The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-07-06

celleHt condition.
The Catholics had pic mic at the park in
in Havre de Grace on Wednesday night. A
PAVILION was erected expressly for the ocea
sion. Prof. Wright's orchestra, Of Baltimore,
was in attendance. .....
MIR. VIM. NJ. Hines and his daughter, Miss
May, returned from an ocean trip to Boston
last Friday evening. Mr.. Hines thinks MS
health has been benefited by the sea breezes.
He left for Atlantic city on Tuesday
The tax rate for Dorchester county has
been fixed at 9S4 cents, an Increase OF three
cents over last year. The increased rate is
due to heavy court expenses and the increased
expense of maintaining insane paupers.
A new law for Carroll county gives the
Sheriff salary of $500 per annum in lieu OF
all fees except in some cases in regard to
criminals such as the fee Of $500 for hanging
murderers. The sheriff has to pay his own
deputies.
MIR. VIM. P. L. Pentland, the Joppa florist,
who recently sent to The 4Egis the first ripe
tomato grown in Hartford this year, has again
placed us under obligations by the present OF
a delicious cantaloupe, the produce of his I'M
rivalled garden.
DIR. Martin l.. Jarrett, while on his way
from his home at Jarretttsyille to Bel Air last
Saturday, was badly bitten on the hand by a
vicious dog at place where he had to call on
the road. On his arrival at Bel Air the wound
was dressed by DIR. j. Ward Scott.
The contract for gathering stray logs
D,,eh rir hac haan
given by the Sparrow's Point Company TO
Messrs Moore, Poplar & Sanders, and the work
will proceed at once There are about 10000
logs to be gathered in their contract.
Levi Luster, the negro who shot Sanity
Richardson, also colored, at Aberdeen ON
Wednesday, was given hearing by Justice
Pritchard on Thursday and committed for the
action of the Grand Jury. Officer Thompson
brought him to Bel Air on Thursday and
lodged him in jail At last accounts Richard
son was still alive.
The county tax rate in Charles county
has been fixed at 80 cents on the 500. This
is n reduction of G cents from that of last year
and several years past. The rate in Talbot coun-
tyis the same which is an increase In Queen
Annes county the rate has been fixed at 80
cents and in Caroline county the taxes have
been increased from 81. 10 to SLIT.
The Young Sluggers of Bel Air, wen
to Churchville yesterday to play the Stars of
that place. At the end of the second inning,
with the score to 0 in favor of the Sluggers,
the Churchville club declined to play further
and the umpire thereupon gave the game to
the Young Sluggers by score 9 to 0. Dowl-
pitched for the Young Sluggers and struck
out six men.
Mr. Marion Anderson of Shawsville,, has
his steam saw-mill In the woods of Mr.. l. W.
Jenkins, near Pylesvile, getting out timber
for a large new barn for Mr.. Hillen Jenkins.
Mrs Hillen Jenkins is daughter of Mr.. l.
w. Jenkins and resides with her husband in
Baltimore county, but it is reported they will
shortly erect a fine country residence near
Pylesville.
The life of Mr. Robert L. Baldwin, of
Carcroft, Delaware, was probably saved
through his little four year old boy one day
last week. He was standing under hay
fork at work in the barn when the pulley
broke He did not observe it, until his little
boy said ''look out papa" when he stepped
aside just in time to escape it. Had it struck
him instant death would have resulted.
Mary Loretta Tobin, infant daughter of
Jeremiah and Catharine Tobin died Tuesday
June 81, at Carsins' Run aged two years, ten
months and thirteen days. Her funeral took
place the Sunday evening following at st.
Patrick Church, Havre de Grace, Rev. Father
Fitzgerald officiating. The pail bearers were
Alex ColenDacer, Alonzo Keitley, John Tread
well and Harry Jones.
The coal strike being over, Governor
Brown on last Saturday directed the recall Of
the militia from Frostburg Company D. ar
rived in Bel Air on the morning train Sunday
and looked brown and hearty, Commissary
Sergeant Frank Bateman, being regimental
officer, was detained to look after the breaking
of camp and the packing and shipping of the
military stores and did not arrive until day
later.
The semi annual installation of officers
took place at Triumph Lodge, I. o. o. F.,
last Monday night. The officers are as fol-
lows: Noble Grand, James c. Young; Vice
Grand, William H. Staley !; Recording Secre
tary, N Howard Dean Treasurer, w. T.
Bllingslea. Zacharah Mckinney was ap-
pointed Warden and E. T. Anderson and w.
p. Grant respectively K. .. to V. g. and l.. s.
toy G. The remaining minor officers have
not yet been appointed.
"A row occurred on Wednesday in the
ninth inning of the game which was played
between the Havre de Grace, Unions and the
Outing Club, of Baltimore, and Umpire Jen-
ming awarded the game to Hayre de Grace.
The game stood to in favor of the visitors
when the Outing Club refused to continued
the game on account of a decision given by
the umpire The batteries Unions, Gilbert
and Gibson; Outing Club, Woodruff and
White.
WIN. J. Erwin, postmaster at Gwinn, Balti-
more county, was tried on Thursday of last
week, in the United States District Court at
Baltimore, before Judge Morris, upon infor-
nation charging him with interfering in mail
matter, &c, at the above postofice, and
was declared not guilty by the court The
evidence in the case developed the fact that
Erwin is a reliable and trustworthy post
master, and that the charges against him were
simply the result of malice. J. J. Lindsay
appeared for the accused.
We are indebted to Mr.. j. E. Harry, form
erly of this county, but now Professor of
Greek and German in Georgetown College,
Georgetown, Kentucky, for catalogue of the
college and the college edition of the George
torn Times. Prof. Harry, who is spending
his vacation with friends and relatives in this
county, has recently translated the grandest
episode of India's greatest epic poem 1.-THE
Mahabhrata) viz: ''The story of Nala and
Damayanti' from the original Sanskrit into
English verse. This undertaking has never
before been attempted by an American.
Mt Carmel Methodist Protestant Church,
at Emmorton, which has been closed for re-
pairs for the past two months, will be reopen
ed with appropriate religious services on
Sunday, July 18th. There will be an all
day service, and persons attending are re-
quested to bring lunch with them. Rev. j. D.
Kinzer D. D., President of the Maryland An
nual Conference, will preach in the morning
and Rev. F. T. Tagg, ID. d., editor of the
Methodist Protestant, will preach in the after
noon