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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11

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COSTLY FUN.-A respectabe-lookng young
man, who said his name was Joseph Muligan,
and that he was from Bel Air. was tried in the
Criminal Court, Baltimore, last Saturday,
charged in two cases with assault with intent
to kill. 1t was in evidence that on the 10th of
November Mulligan went into drinking sa-
loon, ordered drink, threw down half dollar,
drew his pistol and said he would take the
change out in shots. Burk, the proprietor put
MIN out and shut the door, whereupon Multi
gan fired his pistol at Burk the ball going
and was next seen tourishing his pistol in the
midst OF a hundred school children. Charles Z.
Metz and another young man went to take the
pistol away from him when he deliberately fired
of Metz, the ball passing within two feet of
him. The young men then went through a
gate, which stood open, and closed it. Multi
gan went up to it and snapped his pistol at
Metz through q crack and passed on. The
young men opened the gate to see where Null
ligan had gone when he snapped his pistol at
them again. Metz then knacked Mulligan
down with stone, and he was arrested Null
ligan at the trial said he was crazy drunk and
did not remember anything he did. Judge
Duffy gave him three months in Jail in each
case. Muligan is not known in Bel Air.
$3.50
PRETTY BETTY MARTIN.-We publish on our
first page an interesting sketch of ''Pretty Bet
ty Martini" who was not a myth, but u genu-
| Inc historical character, and from accounts as
beautiful as her name implies. Tradition says,
also, that she was little vain of her beauty,
some of which she has transmitted to her female
| descendants, and perhaps little of her vanity,
too, for as soon as they reach their teena
they all think themselves little like old
cousin Betty She lived at Joppa, being the
wife of Richard Dallam, a noted lawyer of
that ancient town. After his death she mar
ried William Smith. Among the descendants
of Pretty Betty Martini" now in this county,
are John s. Dallam, the children of the late
VIM. Fl. Dallam, DR.. VIM. Dallam, DR.. X. d.
Lee, Col Ohio s. Lee, Samuel Matthews
Lee, Hon. Stevenson Archer, the descendants of
Thomas A. and N w. s. Hays, Lemuel Mathews,
Col. Edwin H., William, George and other de-
scendants of the late Henry Webster, Prof
John d. Worthingtop, of the Bel Air Graded
School, Samuel L. Bond, DR.. Wake b. Munnik-
huysen, his brothers and sisters, VIM. Munnik-
huysen, Edward A. Hall, Harry and Geo r.
Wilson, Mrs. Judge Walters, A. Lingan Jarrett,
VIM. X. Wallis, Wilbur F. Wallis, Mrs. Mar
garet Parish, Ann f. and Amanda Wallis, Mrs
Mary ID. West, Wilson d. West, Mrs james H.
Amos, and many others.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11

CHURcHvILLE AFFAIRS The Western Union
telegraph office at Churchvlle, which was clos
ed last summer for want of an operator, has
been re-opened at Mr.. Jacob Shertzer's hotel,
with Hays w. Hamilton operator. This is GER
tainly great convenience to the people in that
vicinity and Mr.. Shertzer deserves thanks for
having the office continued.
Abram T.. Ross has opened au oyster saloon
in the corner store.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11

IN exchange says; There are more puns
made up6n Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup, free OF
charge, Than dfe paid for by the owners A good
thfng'ueserves the notice Of tho Etess. -.
lin the treatment of rheumatism, govt, nsu-
ralgia, stiatica &c. Salvation on should be thor
Apghly rubbed In. ~ ktlls pain! Price 20 cents
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11

A BEL AIR STREET TO BE ExTENDED-The
heirs of the late DR.. VIM. 7. Munnikhuysen
have decided to the town of Bel Air ground for
acontnuation of Franklin street, from Broad
way to Gordon street, and the Town Commits
sioners will at once lay board walk on said
street.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11

CASES sETTLED.-In January, 1888, boiler in
the Marley Paper Mills, Cecil Co., belonging to
Mr.. G. w. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger, ex-
ploded, killing Patrick Mccormick and iniur.
ing Robert M. Dinsmorc, Charles Kelly and
James Hartnett, all employees in the mill The
injured men and the heirs of Mccormick
brought suit against Mr.. Childs and Mr. II. l..
Carter, Superintendent of the mills, placing
their damages at S25, 900 EACH On Friday the
cases were settled by paying $1,000 and all
costs incident to the suit The plaintiffs were
represented by Henry w. Archer and W. T.
Warburton, Esqs., and the defendant by Albert
Constable and Bernard Carter, Esqs.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11

