The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-04-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

The Deer Creek Farmers Club will meet
at the residence of Mr. Thomas Lochary, near
Kalmia, on Saturday, April Goth.
-Shad are being taken in considerable
numbers in the Susquehanna river, near Como
wingo bridge. Herring have not been so plen-
tiful since the shad have been running freely
The contract recently made between the
Baltimore and Hartford county school boards
for the exchange of pupils living along the
borders of the two counties went into effect
this week.
Judge Waters on Wednesday and Thurs
day made preparations to draw the jury for
the May term of court, which will begin on
the Sth of the month. The drawing will take
place to-day.
MIR Emmor Morrison, of Emmorton,
one of our best farmers, lately sold ten head
of fine cattle, to Adams & Rigdon, of Aber-
deem, at S4.75 per 100 lbs. The average
weight was 100 lbs.
We are indebted to Mr.. S. Griffith Davis,
Jr., for an invitation to attend the commence
ment at the University of Maryland Faculty
of Physic, on Tuesday, April 18th. Mr. Davis
was one of the graduates
Prof. G. G. Curtiss, of Oakland School,
Fallston, reports to the Maryland Weather
Bulletin of this week, as follows:
Outdoor work interrupted by the much
needed rain. Pasture and fall crops much
improved Fruit buds promising. We bare
So.
The Baltimore county commissioners
have notified the magistrates that hereafter
the board will not pay the costs OF holding
inquests over the bodies of supposed suicides
unless unusual circumstances are connected
with the eases.
The County Commissioners at their meet
ing on Monday, issued the following county
certificates, payable in the levy of 1898: Harry
Bateman & Co., Almshouse account, $102.3S;
William D. Gill & Son, lumber for bridge
near Rock Hall, $500.
A small bridge near Mr.. William T. Clark S
lane, in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill,
dropped into the stream, Monday night
Commissioner Bateman was notified and Gen
eral Road Supervisor Archer went to the spot
promptly and had it rebuilt.
Mr.. John c. Bosley's barn, near Shawan,
Baltimore county, was burned, Wednesday
morning, with 100 barrels of corn, 50 tons Of
straw, quantity of unthreshed rye, Is sheep,
a carriage and farm implements. Loss S., coo,
insurance S, 500. The cause Of the fire is not
known.
Mr. L. E. Breuninger, son of Mr.. Henri y
Breuninger, of Castleton, has been appointed
to take charge of the cafe in the Treasury de-
partment at Washington. Mr.. Breuninger is
proprietor Of Temperance restaurant at Wash
ington, having succeeded his brother, the late
Henry F. Breuninger.
Mr.. g. E. Day, formerly assistant Princi- |
pal Of the Bel Air Academy and Grad ed
School, who has been studying medicine in Bal |
timore, is occupying his vacation by taking |
orders for the International Cyclopadia, pub |
lished by Dodd, Mead & Co., of New York.
1t is one of the best works Of the kind extant |
Next Monday and Tuesday, March oath
and 25th, will be the last days upon which the |
County Commissioners will hear applications |
for transfers and attachments of property as |
sessed. Those who fail to avail themselves of
this opportunity will be debarred from any |
change in their assessments for another year. |
"A writer in the Philadelphia Times, with |
regard to the appointment of Hon. Her |
man Stump as Superintendent of Immigration, |
says:
ssMr Cleveland could not have made better |
selection than Herman Stump for so impor- |
tsnt place. He is incorruptible, and has |
a head full of brains and courage that can |
L OF be touched" |
Mr.. c. c. Bowman, trainer at Mr. Charles |
w. Bakers Aberdeen stock farm, says he is !
handling IA .Myrtleton colts this year, and
that of the 40 colts by this horse which he has |
examined he has not found one with blemish. |
They are all noted for their docility, fine style
and action. A horse like Myrtleton can not !
fail to make his impress on the stock of horses |
in Hartford county.
The card of Messrs. SaRuel L. Street, & |
Co., canned goods brokers and commission |
merchants, No. 119 S. Calvert street, Balti- |
more, appears in another column. Mr. STREET. |
is a son of Mr.. John T. Street,, of Hartford |
county, formerly proprietor of the hotel at
Jarrettsville and of the Eagle Hotel, Balti- !
more. Mr.. STREET. was with the firm of Bay |
& Getty for sixteen years and is thoroughly |
familiar with the commission and canned |
goods business. Besides, he is entirely reliable |
and trustworthy.
The case of Jemima Dodson VS.. the Mary |
land Central Railroad Company was argued |
in the Court of Appeals, on Tuesday, by |
Messrs. George Y. Maynadier and John s. |
Young for the plaintiff and Robert R. Boar |
man and Winfield s. Taylor for the railroad |
company. This is a suit for damages for the |
killing of James A. Dodson, an engineer on |
the railroad, by the falling of the trestle at
Overshot, in April, 1891. The case was tried
in Baltimore county, the court deciding that |
the Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad Company,
which has succeeded the Maryland Central,
was not responsible for the accident.
ACCIDENT TO CoLoRED MAN.-Peter Park |
er, an old colored man, at the Susquehanna
Paper Mills, on Wednesday Of last week, had
one Of his hips broken. He was leading
mule on the tramway when the animal step
ped on his foot In Withdrawing his foot he
got his other foot caught in the tramway and
falling broke hip. DR.. j. s. Poole attended
to his injuries. Peter is a well-known fisher
man.
A HORSE KILLED ON THE RoAD.-A horse
belonging to Mr.. Howard Patterson was kill
ed, Sunday night, by running against another
horse. Mr.. Patterson and Mr.. Price Stritehoff
were driving in opposite directions, between
Jarrettsville and Taylor, and the night being
very dark their horses ran upon each other.
The shaft of Mr.. Stritehoff's vehicle penetrated
the breast and entered the lungs of Mr. Pat
terson's horse, which died from the injury the
next morning.
COOP BEGINNING.-Mr. Robert C.. Rich
ardson, of Churchville, has the beginning of
a stable Of fine horses. He is the owner Of
Almont Chief, Jr., a large, strong and hand
some bay, sired by Almont Chief, 361 dam
May Arlington, fast mare, by Harry Airing