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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

"A late number of the New York Graphic
contains some interesting "reminiscences of Col.
Nathaniel Ramsay, who distinguished himself by
bravery at the head of his Maryland troops,
at the battle of Long Island, during the Rcvolu,
tionary war. His first wife was sister of Pcac,
the celebrated artist. His second wife was Miss
Hall, of the present Hall family of Hartford.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
a Drop Of Joy In Every Word.

FLEMINGTON, Httntington, Co., N. J.
DR.. X. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Three months ago was broken out with large
ulcers and sores on my body, limbs and face.
procured your Golden Medical Discovery and
Purgative Pellets, and have taken six bottles and
to-day am In good health, all those ugly ulcers
having healed and left my skin in natural,
healthy condition. / thought at one time could
not be cured. Although can but poorly express
my gratitude to you yet there is drop of joy in
JAMES .. BELLS.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

ARcHERY.-The Hartford Archery Club met
at "Waverly," the residence of Col, Herman
stump, on Wednesday afternoon, for re-orgniza.
ton. Mrs R. II. Mitchell was reelected Presi-
dent; Major VIM. IL. Dalam, Treasurer, and
VIM. II. Harlan, Secretary. First prizes were
won by Mrs. NJ. b. Stump and Edward Farnan-
dis; second prizes by Miss Daisy Dallam and
Col. Herman Stump, and strangers prizes by
Miss Minnie Ashbridge, of Pa, and Mr. Van
Sinderen, of New York,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

THIS IN TO GIVE NOTICE-THAT THE
Il subscriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Md, letters testamentary
on the personal estate of
JOSEPH II. LEWIS,
late of said county, deceased All persons having
claims against said deceased are hereby notified
TO exhibit the same with the legal vouchers there
of,
On or before he I'd day Of July, 1881,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit Of said estate. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment; Given under my hand and seal, this I'd day
of July, 1880. '
HANNAH LEWIS,
Jy8Bt EXecutriX,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

All the census returns that have been given
in the newspapers are in the rough--unofiicial
as the term goes-but they nevertheless ena-
bic one to get n clear idea of the population
of various cities. The returns for a number
Of cities are given in the following table.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

"A large shark was caught tangled in the
ropes of gill-net near Perryvlle, in the Susque
hanna, recently. 1t weighed near four hundred
pounds and was over feet long One was seen
by man while bathing in the water near Car
penter's Point about fifteen years ago These
are the only two ever known of in the neighbour
hood
Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, has been
chosen chairman of the Republican National
Committed
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
NOTICE 10 SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
NJ EKS.-,lhG COUNTY, SIl,daIr snhaal GaI,,r,.,.

NOTICE 10 SUNDAY school. WORK
~ ERS.-'fhe County Sunday School Conven-
ton will convene in the Churchville Presbyterian
Church, at 10 O'clock on TUESDAY morning
July 10th, and close on Wednesday evening the
2lst. There will be three sessions each day as fol-
lows: Morning session from 10 to 1890 O'clock
afternoon session from 2 TO 8 O'Clock evening
session from to 10 o'clock In order to devote
as much time as possible to the work of the Con-
yention, the Executive Committee have made the
noon recess short and those attending will there
fore come prepared to eat dinner in their carriages
1t is expected that this arrangement will secure
large attendance of the Sunday School workers
throughout the county in addition to the regular
delegates Entertainment will be provided for all
members OF the convention who can remain after
may not be provided with their own entertain
ment at noon 1t is hoped that delegates as far as
possible, will stay to all the sessions.
BY order of Committee.
jy9 A. LEWIS HYDE, Chairman.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

Walking matches all over the country have
been the real style; but the true agony has
been shown in those innumerable matches nightly
walked by anxious fathers carrying crying babies
The remedy-Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup. Price rs
cents bottle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
Trustees Sale

