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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-04-21
OPENING OF the Baltimore and Delta.

Monday, April 18th, 1882, was redletter day
in the history of the Baltimore and Delta Narrow
Gauge Railroad, as it witnessed the formal open
| ing of the road for business, between Baltimore
| and Towsontown. The occasion was celebrat-
ed by an excursion from Baltimore to Towson-
town, a dinner at the latter place, speech.mak-
ing aud general jolifcation. About one hun
dred invited guests participated in the demon
stration, among whom were Hon. VIM. Pinkney
White, Hon +. c. Latrobe and many other pro-
mineut citizens of Baltimore Among the cit-
zens of Hartford who were present were Col
F. H. Webster, Murray Vandver VIM. II. Stag
mer; VIM II. Waters, President of the road !;
VIM. Giimor, financial agent; Hon. Archer.
| c. w. Halter, Caleb J. Moore, Eli Tucker, P.
Street, Thomas Armstrong, s. G. Boyd, direc
tors and officers
The train left at 2 10 P. NJ, the run of seven
I miles to Towsonto~n occupying 30 minutes
| AT Towsontown the eXcursionists were received
I by a committee of the citizens, consisting of
| Messrs. VIM. H. Ruby, John L. Ensor, r. r.
| Boarman, VIM. NJ Isaac. Charles 4. Fendall, ID.
G. Mcintosh and Caleb s. Taylor, who escorted
them to the Smedley House, where an excellent
| lunch awaited them. Champagne flowed freely
and after appetites were satisfied Mr.. Ruby well
coined all present and said that efforts had repeat
edly been made by the citizens ofTowsontown to
establish railroad from Baltimore to that place
but until the organization of the Baltimore and
Delta Railroad Company they had not been
crowned with success. lie expressed the belief
that the new railroad would prove remuncra.
tive and be of nestimabe advantage 10 Balti-
moreans possessing country places which they
were DESTROYS of reaching in a short time, and
also to Towsonians and residents of Bel Air and
the country round about who wished short
route to Baltimore.
Mr.. WIN. Gilmor, financial agent of the COM
pany, followed Mr. Ruby In brief address, in
which he said that the last reproach TO Towson-
town Ind been removed by the establishment of
the Baltimore and Delta railroad. and it was now
the Germantown of Maryland, as Bel Air, when
the railroad reached 1t, would be the Morris
town. The road he said, attained an elevation
of 475 feet In 20 minutes, thereby possessing
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Net9lt bnrhuud 1les,u.
Upper Cross Roads.

Mrs Zimmerman, wife of Mr.. John c. Zim-
9Th of April, after an illness of only four DAYS
She leayes large family of children Drs. Rut-
ledge and Emory did all in their power to save
her life. The interment was at CooptOwn on the
18th. Rev. r. NJ Cathcart preached an impress.
sive sermon. The pail bearers were MeSsrs WIN
f. Spencer, VIM b. Hitchcock, james Y. White
I'd, Joshua Riley, George X. Coe and Richard
street,. Mr.. Zimmerman has the sympathy and
respect of his neighbors in his troubles
Mr.. Joseph NJ WitherS is still extremely III
with pneumonia, at his residence near this place
DIR. A. Baldwin pronounces him very sick man
Mrs. John b. Curry has been taken worse and
ts very low. Mrs. Thomas Kelly IL also very m
Her physician, DR.. Emory, has little hope of her
recovery.
MIR. e. yanhorn cut his leg very severely, a
few days ago, while pointing rails on Mr. j. X
Green's farm.
--Mcssrs WIN. Fl. Chenworth 4 Bro. have re-
ceiyed the apparatus for their new can ing fac.
tory and are now ready for work. X. II. n
Our village is still improving. Mr.. William
[: Carroll removed to his new home, near this
place, last week.
Mr. John II. Engle has just completed owe,
500 feet of grape arbor for Mr.. n. Ball The latter
has fine lot of choice grapes growing on his
farm.
Some rascal poisoned and killed fine young
dog belonging to MIR. Engle.
-- Mr. j. Ball Is preparing to plant sweet corr
for his stock, intending to store 1t in a silo
Wheat looks well and farmers are busy as
bees -
The little infant left by the late Mrs Johr
Zimmerman has been taken by Mrs. Parker tC
raise. r.
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Farmers have expressed some uneasncss
as to the fate of the bill reducing the charges
for weighing hay, &c, at the State scales
Hon. David Wiley, of this county, has re-
ceived letter from James T. Brscoe, ESQ.,,
Secretary Of State, containing the infor-
nation that the bill has been approved by
the Governor and is now on file in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals The
act reduces the charge for weighing hay, husk
or straw to one cent per 1OOlbs The former
charge was II cent for hay and 2 cents for
husks. The bill takes effect from the date of
its passage. Therefore, any charge above one
cent per 100 lbs is illegal.
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The Cause of ireland.

