The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-10-10
Enca1 Atfairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.


MIR. q. Smith Norris, of this county, left on
Tuesday night for Chicago, on business trip,
William Dunty has been appointed post
master at Fork, 18th district of Baltimore coun-
~.
The lawn festival at Grace Chapel, Hickory,
last Saturday, was we'll attended, and pleasant
affair.
"A number of Swine have died of cholera, on
the farm of Hon. Henry d. Farnandis, near
Bel Air.
Mill Green mill, which has been stopped for
two months undergoing repairs, is now running
on full time. Mr.. Joseph Boyd is the miller
DIR. James NJ. Magraw, of Thomas's Run, is
spending several weeks, for the benefit of his
health, with his uncle, DR.. Maxwell, in Kent
county, Md.
"A drove OF 100 fine Virginia cattle for Mr..
VIM. Woolsey, came through Bel Air, Wednes-
day. They were bought from MIR. Glendy, at
81 cents per Id.
BY the last quarterly distribution of the
public school fund, Comptroller Turner declares
Hartford entitled to IS, 0S1. IA for her white and
$s42 IS for her colored schools.
-Sportsmen should bear in mind that II is un.
lawful to kill partridges or rabbits before next
Wednesday, the 18th of October. Woodcock
may be killed until the LIST of January.
"A dispatch from Aberdeen to the New York
World says that "Mr j. w. Archer, of this
county, has named his infant son Grover Ceye.
land, in honor of the next President"
MIR. E. e. Hopkins, of Darlington, last week,
lost mare valued at $500; the cause of the ami.
mails death is unknown. She is said to have
been one of the finest roadsters in the county.
"A bright and interesting little five-year- old
son Of Mr.. John II. liaines, of Dublin, died of
diphtheria, last Wednesday. 1t was the first case
that has occurred in the neighborhood for a long
time
Mr. A. Steele invites the public to call and
examine his large stock of fall and wnter
clothing, which he is selling at the rate of first
cost prices. His store is at the corner of Main
and Office streets, Bel Air.
-Messrs. Geo. W. Myers 81 Co., commission
merchants, 233 West Pratt street, Baltimore,
have every facility for handling Hartford county
dressed poultry to advantage, as well as game
butter, eggs, &c. They secure the best prices
and make prompt returns.
Through the good offices of Capt VIM. Fl.
Bans, General Superintendent of the M. C.
Railroad, Bel Air mail, containing the morn.
ing papers, is sent from Baltimore on the early
freight train, arriving here about Q A. M.
This is great accommodation to the people Of
Bel Air, and is duly appreciated.
Hon. Archibald Stirling, of Baltimore, ad.
dressed the Blaine and Logan club of Bel Air,
In the Court House, Wednesday night The au.
dience consisted of from 60 to IS persons, OF
whom about 25 were colored men and bows, and
three-fourths of the remainder were Democrats.
Mr.. Strings speech was tame affair.
Mr.. John W. Stump, of Perryvile, took the
roof off his house, week before last, for the pur.
pose Of putting on new one. The old roof
was put on 70 years ago, when Mr.. Stump was a
little boy years old, and yet many of the cy.
press shingles, when taken off, were as sound as
ever. They were, however, worn very thin BY
the storms.
The report that the Tidewater Canal had
suspended operations on account of low water
Is not correct No prolonged stoppage, for that
reason, has ever occurred in its history-certain.
ly not since the time Mr.. d. F. shure has been
superintendent. A delay of a few hours, at
most, is occasionally experienced, when the sus-
quehanna river is very low.
MIR. John P. Jones, well-known and much
esteemed farmer of Dublin district, died at his
residence, Cedarvile, last Saturday morning,
aged about GA years. The interment was at the
M. E. Church, Dublin, on Monday morning
Mr.. Jones leaves a widow but no children. he
was brother of Mr.. VIM. H.Jones, who
lives on the farm of Mrs. Farnaudis, near Bel
Air.
MIR. j. w. Wakeland sold a horse in Balti.
more, few weeks ago, for Mr. Frank Mitchell,
OF Churchville. Ten days afterwards the horse
disappeared from its Baltimore home. The
owner searched for it in various places and
finally came to Churchville, where he learned
that the animal was safe in its old quarters in
Mr.. Mitchell's stable, having made its way
back at the first opportunity.
The total length of the b. 81 o. bridge across
the susquehanna at Havre de Grace, will be one
mile and quarter, including the trestle work
over Garrett Island. To give clear conception
and comparison of its length, it may be stated
that Its length in feet will be SO, OOO while the
noble F., w. 81 B. bridge is but $1,000. There
will be two spans of 500 feet each, four of $50
feet each, two of $50 feet each, besides the tres
tie work on the island, and the approaches to
it.
NATURALIzED-On Monday In the (,ircuit