The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-01-19
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LITTLE LOCALS.

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Large quantities of cross-ties for the Mary
land Central Railroad are being delivered near
II. H. Spicer's store, at Falston station.
Mr.. Thomas IL. Snowden, formerly of Bel
Air, has been appointed night telegraph operator
for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at Boyds
station, Montgomery county, Md.
The Woodbe,ry Clipper is the name of a new
weekly paper, to be started at Woodberry Bal
timore county, on the I'd Of February next
Mr.. Edwin Mark is to be the manager.
The ladies of Perryman Southern Methodist
Church, gave an oyster supper in the basement
of their church, last night. 1t will be repeated
tonight, and they hope to have large attend
ance.
MIR. X. o. Wallis, of Forest Hill, is making
preparations for the erection of frame dwelling
house, on his property, near Centre NJ. E.
Church. j. E. Bull and W. II. Wallis are the
contractors.
The DR.. Evans farm near Port Deposit,
| containing 2S719 acres, owned by VIM. B. Steele,
was recently sold to the Messrs. Kimbe, for 800
per acre, or s21 1916. A year ago Mr.. Steele gave
Sl4, 500 for it.
Mr. Benjamin Courtney, highly esteemed
citizen of the second district, died at his late
residence, near Michaesville, on Tuesday night,
January 9th, of paralysis. He was in the 74th
year of his age.
There was some fine trotting on the snow,
at Aberdeen, last Monday. Among those who
held the ribbons over fast horses were Messrs.
T. L. Hanway Charles W. Baker, Thomas E.
Morgan and Others.
The Wilson Temperance Society has been
organized at Norrisville, with Henry P, Archer,
President; Henry g. Wright, Vice President;
b. F. Wright, Secretary, and Mrs. Charlotte
Wilson, Assistant Secretary.
MIR. Thomas w Heaps, of Pylesville, lately
sold sow weighing $40 lbs. A litter of eight
of her pigs at eight months old averaged 275
lbs. each. This interesting family of porkers
were of Poland China and Chester stock.
One might suppose that every family in the
county is supplied with sewing machine, but
| it cannot be so, since Mr.. VIM G. Jeffery, of
Bel Air, on Tuesday received twenty-six in one
lot, at his sewing machine room, on Main street.
Mr.. A. Preston Gilbert, ofBel Air, yesterday
showed us some relies ofthe "paper age" being
five-cent shin-plaster notes issued by the city
of Wilmington, Del, in 1S41, and flftycent
note issued in the same year by j. B. Haines
81 Co.. of Conowingo store.
| -Messrs. J. Bolgiano a. Son, seedsmen, % s.
| Calvert street, Baltimore, make a specially of
furnishing tomato seed to Gamers. They have
| all the approved varieties, and their tomato as
| well as their vegetable and flower seeds are re-
liable, besides being sold at low prices.
Rev Joseph Frederick, formerly pastor of
| st. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Deer Creek,
and lately of Hagerstown, has been transferred
| to ST. Johns Church, Long Green, Baltimore
county. Rev. Father Frederick made many
warm friends during his sojoum in Hartford.
| Henry G. Evans, a native of Dublin district,
| Hartford county, died of chronic diarrhga at
| November, aged SO years. lie was son of the
late Amos Evans and brother Of VIM. s. Evans,
of Peach Bottom township, York county, Pa.
| MIR. John 6. Rouse, the enterprising mer-
chant Of Bel Air, of in order 10 make room for
more goods and to better accommodate his
enlarge his store again. Mr. Rouses
store bids fair 10 rival Wanamakcr's Grand
Depot in Philadelphia.
The public sale of Mr.. f. B. Gallup's per-
sonal property, on the Dairy Farm, which was
advertised for the 10th of January, was prevent
ed by the inclemency of the weather. 1t will
accordingly take place Wednesday, January
oath, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. j. s. Richardson,
| auctioneer.
Prof John d. Worthington, Principal of the
Bel Air Graded School, receiyeda dispatch, Mon
day morning summoning him to the bedside of
his mother, Mrs. Mary Worthingtou, who was
reported TO be dying, at her home in Chester, Pa.
Professor Worthington started at once Mrs.
Worthington was still alive, at last accounts,
but there was no hope of her recovery.