The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-27
FOCAL affairs.


j. E. Holloway has sold his farm near
Peryman to VIM. II. Taylor, for $1,000.
Mr. Adam X. McGraw has been re elcc ed
President of the Cecil County Agricultural
Society.
The thermometer is said to have been dow
morning.
The ice houses at Havre de Grace and Lapi-
dunn are being filled with ice 1917 inches thick
and as clear as crystal.
have their large store filled up with n full
stock of goods of all kinds.
Mr.. Fred. Scarborough has moved into his
new house at Prospect. The building is pleas.
ing improvement to the neghborhood.
-Messrs Slice g. Kenly have opened their new
store, at the B. aud o, station, Aberdeen, with
q large and complete stock of new goods
Last Friday Mr.. Harry Keithley, of Carsin's
Run, was severely bitten on the leg while try
ing 10 part two dogs which were fighting
Last Sunday was the coolest day of the
winter up to date. The thermometer ranged,
according to locality, from to s degrees above
zero.
Mr. A. ii. Scarborough has sold his inter-
est in the store at Prospect 10 his partner, Mr..
j. Ross Scarborough. The latter will continue
the business.
Owing to the bad weather the ladies of the
Mountain Christian Church will continue their
oyster supper on Friday and Saturday evenings,
January eth and 2Sth.
Mr.. James p Bealc has erected canning
house on his farm in the Big Woods, and will
can tomatoes exclusively, this year. lie intends
| to plant IS or 40 acres.
Prof. Harry Sanders and other musicians
from Baltimore are announced to give q con.
cert in Deer Creek NJ Z. Church, on Thurs
day evening, February 9th.
Mrs. James F. Cullum of the Hikory, has
two remarkably fine Gala lilies. One is four
feet and ten inches in height and the other four
| feet four inches. Both are in bloom.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss Eliza
beth Robey Cole, daughter of Mr.. Hanson Cole,
of Emmorton, to Mr.. e. Frank Jones, of Forest
Hill, to take place on Tuesday, 31st instant.
Week before last while Mr.. Mordecai s.
Scarborough, of Dublin District, was cutting
wood, stick flew up and struck him on his
left wrist with so much force as to break the
larger bone of the wrist.
Our correspondents will please bear with
us again this week. We have once more been
obliged to lay aside many valued communica-
tons because we could not get them in type In
time for publication.
Thomas b. Numbers and W. X. McCardel,
will erect warehouse at McGaw's Switch, B
and o Railroad, and engage in the farm imple-
ment and fertilizer business, partly as q branch
of Mr., j. H. Emmord's house, at Perryman.
"A party of twenty-eight young men and
ladies met at Mr.. Daniel Gallup's residence,
Bush River Neck, and spent two hours of a
beautiful moonlight evening on Bush river
skating and shedding. The sport was much en-.
enjoyed.
farm, near Chestnut Hill. 1t contains las acres,
lying along Deer Creek, and is admirably suit
ed as to buildings, &c for canning purposes or
for tobacco or stock farm. His crop of to-.
bacco, last year, from five acres, was 10000 lbs,
and he expects to clear over 81 900 from it.
An unsuccessful attempt was made, last
Sunday night, about o'clock, by two men, to
break into the house of Mr.. Edward McDer.
mott, at Webster. Mr.. McDermott was away
from home but Mrs. McDGrmott heard some
one trying to effect an entrance by one of the
windows and frightened them eff From an
upstairs window she saw two men hastily
leaving the house.
We call attention to the advertisement OF
A. w. Livingston Il Sons, seedsmen, Colum blu 8,
Ohio. This firm enjoys the distinction of hav-
ing originated the Perfection, Paragon, Favor.
lite and Beauty tomatoes, all of which are popu.
lar among Gamers the country over. They can
therefore supply pure seed. They will send their
Annual, a handsome book of 50 pages, free
This is an old and reliable house, having been
established forty years ago. Read their adyer-
| tisemcnt.
| PERsoNAL.-Mr. Harry Wilson, of Rawlings,
Allegheny county, Md, arrived in Hartford last
Saturday and will spend few days with his
friends and relatives here.
Miss Clara Windsor, of Baltimore, is visiting
at Rev. j. b. Scarborough's, Prospect.
Rev. E. A. Colburn, of Churchville, who
has been confined to the house by sickness, is
able to about again.
| SCHOOL IL oUsE ON FIRE.-Last Friday the
roof of Rock Run school house caught fire
from defective tlue. A brick which fell from
the chimney severely cut the head of little Joe
Ward. None of the other scholars were njur-
ed, beyond receiving few scratches from the
falling plaster. The fire was extingushed and
the building saved by the timely arrival of Mr..
David Harlan, clerk at Garland postofiice.
The teacher, Miss Barron, was cool and calm
and prevented panic among the children. The