The centenary celebration of Grattan's
Declaration of Irish independence was held
in Baltimore, on Tuesday night. Hon. VIM.
Pinkney Whyte presided, with a number of
Vice Presidents, selected without respect to
party, including Gov. Hamilton, Col. Z. III.
Webster and others.
Addresses were made by Hon. jeremiah 8.
Black, Mayor Whyte and Hon. William f.
Robinson.
Judge Black said that no real union exists
between England and Ireland, but they are
pinned together by bayonets." The English
government, which is limited monarchy at
home, is despotism in Ireland. He sketched
the causes of the present troubles, which he
attributed to the rapacity of the landlords
and the grinding monopoly they have in the
The Irish people; how that with genial cli-
mate and rich soil they have been reduced by
famine, pestilence and political persecution,
in the last forty years, from nine millions to
has been doubled in the same period. He
denied that it was conflict of religious
opinion.
After showing the futility of the plans
adopted by the British government for quell-
ing the disturbances in Ireland, he suggested
..s o remedy, that the government, exercising
the right of eminent domain, take all the land
not actually used by landlords themselves
tor their own pleasure or profit, nor any lands
leased for other than agricultural purposes
and distribute it among the people in suitable
pieces, subject to tax large enough to pay
interest on the actual value. Upon these
terms, said Judge Black, easy to the tenant
and just to the landlord, Ireland would be
converted into nation of small proprietors
independent and free. Judge Blacks speech
vas full Of good points and was listened to
with interest and delight
Resolutions were passed calling upon the
government at Washington to demand the
Immediate trial or unconditional release OF
American citizens confined without accuse.
ton in foreign jails and full reparatlon for
the lawless injury inflicted on them.
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New SCHOOL HOUSES TO BE BurLT.-.The board
of county School Commissioners met at the of.
more last Wednesday, to examine plans for the
new school houses to be built in this county. 1t
was wisely determined to built the new school
house in Bel Air of brick, and accordingly pro
posals are invited for 1t and for three new frame
school houses, as follows: One near Perryman
in the second district one near the present site
of Hopes school house, 4th district, and on
near the present site of Hurst's, also in the 4tl
district. |..
The Bel Air school house is to be built upol
a lot on Gordon street, leasedfrom Mr.. Charlie
W. Lee. An effort will be made to have it, a
well as the new district school houses, ready 70
occupancy next fall.
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Mrs HARRIET McGAw, wife of Mr. Alphonso
n. McGaw, of Spesutia Farm, second district,
died on Sunday, aged "a years. Mrs. McGaw
was much beloved in the neighborhood and
her funeral, on Tuesday, was largely attended
The intcrment was at the Grove Church. The
pail bearers We're VIM. Morgan, Thomas Nor
gan, Morgan Mitchell, William Rawhouser,
George Walker and Mr. Osborne. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Mr.. Campbell,
who delivered an appropriate discourse on the
occasion. Mrs. McGaw leaves an infant child
only few days old.
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ZIMMERMAN.--On the 9th of April, 1882,
Mrs MARGARET ZIMMERMAN. wife of John
{. Zimmerman, aged 80 years
One we loved has left our number
For the dark and silent tomb;
Closed her eyes in deaths slumber;
Faded in her early bloom.
Her busy hands are folded,
Her work on earth is done.
Her trials all are ended
Her heavenly crown is won.
Human hands tried TO save thee
Signs andtears are all In vain;
Happy angels came and bare thee
7, From this weary world of pain.
Home is sad, oh. God how dreary
Lonesome. lonely. every spot;
Listening for her voice till weary:
Weary, for we hear il not.
HER DAUGHTER.
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The first freight over the Baltimore and
Delta Railroad was carload of phosphate for
Towsontown.
"A bunch of cherry blossoms, the first we
have seen this year, has been shown us by Mr..
George W. Richardson, who took them from
tree on his fathers farm, near wilma. Itwas in
full bloom on the 18th instant.
The store-house, near Fallston, recently
purchased by Miss A. Belle spicer from Mr..
Jesse Guyton, is for rent. The paragraph pub
lished last week that Mr.. J. A. spicer would
remove his store-goods there was incorrect
mir. Nat' Is the name of remarkably fine
and stylish gray horse, recently purchased by
Mr.. John e. Tenant from Mr.. Henry Fulford,
of Bel Air. half-sister of Mr.. Nat was recent
ly bought by Mr. P. R. Pollard of Baltimore,
for 81, 800.
oliver Rodgers, ESD, of Havre de Grace, in
company with VIM. J. Graham, Esq, a well,
known literary gentleman of Baltimore city, ex
poets to embark early next month for an extend.
ed tour through the continent Of Europe
Baltimore Tribune
Two deaths occurred In the family Of Mr..
Paul Fleurry, near Upper Falls, Baltimore coun.
ty, last week, from malignant scarlet fever
One of Mr. Fleurry's children and the cook,
Mary Cahill, daughter of Henry Cahill, of Bel
Air, were the victims.
Prof. Theodore Ascherfeld, of Havre de
Grace, is agent for the sale of William Knabe &
Co.'S celebrated piano fortes This firm Is one OF
the most reliable in the United States aud their
pianos have worldwide reputation. Any one
desiring to buy piano can do no better than to
get "Knabe."
Rev. E. A. Colburn, rector of Holy Trinity
Church, Churchyille, preached the opening ser.
mon at the meeting of the Protestant Episcopal
Convocation of Baltimore, on Tuesday night
Rev. James B. Craighill, of Bel Air; Rev E. w
Wroth, of Darlington; Rev. Charles E. Buck
of Perryman, and Rev. A. j. Barrow, of Upper
Falls also attended the convocation.
Since the narrow-gauge railroad reached
Iowson, cosmopolitan tone pervades the jour
nalism OF that interesting centre of population
Its papers publish marrow gauge notes.
which are not exciting reading. Towson is
naughty now because it is terminus, but by
and by the road will be built to Delta, and thcr
1t will he mere way station on the road
AMericau
The Baltimore and Delta Railroad will rr
through the large farm Of 8. N. Hyde d Son
Long Green Valley, who have now large force
building two.story canning, factory, l6Ox32
and tenant houses for 800 hands, which will b,
required during the canning season. The facto
ry will have capacity 10 pack $4,000 cans daily
and 1t Is located directly on the line of the rail
road-!S,t1
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-04-21

