The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-02-20
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS :

The Grand Jury adjourned on Tuesday.
Joseph Whteford, of the upper part of this
county, has left for Paola, Miami county, Kan
sas.
A young Attorney COW belonging to Fr,,k
Jacobs, of Bel Air, has produced pair of t..
twin calves
"A fire, short time ago, burned portion of
the roof of Ernst Scherling's house, in the sec
ond district Loss $50. Insured in the Hartford
company
DIR. Herbert Harlan, son of Dr. David Har-
Ian, of Churchyille, has returned home from Eu-
rope, where he had been engaged in studying his
profession.
-Crocnses were in bloom in front of Mr. j.
IL. Emmord's house, at Perrymansville, on We'd
nesday last, the 18th instant. Last spring they
did not come out until April.
-Hanna's Diamond Window Polish is an en-
cellent preparation for cleaning windows, lamp
chimneys, mirrors, dc. No housekeeper should
be without it. 1t is sold by John &. Rouse Bel
Air.
The regular Quarterly Meeting of the Jar
rettsyille Southern Methodist Church was held
on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Rev. j. L.
Armstrong, Presiding Elder preached on both
occasions to large congregations.
A large swarm of bees ignoring the predic.
tions of the Canadian weather prophet, alighted
on tree on Mr.. j. II. 'Lovctcs place, near Per-
rymansyille, last Friday. We have never before
heard of bees swarming so early in the season.
On Wednesday night Of last week the door
of Mr.. Jacob DOZENS meat house, in the Big
Woods, was broken open by thief Mr.. Dozen
saved his bacon by a slight noise he made in the
house, which frightened the rogue and he left
A farmers mass meeting is TO be held at
Towsontown, on the 25th instant Gen. lie
Due, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Thos
j. Edge Secretary of the Pennsylvania state
board OF agriculture, are expected TO be present
A horse belonging TO MIR. CJudon, of Cecil
county, had its leg broken by Kick from an
other horse, on DIR. James NJ Magraw's farm
Ihomas's Run, on Monday, and was so seriously
injured that it was found necessary TO kill the
animal
We arc obliged 20 Mr.. Robert j. Kiikwooa,
for the annual report of the House of Refuge
MIR. Rirkwood is the right man in the right
place, and we are pleased 10 see that the board of
managers express their commentator of his
faithful and intelligent services
Delta, in York county, the terminus of the
York and Peach Bottom Railway, has three
shoe shops, five stores, one blacksmith shop,
one coach shop, one wagon maker shop, one
harness shop, two hotels and two picture gal
leries Altogether il is nourshing place.
MIR. Charles T. Adams, formerly of this
county, has associated himsclfwith the large and
popular clothing firm of b. r. Hillman & CO..
NO. l6G West Baltimore street, Baltimore
Charlie is popular wherever he goes, and desires
his friends in this county to call and see him.
-Storekcepers, farmers and others will find a
large stock of choice groceries, liquors, &C., at
the store of Drury ~ Ijams, corner of Gay and
High streets, Baltimore. They are both enter
prising business men, and determined to excel
III the quality of their goods and in low prices.
The report of the Bel Air Graded School,
Last ,a-~i-r-s5~- 40 IuT vcIIt uvero,~ g
Master D. Griffith Lees standing in his grade
1t should have been ~ per cent. We take pleas
ure in granting the little boys polite request
for the correction, which is made upon the
authority of his teacher, Mr.. John d. Worthing-
ton.
On account of the bad roads the eight
O'Clock stage from Bel Air for Edgewood and
the three o'clock stage from Edgcwood have
been withdrawn. The only stages running to
Edgcwood now arc those leaving at 515 A. NJ.
and P, NJ. The route TO Baltimore, by the
Hartford turnpike, is therefore the most popular
one.
MIR. Henry &. Nennor, the Canadian weather
prophet, says that the second cold period of
February will reach us on the 22d, 23d, 24th and
25th days. February will certainly end cold.-
He says we are yet toget our heaviest snow falls
of the winter, and some of these are certain to
extend through March. His prediction of q
heavy snow on the 18th and 10th was partly
realized in Northern New York, but here only
few flakes fell.
FARMS PURCHAsED.-Mr. James Amos has
purchased from Mrs. Amber Jones, her farm of
90 acres, situated at Jarrettsvlle, for 50, 800
MIR. Amos will take possession April LIST Mr.
Amos has sold the farm on which he now lives,
near JaTettsvillc, containing ISL acres, to Mr..
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TOBACCO GROWING IN IIARFoRp-Mr. j. Polk
Street,, Of this county, has realized 81 200 from
six acres of land planted in tobacco. We have
seen samples of his crop, which were very fine.
portion of it was sold for IS cents per lb. To
bacco of excellent quality can be raised in Har-
ford, and we have no doubt in a few years it will
be one of our most important industries
DEATH FROM AN AccIDENT.-Lemucl Robin.
son, young man of seventeen years, son of Dan
lei Robinson of Fawn township, on returning
home from singing school, one night last week,
fell, and in falling dislocatcd his neck, from
which he soon died. The unfortunate Young
man was buried on Friday last at Salem church
In Lower Chanccford township. The funeral
was largely attendcd,-Dlm H,a'd
TAKEN TO BALTIMoRE-On Monday Sheriff
Morgan took TO Baltimore, for hearing before
the United States authorities, j. f. Bates, who
was arrested last week in Havre de Grace, on the
charge of passing counterfeit money upon Mr..
stephen Lewis, proprietor of the Old Town
Hotel, Baltimore. Also Charles j. Morris, who
was arrested, last Thursday, in Dublin, on the
chargcof breaking into the Bel Air postofiice
FELL FROM HoRsE.-Last Sunday John
Miller, who works at Gross's Mill, was on his
way to Bel Air, on horseback. The horse being
gentle one and the day cold, he dropped the
rein aud placed his hands in his pockets Con-
traIy to the horses custom, he becGme frighten-
ed at something ON the roadside, and springing
suddenly, Mr.. Miller fell off and broke his left
arm, near the wrist. Drs f. H. and w. s.
Richardson set it for him.
ACCIDENTs.-Mr. Charles Pretzman, of the I'd
district, had one of his fingers severely mashed
whileshellng corn.
Last Monday morning Henry Harris a col
ored man in the employ of Mr.. Charles w.
Michael, of Pcrrymansyille, while cutting wood
with circular saw had two fingers on his left