The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-05-12
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 70, 1899.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

lion. Murray Vandiver was elected {
director of the Delaware Railroad Company
last week.
-Joh jackson, of Franklinville, has beer
granted an original government pension Of
ST per month.
The tenth anniversary of the Magnolia
Epworth League will be held in the church,
on Sunday, May l4th at ?. NJ.
"A great amount OF corn planting has been
done in TIE county this week, the rains put
ting the ground in first class order.
Mrs. W. Z. Holloway, of Aberdeen caught
homing pigeon on Thursday last. 1t was
marked, N. A. 4275l. 1t was liberated.
Letters OF a ADMINISTRATION have been grant
ed by the Register of wills to Thomas E. Cath
cart, upon the estate of Thomaf NJ. Cathcart
A delightful, refreshing and much needed
rain fell on Tuesday. 1t materially aided
vegetation and will advance the work Of the
farmers.
Mr. Charles II. STREET., having sold his
farm near Taylor 10 his son, Mr.. }. Rush
STREET., has removed temporarily to Corbett,
n. c. r.
"A lecture upon "Hobbies" will be deliver
ed at Mount Tabor NJ P. church, near the
Hickory, on Thursday, May IS, by Rev. Chas.
NJ. Compiler.
"A meeting will be held in Bulett's Carriage
Works in Delta, on Tuesday at 7. NJ, for
the purpose of organizing another National
Bank in that town.
The ballots used in the last county cleo
ton We're burned on Wednesday in the
presence of the Judges of the Orphans Court
as required by law.
The annual commencement Of the State
Normal School will take place on June lst
There will be a large class, several of whom
are from Hartford county.
"A reissue and increase of pension has been
granted by the United States Government TO
Sylvester Philips, of Taylor. His monthly
allowance was Increased from Sc to SO.
Mr.. Alfred NJ. Touchton, one of the five
Republicans elected to the Baltimore City
Council last week is native of Hartford and
formerly resided near Wesleyan Chapel.
On motion of Mr.. William II. Harlan,
Mr.. Raymond y. Hoblhzell, of the Baltimore
in the Circuit Court for Hartford county.
DR. David STREET. has been reelected dean
of the thirteenth consecutive term. DIR.
Street is a native of Chrome Hill in this
county, and a son Of Mr.. Corbin q. STREET..
Mr.. Joseph X. Coale the Bel Air butcher,
purchased recently from MIR. Charles l.. Vail,
of Forest Hill. a steer which two and
scaJ he lie
live weight was l,450 lbs
marriage licensa was issued by the Clerk
OF the Circuit Court. on Wednesday. to Nj.
James b. Davis, of Shane, and Miss Mary Z.
Garrett, daughter of Mr.. Benjamin Garrett,
of Gemmill, Baltimore county.
The Sunday School of Wesley Chapel,
rear Black Horse, has been organized for the
season with MIR. William II. Norris as Super
intendent. Rev. Thomas Henderson will
have charge of the Bible class.
The Pastime Baseball Club, Of Baltimore,
will visit Bel Air and play match game with
fhe home team at the Fair grounds on Satur-
day, May 81. 1t is considered to be one>of
the strongest amateur teams in Baltimore.
Rev. William NJ. Dame will deliver an ad-
dress on Monday, May %, at the Town Hall,
Bel Air, under the auspices of the Hartford
Chapter OF the Daughters of the COME derscy. |
The proceeds will be devoted to the fund for
the erection of the proposed Confederate
monument.
The meeting of the Baltimore Conference
Itinerants Club, will be held in the First NJ.
E. Church, Baltimore, next week, commenc-
Isaac and W. w. Davis are announced among |
the speakers
Mr.. Fred N. Ramsay has sold his store at
Highland to Messrs. Thomas {. Delevette and
Brother. MIR. Ramsay will devote his entire
time and attention to. the Highland and Mill
Green Telephone Company, of which he is
the manager.
The large basket factory of the American
Strawboard Company, at Chestertown, Nd,
has been leased by Mr.. Isaac Robinson the
widely known Hartford Gamer. The ex-
tensive buildings will be changed into fruit
packing plants.
On Thursday Mr.. William L. Cooley cook
ed an egg, and upon cracking the shell his
spoon came in contact with hard substance,
WHICH pTONeu upOH W 10
egg. 1t is much smaller, of course, but per-
feet. 1t was surrounded by the white Of the
larger one.
The play "The Fruits OF His Folly" will
lie repeated at the Masonic Temple on Friday,
May Goth. for the benefit of Triumph Lodge,
No. 16, /. o. o. F. The manner in which the
comedy was acted last month is too fresh in
the minds of our people to necessitate any
further notice.
An unusually happy feature of the silver
wedding reception held by Rev. and Mrs. (.
ID. Finney on Monday night, was the presence
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Thomas G. Hopkins who
acted as groomsman and bridesmaid at the
marriage of Mr.. Finney and Miss Nee ormlck,
quarter of century ago.
"A deed has, been placed on record from
Messrs. A. B. apd o. VI. Whitaker and others
to Mr.. J.L e. Lee, conveying four acres OF
land bounding on Hickory avenue and
Howard streets in the heart of Bel Air. The
property was part of the estate of the late
Mrs. Elizabeth &. Lee and is unimproved.
AT the annual banquet of the Baltimore
County Medical Association, which was held
on Wednesday at the Carrollton HOTEL Balti-
more, Hartford county was represented by
Drs W.. l.. Smith and Martin l.. Jarrett. DR..
J.F II. Gorsuch, of Fork, responded to the
toast, 1.-THE Country Doctor as a Banqueter."
"A horse driven by a son Of Mr.. John
Street,, OF CIermont Mills, became frightened
on Main street on Saturday morning and ran
away. The driver succeeded in turning the
animal against Emmanuel Church and stop
ping the runaway with no worse damage than
breaking the shafts. The horse was cut badly
about the feet.
The spirit of improvement has rapidly
made its self prevalent in Bel Air lately.
Messrs Whitaker Bros. have improved all of
their Main street property and Mr.. John
w. Wilgis has In course of completion a
handsome concealed valley porch the entire
front of Mr.. john ii. Keith's residence on
Pennsylvania avenue.
The town OF Bel Air, with population of
about twelve hundred, has no less Than
seventy-two distinct places OF business, cover
ing every trade and profession from national
bank down. This count does not include the
offices of lawyers or physicians, there being
about forty OF the former and nine OF the lat
ter. There are also four dentists.
Mr.. Aaron F. Sitter, of Norrisville, lost a
valuable horse last week under peculiar cir
cumstances. He had turned the horse out to
pasture and while endeavorng to catch the