The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-12-17
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Wheat reached 100 in Chicago on Thurs
day last.
-Protracted services are still in progress at
Wesley Chapel near Black Horse
Mr. &. F. Taylor has been appointed post
master at Bradshaw, Baltimore county
MIR Stevenson A. Miller will remove from
Norrisyile to Baltimore in the near future.
Mr.. Archie Henderson, of Black Horse,
s,,,,c,,+ara5 porIler last week which weighed
435 pounds.
Tn. Christmas celebration at Emmanuel
Church, Bel Air, will take place on Tuesday,
the 18th instant.
,rbirteen persons had been converted up
tn Saturday, during the revival services AT
Magnolia NJ. E. church.
MIR. W. l. Barron has purchased lou on
Congress Street, Havre de Grace, from MI
A. P. McCombs, for s., 800.
Mrs, Laura Whitman, of st. MiehaeIs'
Md, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. L. H.
Pritchett, of Havre de Grace.
Letters of Administration upon the es-
tate of Dr. William P. Taylor have be u
granted TO Cyrus {. Cronin
There were thirteen conversions reported
at Centre Presbyterian Church, near MOTIFS
vile, during the late revival.
The time for cunning in Hartford county
expired on Wednesday, and it is now uhia"
full to shoot any kind of game
MIR. Ii. F. Strasbaugh, has sold his farm
at Creswell, containing one hundred anu
twenty-five acres to John Elsner for $500.
The annual Christmas celebration OF
Grace Chapel Sunday School will be helo
Wednesday, December 20, at 80 I. NJ. All
are invited.
"A fine new chandelier has been placed in
the Cambria Methodist Protestant Church. IL
is a great Improvement, both in utility ana
appearance.
The Methodist Protestant Church at
Stewartstown was re-dedicated on Sunday.
Rev A. ". Mather, former pastor, deliver
ed the sermon.
The General Council of the Brotherhood
of St. Andrew has decided to hold the next
International Council in baltimore, from
Sept rs to Oct. ID. 1898.
-Messrs Frank P. Clark and Robert h.
Carr, Jr, of the Baltimore bar, were admit
ted to practice in the Circuit Court OF Haf-
, ford county, on Friday.
A sunrise prayer meeting will be held on
Christmas morning at six O'Clock by the
Young Peoples G. f. Society of the Bel AIR
Presbyterian Church.
An entertainment for the benefit OF the
Forest Hill w. Z. T. L. will be held on Tues
day next, 2lst. A. b. Wood the musician and
singer will be there.
Attention is called to the entertainment,
which is to lie given by The teacher and pupils
at Bleak Height School, on December I'D.
Proceeds for benefit of school.
james Hoffman husked seven hundred
and twenty bushels of corn in the field last
week on the farm of Mr.. j. Clark Strawbridge, |
near Norrisyille. Pretty hard to beat
Mr. Harry B. James, of Aberdeen, return
ed home on Tuesday from Norfolk, Va
He brought with him horse which had been
stolen from him about three weeks since.
MIR Henry c. Kirk and Miss Annie d.
Bailey, both Of Fallston, were married at the
parsonage, ON Wednesday evening by Rev ).
b. Tredway, pastor of the Bel Air NJ. Z.
Church.
The Norrisvile Farmers Club met on
Friday evening at the home OF Mr.. John s.
Gemmll. 1t is understood that arrangements
are being made looking towards holding an
Institute on December Both aud 3lst.
Rev. Silas b. Tredway, of Bel Air. deliv-
cred lecture before large audience at st.
Johns Methodist Protestant Church, Canton,
on Friday evening last His theme waa
"Looking at the Elephant ard not seeing it"
Mr. Thomas Holloway, well-known resi-
dent of Gorsuch, was paralyzed last week
while sorting corn in his barn near West Lib
erty Church. He died within four hours after
ward. He was buried at the church on Thurs
day MIR. Holloway was in the fifty seventh |
year of his age.
The store OF Messrs Baker and Jacobs, at |
Aberdeen, was broken open on Tuesday |
night and robbed of a number of pairs of |
shoes This is the second time that the place |
has bean entered by burglars, and it is sup |
posed that the same parties were at Work |
ON both occasions.
Our esteemed friend Osceola sends us a |
communication in which says 81 fully agree |
with your excellent editorial in recent issue
believe with you in being kind to the poor |
uniortuu ate one who is bound down by the |
chains of strong drink. Yes, my heart aches
for such, and pray God to loosen his bands
and let him 60"
Stephenson Lodge, No 135 A. F. and A.
NJ. has removed its headquarters from Lapi-
DUN to Darlington. AT the meeting held on
Wednesday, December 8, the following
officers were selected for the ensuing term.
W. NJ, George A. Smith; 5. W., Charles A.
Andrew: j. w. w. b. Selfe; Secretary, j. L.
Jones; Tier, Charles z. Dern.
Mr. William II. Norris, of White Hall,
came very near being seriously injured one
day last week while assisting in the removal
of well digging machine. He had placed a
rail between the spokes of wheel in order
to help the machine out of hole, when the
rail flew up, striking him upon the side OF
his head, splitting his open and otherwise
inturing him. Fortunately he not badly
injured.
To be Repeated.
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