The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-02-10
Focal affairs.
TILE LOCALS.

"A number of communications, arriving late
ms week, have been crowded out by new adver.
tisements
Rev. VIM. II. Cook, of the Presbyterian
church, Havre de Grace, has accepted n call to
church in Wheeling, West Va.
DR. j. Thomas Robinson, of Prospect, in.
tends to engage again this year in raising tobac
co. He regards 1T as II more certain industry
than canning.
DIR. John Ridout, who recently died at Anna
polls, was the father of Mr.. Franklin A. Ridout
OF this county. DR.. Ridout frequently visited
his son, at his farm, near Chenille
MIR. William Kesling, of Archer Il How
ards Mills, had piece taken off the end of the
middle finger Of his left hand, few days ago,
while cutting feed with straw cutter.
Mr.. William Mashall, who resides near Per-
rymans, has purchased for $4,000 farm of
24O acres, situated in Carroll county, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 90 riles from
Baltimore
A lady who lives near Bel Air recently
spent an evening, in New York, with Oscar
Wilde, the English aesthetic. She says he re-
minded her of an oyer-grown boy, spoil
ed by too much attention in his mothers parlor.
Thomas Clark n tramp, was arrested, on
Tuesday night, for threatening TO cut with
knife some boys, who had snowballed him. On
Wednesday morning Justice Snowdcn released
him. The town authorities should forbid snow
ballng in the streets
Mr.. G. W. Baker, an experienced packer
ard dealer in canned goods, in letter in anoth.
err column calls the attention of Gamers 10 the
Importance of using only cans of standard size
in packing fruits and vegetables. His caution
is a timely and valuable one.
Mr. j. b. Harkins having rented Mr.. \.
Hollngsworth's rim factory, on Winters run,
will relinqush the carriage making business and
engage in the manufacture of carriage rims 49,
He will sell at public sale n number of express
wagons, huggics, &c., at Halls Shops, on the
oath instant.
-liooping cough is reported to almost cpl
demic among the children in Miss L. A. James
| colored public school, in Abingdon. During the
! last two months six colored children have died
with the disease, four of them In one family
A number of white children are also affected
with the same disease.
John NJ. Nandegrift, Superintendent OF the
Savage Cotton Mills, Howard county, was bu-
ried at London Park Cemetery, last Thursday.
Mr.. VandcgriIt had been engaged in the manu-
| factulc OF cotton goods in Maryland long
time, having entered the FranIilinvillc Cotton
Mills, Baltimore county, in his tenth year.
Mir =. y. Hyde has decided to sell his Booth
by liill property which consists of q fine large
| dwelling, store house, large and complete can
ming factory, warehouse, dwelling for hands,
&c, also lG acres of highly improved land. Mr.
| Hyde intends to engage more largely in the
canning business on his farm, near Sweet Air,
Baltimore county.
MIR Nlcv. NJ FuiuId, of this county, last
week attended the annual meeting Of the Amrri.
can Agricultural Association, ut New York, of
which lac is Vice President for Maryland The
greatest interest wn2 manifested in The pro.
2eedings, which continued for three days, and
many thngs al general interest to farmers
Were ably discussed.
Miss Cooper, an cstimablc young lady, who
lives near Line Bridge. died on Wednesday
night of last week She had been suffering with
an attack OF pneumonia, bnt went about the
house as usual until Wednesday morning Her
death was entirely unexpected, aud consequent
ly was a great shock to her friends The in
terment was in the private huryin" ground of
Mr.. Levi Cooper last saturday.
SALE OF 4 FARM.-Messrs. John $. X 9. l..
Dallam, real estate agents, have sold to Viii
liam 4. Preston, Rock Hall farm, in Abingdon
district, containing II acres, and belonging to
Geo. AndeI son, for $1,000.
MEETING or THE School BoARp. The board
of County school Commits toner's, consisting of
Mcssr;. Arthur Eosbury Franklin Whitaker and
W. II. ii. Whtciord, met on Tuesday, and re-
elected Mr. NoshuIy President, and Mr. VIM.
fl. Harlan Secretary aud Examiner. number
of routine matters connected with the school
were attended to, but no business Of special I'M
portancc was before the board
LARGE PoRKERs.-A correspondent send Us
the following weights of three large hogs, rails
ed and iattcned near Forest Hin: Mr.. Charles
L. Walls weighed $40 lbs. net Mr. Marion
SherwOod's 394 lbs. net and Mr.. David Gray's
$40 lbs. net. These porkers were of good size
for the season, and we doubt ii any other neigh
borhood in the county can show three OF heavier
weights.
ILLNESS OF PRomSFNT CITIZENs.- Mr.. John
W. Scarborough, who resides near Mill Green,