The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-05-14
Focal Attairs.


LITTLE LOCALS:
MIR. j. Ralph Morrison, of this county, who
has been travelling in the West, engaged in the
fire insurance business, was sick with measles
at Fort Dodge, Iowa, last week.
VIM. NJ. Hines, of Hartford county, has been
appointed Clerk, and Charles P. Carroll, also of
Hartford, has been appointed one of the guards
at the House of Correction.
w. A. Prigg, son of Mrs. Mary W. Prigg, of
Darlington, has been lying very ill with malari-
al typhoid fever. Under the skillful treatment
of DR.. John Sappington he is now slowly recov-
ering.
Dir. Crane will deliver an amusing and in
structive lecture at Avondalc, on Tuesday night
next, in behalf of the Sunday School, Admis-
sion, % cents for two persons Is cents for
single person.
MIR. William f. Pannell, of this county, who
has been for several weeks in Baltimore city, in
i'll health, under the care DIR. George G. Farnan
dis returned to his home near Hartford Furnace
on Saturday, considerably improved.
MIR. Jarrett I. Baldwin, of Aberdeen, has ON
exhibition, on the lot adjoining Mr. f. J. B.
Moore's blacksmith shop, near Hanna's Hotel,
Bel Air, several of the celebrated Osborne rcapers
and mowers, for the sale of which he is agent in
Hartford.
An interesting protractcd meeting is in
progress in the NJ. f. Church, Abingdon, under
the supervision of Rev. Messrs McNemar and
Jones. 1t commenced several weeks ago and the
services continue each night with undated in
-
Rev George Morrison, pastor of the Grove
Church, Aberdeen, preached in the Second Pres
byterian Church, Baltimore, last Sunday This
is the first time for several years that he has
filled this pulpit, made historic by his old pre-.
ccptor and fathcr-in-law, the late Rev DR..
Robert Breckenridge.
Rev s. II. s. Galaudct formerly rector of
Christ Church, Rock Spring, and Emmanuel
Church, Bel Air, has accepted n call TO the
Church of the Advent, Spartanburg, $. C., and
will enter upon his dnties there on the first of
July next. Rev. Mr., Galaudet removed with
his family last fall from Bel Air, to Abheville,
y G.
Among the dogs 10 be exhibited at the New
York dog show this week, is the famous Chesa-
pcakc Bay dog, Turk, which saved the life of
Miss Gertrude Is. Hyde when she was thrown
ont of her sink hos by the recoil of her gun,
while duck-shooting at Pcrrymansyillc, n short
time ago. Turk plunged into the water and
dragged her safely ashore.
Prof. j. Il. Codct, of Baltimore, will open
his dancing academy in the Town Hall, Bel Air,
ON Monday, May 18th. Prof Codct is an cstima-
bic gentleman as well as an excellent instructor,
and under his teaching any one can learn this
graceful accomplishment. He taught class in
Bel Air, last summer, and gave general satisfac-
ton, For terms see his advertisement.
Hardwood Park, the delightful summer
resort on the line of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad, at Gunpowder river,
will be opened on Monday, May nth. Excur-
sion trains will be run from Baltimore city dur
ing the day, and large number of persons will
probably avail themselves Of the opportunity to
escape for one day at least, from the heat and
dust Of the city.
Mr. George l.. Burke, son of the late VIM.
G. Burke, Esq, of Havre dc Grace, died sudden
ly in Baltimore city, on Tuesday of last week.
l1c WAS i'll tlic lou your VI HIS uHC. Although nc
had been suffering for some time with con-
sumption, his death was unexpected at the time.
His remains were brought to his mothers resi-
dcncc in Havrc dc Grace, from whence they were
conveyed TO Angel Hill Cemetery, for interment
"A pole raising and meeting oft Bayard Club
Of the eleventh district, Baltimore county, was
held at the Eght-mile House, on the Hartford
road, on the 9th instant Speeches were made by
c. Bonn Slingluff, Philip Moore Justice Richard
son and Others. Delegations were present from
Germantown and Fork Meeting House Clubs
Wilmot johnson was Endorsed as delegate to
the Democratic national convention at Cincin-
natl.
Hon. Eugene Schuyler writes from Rome
that he has received proposals from Messrs.
Joseph seligman ~ Company, the well-known
publishers at Stockholm, Sweden for permission
to translate and publish his life of Peter the
Great, now running in Scribnel's Monthly, in the
Swedish language, and from the house of
SchmtZdorff IL Co., st. Petersburg, for permits
sion to publish in the Russian language. 1t is
probable that on its completion in ,S,iJoer the
work will be published simultaneously in at
least five countries, aud perhaps more.