The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27


PROTESTANT Episcopal MISSION. Interesting
mission services have been held this week in
Emmanuel Church, Bel AR Bishop nkncy is
present and conducting the mission. He has
been assisted by Rev. Campbell Fair, ID. d., of
Baltimore; Rev. c. ID. Andrews, of Washing
ton; Rev. Douglass Forrest, of Ellicott City
Rev. James b. Avirett, of Montgomery county,
and the rector of the church, Rev. James b.
CNighll. The mission began on Tuesday night,
and services were held morning, afternoon and
night on Wednesday and Thursday. They will
be continued to-day (Friday,) closing to night
At II O'Clock, A. NJ, the Holy Communion will
be administered. The sermons and addresses,
which were nearly all er t0nporp were earnest
and striking. The church was beautifully dec
GRATED with flowers and the congregations at all
the services were large and attentive.
STAR MAIL ROUTES IN hartford COUNTY. -
The Baltimore SHm of Thursday gives some
| facts showing how the star route mail system
has been carried on in Hartford county by the
so called United States Inland Mail Transports
| ton Company of Washington, of which Mr.. A.
f. Boone was Secretary These facts appear TO
have been furnished by Mr.. Skipwith IL. Conlc,
| and give in detail Mr.. Coale's connection with
the work of eXpediting the mails and securing
increased pay to the contractors. The route
from Edgewood to the $ckory, by way of En-
morton, Bel Air and Forest Hill, was awarded
in 1877 to the transportation company above
named, at SGiS. Then by methods peculiar TO
star route contractors, the mail was expedited
| an hour or two, another stage carrying passcn-
| gers and mails was started and the route ex-
tended to Pyesville, for which the allowance
was increased to 81, 800. Wepresume the other
routes in the county were also expedited and the
| pay increased far beyond an equivalent for the
additional service rendered
| CANNING NoTEs.-Messrs. f. d. Morrison
and Alexander Norris are about to establish
canning factory, on the property of the latter,
near Bel Air. They have already erected q large
tenant house, to accommodate their hands.
Mr. Edward ii. Hall intends to engage in
the canning business, at his farm, near Emmor-
| ton.
-Messrs. R. Oppenhcimer II Son, No. 10 S.
Frederick street, Baltimore, can supply packers
of fruit and vegetables with tin plate, solder and
all the appliances for soldering cans. Their
card is published in this weeks HgiS
-Messrs s. b. Silver Il Bro of Deer Creek,
intend TO engage extensively in canning corn
this year. They will have 81 acres in cultivation
besides 50 acres on Mr.. Johns II. Janncy's farm,
in the neighbOrhood, The variety planted is
StowclPs Evergreen. They have also about 40
acres Of tomatoes growing on their farm, and
have engaged n quantity which will be raised in
the ncighborhood
Mr.. A. A. Miller is preparing 20 engage cx-
tensively in canning near Upper Falls, Balti-
more county.
Mr.. Jarrett Standiford is also engaged in
getting ready TO can tomatoes at Upper Falls.
PKoCEEDINGs OF THE CoMMIssIoNERs.--It
was ordered that the clerk notify the general
road supervisors to have their accounts of roads,
&c, handed in by the l4th day ofJunc next
A pension of so was ordered to be levied for
Leah Dreamer, of the 4h district, payable to
John b. Curry
A petition of j. r, Andrews was granted for
culvert over branch on the road from Mill
Green to Py!esville, the same to be built by
james Davis, at a cost not exceeding $50.
The Clerk was ordered to pay to Edmund
Mitchell, of the second district $780, for coun
ty taxes paid IN error in 1850
1925 was ordered to be levied to pay Thomas
Whaland, for building culvert and changing
the road near Mrs. Singers in the first district
500 was levied to turnpike the public road
from the residence of David f. Thomas to Otto
Mans's, at Darlington, those interested sub
scribng an equal amount.
Sl5 was levied fo9 James Jones, colored, out
pensioner, payable to II. II. Black.
The pension of Elizabeth Ritchcy was ordered
to be paid to Elizabeth Stephenson, and the
name of the said outpensioner stricken from the
list.
pension of $50 was granted to Ann Hop
kns, of the fifth district, payable to Joseph r.
Hopkins.