The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-05-20

The Spring fishing on the susquehanna
has been below the average The seines nave
cut out and only the gillers are left.
The Norrisville Farmers Club will meet
at the residence of Mr.. John Stans6ury on To-
morrow, Saturday, May 81, at 1.3O ?. NJ.
Iicanse was issued in Baltimore on
Thursday for the marriage of Elmer Gibbs
aud Miss Mary A. Wiley, of Hartford county.
-Compapy d has been assigned to the
Second Battalion of the First Regiment, Major
Charlie, A. Little being in command OF the
battalion.
During the storm of Monday afternoon
the residence of Mr. Ingram Greenland, at
Aberdeen, was struck by lightning and
badly damaged.
A new board side walk has been laid III
front of the Eagle hotel on Bond street, an
Improvement which has been very much
needed for some time.
The appointment of Rev. K. A. Castle
man for Grace Chapel, Hickory, Sunday
afternoon next, is postponed to the hrst Suh-
day in June at $50 2. NJ.
Services appropriate to Holy Thursday
or as it is better known, Ascension day.
were held in the Protestant Episcopal and
Catholic churches yesterday.
Letters testamentary upon the estate OF
William IL. Mahau, have been granted 10
Mary J. and Clarence Mahan. A bond has
been filed for nine thousand dollars.
Justice Richardson was kept busy on Mon
day irving u number of colored men who had
been captured on Sunday while engaged IN
the enticing game of crap, in Bel Air.
Rev. William II. Miller, rector of Hen
shaw Memorial church, Baltimore, will ad-
dress the Brotherhood of st. Andrew, al
Emmanuel church, on Sunday evening.
Rev. Frank r. Isaac, pastor of Bel Air NJ.
Z. Church, will preach a sermon to the mem
bers of Wanu Post, &. A. r., at Centre NJ l..
Church, Forest Hill, on Sunday, May %.
Company DIS officers and men are all ex-
ceedingly popular at Camp Wilmer Hartford
hospitality, which has a reputation every
where. is we'll sustained by her brave soldier
boys.
Among the appointments OF the African
Union Methodist Protestant Conference, at
EIkton. were those OF Rev. s. j. Mills to Havre
de Grace and Rev. d. W. Butler to Hartford
Mission.
"A very heavy downpour of rain visited
Hartford county about eight O'Clock sunday
morning, and on Monday afternoon another
thunder storm visited us, the latter being ac'
companed by hail.
The examination of the graduating class
of the Law School of the Maryland University
is now in progress The class will graduate
MAY 80 Mr.. NJ. B. Walker, of Hartford coun-
ty, is vice president Of the class.
A memorial tablet in honor Of the late
Professor NJ a. Newell, the founder of the
State Normal School, was unveiled at that
institution on Friday. The tablet was pre-
scented by the Alumni Association.
The hail of Monday afternoon was very
heavy along the Susquehanna. Leaves and
Young fruit were stripped from the trees, and
tomato beds were almost devastated. 1t Is
feared that the growing wheat has been ruined
in some localities.
The boys in Company d now present
fine appearance in their new uniforms which
they received on Wednesday morning. The
whole body make an excellent impression
and with few weeks drill will be the crack
company of the regiment.
Mr.. Joseph B. Douglas the vice principal
of the Bel Air graded school was hastily sum-
moued to his home in Prince Georges county
on Wednesday. His mothers residence was
DESTROYED by fire, with all its contents includ'
ing very valuable library.
Lightning struck the fine new residence
of Mr.. James A. Slade, near Clermont Mills
on Monday afternoon. The damage was but
slight. 1t also struck the spire Of the Holy
Cross p. L. Church, and report says the dam
age to the church was considerable.
Teachers and scholars Of the county
schools should remember that next Thurs
day, May 26, is Maine Day. We will b.
pleased to receive accounts of the celebration
from every school which commentaries tina
terrible incident in American history.
The Mill Green nd Highland Telephone
Company have extended their lines as far a
the store of A. T. Bradley, at Clermont Mills
They have put phones in the residences o
DIR. Thomas B. Hayward and Messrs. J. W
Street,, Grafton Devoe and the Wilson
Creamery.
The long deferred nomination Of Mr.. Johl
b, Hanna as surveyor Of the Port OF Balti
more, was sent to the Senate by Presiden
Mckinley on Tuesday MIR. Hanna deserves
as he has received, the congratulations of al
of his friends without regard to politica
utilization.
ct Ral ir 10 last
muster in on Tuesday, as Captain Forwoo
was extremely anxious that it should be q
largely composed of Hartford men as possible
Tie other commands paid little attention
this, taking the first who came along, regarc
less of where they hailed from.
About the last of March, Andrew An
rhein, a youth in the employ of Mr.. j. b. Sea
borough at Scarboro, had his leg broken by
kick from a horse. Heimproved rapidly, an
had almost recovered, when in attempting on
day last week to walk across the room
slipped and fell, breaking the limb again.
The Havre de Grace Athletic Club has o
ganized the following baseball team: Pitche
|. Burns: catcher, w. Reasin; shortstop,
Bradfield 1st base, W. Barnes; ID base,
Bremen; 81 base, H. Walker, right-field,
McEwing; eft-feld, NJ. Baldwin; center fel
A. Letter. William Reasn is manager Of Il
club.
The Sunday School teachers and schola
of the Bel Air Presbyterian Church left toV
early on Saturday morning for days fshil
at SHOWS Mill, on Winters Run. The cat
of gudgeons was a remarkably good one, a
the youngsters enjoyed the outing rhugel
Brother Reynolds was credited with
slargest catch"
Mr.. Godsoorough s. Griffith, accompani
by Rev. w. G. Stroudenmyer, chaplain to
Maryland Penitentiary, made visit OF insp
ton TO the Hartford county almshouse a
Jail on Friday. Mr.. Griffith, who is preside
of the Prisoners Relief Association, express
his qualification at the improved sanitary c.
dition of the Jail.
1t now seems to be a settled fact that
wo battalion of the first regiment which
cludes Company d Of Hartford county will
sent to Governors Island New York. One VI
significant fact is the men have been furnisl
with two blankets each to enable them
stand a colder climate. The fifth only rect
ed one blanket apiece.