The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-13
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCAL

L -"f' n. o. uarreLtsou, ol laylOr, fiarlOru
county, has just completed a very fine barn, 40
by so feet, the work having been done by Mr.. j.
o. Amos, of Middletown, Baltimore county.
Rev. Joseph A. Galen, formerly pastor of
st. Ignatius' Church, Hickory, has returned to
his present CHARGE in Prince Georges county,
Md, after spending two weeks at Cape May.
| The Town Commissioners of Bel Air have
granted permission to Mr.. Henry Reckord to
erect in front of his store, on Main street, Bel
Air, scales for weighing hay, coal, &e.
| We are much obliged to Mr.. Ralph s. Will
son, of Emmorton, for the present of half a
bushel very fine apples. They are being placed
where they will do the most good.
| Mr.. James NJ. Reynolds has our thanks for a
remarkably fine specimen of magnetic iron ore,
picked up By him in the Mine Old Fields; also
for beautiful specimen of quartz, obtained in
| the same locality.
| MIR. William Dozen, of the Big Woods has
recently burned a kiln of brick containing one
hundred thousand. The superior quality ofthe
clay he uses makes Mr. Doxen's bricks equal to
the best made in the State
| Rev. Ezra Bradenbaugh, of Frederick City,
Nd, preached at High Point School House,
| last Sunday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Bradenbaugh
is connected with the NJ. f. Church South, and
is the son of Mr.. Thomas Bradenbaugh, of this
| county.
| -Contracts for supplying Hartford county
and the Public Schools with coal have been
| awarded to Mr. L. NJ Allen, who was the low
est bidder in both cases. The county coal is to
be delivered in Bel Air at .33 per ton, and to
| the public schools at $685..
"A fine pipe organ, recently placed in Christ
Church, Rock Spring, Rev. Joseph Reynolds,
rector was used for the first time, last Sunday.
Miss NJ D. Wise, of Baltimore, formerly of this
county, was the organlst. The instrument is
said to be one of fine tone and great power.
Our old friend, Squire Robert D.. Orr, of
Dublin district, left at The Agis office, on Tues
day, box full of Transcendent crab apples,
grown by him. They are very large, perfectly
formed, and exceedingly beautiful in COLOR
They are the finest crab apples we have ever
seen.
| John IL. Harris, the colored orator, has q
hard time of it. He was stoned out Of New
Castle and Wilmington, and at Chester, Pa, he
| was obliged TO dodge crowd of Republican
colored men, who had been supplied with whisky
and eggs for the occasion. At Elkton, as in Bel
Air, he failed to speak, as announced.
The Hartford Archery Club met on Wednes-
day afternoon, at the residence of Major VIM.
II. Dallam. The attendance was large. First
prizes were taken by Miss Daisy nSaam and
| Major Dallam; second prizes by Miss Minnie
Richardson and Henry ID. Harlan, and strangers
prizes by DR.. Mclean, of New York, and Miss
/ Nicman, of Pa.
The Waring Fertilizer Company, of Cecil
county is one of the most reliable in the coun-
try, and the excellence of lis products is attested
by many farmers of lIarforl, Cecil and else
where, who have used them. Their advertise
ment will be found on this page, and We refer
our farmer friends to it for more particular in
formation on the subject.
We have received the annual catalogue of
st. Johns College, Annapolis Md. 1t contains
the names of ninety-two students, among whom
are the following from Hartford county: Wal
ter W. Preston, of Emmorton; j. Camp Butler,
of Bel Air; Gilbert c. Moulsdalc, of Abingdon !;
Thos. II. Roberts, ofClcrmont Mills and Edwin
H. Webster, Of the Hickory.
The dwelling house of MIR. A. T. Patterson,
near Emmorton, was struck by lightning, dur
ing the terrific storm of July Goth. Some shin
giles were torn from the roof, and also some
pieces from the porch, and number of flower
pots, on the porch, were shivercd to pieces
Several plants, in pots, near the porch, died af-
ter the storm, from the effects of the lightning,
it is supposed.
"A grand tournament, pic mic and Democratic
pole raising will be held at Dublin, on Wcdnes-
day, August 18th. Besides the usual honors OF
the tournament the successful knights will be
awarded four handsome prizes. Among the
speakers announced are Hon. j. f. &. Talbot,
, Hon. Herman Stump, Hon. Stevenson Archer, j.
7. G.. Hopkins, Esq, Democratic clcctor-at-
large, VIM. Young, and Geo. w Richardson, Esq.
, On Sunday, while Mr.. Barney Dunnigan, of
Bel Air, was on his way to a funeral, in driving
down the hill near Mr.. Henry W. Archcr's, ON
the Churchvillc road his horse began to kick,
and kicked so vigorously that Barney was soon
landed on the ground. Dr. Wake Munnikhuy-
sen, who was driving behind him, came to his
relief and found that some painful bruises mea-
surcd the extent of Mr.. Dmnigans injuries
|
ord on our third page this week, will scarcely
be overlooked by our readers. Mr.. Reciord is
, one of the most enterprising business men in all
I this region of country, and by honest dealing
and libcrality in advertising has built up an cx-
tcnsivc trade His branch store in Bel Air is in
, the charge of Mr. Harry W. Whistler who has
, on hand at all times full supply of all Mr..
Rcckord's reliable fertilizers together with feed
flour, meal, &c.
The German carp placed in streams and
, ponds near Bel Air, in May last, have grown
rapidly. When first obtained they were only
about one inch and a.haf in length. Mr.. P.
Howard recently found them in his fish pond at
Archer ~ Towards mill, measuring six inches in
length. 1t is estimated that the fish are forty
times as large as when placed in the pond. Carp
are said to come to maturity in three years, and
will weigh from ten to twelve pounds They
will thrive in almost any water.
Miss Kelly of Baltimore, delivered an inter-
, esting missionary address before the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society of the Darlington NJ.
E. Church last Sunday afternoon. Forty new
members united themselves with the society,"
Miss Kelly will sail for India, next October, for
the purpose of deyoting herself to the missionary
cause. She has given up lucrative position as
public school teacher in Baltimore city, and has
made herself familiar with the Hindostanee and
Persian languages, in order to avoid the necessi-
) ty of an interpreter in instructng the natives
, On Sunday evening, August 18th, at ~ o'clock,
Miss Kelly will deliver missionary address in
the NJ L. Church, Bel Air
! ACCIDENT on THE RoAD.-On Monday of last
week as Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Street, were de-
sccnding long and steep hill, near Delta, in a