FINE HoGs.-Mr. Clement X. Sewel, of Alb
ingdon, lately slaughtered ten pigs, eight
months old, all Of one litter, which weighed to-
gether 1900 lbs. The heaviest turned the
scales at 216]1 lbs, and four Of them weighed
over 200 lbs. each They were cross between
the Jersey Red and Berkshire.
Mr.. Alphonso Robinson, who lives near
Fallston, recently slaughtered hog "a months
old that weighed 500 lbs.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORPHANS COURT
The Orphans Court met on Monday. Present
Hon. G. W. Billingslea, Chief judge Hons
j. w. Barton and James NJ. Cain, Associates
DR.. James NJ. Magraw. the newly elected
Register of Wills, appeared, filed his bond and
took the oath of office. His bondsmen are
Messrs. VIM. Webster and DIR. John Finney.
A. A. Fletcher was appointed guardian of
Daisy Reasin Bond $500
BENZ. F. and Idea e. Hooker were appointed
admiaistrGtors of Geo. W. Hooker, deceased
and required to give bond in the sum of "a 600
Messrs. John II. Lytle and Geo, W, Brown were
appointed to appraise the personal estste Of said
deceased.
Mr. David J. Wilson, executor of Joshua Will
SOC, aeeeased, was ordered to sell all the perso-
nal estate Of said deceased at private sale.
Mr.. David j. Wilsap was appointed admins
TRAITOR de bonis non of Rebeccs Wilson, deceas-
ed, to give bond in the sum of 81 800.
Mr.. Jas. w. McNabb was appointed guardian
of Geo. Tbos Rutledge. Bond $500
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11

Touch OF WINTER.-The lain of last Satur-
day wound up with Northwest gale, which
sent the thermometer rapidly down towards the
freezing point. The cold gradually increased
in intensity, and Monday morning the Their
mometer marked II degrees. Tuesday MORN
ing it was, in some places in the county, down
to s degrees. The Susquehanna and all thu
smaller streams were closed by ice. The
schooner Phoebe Ann, of NewYork, lying in the
stream with lumber for Barnes q Archers plan
ing mill, Port Deposit, got wedged in the float.
ing ice, Monday morning, and lost her cable and
anchor. The Phoebe Ann aud R. Mason were
towed down to Havre de Grace by the tug
Champlin. Traffic on the canal was also sus-
pended by the ice blockade.
The weather moderated on Tuesday, and on
Wednesday there was fog and mist, which
doubtless broke up the ice on the streams,
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ITO CONTRACTORS.

At IL O'Clock, M,
For the MASONRY FOR A BRIDGE in the 4,h
District, near Joshua Green's, according to the
following specifications;
:. hxt re- length OF bridge between a1gtments
feet high. ! feet thick at bottom and III feet
thick at top, to have Stone of good shape. on
each corner not less than Binches THICK and2 feet
square. with good face to set the bridge on
Wing walls to be Two feet thick and Foundation
feet deep. On the south side of the stream the
upper wing wall to be IL feet long and the loWer
side to be "a feet long. On the north side the
upper wing wall to be "a feet long and the lower
one IL feet long.
The above walls to be built with good large
Stone, of good shape, laid in Rosendale's No.
Newark Cement.
Bids will be received by the perch. The work
to be subject to inspection and approval by the
Commissioners or their authorized agent.
The Commissioners reserve the right 10 reject
any or all bids made.
itdee 6; -" Tc.w. PRoCToR, Clerk,
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TERMS OF SALE.

The terms of sale as prescribed by the decree
are-one-third of the purchase money to be paid
in cash on the day Of sale one-third thereof In
six months, and the residue in twelve months
thereafter, the credit payments to bear interest
from day of sale and to be secured by the notes
or bonds of the purchaser, with surety to be APP
proved by Trustee.
j. MARTIN MCNABB, Trustee.
II, S. McNutt, Auctioneer 1Idec
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res, 3 Foods and Fl Square Perches
MORE oRLESS,

being the same and all of the land described in a
deed from John II. Patterson and wife to Bernard
Fitzpatrick, deceased, dated 9Th May, 1881, and
recorded in Liber A. L. ] No. 43, folio l25, one
of the Land Records of Hartford county afore-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-11
TERMS OF SALE

