The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-23
[ucal Affairs.


LITTLE LOCALS.
The government has granted pension to
VIM. L. Townsley, of Abingdon district.
benjamin Amos, postmaster at Mcintyre,
Hartford county, has resigned and recommends
W. A. Thomas as his successor.
By the Comptroller's distribution of the
public school tax Hartford county gets s3,0Sl14
for her white schools and SS42 IS for her color
ed schools.
The directors of the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company met on Thursday and adjusted several
small claims. The Treasurer was directed 10
! invest the surplus funds in Baltimore city stock.
The schooner Annabel, owned by Messrs.
Bay IL Getty, Of Baltimore, and commanded by
Capt. j. W. Saunders, will ply regularly again,
this season, between Bush river, Swan Creek
and Baltimore.
Commissions have been received at The
Clerks olllcc for Col. John Carroll Walsh,
Director of the Female House of Refuge; Chas.
II. STREET., Wcigher of Hay, and Alexander NJ.
Fulford, member of the State Live Stock SAM
tary Board.
For the first three days OF last week the
closed. The only two schools which showed
an average per centagc of more than one-half
of the enrolment were the schools at Magnolia
and at Shuresyic.
The iendon's Hill Literary Society COLOR
ed, on Friday night March 30th, propose to
wrestle with this question: us man justified
in hating two living wives under any circum-
stances Whatever" The arguments, no doubt,
Will he interesting.
Mr.. Edward NJ. Allen has resigned as post.
moster at Stafford, and has suggested the APP
pointment of Mr.. Samuel II. Squier as his sue
cessor. Mr.. Squier is son of Rev. Mr.. Squier,
of Cecil county, and book keeper for Mr.. Hor-
ace Stokes, at Stafford.
The snow. bound roads are being slowly
opened for travel, after some delay. Two
funerals in the vicinity of Delta were postponed
for two days on account of the roads being I'M
passable. Such an occurrence was never known
before in that community.
Mr.. Geo. Hawkins Williams. President in
his abstract Of tho account of the Baltimore
and Hayre de Grace Turnpike Company shows
that the loss in the two years was 81 1920. His
Company shows gain in two years OF 81, 5SO1S
On Monday last Mr.. George Harris, Justice
of the Peace, of Aberdeen, TUNED over to Mr.
John d. Worthington, Treasurer of the School
Board, the sum of s25, being onehalf the fine
imposed by him and collected from Jacob Web
ster, colored, for violating the local option
law.
$. o. McCourtneys public sale of stock,
&c, having been prevented, on Tuesday, by the
storm, he will sell his effects next Monday,
Goth instant, at Belts Mill in connection with
the sale of Mr.. j. T. Wright's personal pro-
perty. Mr.. McCourtney intends to take a trip
through the West, with a view Of removing
thither if he can find any place he likes better
than Hartford Places better than Hartford are
few and far between We believe.
NJ. +. CHURCH South APPOINTMENTS The
annual conference of the NJ. Z. Church South,
which adjourned at Martinsburg, West Va, on
Tuesday, appointed to West Hartford Mission
Rev. W. n. Wagner. Rev. &. l.. Damaron was
continued on East Hartford Circuit.
PAINFUL AccIDENT.-NelsonM Mccain, son of
Mr.. VIM. E. Mccain, OF Dublin, while sliding
down from load of fodder, alghted upon a
pitchfork which was standing against the fod
der with the points upward. One of the tines
ran into the leshy part of his leg, inficting a
severe but not dangerous wound.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT TO CHILD Monday
as little son of Mr.. John Gross, who lives near
Forest Hill, was engaged in splitting kindling
wood with an axe, his sister, Ella May, was ac-
cidentally struck on the hand with the axe with
so much force as TO split and mash the fore
finger of her right hand DR.. F. P. Smithson,
who dressed the injury, fears that smputation
of the finger will be necessary. The wound was
extremely painful
A MINISTER WITuDRAws FROM TIE NJ. L.
CHURCH SoUTH.-Rcv. j. W. Steele, well
known preacher Of the NJ E. Church South, at
the recent conference held In Martinsburg,
West Va, at his own request was given an
honorable dismissal. Rev. Mr. Steele has join
, cd the Methodist Episcopal Church, and been
appointed to charge at Davidsonvlle Anne
Arundel county, Md. lie is well-known
in Hartford county, having oflicated at Jarretts-
vile for three years and at Aberdeen for four
years. He has just closed successful pastor
ate in Stafford county, Va
| DEATH OF A MARYLANDER IN TEXAs.-InfoE
nation has been received of the death of Mr..
Lee Lyon, youngest son OF the late Andrew
Lyon, of Port Deposit, which occurred in
Whitesboro, Texas. Mr.. Lyon went to Texas
about ten years ago, and at the time of his
death was engaged in the lumber business with
his brother, o. I. Lyon. lie leaves wife,
| formerly Miss Patterson, of Baltimore, but no
children. One of his brothers is Mr. John b.
Lyon, of'Port Deposit; Mrs. Reckefus, wife of
! W. X. Reckefus, Deputy Clerk of fine Circuit
| Court for Cecil county, and Mrs. Christopher
! Wilson, of Darlington, are his sisters Another
sister lives at Port Deposit. The deceased was
| aud energetic and successful business man.