The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-08-08
Eucal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

"A pension has been granted 10 the broth
ers of VIM. F. Mccall, of Havre de Grace and
North East.
The fair at st. Stephens church, Baltimore
county, has been postponed until the 18th, 18th
and 13,h of of September
"A severe storm OF wind and rain passed
over the upper part of The county, last Friday.
Some corn fields suffered considerably, by the
bending and twisting of the stalks.
1t is said that rock FISH have begun to bite
in the Chesapeake bay, near Havre de Grace
Tons of them have been caught on set lines,
like crabs, since the first of this month.
Hog cholera is causing much loss among
herds of swine in the neighborhood of Mill
Green. The man who will discover an effec-
tive remedy for this disease will make fortune.
Mr.. Charles Rigdon, the enterprising mer-
chant at Chestnut Hill, is improving his store
property by the addition of warehouse IA by
40 feet in size. 1t is nearly ready to be rooted
in.
John Anderson's house, near Bells Mill, in
the fifth district, was burned, last Monday
morning. All his household goods were saved.
The house was an old one and was insured for
$780,
| Five horses and colt, belonging to
Mr.. Thomas Kennedy, near the Hickory, have
all been seriously affected with catarrhal fever.
All are improving under the care of DIR. II. F.
Bauer, veterinary surgeon.
Mr.. Marion Gilmore, of Wakefield, Chester
county, Pa, formerly of Darlington. lost val
liable mare, few days ago, from Inflammation
of the bowels. disease which has attacked
number of horses in that locality.
Thomas Hall Emory, son of DR.. Richard
Emory, of My Lady's Manor. who accidentally
shot himself in the leg with pistol, several
weeks ago, is still suffering from the effects of
the wound, which has not yet healed.
-Messrs. Emlen Bros, at Glen Cove, are
closing out their entire stock of Studebaker
wagons, at reduced prices. This is an oppor-
tunity to get a good wagon very cheap. They
also deal extensively in lumber, doors. sash,
coal, fertilizers, &c.
-Ex-Postmaster Alonzo L. Barry, Of Port
Deposit, had desperate struggle, Wednesday
morning, with burglar whom he found riiing
his trousers at his bed side. In their struggles
they got out of the house into the street, where
the thief escaped.
-Messrs. McCabe & Bro. have had their
mules and force of men ready since the first of
the month, to resume work on the Deer Creek
and susquehanna Railroad, but have not yet
received from the contractor. Mr.. John H.
Miller, orders to begin operations.
Mr.. Willard F. Wright has leased his Gran
berry Mills, near Aberdeen, and has taken
charge, again, of Webster's Mill, Calvary, which
is to be supplied with rollers. Mr.. Wright is
good miller and his friends are pleased to
have him among them once more.
Among the good hay crops OF Hartford
county, this year, were those of Charles and
Samuel Scarf, near Upper Cross Roads. Each
cut from 10 to IS acres, the yield being about
81 tons per acre of pure timothy, free from
weeds, and saved in prime condition.
Rachel Boston, colored, who died on the
farm of Mr.. Thomas Peerce, in Dulaney's VAL
ley, few days ago, is supposed to have been
100 years old. She was an old family servant of
the late William F. Peerce, and It is said her
mother lived to 104 years of age Union.
Prof. H. Hobart Keech offers his professIonl
services to the people Of the county as teacher
of the piano and organ. Mr.. Keech is an &C
complished musician and has devoted himself to
his favorite art. He can be found at bis home
In Fallston and at stated times in Bel Air.
The ballots cast at the election in last
November were burned, on Wednesday, in &C
cordance with the provisions of the election
law, by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in the
presence of Hon. Jas. NJ. Cain and Hon. Hugh
T. Bay, two of the Judges of the Orphans Court.
1t it stated that all matters connected with
the Belt Line Railroad are now in the hands of
Mr.. Thomas King, second Vice President of the
Baltimore and Ohio Company, which will have
full charge of the building of the Belt Railroad.
Preparations, it is said, are being made for
commencing the work.
Harry W. Connolly, 25 years old, of Aber-
deem, Hartford county, was struck by passen-
ger train about 2 o'clock last Sunday morning,
at Stemmer's Run Station, on the P, W. Il B.
Railroad, sus staining severe scalp wound and
injuries to his left leg. He was taken to Union
Station, and sent thence to the City Hospital.
The excursion, last Friday, to Gettysburg,
over the Maryland Central and Western Mary
land Railroads, was well attended and an agree
able affair. 1t was under the management Of
Triumph Odd Fellows Lodge, Of Bel Air. The
train left here at $50 A. M. and arrived here
again at A. NJ. Saturday morning, having
been delayed for several hours, near Fallston,
by an accident to the engine.