The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-01-05
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

Mr.. Joseph +. Batemau has improved his
residence on Main street, Bel Air, by erecting u
new fence.
MIR. Robert d. Orr, of Prospect, on Christ
mas day caught a chicken hawk which meas
ured feet aud II inches across its extended
wings.
by Comptroller Keatng's quarterly disiri-
button Of the State school-tax fund, Hartford
county will receive $3,0sl IA for the white, and
$si2.S5 for the colored public schools.
1t is now expected that should the weather
not prove too uniayorable rnew railroad will
reach Bel Air by May LIST, just in time to see the
local option law go into effect owSontom,l
Union.
-Rt. Rev. Bishop Pinliney last Sunday assist
ed Rev Mr.. Brand in the services at st. Marys
Protestant Episcopal Church, Emmorton, and
in the after noon ut the school house at Cres-
well.
Daniel Fry accidentally cut off the first and
second toes of his right foot, whilst chopping
wood in Mr.. q. Smith Norris woods, near Bel
Air, on Tuesday. DR.. Wake b. Munnikhuysen
dressed the wounds.
The North Bend Presbyterion Church, which
has been closed for several weeks, undergoing
repairs, will be reopened next Sunday, January
It'll, at IL A. NJ. Services will be conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Joseph Nelson.
Mrs. Julia Jarrett, Jarrettsville, Hartford
county, had family re union on Christmas day,
all her children and grandchildren Except one
grandson) to the number of about forty, being
present and spent most delightful day.
-Messrs. Williamson u Brother carriage
builders, of Bel Air, have just completed, for
Ben. Wann the Butcher, a handsome business
wagon. 1t is arranged so that it will turn in its
own length, and is in all respects creditablc
piece of Workmanship.
Hon. Henry ID. Farnandis kept open house,
as usual, or New Years Day, at his resi-
dence stockdale, near Bel Air The Orphans
Court, the County Commissioners and many
other citizens called, everybody cordially wish.
ing him and his family Happy New Year.
The Christmas celebration at the new Pres
byterian Church, Bel Air, last Friday night,
was interesting and pleasant. The presents to
a veritable Santa Claus, with his pack on his
back, the good old saint being personated by
MIR. John Finney.
Last Wednesday, near Forest Hill, the
breaking of an axle of the mail buggy from Bel
Air to the Rocks, caused the horse to run away.
The mail carrier, Howard Anderson, was not
hurt, but the horse, which ran TO Mr. John W.
Billingslea's lane, was seriously injured. 1t was
valuable animal.
"A horse belonging TO Mr.. George Christie,
OF Perryman, broke away from the htching post
at Mr.. r. NJ. Taylor's, last Sunday night. The
horse ran into wire fence and was terribly
lacerated. The buggy was nearly demolished
This is the third time Mr.. Chrstics buggy has
been broken up within year.
"A large number of persons many of them
from considerable distance, attended the pub
lie sale of property of the late n A. McComas,
near the Hickory, on Wednesday. Horses, cat
tie and hogs brought high prices. A pair OF
steers, under two years old, sold for S1l5; a
horse. fourteen years old, slG0; another, 10
years old, $50.
We are indebted to Messrs. S. n. Hyde II Son,
of Long Green, Baltimore county, for quantity
of their canned Egyptian sweet corn and trophy
tomatoes, which proved to be as delicious as
when freshly gathered from the garden Also
to Messrs. s. B. Silver d Bro. for case of their
"silver'' brand of sugar corn, the quality OF
which we found TO be unexceled
Mr. Isaiah Watkins, of Long Green, Balti-
more county, is 9S years of age, but is as active
and vigorous many mon quarter ola cen,
tury younger Mr.. Watkins takes long walks
daily. His second eyesight having returned, he
has thrown aside his spectacles and can read the
newspapers as well as ever. The old gentleman
takes great interest in the Maryland Central
Railroad, which runs near his farm.