The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-06-13
Inral Affairs.


MIR. John Miller, of Chestnut Hill, sends us
| n sample stalk of wheat measuring 6 feet IL
| inches in length.
| Mrs Mary Wilson, living near Monks store,
who has been extremely i'll for week past, was
reported little better yesterday.
MIR. Louis Cahen is building grocery and
liquor store on the Philadelphia turnpike, in
Baltimore county, near the Hartford line.
MIR. l.. e. Makinson, the enterprising MGR
chant, of Churchyille, has shipped over 500
dozen eggs to Philadelphia since the lst of last
January.
The grass crop, which early in the season
promised large yield, it is now thought will
be short. Many fields too, are more than usll-
ally infested with weeds.
"A new granite quarry has been opened on
| MIR. Silver's land, near Rock Run The stone
will he used for the b. & o. Railroad bridge at
| Ilavre de Grace.
DR.. IL. G. Whicford, of Darlington, has OK
tended his porch around the ends of his resi-
dcncc, making continuous porch 90 feet long
By 10 feet wide.
"A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs r. E.
Spencer formerly of this county, aged years,
died in Baltimore city, last Saturday, and was
buried at Rock Run Monday.
| MIR. John IL. Small, of York county, recent
| ly lost Il 5000 cow from his valuable herd of
Jerseys. Death was caused from want of atten-
ton, after having dropped very large calf.
Potato bugs, which it was hoped had run
| ain IN
made their appearance again in large numbers.
| very little complaint Is made of cut worms
| The children of Mrs. Emma Archer. of
Fallston, who were all sick at the same time,
recently, arc recovering Five of them had inca
sles and heryoungcst son, Chester, was very low
| with pneumonia.
We have received, with the compliments of
MI. IL. 1. BOVINE, specimens ofBack Turtariam,
Ok Heart, Early Richmond and Gov Wood cher
rles, from his iarm, Woodsidc, near Bel Air
They are very fine.
The Sasquchanna Water Power and Paper
Company began making paper last Satnrday but
work was stopped Saturday night by the burst
ing of the tail-race of the flint mill above. IL
took several days to repair damages.
MIR. o. Il. Ford, road master of the Mary
land Central, has resigned his place and gone to
New York to engage in other railroad business.
Conductor McCurdy has been made train dis
pntcher and the other duties of Mr. Ford have
fallen to Mr.. K. b. Peasants, the chief engineer.
MIR. ID. W. Shcrizcr, living on the farm of
Mr.. George X. Tryon, near Bare Hill, Baltimore
county, is the owner of a valuable Jersey COW
that produced in ten weeks l4S lbs. of butter
In one week she has produced as much MS 10
lbs, and her average is about 1871 lbs. per
week.
Concerts will be given in the Court House,
Bel Air, next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
The proceeds of which will be divided equally
between the fund for building Sunday School
room nj Emmanuel p. Il. Church and the Young
Mems Literary Association of Bel Air Season
tickets IS cents, children under I2 years half
price.
The festival for the benefit of the Presbyte-
rlan Church, Bel Air, which was held ON
Thursday evening of last week, in Mr.. John A.
liannas carriage repository, was decided sue
cess. The ice cream and Strawberries were
plentiful and delicious, the crowd in attendance
was large and everything was sold. The re-
ceipts were sos.
Miss Maggie Bell, of Emmorton, was one
OF the party ofexcursionists on the little steamer
Gazelle, which sank off the mouth of the Mayo.
thy river, near Annapolis, at 3. 80 o'clock, We'd
nesday morning. The excursionists had spent
the evening at Annapolis and were caught in a
gale, on their way back TO Baltimore. The en-
tire party of 80 persons were safely landed on a
steam dredge before the boat went down.
Mr.. Harry Cover, ofDecr Creek, bought the
FrcE engine and vibrator thrcsher, which were
exhibited Mt the Hartford fair, last week, from the
exhibitor, Joshua Thomas Il Bro, of Baltimore.
MIR. w. Smilhson Forwood, of Bel Air, who is
agent for these machines has also sold one TO
Mr.. Fillmore Rogers and one to Mr.. Samuel G.
Famous Mr.. John F. Oldfeld, of Bel Air,
bought the Birdsall traction and vibrator
thrcscr, and on Monday brought it through the
streets of Bel Air, to his establishment on Penn
sylvania avenue. With the thresher, tender and
another engine belonging to Mr.. Oldfcld, the
affair looked like train from the Maryland
Central Railroad, which had lost its way.
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