The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-12-31
miscellaneous.
SUMMARY OF LOCAL EVENTS,
FOR THE YEAR 1856.
JANUARY.

list. John Devoe, ofMarshalps district, died
aged 50 years. A few hours afterwards his
wife, Mrs Alsea Devoe, died, aged n years
2. Death of Mrs. Vandver widow Of
Robert r. Vandiver, of Havre de Grace
aged 70 years.-Annual meeting of Hartford
County Agricultural Society.
4th Municipal election in Havre dc Grace
Col. Murray Vandiver elected mayor.
9th. Ice frcshet in the Susquchanna
Wharves at Port Deposit flooded. River
rose 16l feet at Conowingo, flooding Paper
Mills. Several families impcrlled and res
cued by boats
9Th. Terrific snow storm began. Snow
driftcd six or eight feet decp-At point 200
yards south of Hyde's station, the train on
the NJ. G. r. r., bound from Baltimore to
Bel Air, was stopped by heavy snow drifts and
detained two days and night. Some pas
sengers remained on the cars and others were
taken to houses in the neighbolhood.
10th. Mrs. Margarelta Mitchell died. near
Webster, aged SO years.
18th. County Commissioners in session.
The directors and officers of Fulton Building
Association electcd.-Annual meeting Of
stockholders of Conowingo Bridge Company
at Conowingo.
18Th. Annual election of directors of Har-
ford National Bank of Bel Air.
18Th. Geo. w. Nelson who frequently
drove in races at Hartford fair, died in Balti-
more, in his G3d ycar.-Barn of VIM. Sewers
near Clayton, destroyed by fire.
18th. Thomas Ii. Harkins died, near Mill
Green, in the SD year of his agc.-John
FlAharty died, in the upper part of Hartford,
in his 9th year.
10Th Hartford Historical Society met in
Bel Air.
18Th. Sleighng carnival in Bel Air.
10TH Hollis Courtney, Jr, died in Havre
de Grace, aged SO years.
Goth Mr.. Oliver Evans, uncle of Mrs. j.
NJ. STREET., of Bel Air, died suddenly of heal t
disease, in Philadelphia.
21st Musical and literary entertainment,
at the Court House, for the benefit of Mount
Ararat Masonic lodge.
Goth. Evan Jones, a Welshman, living near
the slate quarries, in Hartford county, was
found dead in his house.
eth. Hon. David Wiley, died suddenly, at
his home, Norrisvile, of paralysis of the
heart.
Goth. Miss Eliza Lennon died, near Jar
rettsvillc, in the S0th year of her age.
FEBRUARY.
1st. An adjourned meeting of members of
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, held in the
Court House, Bel Air.
I'd. Chas. Rigdon opened his new store at
Chestnut Hill.
Sd. Henry Rockford seriously injured by
being run over by wagon.
4th. Elizabeth Holiday, colored, died at
the house of her grandson, near Bel Air, in
105th year of her age.
9th. Chas. Colgan died near Fallston, in
his nth year.-Dr. VIM. Hines died in Bel
Air, in his Goth year.
9th. Freight train consisting of SO cars
left the track at q frog at Perrymans and
threw 26 of the cars off the track. No one
injured. Sleighing carnival at Havre dc
Grace.
10th. State Treasurer Stevenson Archer
took the oath of office before Governor
Lloyd.
18th. A tremendous food in the Susque-
hanna, causing immense damage at Port
Deposit. Many families were homeless and
great suffering caused among the poor.
Lapidum also inundated, the Canal injured
and losses sustained at Havre de Grace.
10Th. Dominick Hammond died, near
Upper Falls, in his 6Sth year.
Goth. The movable cage used on the B.
and o. bridge over the Susquehanna blown
off by high wind.-James Smith died near
Dublin in his 10th year.
MARCH.
list. John Bradley, at Archer & How
ards mill, near Bel Air. was caught in a
cog wheel and severely injured. A. T.
Walter died, near Hopes Mill, aged G7
years
7tb. Mrs. Hawkins, widow of John Hop
kins, died at the residence of her daughter,
My Lady's Manor-J. Charles McCausland
died near Broad Creek, aged SO years
18th. James Sinclair died, near Coop
town, aged 7S years-Thomas ] Ross, keeper
of Conowingo bridge, died, aged 80 years.
14lh. General meeting of Bethel Presby-
terrain Church held near Jarrettsville.
10th. Thomas Kelly, Of Lapidum, died.
Lawson Treadway died, near Darlington,
aged go years.
nth. Meeting of the managers of Ma
sonic Fair, at the residence of John G.
Rouse, Bel Air.-Miss Sallie Bavington, of
Hartford, died suddenly in Baltimore,
21si. Mrs. Elizabeth Poteet died, near
Cooptown, aged 93 years.
22d. Scarlet fever scare over and Bel Air
Graded School reopened.
25lh. Thomas Macatee, little boy about
seven years of age, living on Mr. Janney's
farm, shot and killed by servant girl.-Miss
Eliza Meehan, of Hartford Furnace, died in
her 22d year.-Mrs. Rachel Hollingsworth
died near wilma, aged 76 years.-Miss Belle
X. Wells died, at Aberdeen, aged 90 years
Goth. Miss Mary Ely died In Darlington
aged 81 years.
Goth. Barn of County Commissioner
Thomas Poole, near the Hickory, destroyed by
fire.
3Oth. DIR. Thomas Lltig, formerly of En-
morton, died in Baltimore, In his Seth year
APRIL.
Samuel Alternately died suddenly near En-
morton.
3D.. Quarterly meeting for West Hartford
Circuit, M. e. Church South, held at Jarretts-
vile.
9th. Alonzo Brown, aged IA years, drown
ed at Havre de Grace.
9TH. Rev. Jesse Taylor, having resigned
the rectorship of st. Georges Parish, Spesu-
tia, removed with his family to Baltimore
Edward Groom died in Bel Air, aged o.
years. Sarah Rehbcrger, formerly Of
Hartford, died in Baltimore, aged 80 years!
10Th Frank II. Quinby and Samuel
Quinby drowned in New River, West vir'
ginia.