The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-06-06
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS

LITTLE LOCALS:
Capt. William p Taylor, of Abingdon dis
trict is seriously i'll, with inflammation of the
bowels
Mr.. j. Augustus Spicer is working his force
on the new railroad on the property of the heirs
of Mrs. Mary A. Bond, near Fallston.
Archery clubs have been organized at Port
Deposit and at Perryville. BY the way, what
has become of the Hartford Arhcery Club?
The Hagerstown Nail thinks that the cult
walton of wheat will be tested in Washington
county, next fall, by a number of leading farm
erS.
Hon. j. T. C. Talbot has succeeded in hay
ing post route established from Baltimore city
to Kingsvillc, Baltimore county, by way of the
Bel Air road.
Telephone communication has been cstab-
lished between IIavrc dc Grace and the Govern
ment shad Matching headquarters at Spesutia
Narrows
John Derrickson, who lives near Church
vile, has a fine three year old colt which has
been seized with lockjaw. The disease is likely
to prove fatal.
MIR. Alex. Frisk caught, near Port Deposit,
on Monday last, sturgeon weighing nearly two
hundred pounds and measuring seven and a-haf
feet long. 1t made things lively for while
ElktOn Democrat.
Mr.. John s. Dallam has our thanks for n
quantity of particularly fine Monarch of the
West, Kentucky and Wilson Strawberries Mr..
Dallam is one of our most successful and eypc-
rienccd horticulturists.
Last Sunday f. Ellis and N Simmons, of the
U. s. Fish Commission, returned to Havre de
Grace from Grenada, Miss, where they deposit.
ed $50, 900 young Chesapeake shad in the Yellow
bush and Tippah rivers.
We are obliged to Mr. j. Ralph Morrison, of
Emmorton, for box of remarkably fine and
large strawberries, from his garden. They are
of the Monarch of the West" variety, and one
of the largest measures ~ inches around.
We are indebted to Mr.. T. j. Tydings, agent
at Edgewood, and to Mr.. j. H. Lytlc, agent at
Magnolia, for copies of the revised time card of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad, which went into effect June I'd, 1870
The hot spell terminated, for q time, at least,
by refreshing rain, which commenced on Mon
day night, and continued at intervals until
Tuesday night, The thermometer on Satur-
day and Sunday ranged at from 90 to "a degrees.
"A pigeon flying match from Port Deposit to
Baltimore, n distance of AZ miles, took place on
Monday. The prizes were S25, $40 and S.
Eleven birds started, the winning pigeons max
ing the distance in "a, 81 and 60 minutes respect
lively.
The stage from Edgewood to Bel Air, with
the mail, broke down, on the road, last Satur-
day morning. There were no passengers with
it, and no one was hurt. One of the horses was
taken out ofthe harness and the mail sent forward
promptly.
-Messrs. Joel Hollingsworth and Ellis Tuck
or started on Monday on trip by canal to the
head waters of the Susquehanna They will
return over the Columbia and Port Deposit
Railroad, and visit Philadelphia before they
reach home.
On Thursday of last week, as Mr. McCrearv,
of Pleasantville, was shooting horse, the bride
accidentally came offand the horse started to run.
Mr.. McCreary was dragged out into the road and
had his ankle sprained badly. DR.. g. w. Davis
attended the case.
MIR. E. s. IIarkins has succeeded his brother,
MIR. r. F. Harkins as proprietor of the store at
McComas' Cross Roads. Mr.. Harkins is an en-
terprising young man, and will keep large as
sortment offrst-class goods. His advertisement
Is in another column of The Agis.
MIR. John s. Young, a son of William Young,
Esq, having passed a creditable examination at
the last term Of court, was admitted to the bar.
lie has opened an Office in the second story of
the building occupied by Messrs. Henry w.
Archer, Col. Herman Stump and others, on
CORTLAND street, Bel Air