The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-10-05

The case Of Margaret Haincs, of Dublin, vs..
Harrison Hopper, being an action for trover.
was concluded in the Towsontown court, on
wednesday, the jury rendering verdict for
Mrs. Haines for S3l6.20. Messrs. Marine and
Grason & Son appeared for the plaintiff, and
VIM. Young and VauBibber for the defendant.
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FELL FROM CHESTNUT TREE-On Tuesday
Mr.. Samuel Cullum, who lives near Creswell,
accidentally fell from chestnut tree, dslocat.
ing and breaking his hip. DR.. J. Z. Butler, OF
Bel Air gave him the necessary surgical gtteu-
ton.
DEMocATIc MEETINGS are announced for var
ious places in Hartford county. The first of
these will be at Elavre de Grace, on We tuesday
evening, October 10th. 1t promises to be a
large and interesting meeting. The committee
have secured able speakers of national reputa-
ton, who with Col. Herman Stump, Dem ocrat-
ic candidate for Congress, will make addresses.
NATURALIZATION PAPERS GKANrED.-On
Tuesday Judge Waters granted final naturali
zation papers 10 Gustav schady, a native of Ger
many.
Va Monday, 2sth September, first papers we're
issued TO Leonard Frarch, native of Bavaria.
and to Ferdinand Butcher, a native of Prussia.
On September 9th first papers were also is
sued to James e, Supple, a native of Ireland.
HE ORPHANS COURT was in session, on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
thic week. Mr.. Chas. S. NJ. Besler was appoint
ed adm in istrator OF Sarah A. Barton, deceased.
Bond $500.
Letters testamentary were granted to Isaac
Amos, on the estate of Levi Cox, coored, de-
ceased. Bond $500. Lee A. Magness was APP
pointed to appraisc the personal property of the
said Cox.
We are indebted to our young friend, Mas
ter Lamar j. II. Whitaker grandson of Mr..
Beckett Hutton, Pleasantville, for basket
full ofgolden pippn and other apples, some
fine Beauty of Hebron potatoes-some of which
weigh nearly two pouDds-a curious double TO.
mato and some fine Catawba grapes, from his
garden The young lad also shows his appreci.
alton of the beautiful, as well as the useful,
by sending us, too, beautiful bouquet of dah-
las, from his mothers garden.
IT WASN'T BoYD.-Mr. Isaac Amos, of Bel
Air, went to Lancaster, Pa, on Thursday of
last week, for the purpose of identifying
prisoner held in Jail there, who was supposed
to be Henry Boyd, the murderer of Levi Cox,
colored. The man, however, was not Boyd and
was released.
Sheriff Hughes has since received a letter
from the Chief of Police of Hagerstown, ask.
ing for a more definite description Of BOYD, saw
ing that man answering somewhat to the
description given was under surveillance there.
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GoRED BY BULL.-Last Friday morning
Mr.. Carville T. Gilbert, near Aberdeen, went
into the stable to unloose Jersey bull, when
the animal, making furious attack upon him,
gored him terribly in the thigh. The brute
had MIR. Gilbert impaled upon one of its horns
and II neighbor who was present had not
rushed to Mr.. Gilbert's assistance the vicious
animal might have killed him One of the
wounds made in Mr.. Gilbert's leg was six inches
In length. DR.. Thomas II. Roberts dressed his
injuries.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.-A meeting was held
in the Southern Methodist Church, JarrettsyIle,
on Wednesday evening, in favor of the amended
local option law. 1t was largely attended,
Addresses were made by Messrs j. Martin
McNabb and James w. McNabb. The sing.
ing was pleasing feature Of the MEETING
1t was rendered by Miss Emma stromenger
Miss Jennie STREET., Will Jarrett, George A.
Cairnes and R. F. Payne. Miss Jul liza Jarrett was
the organist. duet, "Who Hath Sorrow w
was well rendered
DEATH OF AN INSANE sTRANGER.-Several
week ago Deputy Sheriff Whitaker found an in
sane man wandering about the Big Woods, near
Bel Air, and brought him to Jail, from whence
he was taken to the Amshouse, where be died
last week. He neither spoke, ate nor drank,
from the time Mr.. Whitaker found him until
he died, and no clue to his identity could be
found. He was about five feet six inches in
height, % or "a years old, com ortaby dressed,
his face covered with light-colored beard. He
the Almshouse farm.
FORTY Hours DEVOTIONAL Forty Hours
Devotion will begin in st. Johns Church, Long
Green, Baltimore county, Rev E. Z. Magma
der, pastor. on Sunday, October 7th High
Mass will be celebrated at II A. NJ, followed
by chanting of the Litanies and a procession
7.30 p. NJ, beads, sermon and benediction
Monday, Oct. Sth, Masses and Z; High
Mass at o'clock; 730 P. NJ, beads, ser
mon and benediction. Tuesday, Oct 9th, Masses
6 and Z; Solemn High Mass at 10 80 o'clock,
followed by the Litanies and procession as on
Sunday.
OLD CoINs.-Mr. Patrick Bradley, of White
Marsh, Baltimore county, brought to this office,
on Thursday, an English halfpenny, dated 1749.
On one side is the head of King George the
Second, and the inscription, "Georgius H.,
Rex" On the reverse is the female figure pecu.
liar to old English coins, and the inscription,
"Britannia." 1t is in perfect state of preser.
walton.
Mr.. VIM. c. Lockard found in his lane, near
Forest Hill, one day last week, an old English
halfpenny, bearing the date of 17Ss. 1t was al.
most undecipherable, but upon being secured
showed the date plainly.
A MAGISTRATES SUNDAY MORNINGS WORK.
Last Sunday morning man named Flanni-
gan, while under the influence of liquor, went
to Mr. Henry A. Osborn's farm, and raised dis.
turbauce with the clearinghouse hands in the
shanty. One of them, a man named Cook, fol-
lowed him, when he went away, and struck
him over the head several times with a club
Cook was arrested by Officer Lee and taken be-
fore Justice Harris, who fined him s. and costs
One of the canning house hands, upon being
asked by the Justice If he had seen the Intruder
at the canning house, replied with an oath,