The aegis & intelligencer., 1897-04-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

The County Commissioners have authoriz-
ed diminution of the number of trees in the
Court House square.
Governor Lowndes has extended the time
for the completion of the assessment In Har-
ford county until Tuesday, April Goth.
Letters testamentary have been granted by
the Register of Wills to Cornelius Cole, upon
the estate of Fannie NJ. Reasn, deceased.
-Messrs Harlan & Webster have sold the
Walker property, at Perrymaus, containing
fftythree acres, to Mr.. Isaac $. Lee for 50, 500.
Robert Jenkins, colored, was committed
by Justice Richardson to the House of Cor
rection, on Monday on the charge of vagran
cy.
MIR. Mllard F. Wright has been appoint
ed to position in one of the Maryland State
Tobacco Warehouses in Baltimore, at salary
of 81 900 per annum.
MIR. George F. Pooley, of the Havre de
Grace Shirt Factory, has been elected as gen
eral manager of similar establishment which
is to be located at Salisbury, Wicomico county.
The Board of Control and Review having
completed the review of the Assessment in
the sixth district, have adjourned until the
completion of the work in the Fourth and
fifth district.
A largely attended reception was rendered
to the popular young preacher, Rev. F. c.
Gallaher, at Towsontown, on Tuesday even
ing, at which several addresses of welcome
were delivered.
Luther Williams, colored, who had been
sent to the House of Correction upon convic-
tion Of larceny, was brought before Judge
Walters on Monday on q writ of habeas
corpus, and after hearing was remanded to
that institution.
In the spring the maiden's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of her new spring bonnet
aud its bewildering accompaniments, and we
would advise the Bel Air ladies', for their own
peace of mind, not to look into Mrs Heuer's
window as they pass by.
The dwelling house on the property of
Mrs. Catherine E. Denbow, near Jarrettsville,
was entirely destroyed by fire on Wednesday
night of last week. 1t had been unoccupied
for some time, and the origin of the fire is
unknown. 1t was insured in the Hartford
Company for 800.
Mr.. William d. Wilson, of Fountain
Green, met with severe accident on Monday
while engaged in cutting wood. He was
chopping in the woods, when a hanging limb
caught his axe, causing it to swerve in such
manner as to strike his foot, SO badly cutting
it as to nearly sever two of his toes
hall +l,.
Presbyterian Church at Havre de Grace on
Sunday evening, it was unanimously resolved
to extend call to Rev. w. L. McCurdy, of
Princeton, to fill the pulpit which was vacated
by Rev. David Riddle in July last Mr.
McCurdy will graduate in May, and he is ex-
pected to accept the call
Mr.. Howard B. Anderson has resigned his
position as conductor on the Baltimore and
Lehigh Railroad to accept a similar one on
the Queen Anne's Railroad aud Mr. Daniel
Golden has been appointed to succeed him
OIL the B. & l.. Mr.. Anderson has always
been noted for his efficiency, courtesy and
thoroughness, and the many patrons of the
lehigh road will deeply regret his loss to the
community. We wish him an abundance of
success in his new enterprise.
The Hopes Base Ball team was organized
at Taylor on the evening of March Goth, with
the following players: Robert Turner, c.;
Millard Standiford, p; Philip Turner, 1st b.;
Tolley Patterson, 2d b.; Holie Stritehoff, Sd
b.; Newton Standiford, 5. s.; Emory Walbeck,
!. f.; John Patterson, c. f.; Harry Hess, r. f.;
substitutes, Willie Garrison, Oscar X. TolIey.
They expect to play their first game on satur
day, April 8, with the Bel Air team, at Taylor.
On the nth instant they will play the Jarretts-
vile team on the grounds of the latter. Dates
for games may be arranged by corresponding
with the manager, Emory Walbeck, manager
II. 5. 3. B. G., Taylor, Md.