The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12

Brick Baptist meeting house, in the 4th dis
lrict, was attacked by hog and severely
bitten about the face and limbs.
During one of the hot days last week, Mr..
himself was overcome by the heat,
while at work in the harvest field, and had
to be carried to the house. The application
Of proper remedies restored him. His phys-
clan pronounced it case Of sunstroke.
COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN TIM
SHIELDS CAsE-In the Court of Appeals of
Maryland, at Annapolis July 1st, Judge Mil
Ter delivered the opinion of the court in the
case of the State VS.. Timothy Shields, tried
and acquilte in Hartford county for forgery.
Several exceptions had been taken by the
States attorney during trial of the case, on
which appeal was made. The Court of APP
peals says it matters not whether such yer.
dict of acquittal he the result of misdirec-
ton of the judge on question oflaw or
of fact on the part of the jury,
II new trial can never afterwards he granted
The appeal was dismissed-.Sun.
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CHARGE OF FoRGERY.-On the Goth of
June, young man named A ID. Clopton,
formerly public school teacher near Aber-
deem, in this county, presented draft for
Sl5,12 to Messrs VIM. H. Michael g. Sons,
merchants, McElderry's Wharf,
Baltimore. The draft purported to have been
given by Col. Ohio S. Lee, of Bel Air, to
Samuel Davis, and by the latter made pay
able to Clopton. The draft was paid, but the
firm had slight suspicion that
was wrong, and upon commun-
eating with Col. Lee were informed that the
draft was forgery, They also learned that
the particular Samuel Davis to whose order
the draft was drawn, was n myth. A war;
rant was issued by Justice Harris for the ar
rest of Clopton, but he had left Havre de
Grace, where he has resided for week or
two past, for New York.
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STILL THEY CoME.--An Early Rose potato,
weighing one pound comes from the garden
of MIR. Isaac Amos, Bel Air The crop was
planted on the list of April.
Specimen stalks of oats from Mr.. James
A. Webster, near Pylesvile, prove that that
section of the county has good land and good
farmers. The stalks measure feet % inches
in length.
Rock Hall Farm, near Abingdon, also
keeps up its reputation for good crops, Messrs.
BENZ. and p. Z. Carroll having sent us speci-
mems of oats and timothy raised by them.-
The oats measures 6 feet and the timothy 5
feet inches
Mr. John G. Sonehraker, of the Hickory,
sends some fine specimens of timothy, which,
as the average of his field, denote a heavy
yield.
From John Lynch, near Hartford Fur
mace, we have also received splendid speci-
men of oats, 6 feet inches tall.
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The FOURTH AT HAREwooD.-About four
thousand persons visited Hardwood Park, on
the F., w. & B. Railroad, on the 4th of July.
A band OF music was in attendance, the
Declaration of Independence was read and adj.
dresses delivered by Gen. r. H. Carr, w. M.
Marine and A. Worth Spates. There was
also mile race, in which Miss Evans, of Bal
timore, and Miss Miller, of Hartford, partici-
pated, the gold medal icing won by the FORM
er, who made the mile in three minutes
There was also sculing race, singing, dane
ing and music. A game of base ball was
played between the Blue Stockings of Magno.
liza, Hartford county, and the Dashaways, of
Baltimore, resulting in u victory for the Dash
Always by score of Is to 10. Howell G..
Brown, of Baltimore, was the umpire. No
accidents occurred and the day was pleasant.
ly spent. After the speech making, the ora
tors and number of ladies and gentlemen
were entertained at the mansion house by
Mr.. j. b. Norris, the popular agent of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad company, and Mr.. Il. j. Barton,
of the excursion.
OLD NEwsPAPERs.-We are indebted to
Mr.. Hugh Simms, of Franklinville, Baltimore
county, for several very old and interesting
newspapers. One of them is "The New Eng
land Weekly Journal" 1t was published at
Boston, and is dated April 8, 1928. 1t consists
of single small sheet, about the size of half
a sheet of letter paper, printed on both sides,
with two columns on each page. 1t contains
no local news, and the latest foreign news is
from England, and is five months old. 1t has
four advertisements of new books one of
coffee for sale at eight shillings per pound,
one of n school to be opened for negroes, and
two advertisements of negroes for sale
Another and more interesting paper is
The Boston Gazette" of March 10, 177O.-
It's contents give lively picture of the ex.
element and indignation against Great
Britain that prevailed in the colonies for
some years before the war actually broke out.
1t gives accounts of town meetings in various
parts of Massachusetts province, at which the
citizens denounced those Boston merchants
who continued to import British goods and
pledged themselves not to buy of them. The
inside of the paper is in mourning for the
death of four young men who were killed in
n full account of the massacre being given.
The third old paper is n fac smile of the
IN. Y Morning Post" of Nov. z, 1888, con.
tanning Gen. Washington's farewell orders
10 the armies of the United States.
MARYLAND SUNDAY SCHOOL UNIoN.-Mr
VIM. A. Baker, State Superintendent of this
noble and Christian organization, is now in
Bel Air, and will remain until after Sunday
next. Mr.. Baker is visiting the Sunday
Schools in different sections of our county
and we bespeak for him hearty welcome
wherever he goes.
The Union did noble work in our State
the past year. Through the efforts of the
State Superintendent and Missionaries, rs