Trustees Sale.
IN virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court for
l. Hartford county, sitting in Equity, the subscri-
Der, us trustee, will offer ut Public Sale, at Mag
nolia Station, p, w. IL B. II. r.,
On Saturday, August Ifth, 1850,
Mt II O'Clock, NJ, all that
FARM AND TRACT OF LAND,
situate in Hartford county, on the public road
leading from Magnolia Station to PHILADELPHIA
Turnpike and about one and a-haf miles from
Magnolia, and containing
684 Acres, More or Less,
and is composed of two tracts or parts OF tracts of
land, called " Hopewell " and "Isham's Second
Addition, and being the same and all the land
particularly described in mortgage from VIM
Murphy and wife to John w. Middleton bearing
date the 10th day of November 1862 and recorded
in Liber A l.. j., No. g. folio 18l one of the Land
Records of the Circuit Court for Hartford county
The improvements consist of COM h4S
Portable DIV ELL1NG HOUSE, Barn, a
Stabling, and other outbuildings. - I2snSfsttyss
The location is healthy, the situa- 68
ton high, and being within easy reach of Magno-
would make desirable country residence for any
one doing business in the city.
TERMS OF SALE.
The terms of sale prescribed by the decree are
that one-third of the purchase money shall be paid
in cash on day of sale, one-third i'm six months
and the balance in twelve months from day of
sale, credit payments to bear interest from day of
sale, and to be secured by notes or bonds of the
purchaser, with surety approved by the trustee.
I'm p H. RUTLEDGE,
Jy9 Trustee
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
ReIiginns NOfieas

The McKendree M. L. Church, near Black
Horse, which has been undergoing extensive re-
pairs, will be re-opened next Sunday July 11th.-
There will be three services during the day. We
expect ministers from abroad to help us during
the occasion. All are invited.
l. II MOORP poetor
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
Examiners Notice.
To Contractors.

To Contractors.
OFFICE BOARD SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
Bel Air June 10, 1880 {
PROPOSALS will be received at this Office IN
L to IL NJ, on Tuesday, July 18th, for
BUILDING FIVE SCHOOL HOUSES.
One in I'd District at Boothby Hill.
One In I'd District, at Michaeisyille
One In 3D. District, at Wards Meeting Housf
one In Ath District, at Clermont Mills,
One in 9th District, at Dublin,
Contractors will be required to give bond To the
Board for faithful compliance with their con-
men with their bids, WINS
Specifications and working drawings can no
seen az TINS Office. The Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
W Contractors will be paid In Cash upon the
completion of the work and its acceptance by the
Board. BY order,
40 WIN. II. HARLAN,
leia Secretary.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

CENSUS RETURNs.-Mr James A. Webster
Census Enumeration for Stearns' precinct, 9Th
district, has kindly furnished us the following
statistics relating to that precinct
Whites 1924, blacks 103, muattoes 1O-tota
2, l37; dwellings 297; families 3l3; farms 231 :;
establishments 8; mills 4 deaths II.
We have received the following from Mr.. Sol
ONION s. Wetherill, enumerator for Jarrettsylle
precinct, 4th district
Inhabitants 1870; farms 3l4; deaths 30; deaf
mutes g.; idiots l blind l.
We are indebted to Mr.. w. H. Paul, Census
Enumeration for Halls X Roads precinct, for the
following returns:
Population over $500; deaths 80; grist mills
d; saw mills 2; canning houses 80; idiots 10 !;
blind D; insane 8; dogs over 900
Mr.. Paul finished his enumeration on the 3Oth
utimo He will be in Bel Air on the 10th of
July, for the purpose of correcting the returns
of the census.
The following is a Summary of the returns, so
far as received:
Abingdon ASH; Bel Air 1899, Fallston 1,62O
Churchyille 1,4S2-total G,3S4; Jarrettsville
1870, Upper Cross Roads 1,20S, Norrisyillc
l,OS6-total 1894; Stearns' 2,137 Havre de
Grace 2,760.
AT the rate of increase, as compared with the
census of 1870, the total population of the coun-
ty will fall considerably short of2S, 900, and con-
sequcntly the representation of Hartford in the
Legislature will remain unchanged
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

EESTIVAL.-There will be FESTIVAL held
u In the basement of the HOPEWELL NJ. P.
for the benefit of the Sunday School, The public
are cordially invited to attend 'N'N
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
1900 Majority in Hartford

for the nominees of the Cincinnati Convention
TT Democrats of Hartford, arouse and enter the
ranks The buge sounds the notes of Victory
for Hancock and English
great battle for Democratic principles is to be
fought, and no Democrat should loitcr in his tent
while his comrades all over the land are enlising
in the glorious cause.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
Notice.

