The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-08-03
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

MIR. JOnn A. GrllHtu, Hcii n-hiioi'""' 100
Friday night and stole piece OF beef ano
some cream.
The infant daughter of NJ. f. McGonigal
of Lapidum, ran needle in her hip sometime
last winter. Her physician has just succeed
ed in locating and extracting it,
The engine and boiler for the creamery
at Perryman arrived on Monday and all the
machinery will soon be in place operano hs
will begin about August 10.
A meeting of the dairymen living along
the line of the Baltimore and Lehigh was
held in Bel Air yesterday to take measures
toward securing lower freights ON milk.
-Messrs. Bartus Comegys & Co., canned
goods brokers, of Baltimore, have established
a branch office in the Masonic Temple, Bel
Air. 1t will he in charge of Mr.. Howard U.
Keen.
The Susouehanna Water Power and Paper
Company is building mill for the purpose
of stamping wall paper This will be great
addition, as heretofore the paper has only
been made in the rough.
-Messrs Forwood & Co. have discovered
quarry of first class building stone on their
farm near Bel Air. 1t is of a fine grain and
dresses to a sharp edge and experts have pro-
nounced it very valuable.
One day last week little son of Mr.. Geo.
A. MARYLAND, of Dublin, had his leg badly
hurt in the wheel of bicycle on which he
was riding in front. DIR. Poole was called in
and the little fellow is doing well.
VIM. J. Manifold, living near Gatchell-
vile, York county, had stolen from him last
Monday night buggy and three sets of single
harness He tracked the team that took
them toward Fawn Grove, and there lost all
trace of it.
Announcement is made of the marriage,
on the 18th day of October, 1898, of Miss Mel
lie Brice, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Brice, of Philadelphia, to William Stump, son
of Coleman Stump and nephew of Hon. Her
man Stump.
On Monday as Mr.. John Quinn, of Kalmia,
was returning home from Bel Air with two
horse wagon, the horses took fright near st.
Ignatius' Church. Hickory, and ran as far as
MIR. Thomas II. Robinson's farm, distance OF
about mile. The wagon was smashed and
one of the horses was badly hurt by broken
tire.
On Monday Thomas H. Robinson, trustee,
sold part of the real estate of the late leila +.
Brown, situated near the Hickory, as follows
To W. II. Harlan, a one-fourth interest in Is
acres, subject to charge of $500, for $3.50; to
James Tobin, lot containing 63 acres, for
$245 to G. s. Hawkins, lot containing
acres, for 1915.
"A buzzard with a small sheep bell on its
neck has been in the neighborhood OF Mr.
Arch, Wilson's near Pylesville. 1t has re-
manned there for four years which would
seem to indicate that these birds do not roam
so widely as is supposed. The bird appears
unite proud of his musical ornament and the
other buzzards do not appear in the least
afraid of him.
Mr.. Mathew Kerr, the popular lime
manufacturer of Wrightsville, Pa, was
welcome caller at the 4fgis office last We'd
nesday. Mr.. Kerr is an ardent tariff reformer
and is very anxious to see Congress pass a
proper revenue bill. His son, Mr.. Charles NJ
Kerr, is one of the Democratic nominees for
the Pennsylvania Legislature from York
county and will undoubtedly be elected as
York county is safely Democratic and Mr..
Kerr is one of the most popular young men
in it.
On Tuesday evening of last week man
namei BalGcrs attacked Mr.. Joseph Almony,
at Black Horse. Mr.. Almony and his daughter
were in Il cart when Badders without word,
jumped out OF his buggy and struck Mr.. AL
eanony Il heavy blow on the head. Mr. AL
mony's little girl in some way got between
the spring of the cart, and if the mule, which
lie was driving, had started to run, the child
would have been killed. Mr.. James B.
Luckey came to her rescue and no doubt say
ed her life
Isaiah Preston, coIored, was arrested late
Thursday of last week on charge of over
driving horse. Deputy Sheriff Lee Hughes
found him sitting on Mr.. Glen. Buffers porch,
near Watervale. As soon as he saw the officer
he broke for the bushes into which he plunged
as the deputy fired at him with q revolver.
The officer followed him and found him bleed
ing from wound in the head. Preston
thought he was shot, but on investigation it
was discovered that he had struck his head
against snag. lie was brought to Bel Air
and placed in Jail but was bailed out the next
morning.
Fred Bower, aged about ID years, who
makes practice of jumping on and off NOV
ing trains at the F., w. and B. Railroad depot
here. had a close call on Tuesday. Fred at
tempted to board a car next to the engine,
when he slipped and fell under the car. The
train had just started to move out, when
baggage master Fenner saw the boy fall and
pulled the cord, and the train was stopped
after the car had passed half its length over
Bower This is the same train that but half
an hour before had run over boy at Back
River station-Havre de Grace Democratic
Ledger.
The Maryland School for the Deaf, an adj
yertisement of which appears in this issue, is
one of the best known schools of its kind in
the country. tits generously supported by
the State and has large corps of experienced
and skillful teachers. Professor Charles W.
Ely. the principal, a practical teacher, has
been in charge of the school for more than
twenty years. The annual attendance is
about one hundred, drawn from all parts of
the State, as shown by the catalogue lately
published. Expert teachers are employed in
every department. The schools deserving OF
the confidence of parents and guardians and
should enlist the active interest of all benevo-
lent persons. No greater kindness can be
done to deaf child than to place it in this
school.
SUsQUEHANNA AND TIDEwATER CANAL
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany having surrendered their lease Of the
Tidewater Canal, force of men have COM
menced work, repairing the breaks in the up
per levels. We are officially informed that in
a few days a large force will be employed all
along the line, and the work of repair pushed
to early completion along the entire line. The
present intention is to repair the breaks be-
tween here and Lapidum. aud the canal put