The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-02-18
GUE ECIS AND INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Wheat reached sl.OOi in Chicago on last
Friday.
Mr.. John Lynch has rented the James
GLADDEN. farm near Highland.
A patent for fence has been granted to
William Duncan, of Norrisvile.
Mrs. Anne L. Duncan is seriously i'll with
the grippe at her home near Carea
MIR. David L. Pyle the well-krown insur'
ance agent is slowly improving in health.
MIR. Jason Hitchcock and Mrs William
Finney Payne, of Norrisvlle, are both serious
ly i'll.
MIR. D. Alouzo Wiley has sold his farm
living on the road from Norrisville to Carea,
to Mr.. Salem Heaps.
The track and grounds Of the Hartford
Agricultural Society have been leased by Mr.
John s. Richardson, Jr.
MIR. Asa J. Vanscent has purchased the
Henry Macatee farm, near Pylesville, con-
tanning seventy acres.
MIR. William &. Whitney has harvested
nearly 600 tons of six inch ice, at his ice
house in Havre de Grace.
Mr.. Robert c. Richardson, of Church
vile has purchased the store AMI stock of Mr..
George Walker, at Aberdeen.
We are glad to be able 10 state that DR..
j. F. H. Gorsuch is rapidly improving, and
hopes to soon be able to resume practice.
Hon. William B. Baker, has been appoint
ed as the Maryland member of the Republic
can Congressional Campaign Committee.
Roy Mitchell, nine year-old colored boy,
dropped dead from heart disease, while run
ming after cow near Aberdeen. on Sunday.
Letters testamentary upon the estate of
Miss Hannah Lizzie Stokes have been granted
by the Register of Wills to Hugh NJ. Stokes.
Rev. Sias B. Tredway. of Bel Air, deliver
ed a lecture at the Methodist Protestant
church near Elicott city on Tuesday night.
The delightful spring like weather of Mon
day and Tuesday was succeeded on Wednes-
day by u high windstorm, followed by cold
wave.
Mr.. Charles A. McComas of Bel Air, has
secured position as bookkeeper with the
firm of o. Herring & Sons, Howard street,
Baltimore.
The members of the Aberdeen cornet
band donned their new uniforms for the first
time on Tuesday night. The suits are hand
8 ONE ones.
The record in the Tome case has been
prepared for the Court of Appeals by Mr..
Harry s. Carver. 1t covers S2S pages of type
W ritten matter.
A Senate bill to make Saturday half
holiday in Hartford, Howard and Baltimore
counties, has passed to third reading in the
House of Delegates.
Miss Curtiss, of Fallston, has been ap-
pointed assistant teacher at Wheeler's school,
near Constitution, of which MIR. Charles Ii.
Glackin is principal
The date for commencing the Methodist
Protestant camp-meetiug in Macomber s
woods, near Delta, has been fixed for July 23d.
1t will continue for ten days.
The heavy windstorm of Wednesday did
considerable damage to property throughout
the county. Trees and fences were blown
down and outbuidings unroofed.
MIR. Samuel L. Pyle, of Aberdeen, and
Miss Mary Lilly, daughter of Mr.. William
Lilly, of Churchville, were married on Tues
day evening by Rev. E. a. Colburn.
Leslie young son of Mr. Robert Ander-
son, of Carea, cut his hand so severely a few
days since while playing with an axe that the
services of physician were found necessary
Revival services still continue at the Eel
Air NJ p church. Rev. Frank X. Isaac
pastor of the Bel Air NJ. E. church preached
very acceptable sermon on Tuesday night.
DIR. J. F. H. Gorsuch, of Fork, whose
serious illness was mentioned in our last issue
has so greatly improved that he has returned
to his home and expects shortly to resume
practice.
Rev. Harry D. Mitchell, formerly junior
pastor on the East Hartford Circuit, OF the
Methodist Episcopal church, has been called
to Bethany church, one of the largest and
richest in Baltimore.
The marriage of Mr.. Hugh c. Thompson
and Miss Marian Hughes daughter of eX-
Sheriff Ambrose Cooley, is to take place on
Tuesday next, February 22d, at Wesleyan NJ.
P. Chapel, near Havre de Grace.
Under the head of darlington News" it
was stated that Rev. L. Elmer Dutton intend
ed leaving on February 2lst. We desire to
state that this was an unntentional error OF
our correspondent as he will not do so until
March LIST.
Mr. Thomas f. Kirby, of Cole postotfice,
was badly kicked by mule while entering
his stable one day last week. The animal,
which fortunately was unshod, launched out
with both feet, striking Mr.. Cole a severe
blow on his right thigh.
The Pen Mar Farmers club has elected
the following officers: President, Joseph 5
Whiteford. vice-presidents, John Macomber,
T. j. Brooks and Daniel A. Bay; secretary,
A. NJ. Wiley; cor. secretary, j. Egbert Smith;
treasurer, J. c. Macomber.
Mr. William F. Kessling one of the petit
JURORS, exhibited in Bel Air on Tuesday
phal in which he had imprisoned number
of live grasshoppers and katydid, which he
had captured on his farm, near Bel Air on
Monday. This is one OF the earliest on
record.
A shooting match will be held at Reckord,
on Washington's birthday at one O'Clock T.
NJ. Several prizes will be offered, among
them, will be the championship of Hartford
and Baltimore counties, now held by MIR.
James Bauer, of Bel Air. Clay pigeons will
be used.
At the meetingof the Board of Town
Commissioners, of Bel Air, on Friday night,
committee was appointed to ascertain the
cost of procuring a room for the use of the Fire
COMPANY: and also a committee to investigate
the needs of the company as regards ad di
tioaal apparatus.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Wilson gave
supper at their residence near Darlington, on
last Friday evening, in honor of Mr.. and Mis-
David H. Silver Among those present were
Miss Sadie Hughes, of Abingdon, the Misses
Bayess Mr. and Mrs. +. NJ. Allen, Jr., Rev.
Mr. Baird and Mr.. Harry Silver.
"A small dwelling house on the Baltimore
turnpike, short distance below Reckord
postoflfce, which was owned and occupied by
Mr. John F. SHELTON, was destroyed by fire on
Wednesday, Mr.. SHELTON was away from