The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-07-12
Local affairs.

Il ne DOCK AluD was
the residence of Mrs. S. A. Williams DIT
Air, last Friday morning. The prize
were won by Misses Agnes Cover AM
Florence Grubbs.
DIR. John S. French, at present heal
master of mathematics, will perform tn
duties of Director of the Tome lnstitut
until a new one is elected to succeed DR.
Mackenzie who relinquished that plac
on July LIST.
-Linwood the four year old son OF Mr.
and Mrs. ]. w. Bauer, of Havre de Grace
but formerly of Bel Air, died on Tuesda.
of last week. The funeral took place OF
Wednesday, the interment being at Ange
Hill cemetery.
Miss Priscilla Forwood will entertain
the Book Club this Friday morning. Al
this will be the last meeting of the ciut
the members are requested to return al
the books, so that they can be allotted
to the owners.
Captain Charles A. Connor, one ofthe
veteran newspaper men of the State is
critically i'll at the home of his daughter
in Baltimore. Captain Conner has
until recently, been connected with the
HAyRE DE GRACE REPUBLICAN.
Calvary NJ. E. Church will hold a
woods meeting on Sunday next, lasting
ten davs. Ministers from Baltimore and
other places are expected to be on hand.
The first sermon will be preached at3.3O
in the afternoon and each evening there
after at O'Clock.
Mr.. Frank B. Stritehoff has issued
cards for the marriage of his daughter
Miss Ella May and DR.. Samuel Reasin
Wallis. The ceremony will take place on
Monday afternoon, July 22d, at halfpast
five O'Clock at Asbury Methodist Episco-
pal Church, Jarrettsville.
The c. E. Society and congregation
of Grace NJ. p. Church, Bel Air. will hold
joint services during the months OF July
and August, beginning at 7.45 +. M.
Good music, briefdiscussion OF the topic
and talk by the pastor Will be the
leading features. All are invited.
During the storm last Saturday after
noon, lightning struck locust treei IN the
ward at Mrs. Martha A. Hanna's, IN
Bel Air. The telephone service of the
Hartford County Company was almost
a complete wreck, but workmen had
nearly the whole line repaired by Mon
day.
The attention of candidates is called
to the regulation of the Democratic
County Executive Committee, which re-
uuires them to leave their names together
with So with the Chairmen Mr.. John S.
Young not later than Monday next, IT
they wish to have their names printed
upon the ticket.
On Tuesday, President Mckinley ap-
pointed Mr. Joseph Kelly, OF Havre de
Grace, to succeed Mr.. Edward Hall, who
has been postmaster there off and on for
the past eighteen years. MIR. Hall has
made one of the best postmasters the
CITY has ever known and the office has
an excellent record.
Mr.. E. A. McComas, clerk OF the
Board of Supervisors of Elections has
been engaged in dividing the list ofvoters
in conformity with the division of Havre
de Grace into two election precincts. He
was assisted in his work by Messrs.
Martin p. Foley and William H. Chesney
the registers of that district.
Mr.. George A. Boyd, a bridge carpen-
ter on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company, had his
left arm broken one day last week while
at work on the Bush River bridge. He
was on a skidway near the eastend ofthe
structure and, missing his footing, fell a
distance of about twelve feet.
Rev. John H. Jeffries late pastor OF
North Hartford and now pastor OF Marine
Church, Sparrows Point, has been grant
ed four weeks vacation and will leave for
Buffalo and Canada OH July 18th. He
will be accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Tucker, Miss Mary Tucker, OF
Forest Hill, and Miss Anna Ely, of Bal
timore.
We call the attention our readers, to
the advertisement of Mr.. H. Herman
Reckord real estate agent which appears
elsewhere in our columns. He has a
number of valuable properties for sale on
reasonable terms and we feel sure that
any person having business transactions
with him may rest assured that they will
receive fair treatment.
Two children of Rev. R. Allen Castle
man, of Bel Air, were painfully burned on
the Fourth by the explosion Of fire crack
ers. They had watched the display given
by their elders, with great deal of in
terest, and picking up few that had not
been exploded proceeded to have a fourth
of July celebration on their own hook.
Both now bear scars attesting their
patriotism.
MIR. Charles ]. Pussy, brother OF
Mayor c. c. Pussy, of Havre de Grace,
has been appointed an usher at The White
House. Mr. Pussy was in charge of the
Pullman train on which President Nc
Kinley and party made the trip to the
Pacific coast and his efficiency in this
particular instance as we'll as his general
courteous bearing on all occasions doubt
less had much weight in securing his
appointment.
On the Goth of July Mr.. S. w. Brad
ford and ex-State's Attorney Walter w
Preston will make patriotic addresses al
the Harvest Supper and Bazaar given by
the trustees of Dublin NJ. E. Church or
the parsonage lawn. The Delta bant
will be present and furnish music. Or
Friday evening the 10th there will be {
free exhibition of a graphaphone by Mr.
Clater of Delta. A supper will be served
from to Q.
During a storm on Thursday Eghtn
ing struck the house telephone a
"Waverly" the home of General Herman
Stump. The bolt ran all through tn
interior of the building wherever tn
wires had been placed. The paintin,
and paper were considerably scorched
A peculiar incident was the freak playe'
by the electric fluid which ran around ;
picture of ex-senator German. All tn
gliding was burned from the frame, blu
the painting itself was not injured in tn