The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-08-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Mr.. John A. Russell has resigned his posi-
ton as one of The School Commissioners OF
Hartford county.
A horse belonging TO Mr.. Joseph Everett,
of Emmorton, died in the field, last week,
probably from the effects OF heat.
Once more we inform correspondents
that no attention will be paid to anonymous
communications. They so into the waste
basket generally without being read.
The directors of the Hartford County Ag-
ricultural Society will meet at their Office in
Bel Air next Monday, to receive bids for priv
ileges at the fair next October
Rev w. T. L. Kieffer formerly pastor of
Churchville Presbyterian Church, lately OF
Mercersburg, Pa, has accepted call to the
pastorate of the Third Presbyterian Church at
Washington, Pa.
"A large pic mic, upon invitation OF alr.
John H. Fisher, of Bel Air, was held at Otter
Point, Wednesday. Upwards of 100 persons
were present and everybody had good time.
The guests were from all parts OF the county.
The Deer Creek Farmers Club will meet
IO-mOrrOW alIeTuOOD, mug Oob Vthf az b-iS ANSA
dence of Mr. John B. Wysong, near Bel Air
The subject appointed for discussion is the
comparative advantage of raising thorough
bred or grade stock of all kinds.
Many parts of the county have been visit
ed by much needed showers. In the neigh
borhood of Black Horse, however, up to Mon
day. no rain sufficient to lay the dust had fall
en- for several weeks As consequence corn
and potato fields have been greatly injured by
drought
Albert Mitchell, the abscondng express
driver, who left Havre de Grace with pack
age containing s., 600, has not yet been found.
1t is believed that some one more astute than
he is arranged for the robbery and escape
Mitchells character and reputation were good
up to the time of his disappearance.
The schooner r. Mason, lately purchased
by Mr. VIM. G. Michael, of Baltimore, arriv-
ed in Swan Creek on Thursday evening, July
2sth This is the Mason's first trip to Hartford
county She will run regularly between Swan
Creek and Baltimore, and will be in command
of Capt. VIM. A. Byrd.
Mr.. August Newman, engineer for the
Reckord Manufacturing Company at Bel Air,
has bought out the Bel Air Machine and Boil
er Works, on the Bel Air Turnpike, near the
Fair Grounds, of which his brother-in-law,
the late F. L. Reigle, was proprietor. Mr..
Newman is a good machinist and an estab- |
lishment of this kind being needed in the
neiehborhood we hope he will be literally pat
ronized.
"A grabbing party from Fountain Green |
had pleasant time at the High House, Rum |
ney Creek, on July 9th. The party com
prised Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Maggie, Mr.. and |
Mrs. ]. E. Dean, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wilkinson,
B. F. Carter, Messrs. VIM. Carter, Misses Lii
lie and Laura Carter, Miss Redish, of Balti- |
more, Miss Handy, Robert Carter, j. T. Car
ter, n. Carter, John Harvard, Fred. Harvard,
VIM Hanna and Coleman Sheridan
Mrs Charles Haggett, of the Big Woods,
Is a successful poultry raiser. In her feather
ed family she has a chicken which was hatch
Ell without WINGS The wingless fowl is APP
parently as comfortable and happy as any of
its companions. Evolutionists will doubtless
declare this the forerunner of a new type OF
chickens well adapted to their environment
by their inability to fly over the garden fence.
If the type were further modified by being
Matched without gizzards the JOY of the sum-
mer hoarder would be complete.