The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-02-15

PERUVIAN LODGE, o. G. Cat the las
meeting of Perryman Lodge, o. G. c., the
following officers were installed by Mr.. j. F
Towner:
Commander, G. IL. Wood secretary, d. w
Taylor; treasurer, b. F. johnson collector
j. IL. Emmord; guide, IL. a. Ray
mond. Three new members were I'M
tiated and six more applications received
The suspension OF the initiation fee Of a from
November to February proved so success
full that the lodge ordered an extension of free
initiation until April L. Six or seven limitations
are expected at the next meeting.
A RETURN TO FIRST PRINCIPLEs.-Scyera
of our citizens who were caught away by the
blizzard had considerable difficulty In reach
ing home. Messrs. George L. VanBibber and
s. A. Williams, who had been attending the
banquet of the Princeton alumni in Baltimore,
were the sole passengers on the I'D train
from Baltimore which was stuck in a drift at
Hyde's. They were Hospitality cared for Mr..
Dilworth, Col. Hyde's representative, and re,
manned there until Saturday, when they con
cluded to walk home They nearly did so,
being met at Vale by man with their horses.
Mr.. w. IL. Harlan, who had been in Richmond
Va, OH business, was caught near Alexandra
and had to remain over "a hours on the train
and then walked three miles in the face OF
the blizzard to reach town. Mr.. George w.
Gelzenliter, accompanied by MIR. A. w. Lee,
of Deer Creek, came over the B. and o. to
VanBibber Saturday, and walked from there,
reaching Bel Air about 10 O'Clock at night.
Mr.. Gelzenliter brought with him a copy of
the Baltimore Sun which was eagerly read, as
it was the first news the towns people had had
from the outside world since Thursday night.
A number of persons who were storm bound
in different parts of the county had to walk
home, that being the only means of locomo-
ton possible, and the walking wasn't very
good either.
The BLIZzARp.-The storm which was rag
ing as we went to press last week proved even
more severe than WAS then anticipated, being
probably even worse than the memorable
blizzard of March, 1888. In that storm the
snow fall was a little heavier in this section
but the weather was not so cold by many de.
grees as it was during Friday and Saturday of
last week, nor did the wind blow so long
The chief effect of this storm throughout the
Northern and Middle States, where planting
has not yet begun. was to block railroads
and delay travel all over the country. In the
South, where straw berries were in bloom and
all kinds of garden crops growing, the damage
was immense. On Friday morning the only
place on the mainland of the United States
except in Southern California, where the
thermometer stood above the freezing point
was Palm Beach, Florida. As is usually the
case when fire plugs are frozen up there were
a number of serious confiagrations in different
cities and towns.
In Hartford county all roads running in a
direction at right angles to the force of the
wind were filled with drifted snow, in many
places ten or twelve feet deep, and there were
but few roads where teams could go for half
mile without being obliged to take the fields.
A number of persons who came to Bel Air on
Monday morning to attend court had to travel
through the woods and fields nearly the whole
come in sleighs and walked the whole way.
The mails, both ON the railroads and
star routes, were delayed until Monday when
most of them got through. The only excep-
ton was in the case Of the p W. and B. Rail
road which ran through, but many hours be-
hind time. The southbound trains on the
Baltimore and Lehigh stuck at Fallston on
Friday morning and the northbound trains on
ly succeeded in reaching as far as Hyde's.-
Fortunately there were but very few passen-
gers on board and these were all taken care
of by persons living near those points.
Much suffering has been caused by the
storm in the cities but there is very little desti-
tuition in Hartford county and no cases of real
suffering have been reported. The only in
convenience suffered in Bel Air, beyond the
natural stoppage of business, was from a
slight scarcity of fresh meats and butter. Sew
eral persons had their ears slightly frosted in
consequence of too rash exposure to the bit
ing wind.