One-third Cash on day of sale one third in six
months and the balance in twelve months from
day Of SALE credit payments to bear interest from
day of sale, and to be secured by the notes or
faction of the Trustee "
1ldec JOHN s. YOUNG Trustee
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situate in Hartford county and State of Maryland,
called Nova Scotia and "Wilson's Range" or
by whatsoever name or names known or called,
containing
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TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court for
Hartford county, sitting as a Court of EQUITY the
undersigned, Trustee, will sell at Public Auc-
ton, at the Court House door, in Bel Air,
ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1856,
AT IL o'clock, NJ,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10
Tom Ochiltree's Railway.

The National Republican has the
following concerning ex Congressman
Thomas Porterhouse Ochiltree, who
was in Washington this week 8 day
or two in company with John w.
Mackey:
AS he got aboard a west>bound train
last night to begin a journey TO Cali
fornia, Col. Ochiltreo said: THE
political arena will know me no more
forever. You see me and Mackey
have some new railroads to look after
that will occupy my time for the next
ten years and l will have no leisure
for politics. When man has 500. 900
to 600, 600 miles OF railroad to build he
has no taste for ward meetings and
party conventions. T"
why, colonel, askeda bystander,
isn't that figure little steep9"
''Steep, the devilln exclaimed the
rublcund Texan. why, that isn't a
patching to what we are really going
to do. l put the figures low because 1
didn't want you to think I was over
drawing the thing. Instead of four or
five hundred thousand miles, our new
road will aggregate into millions
Why, sir, when we get our system in
Mexico completed, that - cayote
republic will look like an old fashion
ed gridiron, and the whistle of our
locomotives will make a continuous
roar along the confines Of that God
forsaken country from Bagdal to
Guaymus, and from Cape Isabel to
the Rio del Norte, and, sir" But
Just then the colonel's train began to
move westward, and the graphic pic
ture of what he and Mackey propose
to do in railroad construction remains
incomplete.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10
Drunken Poetry.

1t was in the dark days of the war,
and Governor Curtin, who had been
called to Washington to confer with
President Lincoln on ths dishearten-
in. eHs from the front, arrived at
the national capitol full of foI eboding
for the future of the Union. Early in
the day he met Colonel Forney ia the
drawing room, and they sat down by
the window to discuss the gloomy
situation. While they sat there the
inner door opened and Thomas Bu~
chairman Read, the brilliant but erratic
poet painter, pushed his way in and
staggering across the floor, threw HIM
self into chair by the table. With
out a glance at the earnest men by the
window he dropped his head on the
table and fell into heavy sleep.
Quietly the war governor and the
great Journalist talked on the terrible
losses i'll the south, the disaster and
death among the boys in blue, the
heartrending scenes in the north when
the news of battle filled every home
of ultimate success in the suppression
of the fratric dial war of rebellion.
Suddenly as if by inspiration from
heaven, the slespiug poet raised his
head from the table, and with gaze
that seemed to penetrate to the far
away field Of the Soutnron, said in a
voice that quiversd with emotion:
oh, that some bird from the sunny South
Might build its nest in the cannon mouth,
And stop its terrible roar,
Then, like a weight, he fell back
into the chair-his head fell forward
on his hands, and the poet was again
asleep-insenslble.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10
ST. Diecysius and the Vine,
Nacn,sllan,s Magazine.

St. Dionysius was on his way one
day from his monastery on Mount
Olympus 10 Naxos, and he sat down
to rest during the hest of the day.
Close 10 him he saw pretty plant
which ne wished TO take with him,
and lest it should wither by the way.
he put it into the leg bone of bird.
and to his surprise st his next halting
place he found it had sprouted; so,
accordingly, he put it into the leg
bone of a lion, and TIE same thing &C.
CURED; finally, he put it into the leg
of an ass, and in reaching Nsxos he
found the plant so rooted in the bones
that he planted them altogether. And
UP came a vine, from the fruit of
which he made the first wine, little
of which made the SAINT sing like a
bird, little moro made him as strong
SIS lion, and yet little more made
him as foolish as an ass.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10
Business Notes

