The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-08-07
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LITTLE LOCALS.
Mr.. w. W. whiteford lost very fine three
year old Thorndale Idol colt, last Monday.
Mr.. Charles F. Kerchner, Superintendent
Of the Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad, has re-
signed.
a Vincent Homer, a native of Germany, ap-
piled to the Circuit Court, on Monday, for his
first naturalization papers.
"A train on the Baltimore and Lehigh ran
over and killed horse between Fallston and
Overshot Trestle, last Thursday.
The Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad have
changed the time of the morning mail train SO
that it will reach Bel Air at 8. OF instead of 10 90
as it is at present.
The Circuit Court has been occupied for the
past two days in hearing the mandamus case of
Edward N. Allen against the County Commits
sioners, Of Hartford county.
Last Saturday Stevenson A. Williams, trus-
tee, sold at public sale the Mclaughlin slate
Quarries, at Delta, to r. L. Jones, for $40 800.
j. 8. Richardson was the auctioneer.
Mr.. Charles E. Creswell recently left at this
office some very fine specimens of German
plums. They were about the size of we'll
formed peach, and very sweet and JUICY.
"A fine Thorndale Idol colt belonging to
Joseph Andrew, Of Darlington, was killed by
lightning, on q. W. Bakers stock farm, at Alb
Last Tuesday Deputy Clerk Harold Scar
boro, In the presence of the judges of the
Orphans Court, publicly burned all the ballots
which were cast at the election, last November.
The corner stone Of st. Mary's Catholic
Church, Clermont Mills, will be laid by Card-
nal Gibbons on Thursday, 18th instant, at 10
o'clock, A. N. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Mr. Price Hopes left at this office, last
Wednesday, some very fine specimens OF Bur-
| bank potatoes, grown on his farm, near Vale
One of them weighed within a fraction of d
pound.
Last Thursday night tree about three hun
dred yards from the residence OF Mr.. Joshua
Rutedge, was struck by lightning, and the con-
cussion was 30 great that all the windows on
that side Of Mr.. Rutledge's house were shatter-
ed.
"A correspondent says fruit is plentiful in
the neghborhood of White Hall, Baltimore
county. Mr. j ohm W. Burns has q small pear
tree which has II props under it. He also has
another tree with limb about one inch in d.
ameter and four feet long, which has $50 pears
on it.
The Bel Air Presbyterian Sabbath School
basket pic nic will be held in Mr.. Garrett
Amoss' grove, near Winters Run, Wednesday
i Aug. 18th. The scholars and friends Of the
school will assemble at the church at $50 A.
i M. Conveyances will be provided TO take them
to the grounds.
MIR. James P. Whaland has been appointed
chief clerk of the car record office of the Baltl-
more and Ohio Observation-Disclosures Sun.
Mr. Whaland was at one time foreman in the
lEois Office He is well known and much re-
spected in this community and his old friends
will be gratiied to know of his promotion.
$. N. Hyde & Son, of Long Green Valley,
will, this week, commence the canning OF their
celebrated Sweet Egyptian corn for the season
of 1891. The Messrs. Hyde have in the ground
over 400 acres of corn in different stages OF
growth that now nearly ready for canning Ia
Of excellent quality. They expect to can about
s 600 cases more this season than last
There will be q celebration at st. Stephen e
Church, Baltimore county, on Sunday next
on the occasion of the anniversary OF the
finding of St. Stephens body. At the solemn
high mass, Rev. Father Sartori will be the
celebrant. Rev. Father Mullin, OF Woodstock
Jesuit College, will be deacon and preach, and
Rev. Toner, OF Baltic, will be sub-deacon.
KICKED BY CoLf-Mr. Abraham Sutton,
Of Black Horse, was kicked on the leg BY a
colt, recently. His leg was broken near the
thigh, his face badly bruised and one eye in
jured He was insensible for over two hours.
VALUABLE HORSE PoIsoNED.-Mr. Fl. Ram
say Bay had valuable horse poisoned by eat
ing Paris Green, one day last week. The poison
was mixed with -four for the purpose of using
II on potato vines, and In some way the horse
got into the contents of the can aud ate quite a
quantity Of it.
PAINFUL AcC1DRNT.-Frank Stitler, a brakes
man on the Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad,
met with a painful accident, last Monday, at
Bel Air. He was assisting in unloading a
freight car when some heavy galvanized pipe
fell from the top of the car and struck him on
! the head, ipflicting serious scalp wound. He
was brought to Richardson's drug store, where
Drs. E. Hall Richardson and W. b. Munni-
khuysen rendered the necessary medical aid.
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PERUVIAN LoCALs.-Perryman Public school
has just received two coats of paint. 1t was
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very much.
One hundred and twenty-six excursion tick
cts to the Baltimore county camp were sold al
this station for the 1133 train last Sunday.
A lecture by two strangers was announced
for Tuesday evening in the town hall, but the
empty benches looked 80 desolate that the mat
ter was indefinitely postponed. Lack of print
er's ink superinduced its early demise.
A CRRDITABLE SHowING.-The Directors O
the Spicer Building Association have declared 6
dividend of s6.50 share to Withdrawing mem
bers The association has been in operation two
hundred and twenty-six weeks, has had no losses
and earned 6.76 per cent. interest during tina
time. There was originally two thousant
shares of stock, but Withdrawals Lave reduced
it to twelve hundred. This is certainly yer.
satisfactory showing and the directors and OF
fcers deserve praise and commentator for thu
creditable way the affairs of the concern hav'
been managed.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM SERIOUS ACCIDENT
George Michael, who works on Mr.. j. l.. Nc
Cormick's farm, near Bel Air, made fortu
nate escape from fearful accident, last Friday
+ He had been cutting grass but was compelled
to stop, owing to passing shower. While IN
f Harvesting the mules in a wagon-house they be
came frightened, and knocking him down raj
away, and the mower passed over his body
. Fortunately the machine was out of gear ant
Mr.. Michael escaped with no serious iDjurie
except cash from one Of the guards and som
bruises Dr. e: Hall Richardson was called il
and rendered the necessary medical attention
III PROHIBITION MRBTING.-A meeting in the in
: terest Of the Prohibition party was held at tn
J.. old Rock Run camp grounds last Tuesday after
noon and evening. The attendance was larg
, at both meetings. Hon. Edward Higgins, tn
nominee for Governor, Joshua lowering tn
nominee for Comptroller and j. Frank Tucker
State organizer made interesting addresses an
: were warmly applauded.
9 Conspicuous among the audience were tw
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