The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-08-04

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BEL AIR, ND, AUGUSTA, 1898.
LOCAL AFFAIRS. !
Edward Fee, of Abingdon district, aged
about 60 wears, died at the county Almshous'
Monday night.
Mr.. Eugene ii. Pomeroy has built fin,
stable and carriage house at his residence II
Abingdon.
The Aberdeen NJ. E. Church will have 4
picnic at the old camp ground on Tuesday
August sth.
Rev. John Sadtler has accepted the cal
to Grace Memorial Episcopal church, Oar
lington.
A number of interesting communications
and personals have been unavoidably crowd
ed out this week.
Several sets of harness were cut and in-
iured by malicious persons at Carsins knn
camp-meeting last Sunday night.
Mrs. George O'Donnell brou, ut to The
-Egis Office, on Tuesday, basketball of deli
cious ripe golden apples, for which she has
our thanks.
The Susauehanna Paper Mills shut down,
on Thursday, for about week, in order to
make some necessary repairs. Some of the
hands were retained.
The Singerly Paper Mills, near Elkton,
have shut down indefinitely, with the excep-
ton of those engaged il making paper for the
Philadelphia Record.
An infant child of Walter Shure, of
Darlington, had its arm broken by being ac-
cidentally thrown from baby carriage. DR..
Kirk set the broken limb.
Bishop Paret is expected to visit St.
Mary's Church, Emmorton, on Tuesday,
September 5th, for the purpose of administer
ing the rite of confirmation.
The case of Dr. r. H. Smith, of Havre de
Grace, against the estate of Eliza j. Williams
deceased, in the Orphans Court Of Cecil
county, has been compromised.
A spirited pair of horses belonging to Mr..
j. vansant ran away with a wagon, while
he was at work in field, and dashing against
fence smashed the wagon. The horses were
not hurt.
"A good work mare belonging to Mr.. Lin
gan Livezey, near Bel Air. jumped out of
field and down a bank, Tuesday, breaking a
hind leg. The owner mercifully had the ami
NAL killed. @
Mr.. C. Graham Archer, agent Of the Mary
land Life Insurance Company, on Friday last
paid to the heirs of the late Aaron H. Tuck er
$2,OO3sO, being the amount of Mr.. fuckers
policy in the Maryland Life Insurance Com
pany of Baltimore. 4a.-..- ..l.D.s
Mr.. Joseph E. Ashton, Of Upper Cross
Roads, ON Tuesday passed through Bel Air
with remarkably fine pure-bred Shropshire
buck lamb. 1t is five months old and weighs
over 100 lbs. 1t was from the flock Of Mr..
John Moores, Big Woods.
-McGaw & Smith have completed their
corn cannery at ElktoH. They viii employ
sixty hands. Owing to the continued dry
weather the condition of the corn cropis not
as good as 1t should be, and only half the in
tended acreage of corn will be canned this
season. j..
The barn of Mr. John N. Kilgore, near
Woodbine, Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad,
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday Of last
week. He lost all of his crops, together with
or tons Of phosphate. 1t Is supposed the
fire originated from the heating Of hay in the
building. t.3t nEE
The annual races of Mount Ararat Trot-
ting Association will be held on their track,
near Pylesville, on Saturday, August 26th.-
The programme includes trotting and run
ming races Mr.. VIM. A. Wilson, Secretary,
The Rocks, will give information concerning
these races.
Mr.. R. Nelson Rampley, of Marshall's
district, was severely bruised by being thrown
from dayton wagon by a pair of runaway
mustang ponies, last week. His companions,
Messrs. Frank Anderson and George Lennon,
were also injured, but not as badly as Mr..
Rampley. ...-.
The ladies of st. Mary's Catholic Church
will hold fair and festival in the grove ad-
joining the church, near Clermont Mills, be-
ginning August IL, and continuing on August
Is, 16, II, IS and 10. These ladies know how
to get up good supper, and such an one will
be served every evening.
-O6tcIdl dCClucuIS OCCuEICu Ou Cuuudy W
people returning home from Carsins' Run
camp Mrs. William B. Jordan, of Darling
ton, had her buggy wrecked but escaped un-
hurt Mr.. Joshua Dick, of Scarboro, was
slightly injured by being thrown from his
vehicle by runaway horse.
On Wednesday Of last week lot Of milk
pans and crooks in Mr.. z. T. Gilbert's spring
house, near Creswell, were upset by lightning,
which first struck a sycamore tree hanging
over it. The bark was torn from the tree and
the electricity passed to nail in the corner
of the building, from whence it entered the
spring house.
Mrs. Laura Prigg, of the Hickory, evident
ly appreciates the taste of a country editor,
having sent us pair Of very fine broiling
chickens. The columns of The 1Egis have
been considerably crowded lately, but room
somewhere will undoubtedly be found for
these specimens of Mrs. Prigg's skill in chick.
en- culture.
"A boy named Coyne, about years old,
was drowned at the mouth of Deer Creek, on
the 18th instant The little fellow was play
ing on the towpath bridge, when he lost his
balance, and fell into water twenty feet deep.
Some other boys saw him fall, and gave the
alarm, but the boy was drowned before assist
ance arrived. The body was recovered by the
use Of drag lines.-Rep,iblicdn.
INTERCHANGE OF PUPILs.-Mr. John ID.
Worthington, Secretary of the Hartford county
school board, last Friday settled with Secre-
tary Rogers, of the Baltimore county board,
for the pupils from Hartford county who at
tended Baltimore county schools, under the
recent arrangements made between the two
counties. The number of pupils was twenty
five and Mr.. Worthington gave Mr.. Rogers a
check for SIS. 1t was found that only two
children from Baltimore county had attended
Hartford county schools and Mr., Rogers paid
So over to the secretary Of the Hartford board.
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BARN BURNED.-A large barn on the farm
of Daniel Callahan, near Patterson's Mill, was
destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. 1t
contained quantity Of oats, hay and farming
implements, which were burned, together
with four-horse wagon, buggy aud harness
in the wagon shed adjoining. The building
caught from q straw-rick in the yard, which
is supposed to have been accidentally set on
fire by child while playing with matches.
Mr.. Callahan was away from b ONE at the time
GOLDEN WBDDING.-Mr. and Mrs. John
Slime, ST., Of the Hickory, celebrated theil
golden wedding on Sunday, July Odd. They