A LII PERSONS are cautioned not to negotiate
"A my NOTE, dated 18th juno, 1880, for $lG5, at
u months, guaranteed by L. Whitaker and PAYABLE
to Josiah Herman. The consideration for said
Note having failed, it will not be paid at MATURE
ty.
GEO. w. WHITAKER
June 28th, 1880. iye-3ts
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09
LIST OF TEACHERS

Qualified to teach in the Public Schools of
Hartford County
T'RUSTEES must select their Teachers from
Il this list, unless the applicant holds State
Certificate Diploma of State Normal School, or
q Certificate from the Principal of the State
Normal School. Contracts with Teachers must
be i'll writing, and must be forwarded to this
Office as soon rs made. No contract will be
confirmed by the Board of School Commission
ers WteSS Tie District Board has previously organ
led appointed chairman, and sent the notification
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

AcCIDENTs.-On Monday night, Mr.. Thomas
j. Sullivan, Superintendent of the Bel Air stage
lines, was painfully injured, while driving IL
fohf-horsG stage from Il pic mic at Chestnut
Grove TO Bel Air In descending II hill one of
the horses kicked him upon the foot, which was
upon the break, causing him to fall OIL the stage
The stage ran over his ankle, njurng him Sc.
vercly.
Mr. John Arthur, Of Fork Meeting House, Bal.
timore county, met with serious accident, on
Sunday last. While at the Upper Cross Roads,
Hartford county, he went behind his horse, a
young one, which was standing in the stable,
when it kicked him, breaking both bones of his
left leg, about eight inches below the knee. lie
was removed to his home, where DIR. A. s. Bald
win set the limb. Mr.. Arthur is doing very
we'll
A short time ago Mrs. A. j. McNulty, in cross
ing The yard, accidentally fell over log and
sustained II partial dislocation of the hip, from
which she suffered severely, but is now recover
ing under the care of DR.. X. d. Lee
On Friday Of last week, while Mrs George
Hines was driving horse near Lapidum, the
animal became unmanageable and backed over q
precipicc into the canal Mrs Hines was con-
slderably bruised and but for the timely assist
ance of Mr.. Hines and Mr.. Cochran she would
have been drowned, the water being about ten
ieetdcep. The carriage was completely wrecked
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-09

Oy TAR.
King Phoebe
Lennon Ella s
Martin Mary ii
McClung w Curtis
McClung Maggie c
McNabb j Martin
McNabb James w
Mitchell S Susie
Mitchell Noble l.
Miller Ella
Nelson Capitola
Nicholson Emma A
Norris NJ Emma
Otfley Annie Z
Oflley Matte NJ
Ofiley Maggie
Oldiield Laura
Quinby f Lizzie
Parker Ella b
Parker Fannie L
Pyle j Hudson
Richardson Gertrude
Rigdon James III
Rutledge Henrietta NJ
st. Clair Sallie L
Scarborough John B
Scarborough X Lizzie
Scarborough Mary
Scarborough Harold
Smith j Egbert
Smith Emma l..
Smith Sallie X
Smith + Penrosc
Smith Milton +
Spalding Mary
Stokes N Oscar
Stonebraker Laura NJ
Strawbridge John w
Tammany Laura b
Tarbert Mary V
Thomas In,lro
Thompson Hiram l.
Walters Sallie &
Webb Ella
Webb NJ Fannie
Welsh Emma f
Wheeler VIM A
Whiteford Mary j
Williamson E.dyih
Wilson Charles I
Wilson Elite Fl
Worthington John D.
ie25.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16
A Much Needed Improvement.

Work has commenced for recon-
structing, enlarging and improving the
railway station at White River juno
ton. In this work, the Central Yer
mont, Passumpsic and Northern roads
unite. The plan is to put second sto-
ry on the main building, and to enlarge
its area by extending it Sonthward by
an addition of about ~ feet. Tele-
graph, Express and railroad offices are
to he in the upper rooms, the dining
room and restaurant are to be where
they now are, while the whole space in
the northern POI ton of the lower part
OF the building is to be fitted for two
waiting rooms, one for gentlemen and
one for ladies. Temporary structures
are now in process of erection, to be
used for the accommodation of travellers
while the reconstruction of the depot is
going on. There is to be a one story
brick building, some fifty feet in length,
put up south of the depot, in place of
the old wooden structure now standing
there, for storage and baggage rooms,
&c, &c.-[Observer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16

