The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-12
rHE ECIS Acknowledgement.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

MT, James Lee on SdtuIudJl OuhS ~
The record in the case of the Town Com
missoners was made up and sent to the ClerR
of the Court of Appeals on Saturday.
The extension of the Delta Telephone
Company's wires to Pylesville, Constitution
and Harkins will be completed this week.
The Norrisville Farmers Club will meet
at the residence of Mr.. 7. j. Brooke, Consti'
tuition, Pa, on Saturday, June 10, at Z. NJ
The Taylor Base Ball Club will play a
match game with the Glencoe Club on the
grounds of the latter club, on Saturday, June
ID.
On motion of Mr.. George L. VanBibber,
Mr.. George Whtelock, of Baltimore, was adj
mitted as an attorney Of the Hartford county
bar on Monday.
The refreshing rains of this week have
been of incalculable benefit to farmers. In
some sections OF the county the ground is re-
ported too hard to pillow.
A match race will be run on the Fair
grounds on Saturday, June goth, at 3 T. NJ,
between David Rumsey's "Happy Dave" and
CT. Barnes Careless Boy"
Mr.. Elmer j. Cook has associated himself
with Col. d. G. Mcintosh, of the Baltimore
county bar, and removed to Towsontown.
where he will engage in the practice of law.
A we'll attended and successful festival
was held in the grove adjoining Black Horse
school, on Thursday and Friday evenings.
Miss Gertrude Gross has charge OF the school.
-Children,s day service will be held in the
ChurchvilIe Presbyterian Church on next Sun
day, June IA. Four persons united with the
church at the communion service on Sunday
last.
Mr.. Hall X. Wallis, son of Mr.. William
r. Wallis, of Forest Hill, will graduate short
" with high honors at Georgetown College
His brother, Harry K. Wallis, is also student
at the same institution.
Cards have been issued announcing the
marriage of Prof. Warren I. L. Ta!iaferro and
Miss Emily Franklin johnson, of College
Park, Md. The ceremony will take place on
Thursday, June IS, at 7.3O T. NJ.
Henry TobIn, who was arrested at Canton
few days since, charged with enticing Lula
Bowman, a minor girl from her home, was
brought to Bel Air last week and lodged in
jaiI He was released on $500 bail.
MIR. Edward NJ Norris, of Worthwhile, will
lie one of the graduates at the Georgetown
(Ky.) College this year, and Mr.. Sprignal
p. Wiley, of the same place, will take his de-
gree ut St. Johns College, Annapolis.
-Messrs. Thomas II. Robinson, Frank E.
Gorrell, Harold Scarboro, Walter w. Preston,
Walter Finney, William S. Forwood, Jr.,
Joseph NJ. STREET. and Clifford Rosan attended
the State Democratic Convention at Baltimore
on Wednesday.
Mr.. Theodore F. Wilcox, cashier of the
Old Town Bank OF Baltimore, will deliver
lecture on 1.-THE Silver Question" as it affects
the farming and canning interests, on Satur-
day 18th instant, at p. NJ. at Fallston Hall,
over Reynolds store, Fallston.
George johnson, Harry Boston and Frank
Chapman, all colored, were tried on Friday
afternoon before Justice Richardson, charged
with blasphemy and threatening bodily injury
to Robert Tasker, on Whitmonday. They
were each found guilty and fined 81 and costs
Hi Noon finished the 225 pacing race on
Nav 81 with the best average ever made in
race of that class in Maryland. He drew the
18th place, and ended each heat as follows:
First, in 9th place, time 2.13l I'd, in close I'd
place, time 3 15t; Sd, in 18th place, time 215i;
4th, in 4th place, time .l54.
A heavy thunder storm passed over Bel
Air on Monday afternoon. The lightning
was very vivid, and played around the tele-
graph and telephone wires and telephone
,oxes in a startling manner. Several tele-
phones were burned out and locust tree on
Broadway was struck and slightly damaged.
At meeting of the Presbytery of Balti |
more held at Gainesville on Tuesday, Rev.
David B. Riddle, of Havre de Grace, was re-
leased from his passionate, and will travel
several months in Europe. In the afternoon
Rev. Kirby S. Miller, recently elected pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, Bel Air,was
ordained.
Mr.. Samuel w. Pattison, as auctioneer
sold on Monday for Messrs. James w. Coch-
ran and j. Frank Supplee, trustees, the frame
houses on Main street, adjoining Clayman's
Hotel, to Mr.. Jacob Schapiro for 81 $50. Also
10 acres OF land situated near ublin to James
w. Cochran for 800. The hotel property was
bid in by Mr.. Cochran lor So,ooU'
-James Bond, Rachel Bond, Thomas Amos,
James Amos, Jr., Harry Thompson and
Howard Stewart, all colored, were tried before
Justice Richardson on Saturday, charged with
disturbing the peace at festival at Fairyiew
Church, colored, on Wednesday. James
Amos, Jr, was found guilty and fined 81 and
costs The others were discharged.
The Board of Assessors held meeting on
Tuesday, and passed resolution directing
the assessors at large and each of the district
assessors to inform themselves as expeditiously
as possible as to the correct values OF all real
and personal properties. Schedules and other
blanks were distributed, and the board ad-
tourned subject to the call of the president.
The Joint monthly meeting of the Chris
tian EndeaVor societies Of Mount Tabor and
Deer Creek NJ. L. churches will be held at
Deer Creek Church on Tuesday, June 16, at
p. NJ. Mount Tabor Society is now the largest
in the county, having roll list Of 113 mem
beers. Children's day services will be held at
Mount Tabor June 81 at 10 A. NJ, and at
Deer Creek June IA at P. NJ.
-Children's day services were held at Nc
Kendree II. Z. Church on Sunday. The at
tendance was very large and the programme
an attractive one. The singing was led by
Mr.. Asbury s. Wiley. collection amount
fng to about $40 was taken up. Among those
who participated were Grace hordew, Emma
Smith, Ida, Lillian and Elmer Henderson,
Bessie Irving, Winfield Pennington, Pearl
Hildt and Alice Kenly.
Charles Anderson was tried In the United
states District Court on Monday on the charge
OF cutting mail pouch and acquitted. He
carried the mail between Dublin and Aber
deem. in Hartford county, and WAS charged
with having cut the mail bags and taken let
tiers. The jury brought in verdict of not
guilty, no case having been proven. Assist
ant District Attorney Lee appeared for the
prosecution and Mr.. Harley for the defense.
The Havre de Grace Republican Of last
week bore upon its first page picture Of the
new public school, about to be erected in that
city, from a plan furnished by Miss Anna l..
Hawkins, The building will be lO2 feet, 4
inches In width, and so feet, inches in depth,
and will contain five class rooms on each OF
the two floors, besides room for the principal
and one for the teachers. The Republican is
a!so embelished with portraits of Messrs.
Harlan, Worthington and Vanneman, the
building committee.
"A Jury OF de Iundtic0 iHquUe,,do was sum-
uoned nm Monday to inquire into the sanity