The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-09-22
Focal Affairs.

granted two additional patents for his cattle
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"A fine horse belong to Mr.. John r. Spencer
was accidentally drowned in the Canal, near
Lapidum, last Wednesday.
A poplar tree in Dr. Muunikhuysen's woods,
near Broadway, Bel Air, was struck by light
ming and shattered, about ten o'clock Wednes-
day night.
MIR. Arch. Wilson, near Pylesville, has In
his patch a number of leaves of tobacco SO
inches in length and 80 inches in width. 1t is
of the Glessner variety.
Miss Lizzie B. Robinson, of Peach Bottom,
found house snake in her bureau drawer
few days ago. The reptile resisted all efforts
to get it out until killed with club.
-Jere Jones, of Delta, a track hand on the
Baltimore and Delta Railroad, had the thumb
of his right hand badly mashed few days ago by
large stone falling upon it. lie has not been
able to work since.
Ladders and fire buckets have been purchas.
ed by the Town Commissioners for the fire de-
partment of Bel Air, and a building to contain
the paraphernalia will be erected on the Jail lot
in few days.
Joseph Worthington, employed at John
Dubois saw mill, Havre de Grace, was struck on
the head, last Saturday, by piece of broken
machinery, splitting his head, knocking him
senseless and innicting other severe injuries.
Mr.. E. Fl. d. Pue, near Bel Air, has vineyard
containing about ten acres of grapes, mostly
Concord. They are now ripenng rapidly, and
the crop is large Mr.. Pue is shipping them to
Baltimore. lie receives cents per ID. for
them.
The Baltimore County Fair will be held at
Towsontown, October Sd, 4th, 9Th, and 9th, and
the York County Fair will also be held at the
same time. The arrangement is unfortunate
since many of our people would like to visit
both.
-George Lingan found in the rear of Mr.. j.
M. Herman store, in Bel Air, few days ago, a
copper cent dated 1894. 1t is in perfect state
of preservation, and looks as though it might
have been lost when fresh from the Mint It's
value to numismatists is 25 cents.
Mr.. j. N. Henderson, formerly of Fallston,
but now of Towsontown, has an eight-ycar old
horse that he has been driving for several years
in his sewing machine wagon, which has deyel-
oped considerable speed. He has put the ami
NAL in training for the Baltimore county fair.
"A paragraph in last Saturdays Baltimore
Sun announces the death of William NJ Elliott,
Esq, of this county. We are glad to learn that
it is an error. Mr.. Elliott is not dead, although
he is extremely i'll, at his canning house in
Charles county. His family were telegraphed
for two weeks ago, and are with him.
[Since the above was in type, Mr.. George F.
Walker, of Aberdeen, has received u dispatch
announcing the death of Mr.. Elliott. The in
terment will be at the Grove Church, Saturday
morning, at 10 o'clock.
Many complaints are made about the con-
dition of the crossing Mt Stirrup Rum near the
Rocks of Deer Creek. A new bridge was begun
more than a month ago, which is still un.
finished. The fording is very steep and danger
Gus. The bridge should be finished at once or
the fording made passabe.
The Victor sewing machine is one of the
best made. 1t combines the most valuable fca-
lures of other frst.class machines, besides new
and desirable qualities peculiar to itself. 1t
runs with great ease and is almost noseless. 1t
is sold at the office, No. North Charles street,
Baltimore, and by w. 6, Jeffrey, Bel Air.
The Directors of the Mutual Insurance
Company of Cecil county, at their meeting on
Tuesday last, awarded fee of $500 each to W.
j. Jones and II. w. Archer, Esqs., Attorneys
who acted as counsel for the Company in re-
cent suit against it in Hartford county and after
wards in the Court of Appeals. -Elkton Whig.
The Ellcott City Progress notices the death,
in Howard county, of Annie Ireland, a colored
woman aged 10 years. In 1876 Aunt Annie lost
her sight entirely but in 1879 1t returned equal
to that of her youth. Her declining years were
remarkable for the mental and physical vgor
she displayed. She was the mother of large
number of children, three of whom survive
her. Their progeny, however, number over one
hundred, including forty.eight grand children,
thirty-two great-grand-children and number
otgreatg reat-grand. children.