The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-01-20
Encal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

LITTLE LOCALS.
The Rev. VIM. H. Cooke, pastor of the Pres
byterian church, in Havie de Grace, has received
a call from Virginia charge, offering him
81, 900 per annum.
The members of Emmanuel Protestant
Epi- copal congregation, Bel Air, recently pre-.
scented to their rector Rev. james B. Craighill,
handsome carriage robe.
The public sale of Mr.. Charles E. Hichcocl's
personal property, near Ilavre dc Grace an
nounced for February lst, has been postponed
until Friday, the Sd.
"A petition Is in circulation pray ing the Legis-
lature 10 enact law requiring TIE Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
to place fagmen al all county crossings of said
company in Hartford county
Richard Sncad, aged Is years. an innate of
Hartford county Almshouse, who was paralyzed
on The 4th instant, died last Monday The de.
ceased was at one time skilled machinist and
Is reported to have relatives in York county,
Pa.
AT meeting of Howard county farmers, at
Ellicott City, last Thursday, resolution was
system Of State scales for weighing hay, straw.
&c. The charges, as now fixed, were, however,
considered too high. The meeting also urged
the reduction Of The standard weight of barrel
of corn from $50 to 325 lbs.
FINGER AMruTATED. Last Saturday DR.
Thomas B HAYWARD amputated the middle fin
ger of the left hand of Ramsay Mncatce, aged
~ wears, son of Mr.. Harry Macater, who ives
near Pylesville. The finger was taken off below
the second joint. Young Macaiee was kicked
on the finger by a horse, about two weeks pre-
viously, and injured so severely that amputa
ton became necessary.
FESTIVE FRIENDS OF AMERIcA.-The members
Hf Rel Air Council United Friends of America
10 the number of about thirty, assembled at
= supper. given at Stagmer's Hotel. Bel Air, on
Friday night January 18th. After the removal
ofthe cloth toasts were offered and brcfsprrchcs
wer" made the assembly breaking up ct twelve
O'Clock. 1t is proposed 10 repeat The same in
few days, after which the council will surrender
lis charter and disband
FROM FLORIDA ORANGE GROVES DIR. IT, G.
Whitcford and Mr. Il. l. Miller, of Darlington,
have recently returned from trip to Florida.
where they have been engaged in setting out or.
angc groves on land bought by them They re-
port affairs in that balmy region as booming, and
say that settlers flocking thther as rapidly as
to California in '49and 80 The supply oforange,
lemon and other fruit trees indigenous to the
soil is not equal to the demand and consequent
lv good opening for enterprlsing nurscrymcn
exists there Orange trees two years old, with
oneyear's bud on them, readily bring so cents
each. The yield of oranges last year in Putnam
county, where their land situated was over eight
millions.
PERsoNAL.-Judge Walters, who has been
confined TO the house for several days, with n
severe cold, that caused an Inflammation of the
glands of the neck, is better.
Mr.. James A. Amos, q well-known citizen
of Marshalrs district, is reported to be seriously
i'll, at his home near Jarretsville, with an affrc
tion of the throat or lungs.
MIR. Frank L. Donnely, of ITavre dc Grace,
was in St. Louis, last week, engaged in forward.
ing shipments of carp from the L. s. hatchirg
ponds at Washington TO Texas.
MIR. Thomas Grafton, of Peru Nebraska,
is on visit to his old home in Hartford He is
son of Mr., John II. Grafton, of Chestnut Hill
Mr., Grafton is engaged in farming in Nebraska,
and is pleased with the country. He will re.
turn to Nebraska about the first of March.
The SLATE RIDGE s. DELTA RAILRoAD.-The
annual meeting of the above railroad company,
which forms the connecting link with the Peach
Bottom and the Baltimore aud Delta Railways,
occurred at Delta, January9. The old board of
directors was reelected. Under the aggressive
policy of President Foulk Jones, The work of
track laying Is being pushed as rapidly as the
weather will allow. The officers reelected are
as follows:
President, Foulk Jones; Secretary, John
Macomber, Esq; Treasurer, s. g Boyd; Direc-
tors-Foulk Jones, John Macomber, Robert s.
Park, Edgar Mobley, John s. Murphy, John s
McElwan, Hugh w Ramsay, s. &. Boyd, VIM.
j. McCurdy, A. c. McCurdy and Asa JONES'
York True Democrat.
ST. PAUL's DAY.-NeXt Wednesday, January
18th, will be the festival of the Conversion of ST.
Paul. 1t has been the common belief in Yves
tern Europe, during the middle ages and even
down to our time, that the whole charac ter OF
the coming year is prognosticated by the condi-
ton of the weather on this day. Fair weather
betokened prosperous year; snow or rain an
unfruitful one; clouds foreboded great mortai-
ty among cattle; and winds were TO be the forc-
runners of war The following lines embody
the popular belief on the subject
"If st. Paus day be fair and clear
1t does betide happy year;
But ii it chance to snow or rain,
Then will he dear all kind of grain.
If clouds or mists do dark the skie.
Great store of birds and beasts shall die
And II the winds do file aloft
Then war shall vexe the kingdom Oft"
-~Os-
IRRESPONSIBLE DEALERS IN CANNED GOODS. |
The rapid development of the canned goods
interest has, as might have been expected, led
to considerable reckessness in dealing in
these articles. Many entirely irresponsible
persons have set themselves up as brokers of
canned goods, and the consequence has been that |
q number of our Gamers have met with losses
by selling TO such persons. We therefore feel |
that we are doing our canning friends in Har- |
ford a service by warning them of the risk they |
run in selling their goods on credit 70 persons |
at distance, unknown to them. 1t would be |
much safer to consign their goods to reliable |
commission house, like that of Bay d Getty, of |
Baltimore, and pay them a commission of say |
5 per cent. to guarantee the sales made by them.
1t would be much more prudent TO pursue that
course than TO sell TO entire strangers, with the |
entire amount efther consignmcnts, as some of
our packers have been called upon TO do recent
ly.