The registration law passed by the late
Legislature provides for an entire new regis
tration of all the legal voters in the State, in
order to qualify them to vote at any coming
election. Foreign.born citizens, especially,
should bear this in mind, and begin in time
to look up their naturalization papers, so that
they may be enabled to show them to the
officers of Registration. In case their papers
have been lost or misaid they should make
immediate application to the court by which
the papers were issued, for certificate that
they have been duly naturalized. Such ap-
plications can be made by mail
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CastletOn.
EARNING

Farmers generally are done sowing oats and are
plowing for corn and tomatoes. Corn will be
scarce next fall, as most of our farmers will put
part of their corn ground in tomatoes,
EASTER CELEBRATION.
Franklin Sunday School had their annual egg
breaking on Good Friday evening. The exer-
cises consisted of vocal and instrumental music,
recitations SC. and besides pleasant time was
Il success financially. The little folks had collect
cd pennies ndustriously. Miss Stewart had the
LARGEST collection. 81 30, Louis Brown the next,
81 ~ and Miss Ella White the next, 81 80. Others
also had their eggs pretty well Allied. The entire
amount received was $17. for which we are CRATE
full. II will he used to furnish papers and lesson
leaves for the school. GREY.
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TABLEAux AND TEA PARTY.-The ladies of
the Presbyterian church, Bel Air, have nearly
completed their arrangements for the entertain.
ments they propose to give in the Court House
next week for the purpose of defraying the cost
of furniture for the new church. On Thursday
evening, April 9th, tableaux will be exhibited
and on Friday evening, April 2sth, they will
give an aesthetic Tea Party" On this occa
sion the waters, who will be young ladies and
gentlemen of the congregation, will be
dressed in the too, too utterly utter style af
fected by Oscar Wilde and his admirers. The
viands, however, will not consist of the aesthetic
sunfowcrs and lilies, but Of various "goot
things" adapted to prosaic tastes. Altogether
the affair is expected to be unique as we'll pleas
ant
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-04-21

