The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-05-11
The ECIS acknowledgement.
BEL AIR, ND, MAY II, 1894.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

BEL AIN, mD.J WHI - Io0T'
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
The Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad is ad-
vertised to be sold on June Is.
The annual meeting of the Maryland
Democratic Editorial Association wi II be held
at Westminster, on Wednesday, May 10.
Mad dogs are creating considerable ex-
citement in the neighborhood of Monkton,
Baltimore county.
"A branch of the Delta creamery has been
organized near Anderson's Mill, in the fourth
district. A large separator will be in opera
tion by May Is.
Among the entries for the stallion cham
pionship race to be trotted at Pimlico, Sep
TENDER 9Th, 1894, is MIR. Walter p. Reckord's
Orange Chief.
Hon. John O. Stearns has resigned as a
member of the Legislature, he having been
appointed a director of the Maryland House
of Correction.
The residence of Mr.. Edward Roche, near
Pleasantville, was struck by lightning during
the storm on Sunday night. Only slight
damage was done.
An infant of Peter Schereth, of Joppa, died
May sth and was buried on Thursday morn
ing at Trinity Lutheran church. Mrs. Sehler-
eth is seriously i'll.
Next Sunday will be the fifth anniversary
of the founding of the Epworth League. The
occasion will be celebrated with special SER
vices in some of the churches.
The Weekly Riding club met last Saturday
at Mr. j. NJ Streett's and after a fast run
across the country returned to their starting
point, where they spent an enjoyable evening
Mr.. Pleasant Hunter, one of the oldest
and most highly esteemed citizens of the up
per end of Baltimore county, died at his home,
Wiseburg, seventh district, on Wednesday,
May 3.
,Nr. s. Winer, formerly of Middletown,
Pa, has rented the store next door to A. B.
Whitaker & Bro. on Main street, Bel Air, to
dispose of his stock of clothing Hepromises
bargains for the next few weeks.
-Messrs Cohen and Levy, of Baltimore,
have rented the store house Oh Office street, |
Bel Air, belonging to August Knofer and ex-
pect to open a stock of dry goods, clothing |
and gentleman's furnishing goods about May |
l5 |
About noon last Wednesday, Patrick |
Hynes, q shoemaker who lived about |
mile from Bel Air, was found dead on his |
porch. Justice Richardson summoned jury |
of inquest who returned a verdict that death |
was caused by dropsy of the heart
On Wednesday last, Mr.. Robert Nelson |
caught beautiful carrier pigeon in one of |
the windows of the Masonic Temple, in Bel |
Air. 1t had brass tag attached to it marked |
D-137-R- B. Y.-111. Mr.. Nelson fed it |
and liberated it the following morning.
Clarence Blaney, while working at the |
saw-mill of Mr.. George I. Shannon, near |
Vale, on Thursday of last week, had his hand |
badly lacerated by cross-cut saw. Doctors |
Hollingsworth and Richardson found it neces-
sary to amputate his thumb and one finger.
Mrs. Charles L. Heck was seriously injur-
ed on Thursday of last week, by being thrown |
from her carriage while returning home from
Bel Air to Chestnut Hill. Her horse ran
away, breaking the carriage and throwing her |
out and breaking several ribs and fracturing |
her collar-bone.
-Thefuneral of Mr.. William B. Richardson,
whose death was noted in last weeks 1Egis,
took place ON Friday of last week. Rev. |
s. A. Whitcomb and Rev. E. d. Finney con-
Quoted the funeral services. The interment |
was at Churchville. The pail bearers were |
James c. Young, Morris H. Johnson, j. S. |
Richardson, Jr., c. c. Rouse, Lee Hughes and |
Frank E. Gorrel.
The special trial docket for the May term |
of court for Hartford county was closed Sat |
urday. The docket contains Al appearances |
146 special trials and several appeal cases. |
The term, which commences May IA, will |
probably be long one. The criminal cases |,
will take some time for dis posal. The most |
important will be the trial of VIM. Bouldin |
for the murder of VIM. Lawrence at Havre |
de Grace in March last.
1t is rumored around the vicinity of |
Shawsville that a meeting is shortly to be held |
at that place for the purpose of securing the |
right-of-way for the Baltimore and Northern |
Railroad. Let it be largely attended when
concerned. The many advantages to be de- |
rived, have been well discussed in these col |
umns, and it is hardly worth while at this day |
to advance a word in favor of the project
Albert jackson, colored, who was charg-
ed with felonious assault on Dora jackson, |
his neice, was arrested in Towson by Sheriff |
Holmes on Friday morning last and was |
IN Raj ir ha b,,I
Sheriff Hughes. He was given hearing be- |
fore Justice Richardson on Saturday morning. |
After the examination of Dora Jackson, Mr.. |
Jones and Mr.. Brown for the State and AL |
bert jackson for the defense, Justice Richard |
son sent jackson to jail in default of $1,000 |
bail.
The annual election for Town Commits
sioners of Bel Air was held last Monday and |
passed off very quietly. The vote was as fol- |
lows, the fisrt five gentlemen, who also COM |
pose the present board, being elected: C.. G. |
Rouse, 1872 George w. Carver, 1863 !; Frank E. |
Gorrell, 1853 ; w. 7. Billingslea, 1888; William
ii. Bauer 147 A. T. Geatty, As David Han
way, Sc; DIR. c. A. Hollingsworth, 80. The |
vote was the largest ever cast at q town cleo |
ton.
An entertainment was given at the Joppa
School on May 4, and was attended by very
appreciative audience. The entertainment
was given by the principal and her assistant,
assisted by Miss Alice M. Youse B. E., of
Baltimore. Her select pieces were the princi-
pal feature of the evening, and were rendered
in style fitted to win the applause of a
most cultivated critic. The chiIdren's part
in the programme lent not little to the sue
cess of the evening. Among their musical
selections was "The Little Shaking Quakers'
which was heartily encored.
PERSONAL MENTIoE.-Mr. Robert T. George
of Emmorton, has been visiting friends in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. s. N. Hyde has removed from his
Baltimore home to Hyde, Baltimore County.
ELECTION OF Town COMMISSIONERS OF
ABERDEEN.-Town Commissioners of Aber-
deem, Hartford county, were elected on Sat ur-