The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-09-18
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The Century.
Focal affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

LITTLE LOCALS.
Mr.. James Turner, of Madonna, finished
sowing wheat on Tuesday.
Arrangements are being made for q tourna-
ment on the fair grounds, the last day of the
fair, Friday.
Mrs. Josephine White has been appointed
railroad agent at stepney, B. and .. Railroad,
Hartford county.
The wilma Farmers Club met at the resi-
dence Of N. T. Hollingsworth, on Wednesday
evening, 10th instant.
MIR. j. Thomas Webster, of Creswell, has
just returned from Northern New York with a
lot of fine stock cattle. calves and sheep.
"A large copper head snake was found to be
an occupant of Mr.. G. W. McComas' canning
house, few days since, and was summarily
dispatched.
Mr.. Daniel F. Lands, at Line Bridge, has
completed his residence and expects to remove
to it in a short time. Charles Runkle was the
contractor.
The work on st. Mary's Church, Deer Creek,
is progressing. the walls being nearly up to the
square. Mr.. Isaac Larue is the contractor for
the stone work.
Thomas O'Brien, native of Ireland, was
granted his final naturalization papers, by
Judge Waters, on Monday. His witnesses
were John Bauer and Elias Peterson.
The District Convention Of preachers Of
East Baltimore District, M. f. Church, will be
held in the NJ. E. Church, Bel Air, September
2sth to 5Oth. The meeting promises to be one
of unusual interest
MIR. B. Howard Amoss, on the Hartford
turnpike, near Benson, is growing very thrift
ty and pretty hedge, which was planted last
spring by the Hartford Hedge and Wire Fence
Company. When completed it will be one Of
the prettiest hedges in the county.
Mr.. Nelson Gilbert, of Shawsville, raised 20
bushels of Fulcaster and % bushels of Fultz
wheat to the acre. He thinks the Fultz super
ior to the Fucaster and says if he had sowed
Fultz where he had the Fulcaster the yield
would probably have been 80 bushels.
Work GA the new NJ. E. Church in Jarretts-
Vile is progressing. Mr.. Jacob FL. Brookhart
has put on the first coat of plastering and the
contractor, Mr.. Samuel Porter, expects to have
the building ready for dedication in October.
A lecture will be giveR tomorrow evening, at
Jarrettsville, by Prof. Rodes, for the benefit of
the new church. His subject will be the Johns
town Flood.
We are obliged to Mr.. John Blake, Of
Bynum, for a basket full of fine grapes and two
specimen potatoes of the Burbank variety. One
of these weighed 2 lbs. and ounce and the
other Id. 9 ounces. These are large potatoes,
but Mr.. William Oliver, of Hartford Furnace,
reports Beauty of Hebron potato which
weighs lbs. and ounces. This is the largest
yet reported.
Complaints are made that tie havre de Grace
Level, is exceedingly rough for both loaded
wagons and light vehicles. Gamers especially,
who are now hauling their goods to Havre de
Grace for shipment, are interested in having
this piece Of road repaired, 1t is now under
control of the city authorities and not of the
County Commissioners.
AT the request of the Attorney General, the
cases in Baltimore county court against the
sureties of Stevenson Archer and the executors
of Henry w. Archer we're passed to await the
ruling of the Court of Appeals on motion now
pending. Should the motion be decided in
favor of the State, the result would be new
trial of the case in which a verdict was given in
favor of the State for $50, OOO A date will be
assigned for the trial of all the cases as soon
the decision of the Court of Appeals becomes
known.-Sun.