RETURNING FROM FLORIDA --Messrs Roster
and Noonan, two farmers living near Fork, Bal
timore county, contracted the Florida fever,
sold ont and removed thither The land of
flowers was not all their fancy painted it, In
stead of groves of orange and spice, enlvened
by the songs of birds, they saw nothing but bar
rem wastes of white sand. Disappointed and
disgnsted, after eight days sojourn they returned
recently, poorer than when they started bu,
with healthy conclusion that Baltimore coun-
ty is good enough for them.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-04-21

The House of Representatives on Mon.
day passed another anti Chinese bill, exclud-
ing the almond-eyed Celestials from the Uni
ted States for ten years. Thirty-four Repub.
licans and four Democrats voted against the
bill. The Senate, it is believed, will also pass
it, and President Arthur will then have an
opportunity to change his mind upon The sub.
ject Ifhe vetoes it he will sign the death
warrant Of Republicanism in the Pacific
States lfhe approves it he will offend the
New England Republicans, who have already
in public meetings expressed their approval
of his veto of the first anti. Chinese bill
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AT Il sale in Cumberland, on Saturday, of
Smith stocks and bonds sold as follows: Nine
hundred dollars city per cent. bonds at Sis {;
$4,000 city per cents a, Sl0T.50; five shares Of
Second National (of Cumberland) Bank stock
at S2l5 and t n shares at S2l6.j0. The par value
of The bnnk stock is 500.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Key. James r. Craighll. of Rel Air, will hold
divine service ut Sylvan Retreat School House,
on Sunday afternoon, April 23d, at o'clock.
Fast Hartford Southern Methodist Church.
Preaching next Sunday Aberdeen IL A. NJ, Per
ryman ~ p. NJ. j. w. Steele, Pastor.
Deer Greek Circuit-Rev. T. ID. Valiant
President of Maryland Conference, will preach
next Sunlay at Mt. Tabor. NJ 10 A. NJ; AT Deer
Greek p. NJ, AID Dublin ~ p. NJ. ]. NJ Wing
ling.
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ENAMINATIoN OF CoLoREp TEACHEEs-- Fiji.
teen candidates for teachers in the colored public
schools of the county were examined by Mr.
Noble L. Mitchell, in Bel Air, on Monday and
Tuesday. Their names are as follows: Lulu A.
James, Clarissa Vandyke, Samantha Green, Mis-.
souri, Brown, Minnie A. Washington, Harriet
A. Hilton, Emma j. Barney, s. Elizabeth Angus
tus, Elizabeth Skinner, VIM. II. Cooper, Lem
uel Sewell Stephen b. Gipson, Isaiah Harrison,
VIM. R. Ofiitt, II. II. Hughes and VIM. Fl. Van
dyke. The names of the successful candidates
will be announced in few weeks.
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FIRE IN BARN-YARp-On Monday morning
DR.. j. I. Payne's barn, on his farm near Black
Horse, barely escaped destruction by fire. Dr..
Payne's little son, who had been told to throw
some corn.stalks over the fence, some distance
below the barnyard, thoughtlessly set fire to
them. The stalks blazed up at once and the
fire ran along the ground, among the dry straw
and litter, into E pile of dry rails and straw,
making large blaze. The flames began to
spread into the barn-yard and the barn and 9TH
er outbuiidings were endangered. DR.. j. W.
Barton, Joshua McComas, George w. Chalk and
other ncighbors saw the blaze and Fastening 10
the place aided Dr. Payne in eXtinguishing the
flames
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RUNAWAY STAGE HoRsEs.-Whilc Mr. George
Anderson's mail wagon was standing unattended
in front of Emmorton postoffice, on Tuesday,
the horses became frightened and ran off to-
wards Bel Air. Upon reaching DR.. Munnikhuy-
sens, nearly three miles from where they start
Cd the stage was upset and they stopped. Just
before they started, the only occupant of the
stage, Mr.. Anderson's little son, became lonely,
and beginning to cry, his father took him ont
II the wagon and carried him into the store
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-04-21

Senator Malone is not in very happy
frame of mind His schemes for capturing
the entire State of Virginia and putting it
in his pocket, have miscarred and he now
wants the Legislature to adjourn. After the
adjournment he will probably go to his place
in the Senate and try to make up lost time.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-04-21

FOURTEEN LAMBS KILLED BY DoGs-THE
Docs TRAPPED.-Last Saturday morning, as
Dr. John NJ. Finney, who lives near Churchville,
came out of his house he found three dogs in
his sheep-peu, near the barn, engaged in killing
his sheep. The dogs escaped, and Dr. Finney
found that they had killed eight and crippled
six of his Coswold lambs, leaving only one I'M
hurt The lambs were remarkably fine, DIR.
Finney having procured the stock at conside'a-
BILE expense from the Eastern Shore, and had
taken great pains with them.
Thinking the dogs would return lie had a
square pen built Of rails, with a small opening
at the top Inside of this trap he had the
slaughtered sheep placed. The next morning
the three dogs were found in the trap. No one
in the neighborhood recognized them and they
were summarily killed.
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An Unfortunate state Of Affairs.

