The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-04-26
HE ECIS ANDINTELuGENCER
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

MIR Wilbur McCann's flint quarry, near
Dublin, is in full operation.
Mr. John Smithson, of Federal HILL is
building himself new dwelling.
Mr.. Oliver T. Rogers, of Havre de Grace,
has been appointed permanent trustee of Pear
son Bros, insolvents.
State Democratic Headquarters will be
opened May l, in rooms ia and l2l at the
Carrollton Hotel, Baltimore.
Twelve members of the Centaur Cycle
Club, of Baltimore, in charge of Captain
Ehrman, visited Bel Air last Sunday.
The Hartford Historical Society will meet
in the Court House at Bel Air tomorrow
Saturday. DIR. Bernard c. Steiner will read
a paper on the "First Circulating Library in
America"
The weather continues quite dry and in
many places the ground is very hard making
blowing difficult. A number of forest fires
have occurred this week along the ines of the
railroads and elsewhere.
The bidders for the collection of taxes
were out in force last Monday expecting the
contracts to be awarded, but were disappoint-
ed as the commissioners laid the matter over
until their next meeting.
Charles Ryen, a native of Denmark, was
granted final papers of naturalization by
Judge Waters last Monday. Ryen's applica-
ton was made November %, 1876 in the U.
s. District Court at Portland, Me.
Mr.. J. Fred. Crew has rented the Daugherty
store property, in Dublin, and will soon open
a general merchandise business at that place.
Mr. J. A. Grafton is repairing and painting
the building.
Our sincere thanks are extended to Charles
E. Creswell, Esq, who left at The Egis Office
last Monday large bunch of odorous trailing
arbutus, which grows so luxuriantly on the
slopes of the Mountain.
The County Commissioners of Howard
county have issued n Tramp Notice." re-
questing the several justices of the peace OF
the county to enforce the law consigning
tramps to the House of Correction.
During the warm weather of May and
June the public schools of Baltimore city will
only hold one session daily. That is, the pu-
pills in the primary schools will be dismissed
at one o'clock and the pupils in the grammar
schools at two o'clock.
MIR. VIM. Young, the horseshoer from
Baltimore, who will open up the Emmord
shops at Perryman, May l, had his knee cap
broken by the kick of his horse while driving
through Abingdon, last Wednesday. DIR. OPP
perman reduced the fracture.
The next regular meeting of the Deer
Creek Farmers Club will be held Saturday
evening, May 4, at the residence of Mr..
Thomas Lochary, near Kalmia. State Sena-
tor Thomas g. Hayes will be present and adj
dress the club on s'Reassessment as it affects
Farmers"
The County Commissioners of Baltimore
county are considering the necessity for
making the county Jail more secure.
new jail is needed but the board feel that
the financial condition of the people will not
justify the necessary increase in the tax-rate
to erect new building. The lining of the
cells of the present structure with steel is now
being considered.
The store and warehouse situated
at Baldwin station, on the Baltimore
and Lehigh Railway'was burned to the ground
last Sunday morning. The stock of store
goods and the contents of the warehouse, in
GLIDING ten tons of fertilizer, were destroyed.
The old car the siding which has been used
by the railroad company as a ticket office,
also went up in smoke. The loss is said
to be about $1,000 The origin of the fire is
unknown.
MIR. William A. Peasants, the cash ferti-
Baltimore, publishes full and interesting
advertisement this week, descriptive of the
goods he handles and the sources of his supply.
By reference to it it will be seen that he has
secured the very best lines of goods manufact-
ured BY buying and selling strictly for cash
he is able To sell these first-class articles
at lower prices in many cases than vastly in
ferior goods.
A test case as to whether the shooting of
live pigeons from traps is violation of the
law against cruelty to animals was tried be-
fore Judge Burke and jury in the Circuit
Court for Baltimore county last week. The
jury brought in a verdict Of not guilty. 1t is
hard for the ordinary mind to grasp the va
carries of law which fines man for whipping
a balky horse that will not do honest work for
his living and permits the torturing and kill
ing of harmless and innocent bird for mere
amusement.