The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-10-23

The details of the transaction as told by Mr..
Willard g. Rouse, nephew of Mr.. Hanway, to
Sun reporter, are as follows:
my uncle, Mr.. David Hanway, Sr., is an old
man about 20 years of age. He lives at Pleasant
vile, seven miles north of Bel Air. Heis farm
err and very comfortably situated. On last Fri
day he went to the fair grounds at Bel Air. While
there, standing near the grand stand, he was ap-
preached by little man who pretended to know
all about my uncle's business. My uncle had
lost heavily by the recent floods, and the little
man extended his sympathy and said he was
Edwin H. Webster, Collector Of the port of ii Bait t
more. After talking about half an hour he re-
quested my uncle to get in his buggy and go with
him to Bel Air. My uncle got into the buggy
and was driven toa house in a back street in Bel
Air. The house was dwelling, but the little
man had rented room in it from Thomas Cor
rell. On the way from the fair grounds to the
house the little man talked about some nice
books that he had, and told my uncle that he
little man entered the room the latter asked an
other man (who is supposed to be the man who
gave the name of John BriStor) If the books had
come. The answer was that the books had come,
but were damaged. The little man then told my
uncle that he would get him one by and by. The
little man then told his confederate to look into
the books and see what the cards would draw
little piece OF canvas was then produced and my
The little man then said that he would like to try
his luck, and persuaded my uncle to try his. The
man who attended to the cards then informed
the would-be purchasers that they must produce
MS much cash as the cards were likely to draw
The little man then placed 81 ,250 on a table. My
uncle then ran up to tho Hartford National Bank
and drew $3.50 and went back to the room and
placed it on the table. The card manipulation
then PLACED $4,000 on the table, making total of
$4,000 The cards were then examined and
number selected My uncle and his companion
were then told that they had lost their money.
MY uneles companion expressed his regret, and
a ~ M InaS 1oI.N
My uncle kept quiet long enough to enable the
men to get, out of town. He is very much pros
trated by the affair and could not come to l}atl
more to-day to identify the man.
The HARTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY The
Hartford Historical Society met in the Court
House, last Saturday, DR.. w. Stump Forwood,
President, in the chair.
The following names were added to the roll, as
active members: Charles w. Michael, Rev.
Jas. b. Craighill, Jefferson Dalam, willard q
Rouse, Henry Wilson Archer, (of R.,) j. Nj.
STREET., Herman stump, A. j. ievcring, Rev.
VIM. +. Brand.
The following committees were elected:
On Library, Records and Genealogical Mater
ials of the county. Benjamin Silver, ST., John
s. Hughes, Henry c. Hall.
On the Natural History of the County.-W.
Beatty Harlan, Dir. Geo. W. Archer, James Nc
| Curdy.
On the Political and General History of the
People and County. -Chas. w. Michael, L. NJ.
| Allen, A. F. Galbreath.
On Honorary Membership Y. Mayna-
| dier, N. N. Mock, Willard &. Rouse
On Pubications-F. w. Baker, Rev E. A..
Colburn, A. P. Silver
| Adams pf .Iphnc
versity, Baltimore, delivered before the society
an interesting lecture on "Joppa and St. Johns
Parish"
He traced the origin of the English parish sys-
TEN from the old Teutonc village community,
the Pagan names, in modified form, still being re-
tanned as the names of village parishes.
ne tnougnt tne name OF Joppa in Hartford
| tine, and that the names Jerusalem, Jericho,
Salem and Paradise, in tho neighborhood. sprang
| Rev. Mr.. Leakin. himself and other members Of
| Johns Hopkins University to the site of Joppa
A corn field marked the spot where Joppa once
stood. III that is left of the town is the residence
of Mr.. James Murray, who owns the farm on
which Joppa was situated. When the town was
| laid out in l124 this house was standing. 1t was
| the residence of Mrs. Eleanor Rumsey and in lay
ing out the town the surveyor was directed not 10
disturb it. A heap of bricks and stones is ali else
that of Joppa and it marks the site of the old
| parish church of st. Johns. The lecturer said he
had taken back to Baltimore a brick from the
u
ton OF the present Johns Hopkins University
| Museum.
Joppa was at the confluence of the Big and Lit
| tie Gunpowder rivers. 1t was beautifully situat-
ed and vessels of considerable size were loaded at
its wharves Among its leading shipping mer-
chants was David Mccullough, and Col. Benja-
min and John Rumsey were prominent citizens
There is a tradition that war vessel was built
| there during the Revolution, and it is historical
| fact That the men or Joppa, under Col. Benjamin
Rumsey and Col. Falls marched to the defence of
Baltimore in l776, and saved it from destruction
| by British war vessel.
| Joppa died. Smallpox struck 1t and killed Off
large portion of its inhabitants and the suryi-
vors removed to Baltimore town, on the Patapsco.
| The harbor filled up with mud, ships could no
longer get up TO the wharves aud the place was
abandoned.
Edward Day having built church, the present
st. johns. at Kingsvie, Baltimore county. the
vestry Of the parish church at Joppa in 1916 per-
| mitted Mr.. Day to remove TO his new church the
furniture, &c, from old St. Johns,
Prof. Adams read some spicy passages from the
old records of st. Johns Parish In 1913 Jeremi-
ah Eaton left Stoakley Manor or SOAK Flemmon
don, in Hartford county. for the support of the
| first PROTESTANT minister settled in Baltimore
Johns parish. The first Protestant minister in
Maryland was settled in st. Johns parish.
AT the conclusion of his address vote of
thanks was given to Dr.. Adams, foI his interest
ing, entertaining and valuable lecture.
Rev, Geo. A. Lrakin, of Baltimore, also ad-
u'SrSSu thS eoSio'S' iic eI'oheoi tuc
of preserving a county's history, and congratu-
lated Hartford upon being the first county In the
State to organize historical society. He hoped
the example would be contagious and that SINH
lar societies would be formed in all the coun-
| ties.
A letter was read from Mrs. NJ. j. McCurdy,
| of Prospect, in which she related an interesting
incident connected with the passage of Lafayette
and his army through Hartford county, in ISL
Her grandmother, whose maiden name was
Sarah Rogers, and who was married in ITS, had
told her that after the army had passed man
| named Reuben Jones found trunk evidently
belonging to one of the French officers. He
followed the army, overlook it, and restored the
trunk to its owner, who was Lalayetts himself
The trunk contained all of the Generals money
and valuable papers. Mrs. McCurdy concludes
her letter by remarking that this incident shows
the honesty of the time Hartford people.
The meeting was well attended, considering
the fact that the fair was in progress, and
among the audience were several ladies.
OBITUARY.
Mr.. A. Frank GLADDEN., a well-known farmer
died last Sunday at his late residence, in Hartford
county, near Fawn Grove, of typhoid fever after
an illness of two weeks, He was In the SD year
of Lis age. His funeral took place on Tuesday,
the interment beiny nj Rock Sprinp Church II