The Howard Watch Company's
works at Roxsury, Mass, will begin
operations on full time next Monday.
4 gas consumers association has
been incorporated at New York, the
purpose being to protect consumers,
secure proper inspection of meters,
and devise means for the better
government of gas companies.
Not barrel of highwines has been
sold in Cincinnati IN the last three
DAYS. This is somewhat remarkable,
but it is owing to the fact of large
quantities of bourbon whiskies being
thrown on the market at low figures,
whereas formerly highwines were IN
demand to adulterate bourbons which
were sold over the bar by the drink.
The St Paul Globe says: The cattle
industry of the Northwest Is still IN
Its infancy, not being len years old.
A vast extent of country Is yet unten-
anted save by wild ninals, and the
q, o0o, 600 acres of Indian reservations
in Montana must also be deducted
from the available grazing ground, 30
that the country has only begun TO
be settled. Montana has Little over
/, 600, COO head of beef cattle ST present.
and IS capable of supporting 10, OsO. 800
head.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10
APoSTROPHE TO THEODORE
THOMAS.

O Theodore, OF all muslcianers
Thou art the boss, with long primer b,
When thou dost mount thy box and swing thy
stick,
With gold upon the further end of it,
And of thy hired men some two or three
Begin an easy sort OF playing on
The various instruments In which they
Do perform, a funny feeling goes
Crawling up and down my spinal column
Just like it does when culling taffy from
A buttered stick Then thou dost swing with
viYacity thy little club, and all
The other boys keep chipping in as when
To ope the jack pots sturdy bands we strive
And Of the holding two ten spots are found
To be the upmost hand But after awhile
Dost thou the circumambient atmosphere
Like thunder pound, and opened is the pot,
And every one comes In and chips pile up.
With anxious zeal the folders chase their bows
Across the desiccated bowels Of
The feline lately gone beyond the range;
Like high pressure engine flies the arm
or him who the seductive trombone works;
And all the while the rooster with the big
French horn doth blow tn internal revenue
From out its sheeny convolutions deep.
The ophicleide ophiculates, in turn
The hautboy hautboycots, and the bassoon
Bassooniously bassooneth while the
Great bass viol doth basely violate,
And everybody scrapes and pounds and blows -
Then mostly thou aceumulatest all
The toothsome products OF the baker y art,
Together with the shelving, counters, spoons,
Napkins, knives forks, kitchen utensils cook
Awning, delivery wagon, accounts,
Bills receivable, mortgages, Deeds bonds,
Rights, titles, dignitlea, franchises and
Corporal and incorporeal
Heredtaments and all the other
Properly, real and personal, unto
The 'foresaid bakery appertaining,
To have and hold them for thine own and to
Thine heirs forever more. For ut that time
1 want TO rise up in my seat and howl
And holier "whoop" and get throwed out and 20
Get full OF Kansas whisky and get run
Into the coolers deepest recess dark,
And 80 get Il ned and make an idiot of
Myself in general. But do not;
For in a soothing way thou coolest of
Their rampant fire, shutting them down so slow
hardly know they're gone. Een 50 at night,
As have stood upon the boiIndless plains,
And seen the affrighted train 20 rushing by,
And in the sleeping car there did repose
girl from Onaha-Ah thus I've beard
Her gentle snore grow faint and fainter on
The troubled air, Till at the horizon
Twas lost and was left alone.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10
Not Going to Be a Dude.
Baltimore American.

A young lady, a Sunday school
teacher in church pretty near the
corner of GiImour street and Lafay-
cite avenue, was on Sunday defining
faith to her class of young Americans,
aged from to 10 years. She set
about her task in practical way.
Faith in anything" she said, lis to
believe that something existed which
could not be seen. Suppose" she
said, your papa should tell you he
had put SO in the bank for you, and
that you might draw it from the bank
when you grow older. You did not
see the money put in, but you know
it is there, because you believe what
your papa tells you; and when you
grow up and want the money, you
dress yourself up with your gloves On,
your high hat and your cane, and
you"
AT this juncture the teacher was
startled by one of the boys, who cried
out:
What are you giving US? Do you
think I'm dude2'
The young lady says that she felt
Frustrated and that it will be some
time before she stirs up the question
of faith AGAIN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10
Must Drink 10 Mexico.

