The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-05-30

whey, the latter being Drum MAJOR. The band
has made considerable progress in music and
will play some of their best selections at the
entertainment on the 7th of June.
OBITUARY-Mr James w. Preston died on tn
10Th instant, at his home, in Marshal's district,
in his list year. He leaves widow, 6 sons and
9 daughters, SO grandchildren and great grand
child. The funeral took place from his late resi-
dence to Southern Methodist Church, Jarretts
vile, on Thursday of last week. The Rev. Mr..
Simmons and the Rev. Mr.. Cathcart officiated
The pall-bearers were his sons, george W, Jno.
W., Frank l., James H., Charles r. and Colum-
bus Preston. Edmund G. Kurtz was the under
taker.
Mrs. Fannie Ball, wife of John o. Ball. for
merly of Hartford county, died suddenly, last
Tuesday, in Brooklyn, New York.
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A DIsAPPOINTMENT.-The rain on Whit Mon
day prevented the pic mic and celebration by
| the colored people on the fair grounds at Bel
Air. The exercises were to have included
music, speech-making, base ball, tournament,
&c, and preparations for the event had been in
progress for weeks. The Forest Hill Cornet
Band arrived, and from the shelter afforded by
| the porch of Sweets Hotel, led by their in
structor, Mr.. Paul, they played number of
pretty airs in credtable style. The parade,
however, was not made and the few who went
| to the fair grounds soon left. We sympathize
with our colored fellow citizens in their disap-
pointment Whit Monday in Hartford has from
time immemorial been the especial holiday of
| the colored people
ATP Hanna
family, of Baltimore, removed to Sweets Hotel,
last week, where they will spend the summer.
Mr.. Hanna is a son of the late Robert N. Han
ma, former proprietor of the hotel.
Some scamp, last Sunday night, cut the rope
stretched across Broadway, at the corner of
| Pennsylvania avenue, and stole the lantern sus-
pended therefrom. A sojourn in the House of
| Correction would teach this thief lesson.
| DIR. j. w. Stump Norris and his brother, Mr..
| Octavius j. Norris, who spent last summer in
Bel Air, have returned from visit to Europe
and are again domiciled at Mrs. Hollands
boarding house, Bel Air.
On Monday: officer Bateman arrested Mack
| Brown, Charles Bond and George Rumsey, all
colored for being drunk and..disorderly on Bond
street Sunday morning. They were taken be-
| and cos is.
The Bel Air Speciality Company will give
| series of entertainments next week as follows:
Bel Air, Thursday, June 5th T.; Darlington, June
9th, and Saturday, June Sth, at Delta. They
will be assisted by Mr.. Sponcler, of York, and
Messrs. Durham and Lukens of Wilmington.
These entertainments will be of high order
and should receive the liberal patronage Of the
public.
| Two CoLoRED MEN DRowNED.-Last Sunday
Joshua Bradford and Robert Lingan, both col
ored, were drowned by the upsetting of sail
boat in Chesapeake Bay, near Havre de Grace.
Bradford and Lingan, with VIM. Galloway and
Edward o. Andrews, also colored, embarked in
the boat at Havre de Grace, about ten O'Clock in
| the morning, and sailed for Carpenters Point,
the home of Bradford. When off Stump's Point
| squall struck their craft and tore out the mast
| which punched hole in the bow. The boat
! awsmped and the men were thrown into the
| water. Bradford became entanged in the sail
and was drowned. The other three clung TO the
boat, which drifted down the bay. When they
had arrived at point near the Battery light
| Lingan was seized with fit. His companions
| endeavored to tie him to the boat with hand
kerchief but did not succeed and the unfortu-
| nate mans hold on the boat loosened and he
was swept away and drowned. The two survi-
vors, Andrews and Galloway, held on TO the
boat. and were rescued, after being in the
water for four hours, by Capt. Charles Palmer,
who discovered their DISTRESSING plight as he
was sailing up the bay in his sloop. The bodies
of Bradford and Lingan have not been covered.
| MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT AT DARLINGTON
The cantata Queen Esther was rendered in
the Town Hall, Darlington, on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday evenings of last week, the
attendance being large each evening. The re-
ceipts were about $50. The performers were
ladies and gentlemen of the neighborhood, the
affair being under the direction of Prof. D. P.
Wyatt. The accessories were admirably ar
ranged, the singing was excellent and the en-
tire affair as q musical and dramatic effort, was
highly creditable to the neighborhood. The
characters in this beautiful and popular COM
position were represented as follows:
Attendants Misses Annie Hopkins and Alice Ely.
| Maids .... Miss Ida Briney. Mrs. Adam Young.
Pages-Msses julia KillingsWorth, Maggie Reed.
| Zerish;s Child: Ida. Miss Emily Eiy.
zerish's MadsIMisses Sadie Briney, Mabel Hop:
Prophecies Observation-Disclosures. Miss Alice Hopkins ks.
| Mordecal's Sister Miss Rose Nmmo.
| Maid of Honor ............M Miss Helen Wilson.
| Angel ............Ms Miss Marian Andrew.
| Queen VaShti ............M Miss Carrie Brney.
| Attendants-MisseS Susie Kirk, Nellie Mcdonald.
| Maids -. Misses Lizzie Richey, Mallie Warner.
| Pages Misses Marian Stamford, Mamie Emlen.
! King ................Mr Charles T. Wilson.
Pages. -. Nelson Sappington, Jimmie Michigan.
| Hannah .......................M Mr.. Orie Michael.
| Mordecai. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mr.. A. f. Galbreath
| High Priest Mr.. Theodore Hetrick.
| Illegal Mr.. Geo. Windolph.
Scribe Observation-Disclosures Mr.. James Jones'
Herald Mr.. Lee Shure.
| Guards-Messrs. L. A. Gorrell John Heating,
! John Hopkins and David Silver.
| Old Jews-Messrs. VIM. Wynde and John P. Kirk.
COURT PRoCEEDINGs-Town of Bel Air vs.