventing the party insuring under its
provisions from obtaining additional insult
ance in any oihsr company, in accordance
with the terms as laid down by this company
and its consent first had and obtained, ty
proper endorsement on the Policy issued by
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12
Notice..

OFFICE BOARD SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS, !
Bel Air, january 0th 1877.
/ SIONERS, desiring to make the Schools
of the county rs beneficial as possible, and
being unable to continue them more than
three terms, have decided that it shall be
optional with the Trustees of each School
whether they will have Il Spring or n Sum-
mer Term. The trustees will, therefore,
notify the Secretary
ON OR BEFORE JANUARY eth, 1877,
whether they will have Spring Term, be-
gning February 1st and ending April 18th,
ora Summer Term, beginning April 10Th and
ending June Both.
BY Order,
WIN. Ii. HARLAN,
janl2-2t Secretary.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12

tanned in store houses or manuiat turing es-
adjustments OF all kinds for an amount ex-
Ceeding $1,000 allowing the paities thus in
surcd the privilege of insuring in other COM
panles for an additional amount the consent
OF this company being first had and obtain
cd.
There appears to be an impression prevail
ing among many Of the members of the com.
paiiy that il would inc uds isabu 10 re.assess
the property insured by ii. This is matter
which calls for serious consideration, ne
while it Is probable That in some instan les
property assessed in 1861, the period Vi the
last general assessment OF the company, nnd
since, may have delerioratrd in valve, still,
judging from our own observation and what
we have learned from sources entitled to
credit, the greet bulk of the propt.s, insured
by The company In previous years has been
Kept in gool repair by The owners of the
same; therefore, the committee cannot recon-
, mend II general rc-assessment of the property
insured, rs the benefits resulting lherefrom
would not, in their opinion be commensu-
rate with the trouble aud expense But they
would urge upon the Directors 10 promptly
report To the Secretary of the company any
properly III their respective districts which
may have deteriorated in value or have been
originally insured too high, so as the proper
steps may be taken to reduce the amount for
winch II was insured, or cancel the pulley
For the purpose of equalizng the amounts
paid by memb. rs. the Executive Committee
would also recommend that u resolution be
prepared by the company directing the Di-
reclors to re-assess all property insured by
this company ut less rates than are now lev
led, and the Secretary t'r the purpose of ia
cllitatlng their action shall furnish the Direc-
tors with list Of all such property situated
IN their respective districts, the Secretary 10
furnish the new policy required under this re-
assessment, to the party SO re-insured, free
OF charge.
JOIN CARROLL WALSH,
| JOHN S. ALLAN,
THOMAS GORSUCH, of Chas.
c. NJ JESSQP. -..--------
EXrcuIiya Copp,ittaa
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-12
Exhibition of Pictorial Art
R RATTLE.

A RAFFLE for handsome RUSTIC
IA PICTURE FRAME made by John
Elsr er, Of Hartford Furnace, will take place
in Bel Air, on SATURDAY EVENING
January 18Th, 1877, at s O'clock
Chances ST. to he subscribed for at w. s.
Forwood's Hotel, Bel Air, where the Frame
may he seen.
Only sevc. char ccs are yet unsold, and MS
tie proceeds ere for the benefit of poor and
deserving man, it is hoped all will be taken
before the evening named JAMIE