Some thirty years ago there were
not the numerous routes to the far
west from the eastern portion of the
United States that We have to day.
One was by way of Cape Horn, an
other by way OF the Isthmus of Pana-
ma, aud the more trying and weari-
some one of crossing the plains and
deserts when lay between. About
this time a new way was opened
through Mexico, which was at once
taken advantage of by large mum
Der of emigraDts en- roate from New
York to San Francisco. Among the
new corners was German who met
on the streets a friend and country
man whom he had known in New
York some years before. Fritz was
delighted to meet the new arrival and
began at once to question HIM as to
how he had come:
"Well, Yacob, subhose you game
Cabe Horn aroundt."
'Nein, Fritz"
"Berhabs yoy gross der Ishmus oy
Banama2"
''Nein."
80! you game der oferlandt,
den2"
"Nein, nein, mein freundt."
''Dunder! Den you was nod ariyedt
here ad ALL"
Yah, yah, Fritz, 1 Megsico gum
droo
"Ish dot so! Well, we musdt dake
some peer on dot"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10

they'd know when they had enough,
and / wanted TO give satisfaction.
Some of my customers complained
that the oil soaked through their boots
and saturated their socks. / thought
perhaps I had been putting on too
much oil, but the same faalt was
found In several eases where I had
been more careful. Finally an old
shoemaker whom / knew came along.
and asked him what ought to do to
save my trade. He told me never to
oil shoe until had wet it first. The
reason was that water would penetrate
the leather and. remain there, and
keep the ell from soaking through.
Besides, the water would soften the
leather and open it so that the oil
would do the leather more good. My
trake has prospered ever since
Il was oiling man up one day and
he asked the same question you did.
When / explained the reason, he
said that it was on the same principle
as that of painting kerosene oil bar
rels. / told him 1 thought
they were painted blue just
to look nice. He said it was
to prevent the barrel from leaking.
During a long voyage or a long
journey by rail, sometimes half bar
rel of Oil would leak through The pores
of the wood and evaporate. So some
sharp fellow began 10 study some way
of preventing such loss. He first
painted the barrel blue on the outside
and then filled it with water and allow
ed it to stand until it had soaked up
all it would. Then the oil was put in
The water kept the oil from soaking
into the wood, and the paint on the
outside kept the water from coming
out. He got a patent on his discovery,
and now he sits in his office and draws
his royalty OF per cent. on every bar
rel made TO hold kerosene oil for ship
ment He's got mighty soft thing
on oil barrels"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-10
SUNSET" cox.
The Flamboyant Article That Gave
Him His Sobrtqust
Ohio Statesman.


What glorious sunset was that of
last night How glorious the storm,
and how splendid the setting of the
SUM- We do not remember ever to
have seen the like on our round globe.
The scene opened in the west with
whole horizon full of golden, inter
penetrating luster, which colored the
foliage and frightened every object
into It's own hues. The colors grew
deeper and richer. until the golden
luster was transfused into storm
cloud, full of finest lightning, which
leaped in dazzling ziszags all over and
around the city. The wind arose with
fury, the slender shrubs and giant
trees made obeisance to bis majesty.
Some even snapped before its force.
The straw berry beds and grass plsts
turned up their whites" 10 see
Zephyrus march by. As the rain
came and the pools and the cutters
hurried away, thunder roared grand>
ly. And the fire. BELLS caught theex-
element and rang with hearty chorus,
The south and east received the capi-
GUS showers, and the west all at once
frightened up in long, polished belt
of azure, worthy of Siciliaa sky.
Presently cloud appeared in the
azure belt of the form of castellated
city. It became more vivid, reveal
ing strange forms of peerless flames
and alabaster temples and glories rare
and grand in this mundane sphere.
1t reminded US of Wadsworth's SPLEEN
did verse in his Excursions"
The appearance instantaneously disclosed
Was of Il mighty city, boldly say
wilderness OF buildings, sinking far
And self withdrawn into a wonderouS depth,
Far sinking into splender without END.
But the city vanished only to give
place to another isle, where the most
beautiful iorms Of foliage appeared
imaging paradise IN the distant and
purified air.
The sun wearied of the elemental
commotIon, sank behind the green
plains of the west. The great eye in
heaven" however, went not 6own
without a dark brow hanging over It's
departing light. The rich flush of
unearthly light had passed and the
rain had ceased, when the solemn
church bells pcaled, the laughter of
children out and joyous after the
storm is heard with the carol of birds,
while the dark and purple weapon OF
the skies still darted illumination
around the startling cottage, trying
to rival its angles and leap into its
dark windows