The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-09-20
Local affairs.

Several cases of typhoid fever are re-
ported in the vicinity Of Jarrettsviile'
Influenza among horses isssaid to be
nrevalent in some portions of Baltimore
county.
Another heavy rain passed over the
unner norton of the county on Sunday
n;ab+ The roads are again badly washed
estimated that there was from
fourteen to sixteen thousand persons
n-esent at the Timonium fair on Thurs
day.
DIR F. Lee Hughes, of Gibson. lost a
valuable horse Sunday night with lung
fever This is the third animal OF his to
die in a short while.
County School Examiner Thomas I.
Galbreath is attending the Teachers In
stitute in Caroline county. He is the
guest of State Superintendent OF educa-
ton MIR. NJ. B. Stephens.
The Orphans Court of Hartford coun-
tvhas confirmed the appointment OF john
H. and Walter P. Rockford as executors
of the late lula A. Reckord. They gave
bond in the penalty of $4,000.
Judge Burke has decided that an
affidavit made over the telephone IS legal.
The next thing we expect to hear Will oe
nroposals made in this modern manner
will also be binding in court OF law.
The old store stand at Mill Green,
formerly occupied by Mr. J. ID. Hun' is
undergoing some improvements and Will
be conducted after October LIST by Messrs.
E. w. Harkins and James F. Snodgrass.
The outlook for the tomato crop IS
very poor. The fruit on the vines is rot
tening faster than ripening. Many ofthe
Gamers will close down at the end OF TINS
week and none of them have packed more
than one.third of their regular output.
The Baltimore Corn and Flour Ex-
change met on Saturday morning ana
Immediately adjourned out of respect to
the martyred President. Appropriate
resolutions were adopted by this body
regretting the former Presidents death.
"A Christian Missionary Convention
of the Churches of this district Will De
held at Mountain Christian Church,
September "a to27. Delegates will arrive
on the 8 .23 train at Joppa on Tuesday
"a and will be provided with lunch at
noon each day at the church.
MIR. George E. Silver, of this county,
has been appointed as one of the COM
mittee provided for at a meeting OF the
Farmers Clubs of Maryland last June.
This committee will go before the next
Legislature to ask for an increased ap-
preparation for the Maryland Agrlcul-
tural College.
Rev. 7. o. Knott, of Baltimore, will
lecture in Grace M. E. Church South Aber-
deem, on Friday evening of next week,
September 9th. Mr.. Knott returned
last week from a two months tnp
through Europe and he will tell OF hisex'
perience in the Old World. The public
invited to attend.
The fourteenth convention OF the
Philadelphia Local Union will meet IN
Calvary NJ E. Church South, at Jarretts-
vile, September Goth at 8 o'clock, P. M.
The address of the evening entitled 1.-THE
Golden Rule" will be delivered by Rev. J.
P. Stump, of Calvary Church, Baltimore.
The public are cordially invited to attend.
Rev. T. E. Peters, former pastor of
West Hartford Circuit, will lecture at the
Bel Air M. E. Church on Monday night,
September 23rd. His subject will be "A
Variety Tree" He will also be at Mt.
Zion the following Tuesday evening and
will speak on Queer People and Queer
Things" A musical programme will
precede each lecture.
The County Commissioners have
closed the Bel Air and Churchville road
from Bel Air to Fountain Green on account
of repairs. Persons wishing to come to
Bel Air will be compelled to come by
Dowling's corner and Moores' Mill. The
stone crusher has been placed opposite
Oldfeld's Saw Mill on the hillside and
the wagons will be loaded by gravity.
The will of the late James A. Rogers
gives to his wife Martha G. Rogers all
his personal property and a life interest
in his 40 acre farm. At her death the
property is to be sold and the proceeds
equally divided among his three sons
John NJ. Harry E. and William ]. Rogers.
His wife Martha G. Rogers is named as
executrix. The will is dated May 2nd
1896 and is witnessed by w. T. Clark,
William I. Robinson and George R.
Clark.
Every week we are compelled to con-
sign to the waste paper basket personals
and news items because the name of the
sender is not signed to the correspon-
dence. We do not want the name for
publication but simply as guarantee of
good faith for the protection OF the editor.
If communication does not appear in
the columns of THE EGIs it is the fault
of the contributor, as we are always
anxious to have live news matter of the
proper kind.
The October docket of the Court of
Appeals contains two cases from Hartford
county. They are A. Henry Strasbaugh,
executor. against William Dallam, execu-
tor. John S. Young appears for the ap-
pellant and J. ]. and Robert Archer for
the appellee. The other is the case of J.
P. and Alice DeLauder against the Coun-
ty Commissioners of Baltimore county.
John l. Yellott and S. A. Williams appear
for appellants and George L. VanBibber
and Frank 1. Duncan tor appellees.
Register of Wills Norris has probated
the will of Mrs. Julia A. Reckord. She
leaves all her household effects and per-
sonal chattels to her daughter, Miss
Julia A. Reckord, who also receives one
third of her estate. The balances to go
TO her SONS, John, Walter, William and
Burnett Rockford, share and share alike.
Her sons John H. and Walter P. are
named as executors. The will is dated
November 18th, 1891 and is witnessed
by John S. Holt and Charles w. Proctor.
The grand jury adjourned on Wednes.
day after having been in session eight
days. In that time they examined 1876
witnesses and found 43 true bills and dis
missed II cases. While this session has
been longer than some of the previous
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