The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-30
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

The wilma W. G. T. u. will meet ut Mrs.
N. T. Honingsworth's at the usual hour
August 9Th,
Tho annual picnic of the NorriSvll'
Farmers Club will be held on Thursday
August 10Th.
The Textile Works have received their
new engine for their works at Havred Grace
and placed it i'll possession. 1t will run 22O
looms.
The annual reunion OF the New Market
Circuit of the Methodist Protestant church,
will he held at Kohler'S grove on Thursday
August l2th.
The Deer Creek Driving Association will
hold their next races ON their grounds near
Gorsuch, on the afternoon of Thursday
august 18th.
An effort will he made to divide Hereford
c reuft of the NJ. +. Church, which includes
in its list of appointments, Wesley Chapel
Black Horse.
Mrs. ). susie Russell, of Edgewood, has
filled i'll the Circuit Court, bill for absolute
divorce from her husband Frank A. Russell'
alleging desertion.
Henry J. Horn, of Sharon, has executed
a deed of trust To Samuel ". Bradford, for
the benefit of his creditors. A bond for
S25, 900 has been filed.
The public meeting of the Fountain Green
W. {. T. u. will be held in their hall, Thurs
day evening, August 9TH, at o'clock. Ad-
dress by F. Il. Isaac
Ten. William Mckinney died at his home
in Ceutrevile, on Friday. lie was we'll
known in Hartford county, and was one OF the
alumni of the old Bel Air Academy.
Key. J. +. Andrews, of Middletown, Va,
will preach on Sunday at 2. NJ. at the NJ 4.
Church South, Aberdeen. Rev. K. w. Taylor,
of Baltimore, will preach at 7. NJ.
Eight hundred and ten tons of coal-the
largest single cargo ever shipped from Havre
lie Grace-left that port on Thursday on the
barge Mary G. McNally for Washington, d.
&.
MIR. w. A. Crawford, p, w. and B. H.
X. carpenter, who resides in Havre de Grace,
has completed his Bath year as an employee
of the Company. lie is an honest, upright
Il
The forty hour devotion will be held at
st. Mary's Catholic Church, Clermont Mills,
on Sunday next, August LIST, commencing
with High Mass at 10. 30 A. NJ Services will
he held on Monday and Tuesday.
"A large frame barn upon the farm OF
Mr.. John w. Jenkins, near Long Green, was
DESTROYED by fire on Saturday night together
with about 500 bushels Of wheat, about ~ tons
of hay and lot of farming implements
Loss about 81 500.
The address before the Aberdeen Sunday |
School Convention by Thomas \. Smith, ESQ., |
of Garland was highly praised. Mr.. Smith is
i Sunday School Superintendent of great ex-
perience, and is well qualified to speak Oh |
Sunday School matters.
The Woodberry and Havre de Grace |
teams played game OF base ball at the latter
place on Saturday, resulting in victory for
the visitors by score of Il to II. Batteries, |
neutrality-suspicious. and Brooks; Havre de
Grace, Gilbert and Foley.
The picnic of the Bel Air Presbyterian |
Sunday School was held yesterday in Dallam's !
grove on the Hickory road. prominent |
feature of the affair was the presence of about |
twenty-five Fresh Air children from Balti-
more, who arrived on the IL A. NJ. train.
The remarkable Fantom case in the Balti- |
more City Circuit Court, has been terminated
by an agreement by the terms of which all
four of the ladies one OF them from Hartford
county who claim to be the widow OF
Robert NJ. Fantom, receive portion of the
81, 900 in dispute.
During Fridays storm hail fell at Aber-
deem for half all hour and In such quantities
that it did not melt for an hour alter the
storm was over 1t was the largest ever seen
there 1t ranged in size from pigeon egg to
hen egg. Several stones were measured, |
and one was SIX inches in circumference
The severe storms which have prevailed |
since July 18th have been wide spread and
destructive. From the South, North East |
and West reports have reached US OF the
damages. A heavy storm swept over Har-
ford county on Friday last, accompanied by
hail. In Hav-e de Grace hail-stones fell which
were as large as marbles.
While Webster Yost, the youngest son of
Mr.. Jacob Yost, of Norrisville, was returning
from the creamery on Wednesday last, his
horse became manageable and ran into Mr..
John s. Gemmill's milk wagon, breaking one
of the wheels and throwing Mr.. Gemmill out,
Earring him considerably. Mr.. Iost's horse
got loose from the wagon and was soon
caught.
As Mr.. Joseph Callahan, of Creswell, was
driving a colt, which he was breaking, on
Wednesday,, the colt IAN away when near Car
sins Run, and Mr. Callahan was thrown vio-
lently out, his head being badly cut ard Sc
verely bruised. He laid unconscious for sew
eral hours, and then succeeded in reaching
Bel Air, where his wounds were dressed by
DIR. {. A. Holingsworth.