The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-06-28
THE ECIS Acknowledgements
BEL AIR, ND, JUNE %. 1895.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

extra tickets they desire at Inc 4fsgtS once.
Hay jumped two dollars a ton on Thurs
day in the Baltimore markets. This is an en-
couraging outlook for the farmers.
Hon. C. G. Crothers aud Mr.. w. T. War
burton, of the Elkton bar, will deliver patri-
otto addresses at the Fourth of July celebra-
ton at Aberdeen.
The wheat and grass crop in Hartford are
reported to be very good, but corn has suffered
severely from the attacks of cut worms, wire
worms and lice at its roots.
Horace Cooper colored, the murderer of
Maggie Pitts also coloreI was hanged at Elk
ton, Cecil county, on Friday last. He con
fessed his crime to his spiritual advisers.
If you attend the celebration at Aberdeen,
on the 4th of July go to the Town Hall
for dinner or supper, also refreshments which
will be served by the ladies of the. NJ. f.
Church South at reasonable prices.
The town commissioners Of Aberdeen,
have reorganized. >. A. Swingley was re-
elected Cleyk and Treasurer; W. G. Rouse at
torney and C. w. Thompson bailiff. The
towns finances are in fiourishing condition.
Mr.. John w. Wilgis, of Bel Air, is COM
pleting a commodious and well planned barn
on Mr.. Thomas H. Robinson's farm, near the
Hickory. Farmer Robinson has been en-
gagged this week filling it with large crop of
excellent hay.
Many Baltimore people are now crowding
out to Hartford, and more will come in the
near future They are willingly received,
and their presence here shows they know
where to come for all comforts and most of
the luxuries of life.-HaUre de Grace RepuJli-
can
The petition of David T. Callahan against
the County Commissioners to compel them to
award him the collection of county taxes for
the first district for 1895, was heard by Judge
Waters on last Saturday. The petition was
dismissed, it being out of the jurisdiction of
the court.
The Tide Water Canal Company has fin
ally decided not to repair the dam over the
Susquehanna river at Columbia which was
broken by the gorges this spring. This decis-
ion is due to the great falling off In late years of
business on the canal which begins opposite
Columbia, at Wrightsville.
Next Sunday, the 25th anniversary of the
ordination of Rev. Joseph A. Gallen, the pas
tor, will be celebrated at st. Paul's Catholic
Church, Baltimore. From 1871 to 1878 Rev.
Father Gallen was the efficient and popular
pastor of st. Ignatius Church, Hickory, and
st. Mary's Church, Clermont Mills, Hartford
county.
Last Sundays Baltimore american con-
tanned an interesting and well-wrtten sketch,
by Miss Gilberta S. Whittle, of Bel Air, of
Daniel Decatur Emmett, the author of
"Dixie." Emmett was the originator of negro
minstrelsy in this country. He is now eighty
years old and lives In an humble cabin at Mount
Vernon, Ohio, his household consisting of
cat and flock of chickens.
We clip the following from the St. Tam
many Farmer, of Covington, La, and join in
the expressions of well wishes
Mr.. Gilbert S. Hawkins, of Bel Air, Md,
and Miss Lille E. Evans, of Covington, were
married at the residence of the BRIDES mother,
last Wednesday evening" Rev. Joseph Koegerl
officiating. We acknowledge the receipt of
some OF the BRIDES cake, with the compli-
ments of the happy couple, and extend our
congratulations, wishing them a joyful and
prosperous future.
Edward r. Moore, who was recently ar
rested for committing felonious assault up
on Anna Smell, colored girl living with Mrs.
Mary Whiteford, near Jarrettsville, was on
Monday brought before Judges Waters, up
a writ of habeas corpus by VIM. L. Cooley
attorney. After hearing the testimony of
several witnesses and the accused the court
dismissed the writ and sent Moore to Jail to
await the action of the November term of the
Grand Jury.
-Messrs. William B. Hopkins and c. s.
Courtney, of the second district, were the ac-
credited delegates from Hartford Circuit, NJ.
f. Church, to the convention of laymen of
church. The convention, which was compos-
ed of 800 delegates, unanimously asked for
the admission of laymen as members of the
NJ. E. annual conference 1t is stated that
the agitation will be continued until the con-
stitution Of the church is changed and the
concession granted.
One of the graduates at the recent COM
mencement at Western Maryland College was
MIR. A. Norman Ward, of Jarrettsville,
Mr. Ward was elected class orator and deliver
for his subject 1.-THE Religion of the future"
He will enter upon a course at the Johns Hop
kins University in October. At the last confer
ence of the Methodist Protestant Church held
at Alexandria, Va, he received Baltimore
appointment where he has charge of Christ
Church, Fulton avenue.
MIR. j. II. c. Watts, of Bel Air. has fore
man and dozen hands at work in his precious
serpentine quarry, on the Coulson farm, at
Cardiff station. Baltimore and Lehigh Rail-
road. The stone is said to have no rival in the
United States for beauty and the facility with
which it can be quarried, polished and adopt
ed to almost any ornamental use. The sup
ply, too, is believed to be practically mex
haustible. The railroad company has agreed
to run switch from their line directly to the
quarry and Mr.. Watts proposes to enlarge his
operations as soon as practicable.