The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-04
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.


next week. 't
Mr.. John P. Corbin has been appointed
postmaster at Jerusalem Mills.
Laura E. II. steltz has been commission
ed as postmistress at Thomas Run.
Baltimore County has 50 far received al
income of $37, $50 from liquor licenses.
An election will be held III B,l Air OIL
Monday next, May Z, for the selection OF five
Town Commissioners.
A handsome new carpet has been laid in
the Court Room, adding greatly to Its COM
fort and appearance.
Letters testamentary upon the estate OF
Ezekiel RichaI dson, have been granted by the
Register of Wills to James n Richardson.
"A meeting of the Revolutionary Associa-
ton of Hartford county will be held In the
Court House this, Friday, afternoon at 8
O'Clock.
The Pickwlck Club OF the Northampton
Hotel, Baltimore, held an excursion to Van
Bibber on Wednesday and caught GO dozen
gudgeons.
The city ordinance requiring the use of
lamps and bells upon bicycles upon the streets
of Hayre de Grace, will be r;gIdly enforced
this season.
The engagement is announced Of Miss
Mary Eleanor Burke, sister Of Judge n. Chas.
Burke, to DIR. w. Willard Stirling, son Of Mr..
John Stirling, of Shane.
-Messrs. Edward NJ. Norris and Robert s.
Sitter, both OF Norrisville, have been sp-
pointed substitute letter carriers by Post
master Warfeld OF Baltimore.
Rev y. W. Coe preached his initial ser
mons at Grace NJ. Z. Church on Sunday, max
ing good impression on each occasion.
The Deer Creek Farmers Club will meet
on Saturday, May IL, at the home of MIR. Fred
Lochary, near Kalmis. The topic for discus
sion will be "Home mixing Of Fertilizers"
The little steamer "City Belle" which
was almost destroyed by fire last winter, has
been thoroughly repaired and is again making
regular trips between Lapidum and Port De-
posit.
"A workers conference OF the State Chris
tian Eudeavor Union was held in Boundary
Avenue Presbyterian Church Thursday
last. Messrs. Harry N. Hanna and W. FRANK
Keen were among the speakers.
The Taylor base ball club will play q
match game on their home grounds on to-
morrow, Saturday afternoon, with the Balti-
moro City College club. An exciting and IL
teresting GENE may be expected.
"A destructive FIRE, supposed to have been
started by tramps, broke out on the West
bank of the Susquehanna river near Port De-
post on Monday. The area burned over was
mile long and about e.eighth of a mile
broad.
Letters of administration C. t. a. have
been granted to John Yellott upon the
estate of Mary A. Cranston, and letters Of
administration d. b. n. C. t. q. to Thomas b.
Robinson upon the estate Of Mary E. Far
nandis.
The Dramatic event of the season at the
City Opera House, Havre de Grace, will be the
presentation of the four act comedy, "Our
JIm," on Thursday evening, May 10. The
cast will include the very best of the local
talent, all prominent amateurs.
The regular meeting OF the Lowell-Irving
Society will be held in the Academy this
afternoon. fine programme has been pre-
pared and good attendance Of the parents
and friends Of the school would be highly
appreciated by the faculty and pupils.
Miss Charlotte Payne, daughter of DIR. J.
Thomas Payne, Of Black Horse, will be mar
ried on Wednesday rext, May 0, to Mr..
Richard Remar Sparks, of Phoenix, Baltimore
county. The ceremony will take place at
Wesley Chapel NJ. E. Church near Black
Horse.
The Agricultural Society has selected
October 9, 10, II and 12 as the dates for the
next annual Fair and has prepared table Of
races for those dates. This is certainly
furnishing the people Of this county with
plenty of time to render the exhibition the
success 1t should be made.
Miss Helen Jean Paul Mitchell, OF VIM
bledon, and Mr.. William G. F. Starr, OF
Western Run, Baltimore county, will be mar
ried on Thursday, June 21st. The bride elect
is a niece of Hon. Noble L. Mitchell, and until
q month ago was popular and efficient mem
Der of the Hartford Teachers Institute.
The pupils Of Chenille School under the
supervision of their teacher, Miss Fannie NJ.
Lochary, will give musical and literary en-
tertainment in the school house on Friday
evening, May II, beginning at o'clock. A
well selected programme has been prepared
and the occasion promises to be an enjoyable
one.
Mr.. A. U. Reynolds, Of Forest Hill, has
accepted the agency for Northlight Acetylene
gas generators made by the Pan American
IN
THIS new light is wonderful thing and can
now be supplied cheaply enough to make it
common illuminant for all purposes.
-Blenheim Lodge, No. 102, l. o. o. F., Of
Aberdeen, on Thursday afternoon celebrated
the Slst anniversary of Odd Fellowship in
Maryland, in the Aberdeen town hail. Grand
Secretary John n. Jones and Rev. Fred
Baggs, pastor Of the NJ. E. Church, South, de-
llvered addresses. Prof. Charles 7. Wright,
OF Havre de Grace, was we'll received in HIS
select recitations.
The HARE de Grace Republican says ::
"There is no more convenient, more desirable
and more delightful town In the State wherein
to hold the State Bicycle Meet this year, than
Havre de Grace. The streets Of the city and
the five miles of shell road to Aberdeen are in
excellent condition for wheeling. Let those
interested in these matters bring Havre de
Grace to the 'front.'"
In the case of Abraham W. Evans vs.. the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad, which was removed from the
Circuit Court OF Hartford county, and tried in
Chestertown, Kent county, last week, the
Jury rendered verdict for the plaintiff for
$4,000. This was the second trial OF the case,
a Hartford jury having awarded IS, 900
damages In the first trial.
On Sunday morning, Mrs. Kate White.
ford. Of Pylesville, noticing a strange object
in q field near her house, investigated and
found 1t to be little balloon, such ss are sold
for q few cents. Attached to 1t was a piece
of paper bearing the name OF Harry Huss,
635 Beaver street, Lancaster, Pa. The card
bore no date and there is no telling how long
It took the toy to travel the distance, which
is akralt % miles by an air line.
The next meeting OF the Bel Air Literary
Association will be held on Tuesday evening
in the Court House. The subject for discus.
sion will be: "Resolved, that the recent
Porto Rican Tariff Bill, passed by the Con-
gress Of the United States, imposing duty OF
Is per cent. on trade with Porto Rico is unjust
and unconstitutional and the United States
have neither the right nor authority to impose
such duty. The exercises will also include
music, readings, &c.