The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-04-15

Holy WEEK AND EASTER DAY.-Last Sun
day was Palm Sunday, commemorative OF the
triumphant entrance of the Lord Jesus into
Jerusalem-His one day of earthly glory
when the multitudes strewed palm branches
in His way and followed Him into the Holy
City crying s'Hosanna." Palm Sunday ushers
in the last week Of Lent, called Holy Week,
because of the sacred and awful events In the
life of our Lord which the church calls us to
mediate upon at that time. Good Friday,
the great fast day of the church, is observed
by solemn services, as the day of Christ's
crucifxion for the sins of the world, and the
Sunday following is the glad festival of Easter
the Day of Reconsideration is also
celebrated by special services.
A CREDITABLE INSTRUMENTATION enter
prising and public-spirited neighbors of Delta
have just completed public school building
which is not only an ornament to the place
but practical evidence of their appreciation
of educational advantages. The building is
of brick, measures SO by SO feet in circumfer
ence, and is two stories high. Each story is
divided into two rooms, % by 81 feet each,
the height of the ceilings being 49, feet. The
cost of the building and land, including the
steam heating apparatus, was $500. The
money was raised by issuing bonds of the
town, which were readily taken by investors.
This building would be a credit to q larger
town than Delta, and the citizens may well
feel proud of the progress of their town, with
its manufactures and its electric lights for its
streets.
Personal MENTIoN.-The entire family of
Mr.. W. Frank Carter, of Pylesville, formerly
of Emmorton, are sick with measles Mrs
Carter has been extremely i'll, but is better.
DIR. Heaps is attending them.
Mr.. E. H. Webster of j., who was Clerk to
the Committee on Claims at Annapolis, has
been detained in that place, since the adjourn
ment of the Legislature, by severe Illness.
His mother and brother went to Annapolis on
Wednesday
Rev. IT, c. Swentzel, rector of st. Luke's
Episcopal Church, of Scranton, Pa, who has
signifed his acceptance of the call to st.
Luke's, of Brooklyn, N. Y, will conclude his
labors in Scranton on Sunday, April24. Rev.
Mr.. Swentzel is son of the late Rev. DR..
Swentzel, formerly pastor of the NJ. P Church,
Bel Air.
County Commissioner Thomas Moulsdale
has recovered from his illness and was able to
attend the meeting of the board this week.
BEL AIR NorEs-The young ladies of Bel
Air and vicinity will give leap year ball in
Masonic Hall, on Monday evening, April 18th.
Judge Waters, of Hartford county, was at
the Cleveland meeting in Baltimore, Wednes-
day night.
Mr.. Walter Finney, Cashier of the Second
National Bank, of Bel Air, has recovered from
his sickness and is going about again.
Mr. Septimus Davis, the retiring Treasurer
of the Permanent Building Association, on
Monday turned over to his successor, Mr.. c..
c. Rouse, the securities of the association
These consisted Of county certificates, amount
ing to $4,959.66; hypothecations of stock,
$1,110; mortgages, $3.50; cash, 81 5.55.-
The net profits during the fiscal year just
closed were 63 cents per share, or nearly 10
per cent. on the amount invested. This asso-
citation does not charge any bonus to mem
bers who borrow money On their shares
Speaker Vandiver was in Bel Air yesterday,
looking well and cheerful after his arduous
duties at AnnapOHs.
Messrs James f. Mitchell and J. L. Griffith
Lee, of Johns Hopkins University, are spend
ing their Easter holidays here.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION
ERs-The County Commissioners were in ses-
sion on Monday and Tuesday, all of the MEM
bers of the board being present.
Upon petition of DR.. D. STREET. and Others
for new road near Chrome Hill, William j.
Watkins, Thomas Butler and William I.
Clark were appointed examiners to locate said
road.
John Haviland was appointed General Road
Supervisor for the First District.
Commissioners Hope, Moulsdale and Scar
borough and Health officer Dr. E. Hall Rich
ardson were appointed committee to visit
Spring Grove Asylum, with view of trans
ferring some of the Hartford patients to the
county Almshouse.
Bids were received for the collection OF
State and county taxes and the Clerk was in
structed to notify the lowest bidders to file
their bonds on or before April 18th, 1892.
failure to file their bonds by that time will bt
considered as a declinatiou of the appoint
ment
VIM. II. Chenworth filed his bond as Over
seer at the Almshouse.
Jacob Livezey was awarded the contract fol
a stone culvert on the Churchville road, at {
coat of $40