The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-05-06

lightful one, and was largely attended.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund
P. II. Harrison, who were married on April
10Th. Their home is in Martinsburg, West
Virginia. DIR. and Mrs. Finney will reside in
Baltimore, DIR. Finney being Chief Assistant
Surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Carver will cele
| brate the 9th anniversary of their marriage
on Friday evening, May 9th, at their home on
Broadway.
! Mr.. j. NJ. STREET., of the Hartford Democrat,
and his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Street,, ex
pect to leave this morning for San Francisco,
where Mr.. STREET. will attend the meeting of
the National Editorial Association, on the 23d
of May. They will go by way of Chicago and
the Southern Pacific Railroad. The trip will
undoubtedly be a pleasant one.
| Mr.. Rumsey Flowers was kicked on both
knees by horse and badly hurt, last Friday.
DIR. Z. Hall Richardson of w. was called in
to attend his injuries.
A number of the citizens of Bel Air have
removed their fences bordering on the streets,
adding materially to the attractiveness of
this pretty little town. The Presbyterian
Church has likewise been improved by the re-
moval of the fence in front of it and the grad
ing of the lawn down to the line of the street
The ladies of the Methodist Protestant
Church will hold their annual strawberry fes
tival on the parsonage lawn on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, May 3lst and June list.
Mrs. j. Camp Butler gave five o'clock tea
in honor of Mrs. Edmund P. II. Harrison, of
Martinsburg, West Virginia, on Wednesday
evening. Mrs. Butler was assisted in receiy
ing her guests by Mrs. Harrison, Mrs King,
of Baltimore, and Mrs. Slarrow, of Bel Air.
Misses Rosa Jacobs, Lizzie, Juliet and Grace
STREET., Martha Amoss and Daisy Rouse as
sisted in the dinng-room, while Mrs. Fannie
Jarrett presided at the coffee urn. The re-
ception lasted from till p. NJ and was
a most enjoyable affair. Among those who
presented their good wishes to Mrs. Harrison
was her husbands grandmother, Mrs Sarah
NJ. Shepherd.
DIR. Frank F. Forwood, son of Mr.. W.
Smithson Forwood, who lately graduated at
the Maryland University School of Medicine,
has decided to locate and practice his profess
sion in Chester, Pa, where he will be associat-
GU WIFI Ills TeldIlN6, III. D. JdThlil rOINOOu,
prominent physician of that place. DIR. For
wood will carry with him the best wishes of
many friends in his native county.
Mr.. George w. Gelzenliter, received dis
patch, on Wednesday, announcing the death |
of his mother, Mrs. Catherine Gelzenliter, at
Lancaster, Pa. She was Il years of age. Mr..
Gelzenliter will leave to-day to attend the fu-
neral.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORPHANS COURT
On the Both of April the Register of Wills
confirmed the appointment of James NJ. Bra
zier as executor of the late Thomas G. Bra
zier Bond 500.
Court began its May session on Monday
Presentation. John w. Barton, Chief Judge;
Hon. James NJ. Cain and Hon. Hugh T. Bay,
Associate Judges.
The appointment of James p. McFadden,
as executor of VIM. j. McFadden, deceased,
was confirmed Geo. NJ. Barton and Edward
X. James were appointed to appraise the per-
sonal estate of said deceased.
DR.. NJ. L. Jarrett was authorized to sell the
personal property of the late Elizabeth st.
Clair, deceased.
Walter w. Preston was appointed Admins
traitor of Clark G. Kinsey, deceased.
The will of the late John Jay was admitted
to probate and recorded, on April Both.
The furniture and household goods on
Swansbury Farm, Hartford county, and in his
Baltimore city residence are left to his wife,
Mrs. Mary e. E. Jay. Also during her life
time the income arising from his investments
in mortgages, DC, in Hartford county. Upon
her death these Investments are to be divided
equally among his four sons Also to his
wife is given bonds amounting to $4,000. To
his son, Samuel Smith Jay he leaves Swans
bury Farm, containing los acres, near Aber
deem, together with the farming implements,
cows, &c, upon it. To his son DR.. John G.
Jay, gold watch, chain, seal, &c. To his
son Edward Griffith Jay $500, watch, &c.-
To his son Henry Davis Jay, 1000 and gold
watch chain. To his daughter Agnes, wife of
Mr.. Edmund b. DuVal, a house and lot on
Boundary avenue, Baltimore city, during her
life time, and upon her death the said house
and lot to go to his sons, Samuel s. and Dr.
John G. Jay. Also to Mrs. Duval s., 000.-
The residue of his estate is bequeathed to his
having already given property to some of his
children has endcavored to treat them all
justly.
The will was signed on December 18th,
1890, and witnessed by F. w. Baker, Sept
mus Davis and VIM. L. Cooley.
EQUALIzING TAXATIoN.-The Commissioners
of Hartford county have passed an order re-
quiring tax collectors to comply with the law
authorizing them to search out and bring
underi taxation personal property not as
sessed. A large amount of property has
lately been abated from the tax list but it is
believed the falling off will be more than
by the discovery of property
of this kind which, in changing hands, has
eluded the tax collectors. The tax books are
now being overhauled and Collector Nathan
Rigdon, of the fifth district, thinks he will be
able to find 100000 of personal prop
erty in his district alone upon which no taxes
are paid.
The Commissioners have also cited the rail
road and telegraph companies operating in
Hartford county to appear before them with a
view of properly regulating their assessments.
In compliance with this mandate Mr.. R. j.
Baltimore manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, was before the
board last Friday The telegraph lines owned
and controlled by his company in Hartford
county were assessed at $37, $50 but the Com
missoners reassessed them at S55, 400.
On Tuesday Mr.. George l.. Van Bibber,
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, filed an answer to the interrogato-
ries propounded to the company by the Com
hissoners The answer stated that there
is in operation 1865 miles of road belonging
to this company, of which there is in Hartford
county 1873 miles. The common and prefer
red stock amount to 500, 792, J66 that portion
of its railroad lying in Hartford county would
have no value more than the rails except in con-
nection with the other portion OF the railroad,
and rs the purchase of its stock would pur-
chase the whole railroad operated by it, then
the value of the road is what it would cost. !
The stock is now worth about "a. A calcu-
lation from this data shows that the
railroad could be now purchased for $14, 707
per mile, including all its lands, station houses,
water tanks rolling stock and other property
of all kinds. This statement was sworn to by |
W. ii. Iiams, Treasurer.
Mr.. A. Z. Reed, Assistant Engineer of the |
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad Company, stated that the informa-
ton desired by the Commissioners would re- |
quire some time to compile, but if time were |
allowed they would give any information