The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-06-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Under new local law, ptiSohoi' i
Wicomico county may be hired out to per-
SONS needing help.
The new lock up at Aberdeen is com
pleted 1t is solid structure built OF stone
and contains two cells.
Gut worms are devastating the corn fields
around Forest HILL Mr.. s. r. Wallis had TO
plant his whole field over again.
The Thomas Run public school has been
closed for the present on account OF scarlet
ina prevailing in the neighborhood.
The ladies' of Fork Methodist Episcopal
Church, Baltimore county, held strawberry
and ice cream festival last week.
Mr.. Jacob Livezey, of Churchville, killed
a bulIrrag in his pond last Wednesday, when
measured eighteen inches in length.
A gentleman who drove over the road
from Black Gap to Kingsville, last week, says
it reminds him of big hog trough propped up
with stones.
Mr.. J. William Galbreath, of Highland
found one of his fat cattle dead in the stall
Wednesday morning. The cause of its death
is unknown to him.
Services will be resumed at st. James Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, Trap, on next Sun
day, June II, by Rev. E. A. Colburn, rector
of Holy Trinity Parish, Churchville.
Arthur Kitchens, young man residing
about one mile north of Elkton. Cecil comfy,
died June ~ from injuries received by being
kicked by horse in driving accident.
County Clerk George j. Finney had five
Cd
yesterday morning. His son MIR. William W.
Finney succeeded in killing two of the dogs
Little Rena Farrell, aged 8 years. while
playing in the yard of Mr.. Jack Corum, at
Churchville, fell and broke her arm. DIR. W.
s. Gorsuch rendered the necessary attention
MIR. John Bailey and his niece Miss Rosa
Bailey, of Baltimore, are visiting friends near
Scarboro. The made the trip on bicycles last
Tuesday covering the distance in eight hours
including number of stops.
The strawberry growers about Kingsville
report a light crop of berries this season. A
hail storm when the plants were in blossom
and the cold wet weather during the ripening
season are given as the causes.
A grandchild of Rufus Lowe, about 16
months old, while playing in the yard of its
parents last week, fell into the spring and was
drowned The child was found by its mother
shortly after its fall.
The three-year old son of John Miller, re-
siding near Woodlawn. Cecil county, was
kicked by a mule last week, and he was SEEM
ingly on the road to recover when he was
taken with ckjaw and died.
Mr. James w. Hanna, of Fountain Green,
left at this office the finest Strawberries we
have seen this season. They are of the Sharp
less variety and one of the largest measured
eight by seven inches.
The trustees of the Maryland Agricultural
College held their annual meeting at the col
lege last Friday. Mr.. j. P. Silver, of this
county, was one of the members present. All
of the old faculty members were reelected.
At the commencement of St. Georges
Hall, school for boys, near Baltimore, which
was held last week, John Roberts, son OF Mr..
w. G. Roberts, of Clermont Mills, was award
ed gold medal for proficiency in scholarship.
A little child whose name is not reported
was killed at Chestnut Hill, last Sunday, in
peculiar manner. 1t was playing on the floor
and tripped, striking its head on a sewing ma
chine, fracturing the skull.
Mary Turner, colored, was committed to
the House of Reformation for colored children,
by Justice Richardson on Monday, charged
by Mrs Laura G. Ady, the lady to whom she
was bound with being incorrigible and beyond
her control.
Miss Sadie Jamison, of Aberdeen, was
awarded gold medal for the best essay at the
commencement of New Windsor College.
Miss Jamison is the daughter Of Rev. Mr..
Jamison, pastor of Grove Presbyterian Church
at Aberdeen.
"A colored youth named Charlie Robin
son, while fooling with revolver, accident
ally shot horse belonging to Mr.. James w.
Peterson, of the Hickory. Fortunately the
animal was not seriously injured, and is now
able to work again.
Forty of the striking miners from Frost
burg, were put off freight train at Aberdeen
yesterday. Constable Thompson escorted
them out of town and started them towards
Havre de Grace. They are probably all in the
House of Correction by this times.
The Victor Base Ball Club of Bel Air has
been organized for 1894 with the following
players: Coae, Boarman, Keen, Gilbert,
Richardson, Cook, Hobitzell, Standiford,
Ayres and McComas. This club did some
fine work last season and it is hoped it will
not retrograde.
Last Saturday Deputy Sheriff Coleman
Sheridan brought James Wilmer, colored, from
the Jail at Towson to Bel Air. Wilmer was
arrested at Towson for misdemeanor and dis
charged under writ of habeas corpus but
was re-arrested under charge of stealing har-
ness from Mr.. j. T. Baldwin, of Aberdeen.
MIR. Gilbert Walden, the Southern elocu-
ZIONIST will give an entertainment in the NJ.
Z. Church, at Dublin, tomorrow, Saturday,
and at the NJ. f. Church, in Bel Air, on Tues
day, June 10. 1t is a rare treat to hear Mr.
Walden and those who have heard him before
can promise a full return to those who attend
these performances.
Mr.. David I. Benson, of Benson, has just
returned from trip to Vermont when he
bought fine standard and registered Nor
gan stallion sired by the great prize winning
Allen who is said to be the best Morgan stall
lion living and the most purely bred. Mr..
Benson has secured great prize in getting
the best bred son of the great Allen.
The Quarterly Meeting of the Orthodox
Society of Friends was held at Darlington,
last Sunday. Meetings were held in the
morning, afternoon and at night, the latter
meeting being particularly well attended,
Thirteen visiting Friends were present, among
them DIR. Carey Thomas, of Baltimore, who
made particularly interesting address.
The Superintendent of the immigration
Bureau, Treasury Department, is taking
steps to prevent alien contract laborers from
taking the place of striking miners in the coke
and coal regions of Clearfeld and Connells-
yille Penna. Information has been received
by Colonel Stump to the effect that foreign
ers are being imported to take the strikers
places
Mr.. L. A. C. Gerry, of Port Deposit, died
suddenly on the morning of June Z, of apo
plexy, aged about 6S years. Mr.. Gerry had
been a resident of Port Deposit all his life.
He was a lieutenant in Shows battery dur
ing the war and was afterwards appointed as
sistant internal revenue collector for Mary
land, Delaware and the Eastern Shore Of Vir-
ginia, but lost his position under President
Cleveland's first administration.
"A brilliant concert was held in the Town