The aegis & intelligencer., 1895-01-18
Omcial Banquet.

| HAvRE DE GRACE, JAN 15-The old Coun-
| ell met on Monday evening and adjourned
| sine die after declaring the new Council Ell
| titled to seats. Mr. A. +. Slymer administer
| ed the oath of office to the new Council, after
which Mr.. Robert Seneca nominated Mr. Ben
nett Charshee as president Mr.. Charshee
was unanimously elected and named his com
mitteeS for the ensuing year as follows
| Streets-Robert Seneca, jackson Maslin, Her
| man c. Osmond and Benn EFT Charshee ; Hall
j. ii. Owens and Robert Seneca; Fire-H.
| &. Osmond, j. III. Owens and j. l.. Burke
Lamps. w. Maslin, and James Burke
| Printing! l.. Burke and }. w. Maslin; Park
H. c. Osmond and B. Charshee. The Mayor
| also handed in his appointments, which were
unanimously approved in executive session,
! (something unprecedented i'll former councils)
| as follows: Collector }. W. Deaver Baliff,
| w. S. McCombs ; Attorney, p l.. Hopper ;
| Lamp Lighters, Lewis Fresch and j. l.. John
| son. The Council then adjourned to the
| Hartford House where several friends includ-
ing the old Council had been invited, and
where banquet had been prepared by Mayor
Vanneman. The bill of fare consisted of oys-
| ters, on the halfshell and fried. roast turkey,
| red-head ducks, chicken salad, cranberries
and celery, ice cream, fruit, nuts and wine.
Mr.. Hollis Courtney was toast master of the
evening. Among those present were Mayor
Nanneman and his board, also eX-Mayor w.
S. McCombs, Hollis Courtney, John A. Rus
sell, s. }. Seneca, eX-councilmen A. IL. Carver,
Lewis RUSSELL Joseph w. Chamberlaine, ID.
NJ. Osmond, Messrs. Charles Faust, j. +.
Woodrow, w. I. jackson, Jacob Osmond, Jr.,
A. P. McCombs Edgar Kelly, Louis Vosbury,
Winfield 5. Reynolds, Thomas Sadler, James
w. Foster, Andrew c. jackson, Harry G..
Lawder and DR.. X. II. Smith. The feast last
ed from nine until eleven O'Clock.
The city assessors, Messrs. p l.. Hopper
and j. +. Woodrow, are busily engaged with
their work and expect to finish in the course
of the next ten days.
The Parish Aid of st. Johns p E. Church
met at the rectory on Tuesday evening and
elected officers for the ensuing year. After
the business of the evening had been disposed
of refreshments were served to all present.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Messersmith gave
select dance at their residence Tuesday even
ing.
The ice in the river at this point is beyond
immediate danger, having all passed out be-
low. On the Cecil side, between the two
bridges, it has run down and jammed to some
extent, which will impede the progress OF an
ice harvest, should the weather become cold
enough to cut again.
The Havre de Grace Literary Society met
on Monday evening Owing to several othe-
entertainments during the evening, 1t was not
largely attended. Miss Wright recited and
Mr.. Ascherfeld gave an entertainment on his
violin, after which Mr.. Leon Hoffman took
the floor and ably upheld his side of the ques-
tion as to which is the greater evil, money or
intemperance. Rev. d. II. Riddle took the
negative and made some good arguments.
The judges, Messrs Joseph L. McVey, George
F. Baldwin and Edwin Pearson, decided two
to one in favor of the negative. The society
will meet again next Monday evening, at Me-
chanics' Hall, ON Washington street.
BLIFKINs.