A correspondent of the London Daily
News at Berlin reports that Prince Bis
mark is so i'll that he has not slept fol
several nights and walks or stands with
difficulty.
Queen Victoria and the Emperor
William have cordial friendship fOI
each other, and the venerable Emperor
is said to have been looking forward
with unfeigned delight TO the antici-
pated interview with the Queen at Ba-
den.
The bishops at the head of the Paris
Catholic university have decided to
conform to the law, as embodied in
Ferry's educational bill, by altering the
name of the institution to that of the
Catholic institute.
1t is said that since the explosion in
Winter Palace the Gar has grown apa-
thetic toward all matters relating to
politics.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16
Political Notes.

There is a good deal of. speaking
right out loud in Massachusetts repub-
lican caucusses.-[Springfeld Repub-
lican.
And the republican party as such is
Incompatible, not rhetOrically but in
fact.-BostOn Advertiser.
The Senate, in executive session, con-
firmed James B. Angel of Michigan
minister, John F. Swift of California
and William H. Prescott of South Car
DINA commissioners to China.
1t is still hard to understand Tilden's
Presidential position. Mr.. Tilden
doesn't speak above Whisper Gu
cinnati Enquirer (Dem.)
President Hayes says what the Re-
publicans ought to do is to nominate a
man who is so strong with the people
that the machine men will not dare OPP
pose him. Geo. F. Edmunds is that
man.
Tilden is too feeble to stand excite
ment, Tammany says. Seymour is
troubled with his heart, and can't bear
excitement of any kind, the Tildenites
say. The party should advertise for a
healthy statesman. David Davis would
answer by telegraph.
The Oregon democracy have declared
for Tilden and Hendricks by vote of
six to one. Oregon, it will be remem-
bered is Cronin's state.
New Haven Register: Mr.. Hayes once
said that ''the office must seek the
man." Several members of his party
seem to have overlooked this very wise
remark.
A Chinaman qualified and voted at
the recent election in Fon Du Lac, Wis.
President Hayes said to Mr.. F. L.
Dingley of the Lewiston Journal the
other day: 81 believe that the last half
of my administration has been as pleas
ant and as free from perplexities and
troubles as ever falls to the lot of an in
cumbent of the presidential chair.n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16

Many men who have held Office are
rather inclined to regard it as heredita-
~, and when fairly installed therein,
hate to leave it. Raise some men to
official position, and they are not salts
fed unless you keep raising them, and
keep patting them upon the back and
calling them the "ablest men we
have.n
1t is not democratic to continue men
right along in most of the offices. This
government belongs to the ''people,"
and the people are the ones to manage
it. The people need the discipline of
office in order to become familiarized
with freemens' duties, and to keep alive
and healthy republican principles. But
few offices require long tenure; and
those are the ones that require long
preparation and experience-like Sena-
tors of Congress, and the judges of our
courts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16
Claims Against the P. & o. R. R.

During the past week, Messrs. Bel
den & Ide, as attorneys for Asa P. Pot
ter of Boston, have been purchasing the
lien claims upon which Il decree was
obtained of the Supreme court against
the p. &. o. r. r. Co., paying there
for seventy five cents on the dollar, the
purchaser assuming all expenses of liti-
CATION. Up to the present writing the
holders of about One-half of the entire
amount of these claims,-exclusive of
that of the Messrs. Fairbanks, had ac-
copied this offer and received check
for their claims on the above basis.
This includes all those holding large
claims in this vicinity, and we doubt
not all, or nearly all, will accept this
offer. The total amount of these claims
exclusive of the Fairbanks interest, is
some over 100000.
At the time these claims were allow
ed, and the court issued a decree to
have the same paid out of the net earn
ings of the road, or have all the proper
ty sold to satisfy the same, it was sup
posed the claimants would receive their
pay in full. But in view of the fact
that a sale of the personal property of
the road has been decided upon by the
new corporation, and that such sale
will probably not produce enough to
pay very large per centage upon the
claims, and that the creditors must Ie-
ly upon net earnings for the balance of
their pay, and that such net earnings
are uncertain and doubtful, the claim
ants prefer to take the offer of Il smaller
sum and have no more trouble or
doubt about the matter.
1t is supposed that Mr.. Potter is pur-
chasing these claims in the interest of
the new corporation-Th st. Johnsbu-
ry 81 Lake Champlain r. r. Co.-and
that this action will facilitate the clos
ing up of the old corporation and the
Inauguration of the new.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16
The Vermont Delegation.

