The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-03-21
local Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS

LITTLE LOCALS:
&c. W. Jenkins communication received
VIII publish it next week
Mr.. Elijah j. b. Whitaker, of this county,
has obtained letters patent for noscbag for
horses.
MIR. Thomas b. McAtce has rented the Mine
Hill Hotel, near Delta, and will take possession
on the LIST Of April next.
-Messrs John Hughes d Co. have com
menced operations at their new slate quarry,
near Delta, York county.
We are indebted to our friend Peter l.. Car
roll, DR., for pair offne canvas back ducks the
| trophies Of his skill as a marksman
Miss Alice l.. Mellow has opened store for
the sale of general merchandise, near the resi-
dcnce of Mr. Hugh Simms, at Jericho, Baltimore
county.
DR.. g. {. Stewart, formerly of the engineer
corps of the Baltimore and Delta Railroad, has
located at Delta, York county, for the practice
ofmedicnc.
The report that Susie E. the valuable mare
stolen from Aberdeen, on the night of the Goth
v,
been verified.
Mr. John Y. Day, whose dangerous illness
we noticed last week, died on Wednesday, at his
residence, near Kingsvillc, Baltimore county, in
the 18th year of his age.
Mr. Donnclly of Jarrettsyillc, Md walked
on Tuesday to Baltimore and back, a total of 4S
miles, over muddy roads, to pay his subscription
| to the Presbyterian Weekly
Fishermen about Lapidum and Havre de
Grace are busily engaged repairing their senes
and boats, in order to be ready for the fish,
ing season, which will commence in few
| days
Some improvements are being made at st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Kingsville Rev. Mr..
| Wroth, rector. The wall surrounding the GEM
| etery is being taken down, and the cemetery en-
| larged
The steam ferry boat Beninga, Capt Emil
Holm, has been repaired, reprinted and inspect
ed, and il was expected would resume her rcgu-
lar trips between Lapdum and Port Deposit,
| on Thursday.
Hon. John Merryman, of Baltimore county,
with his family, is expected home from Europe
shortly, by the steamer Germanc, of the White
| Star line, which will sail for New York on the
18th of April.
| Efforts are being made to establish post
offices at Putty Hill and Kingsville, Baltimore
county, TO be supplied by Mr. Henry Scarlfs
stage line from Baltimore to Jerusalem Mills,
Hartford county.
| Thn rit of ntv IA; IL ,;,- NJ
Baltimore county in their ''mad hunt for Office "
there being already eleven candidates for Sheriff
in that little county with new ones looming up
every wcck-TowSontown Union.
Mr.. Lee NJ. Whistler, having recently grad
uated as a doctor of medicine at Putc Medical
College, Cincinnati Ohio, is about to sell out
and remove to Newark, Del, where he will en-
gage in the practice of his profession
On Wednesday Constable Hopkins, of IIavre
de Grace, arrested Oliver Mitchell, for threaten
ing violence against William Bpdfeld. In
default of bail to keep the peace, Justice Adams
| committed the accused to Jail
The Delta HiwU says there is considcra-
bic lutter in slate mining circles over the prom
| Using prospects of the "New Era" slate mine,
recently opened by Messrs. Mclaughlin IL Co.,
of Delta. A new impulse seems 10 have been
| given to thc slate mining business in that local
ity.
| Rev John W. Smith, of Spencervilc, Mont
| gomery county, Md, preached in the NJ. T..
Church, Bel Air, on Sunday morning last, and
Rev. Edward II. Smith, of Luthcwllc Balti-
more county, preached in the same church Sun
| 1nY nj oh hot pfu n, f,,p1
county, and brothers of DR. Benjamin Smith, OF
| Bel Air
On Thursday morning, as Mr.. James Lee,
who lives near Thomass Run, was driving out
of his lane, in a onc-horse carriage, a dog sprang
| into the road causing his horse TO wheel sud
denly around, and carrying the vehicle under the
limbs of tree, by which the entire top of the
carriage was taken of. Neither horse nor
driver were hurt.
One day last week II smoke house on the
premises of Mcssrs. $. b. Silver IL Bro. near
| Priesthood Bridge, took fire and burned down,
| with its contents, consisting of about 800 lbs.
| of bacon, five barrels of corn, &c, belonging TO
| several families in the neighborhood Messrs
Silver X Bro. had their bacon in another smoke
of the building.
| Every holder of two shares of the capital
! stock of the Baltimore County Agricultural So
cety will be entitled to all the rights and privi-
| eges of member of the Society, which include
| the right to vote in all elections-onc vote for
| each share of stock hcd-bcsides admission to
all the exhibitions Of the Society for himself one
| lady nj tIyn oh
soafo~n Union.
| Last Sunday afternoon, as Mr.. Evans Hughes
and wifewcrc descending the hill near their house,
about one mile from Lapidum in two-horse
spring wagon, one of the horses slipped and fell
over the steep bank, taking the other horse, the
wagon and its occupants, all over with him.
| The horse which was the unfortunate cause of
the accident broke lis leg, and il was necessary
| to kill il. Strange to say that was the only
damage DONE Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes escaping
| unhur.
| The Baltimore SIN says that the name of
Judge John II. Price, of Hartford county, will be
presented to the President in place of Judge
| Giles, resigned. For some years prior to the
adoption of the present State constitution Judge
Price presided over the circuit courts of Balti-
more, Hartford and Cecil counties, then compris-
| ed in the same judicial district His course on
| the bench was marked by wisdom, dignity and
| flrmness, and we should be pleased to see him
| appointed Judge of the United States Circuit
| Court for the district of Maryland.
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| SALE OF FARM-John S. and Charles L..
Dalam, real estate agents. of Bel Air, have sold
| a farm of h acres, in good cultivation and with
good dwelling house, situated near Sandy Hook,