The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-07-20


make two crossings on the farm and allow Mr..
Lennon the use ola culvert in getting from
one field to another.
The OIL PIPE LINE has been completed to
Baltimore city, from Milway, Lancaster county,
Pa, where it taps the line to Philadelphia from
the oil fields. The Baltimore end is connected
with the tanks of the Baltimore United Oil
Company, at Canton. 1t is over 70 miles in
length. The only pump ON the line is at Mil
way. Oil is now running from the oil regions
to Philadelphis at the rate of 10000 gallons a
day. The line to Baltimore is now being tested
and when in full operation will have the capaci
ty to run $4,000 gallons a day into Baltimore
In Philadelphia it was rumored that the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad was trying 10 get
controlling interest in the Tidewater Pipe Lins
Company, with view, it is said, of construct
Ing large refneries in opposition to the Stan.
dard Oil Company.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE SusoUEHANNA. -Updcr
the direction of Col VIM. p. Craighil, of the
U. s. Engineers, excavations have been made in
in the shoal between the railroad bridge and
Port Deposit, between Spesutia Island and
liavre de Grace, and at the basin of the fishjng
station below llavre de Grace The object of
the work above the bridge was TO facilitate the
outflow of ice and TO prevent dangerous gorging
Col. Craighll thinks irtiics or regulating
works are Indispensable TO keeping the channel
open, because drcdged channel will fill up in
one or two years. The regulating works, how
ever, would seriously interfere with the fisheries
lie thinks IL is n question Cor Congress to de-
terihlne whether at once to appropriate Sl00 600
Tor those regulating works, TO be put in to the
deiriment OF the fishery interest, or TO appro.
pirate 500 annually for dredging
DWELLING House DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING
The dwelling house of Mrs Mary Smith, near
Kellville, Abingdon district, was struck by
lightning, on Thursday afternoon of last week
and seriously damaged The lightning first
struck chimney, shocking it to pieces, then
passed down TO the floor below, where it tore
out the bricks aud plastering from around
fire place stove. Continuing its course to the
next floor it shattered the facing of door,
bursting the door from it's hinges and throwing
il into the room. A part of the charge also
passed 10 the pantry and tore into splnlers the
drawers containing the table knives, setting fire
to some lamp rags in one of the drawers. The
flames were fortunately discovered and extn-
guished before they could spread The light
ming finally made its exit through the back of
the kitchen, tearing the weather. boarding from
the house. The tin spouting was after
wards found to have been melted in several
places and the lightning made Il large hole in
the ground at the foot Of the water conductor
Mrs. Smith, who was seated at her sewing
ing machine al the time, says that when the
shock came it lifted the sewing machine from
the floor and stunned her Mr.. John Jcwctt, Il
boarder, was made deaf By the conclusion and did
not recover his hearing entirely for several days
The other members of the family all felt the
shock, but none of them were seriously injured
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The COUNTY LEVINE. CharlesW. Proctor,
Clerk OF the County Commissioners, has nearly
completed the list Of county expenses To lac
levied for this year The assessable basis is
Sl2,4lS, 5GS. The tax last year vas GO cents on
the 500. This year ii will be little larger,
the increase having been made necessary by una
voidable expenditures of various kinds. Among
these were the repairs ON the Court House
which cost 2,0i4 40; the Lawder road case,
S54.Gl the Hamilton road case, s., 000. So ana.
lyses, &c, in the Norris poisoning case, SG3l,
besides the court expenses IN the same case; new
bridges, $1,000 new barn at the AImshouse
Sl,5G7; increase ofschool fund, Sc, 33l I7-nuk.
ing total of over Sl5, 900 more than last year
Outside Of these extraordinary expenses, the
levy will show that the Commissioners have
managed the county affairs with prudence and
economy.
The levy for public schools is II cents ON the
500, and the road levy 1856 cents There has
been appropriated for roads in LIST district
5000; I'd Sd, 4lh and 9TH districts, 81 OOOe.
The road tax paid by lIavre de Grace, amount
ing to Sl,"Ol.O 2, is appropriated exclusively to
that city, and $500, the road tax paid by the
town of Bel Air, is likewise set apart 10 In cx
pended by our Town Commissioners
The county finances, us far as we can see, have
been handled judcously and to the best interests
OF taxpayers.