The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-02-16
| NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
fathered by Our Correspondents.


EVANSVILLE, Feb IA surveying party
| has been engaged for several days measuring
and stalking off land in the neighbOrhood OF
| Shawsville, presumably route for the Baltl-
more Northern Railroad. Uncertainty as to
| the most practicable route seems to control
| them. as they have not succeeded in passing far
| beyond this point. Whether we are to take
| their movements as evidence that we are real
| ly to have what is SO earnestly desired, direct
communication with the metropolis, or to be
considered, as many think, blind, merely to
| influence the approaching sale OF the b. and L.
road, can only be conjectured. One thing is
certain. A railroad through this portion of
Hartford county, whether steam or electric,
would pay handsomely as an Investment.
The nearest shipping point for our farm or
dairy products is White Hall, on the Northern
Central, a station which has grown within the
recollection of the writer, from an insignif-
cant cross-road station to business centre,
from which from 800 to 1900 gallons of
milk daily shipped. This station can only
be reached from Shawsville, Black Horse,
Bradenbaugh and adjacent points, by driving
over road which during the greater portion of
the year is in condition to give the traveller
what Dundreary would call ''the demnition
horrors" A railroad, or any meals of rapid
transit, which would relieve us from the ne
cessity of using the means which are now en-
ployed to forward our products to Baltimore,
would be hailed as 4 great blessing. AnaYail-
are assured, confidently, that right Of way
could be immediately secured without trouble,
to extend from Black Horse to the point of
destination at Red Lion. The advantages to
the country would he large, and judging from
what We know of the traffic between here and
Baltimore, considerable income would fall at
once into thecoffers of the railroad company,
which now goes into the treasury of the North
ern Central We hope to report further de-
velopments in the close future.
On Tuesday afternoon, while Mrs. John f.
Wiley was momentarly absent from room
in which she had left her infant son, she heard
him scream. Running into the room she was
Mortified to find the child's clothes on fire.
The flames were quickly smothered, but not
until the little boy was quite badly burned.
DR.. Payne was summoned and restoratives
applied and he is now rapidly recovering. 1t
was fortunate that Mrs. Wiley was only few
feet away, or fatal case of burning would
have happened.
Monday was the stormiest day of the season. |
Snow fell rapidly in the morning, which at
noon turned into hail and sleet, this being
followed in the afternoon and night by heavy,
cold rain. |
News reached here on Monday of the death |
in Baltimore of Mrs. Louisa Mullen. She bad |
been a frequent visitor to Hartford, where her |
many estimable qualities had endeared her to |
many friends. Her death occurred Oh Friday, !
and was caused by consumption, from which |
she had long been patient sufferer.
Mr.. William Waltemier was badly kicked |
by colt, on Thursday last. He was holding |
the animal when by sudden movement it |
struck him in the face just above the eye. Mr..
Watemier was knocked senseless and pain
fully injured.
A raid was made on Mr.. John Bradenbaugh's |
chicken-roost, on Saturday night, and several
of his choice fowls stolen. The thief was
tracked for sufficient distance to satisfy Mr..
Bradenbaugh of his identity, aud warm re-
ception awaits repetition of the affair.
The barn of Mr. John Hitchcock was enter
ed, ON Tuesday night, and a quantity of chop
taken.
Mr.. Eli Turner is lying very i'll at his resi-
dence, near Black Horse.
Rev. Thomas Henderson preached at Bethel,
on Sunday morning, in place of the pastor,
Rev. William A Price. CLAY.