The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-05-18
THE EGIS NDINTELLIGENCER,
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

lAtOAL ~ IL II III 1ehJ'
MIR. w. Boyd Bell lost valuable colt last
week
Cut worms are destroying growing corn
in the neighborhood of Darlington.
MIR. j. Bolgiano of Baltimore, has been
granted patent for faucet attachment.
Joseph White native of Germany, was
granted naturalization papers by Judge Wat
tiers on Monday.
"A new postoflice has been established at
Hessville, at Hess's lime-kiln, with Adam
Hess as postmaster.
$. O. McCourtney has been appointed
postmaster at Singer, Hartford county, vice
Charles Bode, resigned.
MIR. George NJ. Wiley, of Pylesville, eX-
poets to engage largely this season, in shipping
sheep and lambs to Philadelphia.
Under law passed by the last Legislature
the minimum age for female teachers has been
raised from seventeen to eighteen years.
Mr.. Gilbert s. Hawkins, of Bel Air, has
been commissioned by Governor Brown, JUS
tice of the Peace, vice Mr.. James A. Fulton,
resigned.
Mr. Anthony F. slymer and Mrs. Sarah
II. Taylor were married, at the Presbyterian
parsonage, Havre de Grace, last Sunday even
ing by Rev. d. II. Riddle.
Mr.. Robert T. Bovine has sold his farm OF
142 acres, near Benson, to Mr.. Martin Z.
Ridgely, of Baltimore. Mr.. Ridgely intends
to remove very soon to Hartford.
A horse driven by Mr.. Howard Taylor, of
Jarrettsville, took fright at an electric car in
Baltimore, last Sunday, and ran away. Mr..
Taylor was thrown out and slightly injured.
MIR. John c. Stonebraker, of the Hickory,
found in his garden, this spring, wheat
plant. which he permitted to grow. Now it
has filtered out and has 26 distinct stalks, all
forming heads.
Mr. Benjamin Wells, ticket agent at Elk
ton Station of the P, w. and B. Railroad,
died Saturday, in the eightieth year of his
age He had been fifty-seven years in the SER
vice of the company.
Rev Samuel L. Wasson, of Princeton
Seminary, has formally accepted call from
the congregation of the Churchville Presby-
terrain Church, TO the pastorate. He will take
charge about June list.
Governor Brown has appointed Thomas
II. Robinson, Esq. of Bel Air, as one of the
delegates from Maryland to the Southern In
terstate Immigration Convention, to be held
at Augusta, Georgia, May 80.
Mr. Eugene Tucker, of Forest Hill, has
haa cd nf the delaOatas tn the
Neal Dow reception and international con-
gress to be held at Prohibition Park, Staten
Island, N. Y, June 8, 4 and next.
samuel NJ Jarvis and Roland r. Conklin
have sold to Richard j. Capron, for $4,000
their 55-100 interest in the land in Baltimore
county, which was formerly the country seat
of Governor Bradford, containing 1A acres
and l54 perches, less about IS acres sold to
the Elkridge Fox Hunting Club.
Rev s. A. Whitcomb has declined the call
which was unanimously extended TO him,
short time since, by the vestry of Emmanuel
Church, Bel Air, and has accepted a call to
Wellsville, N. Y. His departure will be sin
cerey regretted by his congregation and the
citizens of Bel Air.
Under law passed by the last Legislature
all physicians and surgeons practicing med-
cine in this State must register as such in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in the
county or city in which they reside, under the
penalty of fine of not less than $40 nor more
than 500 for each offense. The law requires
those now practiciug to register by July list.
Mr. John Wallace, eighty-two years of
age, well-known farmer of Fawn township.
York county, who attended the dedication of
Slate Ridge Presbyterian Church, of South
Delta, ON Thursday of last week. was stricken
with paralysis after his return home and is in
a precarious condition. Mr.. Wallace is a
member of the Slate Ridge Church.
Mr. /. g. Matthews, of Havre de Grace, is
taking subscriptions in the county for 'The
Worlds Congress of Religions a valuable
work, embracing the addresses delivered at
the Worlds Fair, in which the distinctive
features of the religions of the world are sue
emily set forth. The book is well illustrated
and contains 200 handsomely printed pages.
Charles G. Johns, aged nineteen years,
son of Cassius Johns, of near Battle Swamp,
Cecil county, left his home on Friday evening
and his whereabouts were not known until
Wednesday at noon, when his lifeless body
was found floating in the Susquehanna river.
1t was thought that his mind was affected
and that he wandered away and drowned |
himself.
A PLEASANT INFORMAL DANcE.-Mr. and