The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-09-04
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

served rs legal nOllual
A cluster of very fine large hops grow
upou the farm of Mr.. John Trago, Jr., are OF
exhibition at the 1Egis office.
The post Office at Dry Branch has beef
discontinued. The mail service on tina
route will end at Bradenbaugh.
The Susouehanna Paper Mills resumed
operatlons on Friday. They will not be rur
to their full capacity for while
The Second National Bank having been
fitted with the necessary fixtures, will os
lighted in the future by electricity.
There are one hundred and fifteen teach
ers in the public schools of Hartford county
The average attendance of pupils is about
3,4OO.
-Governor Lowndes has extended the
time in which the Assessors OF Hartford couu-
ty shall complete their assessments, until
Dec. 3lst.
Hon. George NJ Jewett has been invited
and is expected to address the Bel Air Bryan
and Sewall Club on Saturday evening Sep
TENDER 18th.
-Otho s. Heuer, two-year-od son OF Mr..
John Heuer, fell in the yard attached to his
fathers residence in Bel Air, on Tuesday and
fractured his shoulder blade.
Thomas H. Gorsuch, farmer, of Fork,
Baltimore county, has made a deed of trust,
for the benefit of his creditors, to James >.
Lindsay and Thomas H. Robinson.
List of letters remaining in Bel Air post
office: Miss Lillian Beatty, Miss Annie T.
Dalton. Mr. Robert Flowers, Miss Belle
Gsrtren Miss Annie Lee, Miss Wilson Wann.
The advance in the price of anthracite
coal went into effect on Tuesday, and house
holders who have not already placed their
orders will have to pay higher price for
their article.
The long protracted dry season has ser
iously affected the streams and wells OF the
county Bynum's Run is lower at the bridge
on the Churchville road than it has been for
many years.
Attention is called to the card of the
Cecil county Fair, which appears In our
columns to-day. The exhibition will be held
next week commencing with Tuesday, and
promises superior attractions.
Mr. VIM. Y Ogden, of Baltimore, az
dressed the Bryan and Sewall Club OF Bel
Air on Saturday night. There was larger
meeting than usual, and Mr.. Ogdens speech
was listened to with close attention.
The Baltimore County Fair is being held
at Timonium this week. It is very attrac-
tive exhibition and its opening on Tuesday
was mark ed by very large attendance quite
number being present from Hartford co unity.
We are indebted to Mr.. Robert Livezey'
for mammoth cantaloupe. 1t is Of the
banana variety and measures Is inches in
length. 1t was raised by MIR. Livezey on his
farm on Bynum's Run. 1t weighs eleven
pounds.
The eleventh annual convention OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Hartford county, which will be held on Tues
day next, will positively be addressed by Mrs.
Ella A. Boole, of New York. Sheis Il national
speaker of rare ability.
"A party of three fishers from Havre de
Grace, succeeded on Saturday in catching
two hundred and fifty large fish, with hook
and line at point just below Turkey Point,
and it is reported that better lot Of white
perch have not been caught this season.
AS Mr. David Callahan, in Company with
two friends, was driving along the road near
the Hartford Furnace bridge, on Sunday after
noon, the horse ran away, throwing the men
out and completely demolished the buggy.
Mr.. Callahan had his thigh broken, and one
Of his friends was rendered unconscious.
The office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court has been thoroughly reprinted by Mon
tague & Co., and presents very attractive
appearance. The walls have been tinted
bright straw color, the ceiling pearl, and the
wood work clear and beautiful white.
One of the finest pieces of carriage paint
ing ever turned out of Bel Air Shop, is to be
seen at the Factory of the Enterprise Com
panp. 1t is Coupe belonging to Mr. George
NJ Jewett 1t was reprinted by Mr.. John
Heuer, and is remarkable specimen of his
artistic skill.
The Level Bryan and Sewall Club effected
permanent organization on Saturday even
ing. Addresses were delivered by Messrs.
George NJ. and Hugh j. Jewett, Jr. A num-
Der of Republicans were present. The next
meeting will be held September ~ When
Messrs Murray Vandiver and S. E. Penning
will make speeches.
Considerable comment has been made
upon the course adopted and pursued by the
delegates from MarshalPs district TO the con-
ventiea. We are happy to settle all questions
by directing public attention to their loyalty
fidelity and patriotism as displayed at Havre
de Grace on Wednesday.
Hon. George Y. Maynadier was on Friday
last elected one of the vice-presidents of the
newly organized Maryland State Bar Associa-
ton" Among the many present at the meet
ing were Messrs Maynadier, Richard Dallam
Willard G. Rouse, John s. Young, Thomas
II. Robinson, and Fred r. Williams.
Mr.. William S. Henning, of the firm of
Alexander Kerr Bros. Co, of Baltimore, has
oeeSa invited to address the Bryan and Sewall
club OF Bel Air. Mr.. Henning is one of the
best inf6rmed men in the city on the silver
question, aud we sincerely trust that he will
accept the invitation.
"A very interesting game of ball was played
at Berkeley, on Saturday, between the first
team of Berkeley and the second team of OAR
lington, resulting in victory for the Darling
liugton boys by score of to 5. Winning
battery Thompson and Thompson. The
feature of the game was the heroic pitching
of Thompson, who struck out twelve men.
The GunpOwder Bridge Murder.
Ernest Savage, colored, was arrested on
Tuesday on Center Market Space, Baltimore,
charged with the murder of an unknown col
ored man on the p, W. & B. r. X. bridge over
tbe Gunpowder on the night of August 18th.
The man was pointed out by John Bell, col
ord, who declared that he was positive that
Savage committed the crime. Both men were
detained for the Hartford county authorities.
Savage denies that he was in any way con
necteI with the murder. They were brought
to Bel Air by Deputy Sheriff Forsythe OIL
Thursday.
Teachers
The entertainment on Monday evening wal
e.oNd lcted by the members of the Institute
and Gas very successful and enjoyable. The
inrograalnle included the following numbers
Recitation. by Miss Minnie V. Lee reading