We hope that all the delegates from
this state to the Chicago convention
will be as square and solid as those al
ready elected. And because Vermont is
small state, and we occasionally have
to be twitted of it, as though our pub
lie men were correspondingly small, we
hope our delegation will not stand in a
corner and not be heard. We hope
it may not be as it was with certain
man who was elected to the Legisla-
ture, whose friend told him to get a
new suit of clothes, take his seat, and
hold his tongue, but we hope our dele
CATION may prove a David there, and
Stay its Goliath.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16
Outrage at West Point,

johnson G. Whitaker, a coiored ca
Diet of the class of 1876, West Point,
was found in his room in the barracks,
Tuesday morning, bound hand and
foot, piece of one ear cut off, the 9TH
er ear slit and his head bruised. He
stated that three masked men attack ed
him in his bed sometime after mid
night, and committed the outrage. Gen.
SchOtield and COmmandant Laselle are
investigating. 1t is believed the out
rage was committed by cadets.
The Secretary of War has ordered a
Board of Inquiry, since the above out
rage, which was organized at West
Point. The matter has got into Con-
gress, and on the 9th inst, it is said
that the Senate showed a good deal Of
indignation over the matter. Said Sen,
ator Voorhees,, among other things:
He had a good many years ago come
to regard graduates of West Point with
wonder and surprise as the survivors Of
a system of savagery. There was no ex-
tent to which the Government ought
not to go to put an end to the optrages
committed there, and if that was found
impossible the institution ought to bt
abolished.
The story has got abroad that Whit
taker committed these outrages upoI
himself for some purpose, but we can
not credit it at present. The likelihood
is that the white cadets did the work il
order to bring colored members int
disrepute. Senator Bruce, colored, ex
pressed himself feelingly, as follows:
He did not believe that this young
man bad mutilated himself; but if suct
was really the case the country ought
to know it. The Senate had been TO
several days considering measures TO
the civilization of the Indians. 1t would
do well to consider means for effeetins
a similar reform at West Point, Say
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, HI
feared the instructors at West Poin
had not taken pains to impress upoI
the minds of their pupils that the has
est thing they can do is to treat young
] eolored men as persons to be excluded
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16
Brigandage.

What kind of civilization have we in
this countryq We verify believe it
would puzzle the best philanthropists
and naturalists of the age to tell. We
have country brimful of civilized out
laws who are goading the Indians to
desperation, who are demanding that
the Chinese shall leave or suffer, and
who are, right here in the North, knock
ing negroes in the head, even in the in
situations of learning Tell us, We who
can, whose fault this is, and how is ii
to be remedied? We are reminded OF
these things by the late disgraceful
affair at West Point Academy, where a
colOred cadet was bound, bruised, and
cut up, and which affair has already
got into Congress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16

eter. The whales food, which consists
mainly of small fish, is taken into the
mouth in small quantities, ground to
pulp by the action of the enormous
tongue against the fringe of whalebone
in the upper Jaw, and then sucked down
his microscopic throat. 1t seems to me
that were anything needed to prove the
proposition that the Bible is to be spir-
itually and not literally understood, the
story of Jonah and the whale would
suffice for the purpose.
After taking in these points by my
own observation, questioned an atten-
dant and obtained the following addi-
tional facts. The whale which is of the
"humpback" variety, was killed off
Cane Cod and sold by its captors for
5000. The purchasers tOwed it to this
city at cost of $3.50, after cutting it
open and taking from its stomach 20
barrels of herring, which they replaced
by fifteen empty oil barrels to help float
the carcass. The latter measured IS
feet in length and As feet in circumfer-
ence at the largest part and weighed 20
tons. The width of the fluke from
point to point was about 10 feet. The
carcass is now being cut up and is ex-
pected to yield some 300 gallons of oil.
On the whole the dead giant was a
wonderful sight. at l hadn't a. seen
it myself" as the sailors say when get
ting off a ea-serpent yarn, 81 wouldn't
ha' believed it,"
But | don't know as am much better
than sailor myself; for l find L have
been spinning out my big fish story till
my space is all filed and more too. So
| shall have to leave this letter to be
RAnJv