The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-06-22

minister iu charge, the Rev. Henry TarTaut, has
and take part in The service. 1t will be remem-
bered that church had been nearly completed
on the same spot andwas blown down and DIES.
troycd by the great blizzard last March.
OBITJAKY.--M Sarah Mahan, the widow Of
the late Martin Mahau, died Friday, 18th OF
June. She was buried on Sunday at ST. Igua.
tious, Church, Hickory. Rev. Father Fowler
officiating. The pall-bearcrs were John II.
Grafton, Stephen W Harkins, Thomas Loeb
airy, James Poole and Thomas Lochary. She
leaves four daughters and two sous.
Florence, the infant daughter OF John and
Mary Morris, died 10th of June and was buried
Monday June, 18th at NJ. Zion Cemetery. Age
. months.
The pall-bearcrs Were II. S. Grier, W. C.Grier
William Grier and Harry Trcadwell,
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORPHANS CoURT.-O
the 18th instant the appointment of Margaret
f.. Cunningham, cXccutriX of Il. C. W. Cunning
ham, deceased, was ratified. Bond SiC0 Henry
Macatee and {. c. Knsey were appointed to
appraise the personal estate OF said deceased
The will of Henry 5. Harlan, deceased, was
received for record, on the 18th. He gives to
his nephew, Henry lIaran the farm on which
he resided, at the time of his DEATH containing
$50 acres 10 his two nieces, Ellen H. Harlan
aud Hannah Harlan, the parcel of land adjon,
ing the Woodvile Farm, containing IS acres
to his two nieces, Mary Silver and Aunie White
ford, $500 each The will was executed Scptcm-
Der l2th, 1885, and witnessed by John II. Price,
james " 2. Turner and Ellis j. Tucker. No
executor is named.
THE BEL. AIR ACADEMY AND GRADED SCHOOL
TO RE CONFINED The Trustees of Bel Air
Academy met an Monday, Mr.. \. 2. Gilbert,
President, in the chair.
The proposition to unite .he Academy and the
Graded School was adopted The trustees will
appropriate s4O0 of the State donation towards
paying the salary OF the principal of the com
bined school, reserving 800 to pay the interest
on the mortgage and insurance of the Academy
building. The remainder of the 81, 900 salary 10
a teacher is TO he provided for by the Public
School Commissioners.
The Principal will teach The higher grade
scholars in the Academy building, the currcu.
lum embracing the languages, &c, us now
taught at the Academy. The new arrangement
will be tried for one year, at last.
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REvIsITING THE SCENES OF HIS YoUTM.-Mr
John II. Herbert of Howard county, passed
through Bel Air on Monday, on his way home.
Mr.. Herbert had been driving through various
parts OF the county, revisitng the scenes of his
youth, having left this his native county in 1919
He found many changes and great improve
ments. Some families which he formerly knew
have entirely disappeared, and strangers occupy
their old homesteads. He called to see Hon.
/ Hugh j. Jewett, at his residence near Glenvillc,
and with him renewed the recollection Of their
/ boyhood days, Mr.. Jewett and Nr. Herbert hay-
ing been fellow pupils at school house which
stood on Mr.. Jcwett's farm Mr.. Herbert says
the trip was one of Mingled sadness and plea
surc-sadncss az the absence of old friends and
/ companions and pleasure in seeing the changes
for the better which time has wrought in his
native county.
TIN WEpDING.-Mr and Mrs. T.. 7. Amber
son, of FallstOn, celebrated the tenth anniycr-
sary Of their marriage, on last Friday evening,
June 18th. a large number of their friends as
scmbcd. Among those present We're Mr.. and
Mrs. Pennington Miss Evalna Pennington,
Mrs Judd Miss Belle Spiccr, Miss Molie
Guyton, Miss Emma Standiford, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Lee, Miss Annie Prntz and Mr.. Robert
llamrick of Falston Misses Mary and Flora
Austin and Annie Underwood, of Baltimore
Mr., and Mrs J. W. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. b
F. Keith, Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Bauer, Mrs. Geo
Carver, Misses Sallie {. Smith, Lille Coale,
Lena Bauer, Annie Keith, Alice c. Lee, Messrs
l.. &. Mitchell, Oliver II. Smith, II. b. Ander
son, Edmund l.. and VIM. A. French An en-.
tcrtainment was scrved'to the guests, which all
enjoyed. As it grew later the party began to
dispersc, after wishing Mr. and Ms. Anderson
continued happiness and prosperity.
BICYCLERs ON THEIR TRAvELs.-On Sunday
party of bicylcrs arrived at the Changers
Hotel Bel Air. They were on their way
to attend the meeting of the League Of Ameri
can Wheelmen, which met in Baltimore city
this week They left on their bicycles, ON Mon.
day morning, at 80, by way of The Hartford
Turnpike.
The party was as follows:
+. p Harris and L. j. Parker, of West Chos
ter; {. A. DEMON, Milton W. keim, DR., Robert
l.. Schatler Elmer 5. Little, A. W. Barnett, W
Harry Nandcgrft and Charles j. Scitzncr, OF
Philadelphia; Wayne P. Harley and Fred. W
Speakman, Of Coatcsvilc Pa. &. W. Xerr, OF
| Oxford, Pa.
Their cycometcrs showed the distance from
Philadelphia to Bel Air, by the route traversed,
to be 81 miles. In Cecil county, ON Saturday,
/ they encountered severe rain and hail storm
and were compelled to push their wheels
through deep mud for eleven miles. They
were jolly set of young men and appeared to
be enjoying the trip.
llABEAs CORPUS CasE.-Last Saturday Judge
Walters heard evidence in the case Of Adam
Haslach. who through his counsel, Mr.. G. W.
Richardson, procured n writ of habeas corpus
for the purpose of recovering possession OF his
infant son, aged three years, the mother of the
child, Sarah +. llaslach, having as he alleges
deserted his home and taken the child with her.
Mrs. llaslach was present in court with the
child, bright little fellow. In her answer to the
petition she declares that she was driven from
her husband's home by his i'll treatment, and that
the child is an infant OF tender years. She de-
mics the allegations in the petition Of improper
conduct on her part and prays the court to allow
| her to retain the infant
| Judge Waters after hearing the evidence Of.
fercd by Mr.. Haslach's counsel dismissed the
writ, on the ground that the child being under
seven years of age, the mother is, by law, the
custodian of her infant Mis-. llaslach went
away rejoicing with the child in her arms. She
was represented by Mcssrs. VIM. Young and
Cooley.
The ID. G. ASDS. RAILRoAD.-Mr. George VI.
Jewctt, President of the Deer Creek and Sus.
quehanua Railroad Company, was in Bel Air,
on Tuesday. lie was accompanied by Messrs.
Miller and Baldwin, railroad contractors and
investors, of Pittsburg and New York. These
gentlemen, it is understood, have agreed 10
build the railroad from Bel Air to Stafford, pro.
vidcd $50, 600 il subscribed, bona iidc, to the
capital stock of the road and that the right of.