The Legislature as usual PASSED bills up
10 the last hour of the session, and some time
was required afterwards to prepare them for
presentation to the Governor for his sigma
ture These bills are now ready and the
Governor 's also ready to sign such as he ap-
proves. The Constitution provides that all
bills approved by the Governor must be
signed by him in the presence of the Presi-
dent OF the Senate and the Speaker of the
House Unfortunately, Speaker Keilholtz is
very III and delay in signing the bills is the
consequence. His death, which might occur,
would be unfortunate.
1t is understood that Attorney General
Gwinn holds that the presence of the pre-.
siding officers of the Senate and House
is merely satisfactory, and the bills would
be valid if approved by the Governor
although not witnessed by the Speaker. On
the other hand, the Constitution is explicit
on the subject, requiring the Governor to
sign in the presence of both the presiding
officers.
In the event of Speaker keilholtz's death
which event We hope will not happen now, o
question would arise as TO the validity Of
laws signed without his presence, and the
only alternative would be an extra session Of
the Legislature. The bills remaining unsign
ed are nearly three hundred in number In
which are included the appropriation and
other important bills. The death OF Speaker
keilholtz at this time might therefore involve
serious and unexpected consequences
Delay in signing the bills is not unusual
and it has always been customary to allow
the presiding officers extra compensation fol
attendance at Annapolis for this purpose aflel
the adjournment of the Legislature. 1t is
altogether proper that such extra compensa
ton should be allowed. Last fall, il will be
remembered, our Republican friends raised q
great cutlery because the presiding officers Of
the preceding Legislature, who attended upon
the Governor at Annapolis time after time
for the purpose of witnessing his signature &c
| bills, were paid for this extra service. The
present situation shows the unfairness of the
assertion that those gentlemen accepted pay
to which they were not entitled, and the in
justice then done to Col. Stump and Mr.
Mccullough.
Since the Constitution merely requires hal
the bills shall be signed "in the presence" O.
the President and Speaker, it has been sug
gested that duty could be performed at Mr.
Keilholtz's residence, without subjecting hin
to serious inconvenience or injury
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NOrrisyille.

Mr. Jacob Forder. for the last ten years the
popular and accommodating proprietor of the
hoiel at this place, has removed to his new es-
tabIishment, corner of Main and Church streets,
which he has fitted up In a handsome mapner
He expects TO complete his building about the
Ist of May GULIELMUs
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AN EJECTMENT SUIT-In February, 1881,
Mr.. John Daugherty purchased at trustees sale
farm of 80 acres of land near Dublin, which
had belonged to David Deckman. Mr.. Daugher-
tv then rented TO the said David Deckman the
buildings and ten acres OF the land, anu taxing
peaceahe possession of the remainder farmed 1t
himself last year. This spring he notified Deck
man 10 leave Instead Of complying with the
notice the tenant took possession OF the entire
farm and began TO pow up valuable clover
sod, being assisted by his brother, Isaac Deck
man. Mr.. paughcrty then instituted suit for
eiectment against the Deckmans, before Jus
tees Stearns and Waters. Last Friday the two
magistrates proceeded to the place and found
two teams busy at work blowing up Mr..
Daugherty's land. After hearing evidence they
fined each OF the Deckmans $50, and In default OF
payment of the fine or Of security for the amount
both of them were committed to jail
They still refused to give bail, and Instituted a
countersuit for damages against Mr.. Daugherty,
Their counsel, Col. Herman Stump, applied for
n writ of habeas corpus, which was granted by
Judge Walters, and made returnable on Mon
,lay, April 24th Thus the matter stands at
present, the Deckmans remaining in Jail and re-
fusing to furnish bail, which they could give, ii
they desired to do so.
Mr. Daugherty has also instituted suit against
David Deckman on the ground, as alleged, that
Deckman hauled all the manure on the premises
rented by him, depositing it on the property
of his father-n.law, William Cunningham.
Mr.. Daugherty is represented by Messrs.
Henry W. Archer and William Young.
Both sides appear very determined end law
suit of considerably magnitude is expected.