The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-09-28
Focal Affairs.


LITTLE LOCALS.
Nearly one hundred horses have been enter
ed for trials of speed ut the Elkton fair, which
will take place October I'd, 3D., 4th and 9Th
When the swallows were homeward flying
one of them impaled itself on The lightning rod
of Mr. VIM. NJ. Edelins residence, near Falls
ton.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Edelin,, of the Fallston neigh
borhood has raised fine crop of sweet pota-
toes this year. Some of them weighed between
four and five pounds each.
The CHAMBERS have disappeared from Mr..
John Stockham's Park farm, near Pcrrymans,
under the treatment recommended by Dr. }. l..
Windolph, veterinary surgeon.
Charles Bond, colored, was before Justice
Lyle, in Bel Air, on Monday, charged with as
saulting Chas ii. Preston, colorcd Bond was
bound over to keep the peace.
Mr. +. l.. sizer formerly agent for the
coach company, whose stages used to run from
Bel Air TO Edgewood, died at Washington, last
week, from an overdose of morphia
"A comet, supposed TO be the same that ap-
peared in 1872, has been discovered. 1t can
only be seen by the aid of the telescope, but by
Christmas it will be visible to the naked eye.
Mr.. VIM GLADDEN., of Chrome Hill has re
covered from his recent severe illness and was
in Bel Air last week. We are indebted to him
for box full of delicious Concord grapes, &c
-Speci mems of Lima beans grown by Misses
Salle and Kate Hooker, near Bel Air, have been
left at our office. Some of them are fully an
inch and thrce.cighths in length and an inch
broad
The new parsonage of the German Evange
lcal Lutheran Church, near Magnolia, is ready
for pastering. Mr.. John f. Lingan is the con-
tractor The pastor of the church is the Rev
A. X. Kuldcl
Frank Lee, II little three year old son of Dr.
X. d. Lee, of Bel Air while Running down his
fathers lane, accidentally fell and severely injur
ed his left leg. The little ft1iow has not been
able to walk since
One day last week Mr.. Georg" Forwood OF
Chestnut Hill, while cutting corn, accidentally
struck his knee with the blade of the corn knife
innictng painful wound He can use his leg
now, but is still lame.
MIR. William Allen, highly respected citi-
zen of the county, living near Mill Green, is
dangerously i'll with gastric affection. His
friends are much concerned about his condition.
MIR. Allen is upwa rds of 70 years Of ago
Mrs. Sallic A. Summers, the wife of Capt.
Samuel Summers and sister of Mrs. John Moercs
of this county, died ut Franklin, Missouri, on
the 1Jth instant Mrs Summers IyoS "a ia u,rht nr
of the late Edward Wyatt, of Winchester, Va.
The Court ofAppeals at the October term
will take up the case of the State use of Mary
M. Barnard and Others VS.. Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore Railroad Company, suit
for damages for killing John K. Barnard, of
Havre de Grace.
The railroad stations at Rowlandvlle, on
the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central, and
Octoraro, on the Columbia and Port Deposit
Railroads, were both entered by burglars,
last Friday night. At Rowlandvilc trunk
was broken open and riiled.
"A pair of horses belonging to Michael X ely,
of the White House, near Fallston, ran away in
his lane Tuesday. One of them being caught
between the wagon and the gate, had its leg
broken. The animal was killed to end its suf
fcring. 1t was valued at $50.
-Rev. Francis NJ. Fowler, pastor of st. lg.
natus' Church, Hickory, is away on a trip to
Boston. Rev. Father Frederick, of st. Mary's,
Clermont Mills, celebrated mass, at ST. Igna-
thus, last Sunday morning. and will do so again
next Sunday morning, at $50 O'Clock.
-Aquia Cunningham the Waterman who
was killed by train near IIaiues station, on
the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad on
the 18th, was 25 years of age. He LETT wife
and two children. His remains were buried at
Tabernacle, Hartford county, on the 10th inst.
Mr.. A. Keuchel, the tall matchmaker of Bel
Air, is about to remove to Washington, where
lie proposes to take unto himself wife an d
start in business in that city. Mr. Keuchel at
tributes his want of success here to local option
and the new railroads. queer notion, truly.
Mrs. James Billingsey invites attention to
his large stock of blankets and fall and winter
goods of every variety. His prices are low and
our readers will find him accommodating and
anxious to please. His store is at the we'll
known corner of Gay and High streets, Balti-
more,
The Baltimore SIN, abiding to the recent
death of Junius Brutus Booth, says that he was
not the Oldest son of the great tragedan, the
elder Booth, but the Oldest son of his second
wife. His oldest son, by his first wife, was
Richard Junius, who is understood to be yet
living abroad.
MIR. g. w. Richardson, while about to pick
apples from tree at his fathers, near wilma,
last week, placed long ladder against small
limb. As he assembled his weight pushed the
limb aside and he fell with much force to the
ground He was stunned and for some time
afterwards was very sick.
Contractor Parleman, who has the ii rst ten
miles of the New b. and o. Railroad south of
the Susquehanna river, arrived in Havre de
Grace on Monday, fully supplied with all the
equipment necessary for n vigorous prosecution
of his contract He expects to have 500 men in
Havre de Grace in a few days.
Mr.. James A. Caldwell, aged Is years, died
OF Sunday at his residence, No. So North Strlck
err street, Baltimore, of paralysis He was q
native of Hartford county, and resided nearly all
his life in Baltimore. Some years ago he was
engaged in the manufacture of furniture for the
South American trade. He retired, and has
since lived upon his means. He was unmarried
The late VIM. Q. Caldwell, architect, was his
brother.-jSan.