The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-04-24
Focal affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

Mr.. w. Crawford Norris, of Bel Air, has
been appointed to temporary position at the
U. 8. Fish Matching Station, near Havre de
Grace.
"A fine horse belonging to Jacob Yerkes,
near Prospect, died, last Friday night, after
having been driven to the scene of the railroad
accident at Overshot trestle.
MIR. John Nau, Jr., who formerly rented DR..
R. Emory's farm, on My Lady's Manor, has re-
moved to Fallston and is employed on the
Maryland Central Railroad.
MIR. s. A. Kimmell. of Retreat Farm, near
Hartford Furnace, has So fine Southdown lambs,
for which he has refused an offer of 81 so each.
About fourteen ofhis ewes had twins.
Mr.. Eli Tucker has been appointed by the
court to take charge of the person and property
of Aaron H. Tucker, farmer, of Baltimore coun-
ty, who was declared insane by jury. He
bonded in the sum of 1861 900.
Rev. II. Fl. Douty, pastor of Salem Evangeli-
cal Church, MarshaIl's district, has removed his
family to his new charge at Alberton, Howard
county, and has entered upon the discharge of
his duties. Rev. Mr.. Bumgardner is his sue
cessor.
What has become of the Jarrettsvile rail-
road project So important an enterprise as
this should not be permitted to fall through.
Those interested in the matter should keep on
hammering at it as success is only attained by
this means.-ToWsontoDn Union.
Mr.. John B. Leight, of Otter Point, lately
caught in one of his nets fine salmon, which
measured IS inches in length He kindly sent
it to the editor of The Agis. 1t was much en-
joyed. 1t was veritable salmon, and not a
wall-eyed pike, which are called salmon along
the banks of the Susquehanna river.
Levi Price, well-known and much-respect-
ed member of the Society of Friends, died at
his home near Sparks station, Baltimore coun-
ty, on the 18th instant, aged 81 years. He was
buried at Gunpowder Meeting House on Wed
nesday of last week. DIR. Mordecai Price, of
Fallston, and Rev. Joshua l.. Benson, of the M.
E. Church, made remarks at the funeral.
Mr.. Samuel Sands, the senior editor of the
american Farmer, entered upon his 92d year, on
the 10th instant His physical strength is failing
but his mind is said to be as clear as ever. Mr..
Sands, in his younger days, was a compositor
in the office of the Baltimore american and first
put the ''Star Spangled Banner in type from
the original manuscript of Francis s. Key.
"A Free Reading Room has been established
at Towson, for the moral and intellectual i'm
provement of the youths of that town. The
movement is an excellent one and we are glad
to learn that it is meeting with success. We
hope the project of similar character which is
taking shape in Bel Air will not be suffered to
fail, but will be carried on to successful ISSUE
Robert Moore, the well-known cloth mer-
chant, of the firm ofRobert Moore & Co., died on
Sunday morning, at his home on the old Hartford
road, four miles from Baltimore. He was highly
esteemed for his honesty and integrity as well as
for his genial and hospitable disposition. He
was a noted breeder of Jersey cattle, and his
herds won premiums wherever they were exhib-
tied.
On Tuesday as Mr.. William Evans, of EN-
morton, was driving to Bel Air. with his daugh-
ter, his horse became frightened at an empty
bag which was lying in the road near the edge
of the town. The animal backed the carriage
into deep gully, breaking the shafts and throw
ing the occupants of the vehicle out into the
road. Both were bruised but neither seriously
hurt.
Mr.. John j. Alexander, agent of the Equi-
table Life Insurance Company, has received q
letter of thanks from Mr.. 8. W. Barnes acknow-
Lodging the receipt of 81 600, being the amount
of insurance paid to Mrs. Emma l.. Barnes, on
the life of her husband, the late w. Scott Barnes.
His death occurred on February 2Stn and the
money was paid in about 80 days afterwards.
nearly two months before it was due.
Rev. T. H. Osborn, Superintendent of the
Rescue Mission, Rochester, N. Y, proposes to
give series of lectures in Hartford county, for
the purpose of raising funds for the erection of
Chapel at Michaelsville, his birth, place. He
will also lecture in Port Deposit, where his
father lived for some years. Mr.. Osborn left
Michaelsville over twenty years ago and has
been wandering ever since, from point to point,
all over the country. His varied experiences
will no doubt afford him material for an inter-
Osborn, formerly of Bel Air. Mr.. Osborn is
said to be doing good work among the fallen
and unfortunate at the Mission in Rochester.
PERsoNAL.-Miss Mary O'Brien, assistant
teacher at Magnolia school, has resigned.
DIR. John W. Barton. Chief Judge of the
Orphans Court, is seriously i'll, at his home,
near Black Horse.
Mr.. James Bowling, near Mooreland Mill, is
quite sick with grip.