The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-12-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.
"A pension has been granted to William j.
Bradford, of Fulford, Hartford county.
Mr. Patrick Hushon, who had both of his
arms broken, some time since, is able to go
about again.
"A small stable on the farm of Samuel
Kirkwood, near Shawsville, was burned, last
Saturday night No insurance.
Thomas Galley, of Pylesville, lately lost
horse from lockjaw, and Amos Harrison, OF
Constitution, lost one from collie. Both were
fine animals
Mr. and Mrs. James w. Wakeland, of
Providence, Rhode Island, are visiting friends
and relatives in Hartford They formerly
lived at Churchville.
john Molten shot and killed, on the
Homestead farm, near Bel Air, on Wednes-
day, hawk measuring feet 3 inches across
its outstretched wings.
-Ex-Sheriff Thomas r. Jenifer, of Balti-
more county, was serenaded, Monday night,
at his home near Loeb Raven, by the Towson
We are indebted to Cadet Joseph ID.
Terry, of the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapo-
lis, for an invitation to attend series of hops
to be given by the Naval Cadets, at the Acad-
envy this winter.
DIR. W. D. Scarborough, surgical and
mechanical dentist, whose home Office is in
South Delta, announces that he will be in
Fallston every Tuesday. for the accommoda-
ton of his patrons.
Mr. N B. Greenland, of Marshall's dis
trict, has raised some remarkably large purple
top turnips, specimens of which he has sent
to The 1EgiS Office. The largest weighed 8
lbs and IA ounces. They are solid and sweet. |
"A young colt belonging to Mr.. George
Cathcart, near Black Horse, was fatally in
jured by jumping over gate. Death was |
caused by the busting of an artery and the |
breaking of the animals back in several |
places.
Mrs. Hannah NJ. Stokes, widow of Nathan
R. Stokes, fell down the cellar steps at her
residence, near Prospect, last Sunday morn
ing, breaking her right leg near the hip joint. |
Mrs. Stokes is Il years of age. DIR. NJ. +. Pue |
is in attendance.
Thomas Fitzpatrick, a carpenter, at work |
on Washhouse trestle, on the Baltimore and
Lehigh Railroad, near Towson, last Saturday, |
fell twenty-five feet while being lowered by |
a rope He was seriously injured. He |
was taken to his home, on Argyle avenue.
Prof John D. Worthington, Examiner of
the Hartford county schools and member of
the State Board of Education, delivered an
address, on Tuesday, in Baltimore, before the
Association of Maryland School Commission
ers. His subject was ''The Purchase and Dis
tribution of School Books"
--Messrs. Geo. Wolf, Charles Ball, VIM.
Carl, George Ruhl and Frank Schildenberg,
of Highlandtown, Baltimore county, were the
guests of Mr.. Adam Bechtold, near Calvary,
last Friday. They spent the day in cunning
and secured Is rabbits, opossums, l phea-
SAINT, 8 blackbirds and one partridge
For winter underwear, hosiery, gloves,
shirts, fine umbrellas, &C., no better place
can be found than that of F. c. Fossett &
Son, 421 East Baltimore street, Baltimore
Their stock is complete and embrac-
es many articles which would make use
full and acceptable holiday gifts to gentlemen.
"A new electric light plant is being erected
in Port Deposit. The apparatus is not only
of sufficient capacity to light the town but
also to run machinery for water supply. 1t
is proposed to build a reservoir on the bill,
the electric light company having secured the
right to put in the water pipes, the water to
be obtained from the Susquehanna river.
MIR. Harry S. Robinson, of Fallston, has
patented streetcar fender. 1t consists of
straight piece of iron running perpendicula rly
from the end of the car to within two inches
of the ground. This piece of iron holds up the
fender. and as soon as an object strikes the
trigger it throws the fender, with the aid of
two coiled springs, down to the ground thus
either showing the body out of the way or
carrying it along little distance until the
car can be stopped.
e. d. Fulford, Superintendent of Con-
struction of the American Long Distance
Telephone Company, was arrested in Syracuse,
n. Y, ON Sunday, charged with embeZZling
$40, 900 or $50, 900 from the company by issuing
fraudulent vouchers. Fulford is wel-known
in Hartford county, having been engaged in
erecting telephone line through the county,
several years ago. He is famous as one of the
best American trap-shooters, and his exploits
with gun excited the admiration of sports
men when he was here in Hartford.
Mr. Joseph G. Heuisler, son of the late
George A. Heuisler, of the Hickory, is visiting
his sister, Mrs Elizabeth E. King, in Balti-
more. He left Maryland 80 years ago for
Chill, South America, in which country he has
resided ever since. Being civil engineer he
Immediately secured employment and has
been identified with the construction of some
of the most important railroad systems in
South America. Mr.. Heuisler married Miss
Bergoner, of Valparaiso, and has six children.
Mr.. Heuiser still remains a citizen of the
United States, never having been naturalized
in Chilli. He is a nephew of Mr.. Joseph s.
Heuiser, of the Baltimore bar, but is one
year older than that gentleman.
GOOD WORDS FOR The EGIs.-A Roanoke
(Va.) subscriber, in renting the amount of
his subscription says:
81 am always glad to welcome The .Egis
each Saturday, and when it is delayed, as is
the case with the mails sometimes, am really
disappointed at not receiving my usual 'Har
ford letter, as it WERE / sincerely hope The
4Egis will always maintain its high standard,
and that it will always receive the support OF
the Hartford people, as it deserves"
ARRESTED FOR WIFE BEATING.-John Kelly,
who lives at Red Pump, near Watervale, was
arrested, last Friday night, by Officers Bate
man, Forsythe and Sheridan, for beating his
wife. Before Justice Proctor he prayed a
jury trial and was released upon giving secur-
ity for his appearance at court. Subsequently
he was arrested on peace warrant, at the
suit of neighbor, and gave bail for his good
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