The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-10-10

LITTLE LOCALS:

We are indebted Mr.. Richard Sheridan for o
basket full of remarkably fine Tcrk Imperial
and Fallawater apples.
Mr.. Jacob II. Plowman's spring-house was
entered on Monday night and a chum stolen
Nothing else was taken.
On Wednesday night of last week Mr.. Peter
o. Herman, miller at Moorc's Mill, near Bel Air,
lost fast trotting horse by an attack of collie.
"A perfectly formed double apple was found
by little son of DIR. ii. G. Whiteford, in his fa-
theirs orchard, at Darlington. 1t is curiosity.
Six Pound apples received from Mr.. Jno. c.
| Hanna, weighed 50 lbs. The largest turned the
scales at 10 ounces and the smallest at ~ ounces
DIR. l.. Hall Richardson, of Bel Air, who has
been lying very i'll at the residence of his sister
| Mrs Thomas II, Rutledge, in Baltimore, was re-
| ported better on Thursday.
Mr.. Ezra Whitman, of the Maryland Far
nae,, and Mr.. p. ii. Bittinger, of the Hanover
| (Pa.) Herald called at The Agis office on Wed
nesday. They both attended the fair.
Comptroller Heating has made the regular
| quarterly distribution of the school tax, by
| which Hartford county will receive 49, ia 81 fol
| the white and S736.44 for the colored public
schools.
Mr.. M. G. Norris, living near Cooptown, has
| leftat our office stalk of sorghum which towers
up in the air to height of eighteen feet. II
looks like flag staff, and is probably the talles
| stalk of the kind in the county
On Sunday night pair of horses attached
to Mrs. Haviland's carriage, which were tied al
the residence of Mr.. Amos Hollingsworth, iieal
Fallston, broke loose and ran home. No dam
age was done until reaching there, when il
running through the orchard the top of the car
riage was wrecked.
On Monday morning Miss Becke Holdings
worth and lady friend were on their way to thu
| fair in carriage. On the road from Fallstor
| to Beaumonts shop the horse ran away. The
| ladies were thrown out and Miss Hollingswortl
had her arm spraincd The other lady escaped
with few scratches.
Mr. ID. f. Shure, Jr., of Shures Landing, is
an expert fisherman, evidence of which is before
| us in the shape of n magnificent four-pound
black bass, caught by him on Monday in the
wv nh'ii tCiItiily u pldCe
for his valuable contribution. Several fine roc
| shad, weighing six lbs. each have been caught in
nets in the Susquehanna during the last week.
This is noted as an unusual occurrence at this
season of the year.
We publish the list of entries at the fair on
our first and fourth pages. 1t will be seen that
the entries in many of the departments are great.
ly in excess of those at any previous exhibition
OF the Hartford society," while the character OF
the stock and articles shown can not be too
highly commended. The labor of preparing and
setting up the list was great, and if errors or
omissions have been made we can only say we
are sorry.
"A new era of business property appears to
have commenced From every quarter the an
nounccment is made of the rc-opcning of long
silent factories, mills and workshops. The
prices of produce, fabrics and materials of all
kinds have advanced with startling rapidty.-
Another indication of better times is that the
number of tramps has perceptiby decreased
Those who were really in search of work have
found it, and now there are very few left upon
the road except the genuine tramps, who will
not work for any pr ce.