The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-06-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


Mr.. James b. Davis, who lives near Shane
is building one Of the finest barns in the coun
ty.
-Fairview Literary Society of Pylesyill
gave very pleasant fishing party last SatuI
day.
$. A. Michigan, the popular Perrymal
merchant, has laid in full stock OF sprin
goods.
The congregation at Rock Spring recent
made some noticeable improvements to tn
church and cemetery.
Mr. W. |. STREET. has sold his stock o
store goods and good will at Pyesvile to Mr.
augustus Wheeler.
Mr.. w. B. Hopkins announces his with
drawal in this weeks 1Egis as a candidate fol
County Commissioner.
Owing to the death in the family Of Miss
Meter, the fair and festival at Abingdon
school has been postponed.
We have received from the Jacob Tome
Institute programme of their closing exer
cises held on the 18th instant.
The new station at Baldwin, Baltimore
and Lehigh Railway has been completed and
is now occupied by the company.
Grabbing season has now opened at Otter
Point. Captain Leight reports them in album
dance and much finer than last year.
-Children's Day will be duly observed next
Sunday at Union Chapel at 3 P. NJ. and Mt.
Carman, at Emmorton, at s P. NJ.
We are indebted to Prof. W. T. l.. Talia-
ferro for an invitation to the commencement
exercises of the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege.
Capt Joseph Henriques, of Havre de
Grace, celebrated the 10th anniversary of his
birthday on Tuesday. large number of his
friends called to pay their respects.
MIR. Jacob II. Brookhart, of J arrettsville, re-
Gently found in his hen house an egg measur-
ing eight inches one way and six and three
quarters the other. 1t is indeed a prodigy.
MIR. Robert w. Hunter, of Virginia, who
has recently been appointed Assistant Attor-
ney in the Interior Department at Washington,
is brother of Major Abel Hunter, of Bel Air.
Mr.. Andrew Kinehart requests us to an
nounce that he has not withdrawn from the
contest for the Democratic nomination for
County Commissioner, but will remain in the
field until the polls close July 81.
"A number of the young people Of the
Christian Endeavor Society of Bel Air NJ. P.
Church visited the Endeavorers of Mt. Carmel
at their meeting at Emmorton last Thursday
evening, and had delightful union service.
Mr. Augustus A. Piper has given to the
Baltimore and Lehigh Railway Company a
piece of ground containing twenty-nine one
hundredths of an acre, on which the com
pany intends to erect station to take the
place of the present station at Glenarm.
The Nonpareils of Aberdeen, will play the
Woodberry team on Saturday afternoon. The
latter team is a strong one and will give the
home team a hustle. Base ball games at
Aberdeen are drawing card for the politi-
clans. There are always plenty on hand.
AT the 32d annual commencement of Notre
Dame Institute, near Baltimore, gold medal
for Christian Doctrine, was awarded by Rev.
F. N. Fowler, chaplain to the Institute, to
Miss Mary Wells. Rev. Father Fowler was
formerly pastor OF st. Ignatius Church, Hick-
DRY.
Mr. w. A. Moore, general manager of the
Baltimore and Lehigh Railway, has recently
had removed the platform at Bel Air station
and a new one put down in very substan-
tial manner. The old well, which has been q
menace to the health of the people of that
neighborhood, will also be filled up.
Mr.. Arthur W. Shanklin, of Loeb Raven,
Baltimore county, has issued cards for the
marriage of his daughter, Miss Lulu G. Shank
lin and Mr.. Nicholas j. Hutchins, of Bel Air.
formerly of My Lady's Manor. The cere-
mony will take place at Trinity p. E. Church,
Towson, June 20, at 7.3O P. NJ.
MIR. Simon j. Martinez, protector of the
proposed electric railroad on the Baltimore
and Jerusalem turnpike, has purchased for
81, 0O0 400 shares of stock in the company held
in the name of the Baltimore County Commits
sioners. 1t is believed that the project will be
carried on to success and 1t is hoped that the
road will sooner or later be extended to Bel
Air.
DIR. Todd, of Abbeville. S. c., brother
in law of the late President Abraham Lincoln,
now 20 years of age, has gone blind. He
was division surgeon in the corps of General
Longstreet and served all through the war as a
Confederate while his brother-in-law was
President of the United States Dr. Todd
was fellow prisoner at Camp Chase, Indiana,
with Mr.. Frank B. Glenn, of Hartford county,
who was also in the Confederate army.