The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-09-27

LITTLE LOCALS :

LITTLE LOCALS:
MIR, John Payne's trotting mare Laurel
Blossom" died last week.
Mr. S. N Hyde, of Boothby Hill, this
year raised seven bushels of tomatoes on
fourteen plants,
DIR. George W. Archer, who has been
very i'll for several months, is now getting
well. He was in Bel Air last week.
We are obliged to Mr.. Thomas J. Tyd-
ings, agent at Edgewood Station, for revised
time tables of the p, w. and B. railroad.
One hundred and twenty-five dollars was
realized for the Southern sufferers, by the
tournament at Towsontown, last week.
Jack Frost put in an appearance in many
places in this county, last Sunday night. No
damage was done to garden vegetables, how.
ever.
Hon. John Merryman, of Hayfields, Bal
timore county, accompanied by his two
daughters, will sail for Europe about the first
Of November. They expect to be absent
about six months.
-Seventy-fve dollars were realized for the
Southern sufferers by the ball at Havre de
Grace, on the 10Th inst, which was handed
to Mayor Latrobe on Wednesday, by Mr..
Murray Vandiver
John r. Smith, for many years proprie-
tor of Slate Hill Hotel, York county, Pa,
died on Saturday night, September 21st of
inflammation of the bowels He was about SO
years of age and leaves wife and four chill
dren.
The 800 feet iron span of the great
Railroad bridge at Havre de Grace, has just,
under the supervision of Chief Engineer Lar
kin, been placed in position This has been
done without the slightest detention to the
passage of twcnty-sx trains daly.-RepuJH.
can.
Daniel w. Wann, son of Mr. James W.
Wann, living near Forest Hill, accidentally
shot himselfin the left side with double. bar
relied shot gun, on Thursday morning, The
wound, which was dressed by DR.. w. S.
Richardson, is painful, but not necessarily
serious.
Mr.. j r. Ely, Deputy Clerk under Capt.
A. Lingan Jarrett, informs us that the record
files of the Clerks office are now clear, the
work being completed to date. The origi.
nails of all deeds, mortgages, bills ofsale, &c,
left for record are now ready for delivery to
persons entitled to receive them.
Republican primary meetings are to be
held in this the second congressional district,
on Saturday, September 2sth. The county
convention will meet on the Both of September
and the district convention at Havre de Grace
on the LIST of October The object in view
is to nominate candidate for Congress.
The Hartford Archery Club met at the
residence of Col E. H. Webster, near Bel Air,
on Wednesday afternoon. First prizes fred
ribbon,) were won by Miss Lizzie Archer
and Col. Herman Stump second prizes (blue
ribbon,) by Mrs NJ. B. Stump and Henry
W. Archer, Jr. and strangers prizes yellow
ribbon,) by Miss Mary Farnandis and Her
bert Harlan.
MIR. VIM. p. Martin private secretary 10
VIM. Crawford, Esq, agent of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad,
died in Baltimore, on Wednesday, of typhoid
fever. Mr.. Martin was 81 years of age, and
universally esteemed for his high personal
character and courteous manners. His sue
cessor is Mr.. William Norris, at present con-
nected with the railroad, Mt Canton.
Mr.. William GLADDEN., of Chrome Hill,
recently showed us n very fine specimen of
wheat raised by him, which he calls "Califor-
mia amber" The grains are large and plump,
and il weighs GS lbs. to the bushel. The
ground was seeded with II bushels to the
acre and the yield was 25 bushels. The seed
was originally taken to California from Ger.
many, from whence it was introduced into
this county.
Mr.. George r. Cairncs notifies farmers
that he can supply them with large or small
quantities of r. G. Davidge's special COM
pound for wheat, dissolved bone, raw bone,
&C., in Bel Air. 1t will doubtless often be an
accommodation to farmers to be able to pro-
cure, near home small quantity of fertiliz-
or, without the trouble of sending to the city
or n railroad station for it. Mr. Cairnes pro-
poses to keep several reliable articles on hand,
and will sell them by the bag or ton.
SALE OF A FARM.-Mr. William Warner
has sold his farm of 1876 acres, situated about
half way between Forest Hill and Fallston,
to Mr. Samuel X. Fendall, of this county.
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CoNFIRMATIoN.-Thea attendance at st. Ig-
natius' Church, last Sunday was very large
Archbishop Gibbons preached and confirmed
about rs persons. In the four churches in
Hartford county and two in Baltimore coun-
ty he confirmed an aggregate of 300 persons.
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