The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-04-13
THE EGIS AND INTELLIGENCER,
BEL AIR. ND. APRIL 10, 1894.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOCAL IA II IA leAO.
No one has yet claimed the horse and
wagon which was left at Mr.. William Munnik-
huysen's, few weeks ago.
-Alonzo r. Walker, by P. l.. Hopper, at
torney, has filed a bill for divorce against his
wife, Mary Ann Walker.
Representative j. F. e. Talbot has recon-
mended the appointment of Mr.. w. A Wells
as postmaster at Aberdeen.
"A barrack belonging to Mr.. David Grey,
near Forest Hill, was broken down by the
weight of the snow, on Wednesday
The postoffice at Conowingo was opened
with a false key, on Monday night of last week,
and robbed of about one dollar in small
change.
The Medical Society of Hartford county
met in Bel Air on Saturday of last week and
discussed matters of interest to the profess
sion.
One hundred and twenty-five horses perish
ed in Baltimore, Monday night, at Griffin &
Manlon's stables, North Eutaw street. The
loss was 100000.
Within the past few days some person or
persons have cut the flag ropes on the public
schools at Mechancsville and Calvary. Such
acts of vandalism should be severely punished.
The entertainment to be held in the new
st. Mary's Church, Clermont Mills, on Thurs
day evening, April 10Th, promises to be sue
cess A large number of tickets have been
sold.
The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Maud
Riley, daughter of Mrs. Mary Riley, of
Churchvile and DR.. William Stanley Cor
SUCH is announced to take place on Wednes-
day evening, April rs, at Churchville Presby-
terrain Church.
Mr.. John W. Gabreath, of Mill Green,
was painfully injured, last Friday, by falling
from the door of his barn upon rail pen in
the barn yard below. One of his ribs was
broken and he was much bruised. DR.. Arthur
attended him.
Mr.. Isaac w. Thompson. of High Point,
has opened a fine stock of general merchan-
disc in the store owned by the estate OF the
late DR.. Harlan, at Churchville. Mr. Thomp-
son is energetic and enterprising, and will
probably do good business.
Fishermen in Sinepuxent bay, Worces-
ter county, are catching large quantities of
herring. Shad are being caught in the rivers
emptying into the lower part of the Chesa-
peake. Severed shad have been caught by gill
lers in the Susquehanna above Havre de Grace.
A mule and cart were struck by north
bound passenger train, in going round curve
near North Avenue Station, Baltimore and
Lehigh Railroad, last Saturday evening. The
cart was upset with its load of cross ties and
the mule was thrown down but was not hurt.
"A very pretty desk souvenir, a cellulod
paper knife, has been received from Messrs.
w. Atlee Burpee & Co., seed growers, of
Philadelphia. 1t is in the shape of, and orna-
mented by, representation in natural size of
Burpee's bush lima bean, the largest Of their
kind.
The mills at Franklinvlle, 18th district
are turning out very heavy cotton duck, over
ten feet in width. 1t is used in the manufac-
ture of self-binders and also by the Postoffice
Department for mail pouches The mills are
in charge of Mr.. A. A. Blakeney, and about
one hundred hands are employed. -TocSon
Union
The farmers of Carroll county have an
nounced scale of farm wages as follows:
For haymaking and harvesting, 81 day / for
corn cutting and steam threshing, IS cents
for all other classes of work from April to
December 1. 1894, 65 cents; for The winter
months from December /, 1894, so cents; to
take effect April l.
The Deer Creek Formers Club will meet
at the residence of Mr.. 7. E. Swartz, near
Fountain Green, on Saturday, April l4th, in
stead of April 21st as stated in former notice.
The subject for discussion is ''How can farm
ers derive the greatest amount of benefit from
the application of barn-yard manure and com
mercial fertilizers?
Mr. s. Teackle Wallis, the brilliant Balti-
more lawyer and orator, died early Wednes-
day morning at his home, on st. Paul street,
of an illness superinduced by grip. Mr.. Wal
lis took great interest in politics. having been
for many years a reform Democrat, but never
held high political office. He was relative
of Mr. John S. Dallam, of Bel Air.
On Friday of last week, on petition of w.
w. Preston, States Attorney, Judge Waters
ordered jury of inquisition summoned to
enquire into the sanity of Ella Rogers, wife of
George Rogers, Jr., of this county. The jury
found that she was lunatic and an unsafe
person to be at large, and the Court ordered
that she be sent to the Hospital for the Insane
at Spring Grove.
The Maryland Methodist Protestant Con-
ference, which has been in session in Wash
ington, adjourned late last Tuesday night.
Among the appointments are the following
I
Littleton Delta, j. B. Jones Fawn Grove, j.
E. Elderdice; Mount Tabor, Il. K. Lewis.
The next session of the Conferen ce will be
held at Alexandria, Va.
Thieves have lately been doing lively
trade in the neighborhood of Bradshaw.
few days ago a colored boy employed by Mr.
drawer, of 'Taylor's Mount" stole pair OF
gum boots, overcoat, hat and $3.50 in cash
and decamped. He was afterwards arrested
in Wilmington, Del, brought back and hand
ed over to Officer Knight. who landed him in
Towsontown jail
An entertainment will be given by the
Upper Falls school, April 18th, in the hall at
Upper Falls The programme consists Of
vocal and instrumental music, dialogues,
duets, solos, tabieaux and Rotations. Adj
mission, adults 90 cents, children 10 cents.
If the weather is unfavorable it will be held
on Tuesday, April 18th. Doors open at 7.l5,
exercises to begin at 745 o'clock.
-Reinforcements for CoXey's Common
veal" army, it is stated, are being recruited
In Philadelphia, under the command OF one
Christopher Columbus Jones, and will soon
take the road, connecting with the main
army near Washington. The route laid down
for the Philadelphia division is by way of
Wilmington and Newark, Del, Charestown,
Cecil county, Hayre de Grace, Chase's, Balti-
more county, and Baltimore city.
"A concert will be given in St. Stephens
Hall, Upper Falls, on Saturday evening, April
2lst, by musical artists of Baltimore. The
programme will include vocal trios and solos
by Signorina Rosina Piptone, soprano; Sig
norma Angelina PIpitone, alto; Mr.. John
Klinger, tenor; instrumental music by Mr..
Frederick Gottleib, flute Mr.. Albert Hide
brandt, violoncello and Miss Jennie Rim,
piano; solo by Rev. Don Luigi Sartori, aria
from Donizetti; solo by Mr.. Harry Furst,
baritone; cornet solo, Mercadante's cave
Maria" by Rev. Don Luigi Sartori, and read
ing by Col. VIM II. Love, Secretary to Mayor
Latrobe, of Baltimore. Miss Jennie Rim will
be the piano accompanist On the following
Sunday morning these artists will sing and
plav at HiUh Mass at SteDhen'S Church.