The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-08-29
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.


"A fine mare belonging to Mr.. Brinton II.
Warner, of Forest HILL died ofcolic, last satur-
day night. "A, At.t l g. 4
Mr.. A. NJ. Fulford, of Bel Air, lately i'm
ported two fine Berkshire swine from England.
One of them died after its arrival in New York.
The fifth annual fair of the Cecil County
Agricultural Society will be he'd at Elkton,
October 9TH, sth, 9th and 10th. The premiums
offered amount over $4,000.
"A dispatch from Rising Sun, Md, to the
Philadelphia Press, ann ounces the engagement
of Jacob Tome, the Port Deposit millionaire, to
Miss Nesbitt, of the same town.
The Bel Air Town Commissioners have re-
placed the board walk on Office street with q
new brick pavement. Other repairs to the
streets will be made as soon as possible.
MIR. John Watkins, an estimable gentleman,
died at the residence of his brother, Mr.. WIN. j.
Watkins, near Clermont Mills, on Tuesday, in
his 10th year. He leaves widow but no chill
dren.
-Messrs. Williamson " Bro have sold out
their blacksmith shop, in Bel Air, to Mr.. Y.
DeBow, who will continue the business. The
wheewright shop will be carried on by Mr.. A.
Smallsbeck.
-Messrs. Thomas A. Chenworth and j. Fred
Crew, as administrators, will sell at public sale
at the Dublin Hotel, on Monday, September
18th, all the personal property belonging TO the
estate of James 8. Chenworth, deceased.
Mr.. II. W. II. Jones, who farms for Mr. Daniel
| Rel IN hos n poir 1f 10,
one OF which was two years old last April and
weighs 100 lbs. The other is yearlng, but
is quite as large in proportion to its age.
| Robert Stewart, an insane man. was com
mittcd to Jail by Justice Charshee, of Havre de
Grace, and brought here, on Monday, by Deputy
Sheriff Carman. He will be held until the prop
err authorities make some disposition of his
case.
We are obliged to Capt II. s. Tagart, chair
man of the committee on invitation, for an in
vitation to attend the encampment of Dushane
| Post, u. A. H., which will be held at Old Camp
Carroll, Baltimore, September 9Th to 18th, in
elusive.
| The knights who participated in the recent
tournament at Perrymans, were so pleased with
the ball which followed, that they repeated the
same with hop on Tuesday evening, at En-.
mord's Hail. The affair was one of the most
delightful of the season.
Mrs. s. M. Shepherd, of Bel Air. sends us
two vegetable curiosities, grown in her garden
One is an ear of corn, or rather five ears in one
in the shape of human hand the other is Q
mu ltum-in-parvo ear, consisting of centra
ear, with eight small ones surrounding it.
Complaints are being made that the roat
from Hanway's Mill to Peasantvile is in yer,
bad condition, from having been washed by th,
frequent rains. 1t has been repaired once bu
it is difficult to keep it in repair. 1t should b,
attended to at once
james 6. Taylor, a carpenter employed b,
Burke Il Bro, quarrymen, at Lapidum, had boil
feet badly crushed on Monday by being caugh
under the skids while removing a small build
ing. He was taken to his home, near Stem
mer's Run, Tuesday morning
MIR. j. M. Herman, of Archer d. Howard
mill, last Saturday went to Red Lion, Yorl
county, to attend the funeral ofhis grandmother
Mrs. Frederick Beckel, who died at York, Pa.
on the 2lst instant Mrs. Beckel was SO year
of age. She had relationship which is
puzzle to most people. She was Mr. Herr
mans fathers mother.in-law and also hi
fathers stepmother, Mr.. Herrman's grandfathe
having married his sons wife's mother.