The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-09-13
Local affairs.

-Havre de Grace mas OrganlZeu d hiS
class foot ball team. Our Bel Air boys
ought to follow suit.
MIR. Philip w. Harry, of Pylesville,
left on Tuesday to assume his duties as
teacher of French and Spanish IN the
University of Maine.
MIR. David Hanway has recently COM
pleted a commodious barn on his proper
tv near Fountain Green, formerly the
Rodgers property
Prof Thomas c. Galbreath, County
School Examiner, has been attending the
Baltimore County Teachers Association
which has been in session this week.
Rev. L. G. Martin will preach next
Sunday at 1O.45 A. NJ. and Rev. J.. F.
Baggs, 100 P. NJ. at Grace Methodist
Church, Aberdeen. Public invited to at
tend.
The La Grange German Evangelical
Church at Rocks will hold festival on
the lawn on Friday and Saturday Sep
TENDER Goth and 21st. If stormy the
first clear night.
The diptheria cases in Darlington are
conyalescent and the scare is now over
The health officer will fumigate the houses
on Monday and the Darlington Academy
will open the same day.
Allen, little son of Mr.. w. A. Jobes,
of Havre de Grace, was recently stung on
the ankle by poisonous spider. Blood
poisoning followed and the little fellow
is not yet out of danger.
The funeral of Judge Stump will take
place on Saturday morning the interrnent
being at the family burying ground at
Stafford. Judge Waters has adjourned
Court until Monday morning.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company has now
four complete tracks between Darlington
and Havre de Grace. 1t is rumored that
next Spring they will extend them as Tar
as Aberdeen.
MIR. W. Beatty Harlan, who purchased
the old Second National Bank building,
is having it fitted up for office purposes.
The first floor will be occupied by Messrs.
la. Dozen, Attorney at Law, and Rosan
Brothers, Insurance agents.
The pupils of Franklin achool, OF
which Miss c. Bernice Gorsrch, is the
teacher, will hold an ice cream festival at
Castleton, on Saturday, September IA.
The proceeds will be used for the purpose
of paving the balance of debt on the
organ.
-Workmen have been busily engaged
in trimming up the trees IN the Court
House yard. No doubt the idea is to IN
crease the general attractiveness of the
grounds, but it seems to the unit1ate
that this is the wrong time OF the year
to trim shade trees.
The Maryland and Pennsylvania
Railroad Company have force OF men
engaged in digging foundation tor an
iron bridge to take the place OF the
wooden structure what is now known as
"Washhouse" trestle on the Lime Kiln
Bottom Road near Towson.
The little child of Mr.. B. c. Hitch
cock, of Vale, who was fatally burned
by the explosion of gasoline on Thursday
of last week, died on Friday morning
The funeral took place on Sunday, the
interment being at Providence NJ. +
Church. Mr. Hitchcock, who was also
g
-Forwood and Company. druggists,
have sold tile Bel Air Drug Store to DIR.
Charles R. Yohn, of Baltimore. DR.. Yohn
is graduate of pharmacy and comes to
Bel Air highly recommended. We have
no doubt but what he will receive the
generous share of public patronage to
which he is entitled.
Rev. DIR. w. w. Davis will begin the
revival services at Friendship Church
next Sunday evening, September Is with
a series of sermons on "Sins of the Pres
ent Day." The membership of the Church
cordially invites all persons to unite with
them in this series of services which Will
begin promptly at 8 O'Clock every evening.
The congregation of Bel Air Presby-
terrain Church have extended call to
Rev. W. S. Lowry to become pastor OF
the church. He succeeds the Rev. Kirby
S. Miller who resigned last spring. Mr..
Lowry is a man possessing strong
eloauence and will doubtless prove to be
the right man for the place. Heis native
of California.
-Messrs. C. A. Hook and Son, con-
tractors of the Bel Air and Churchville
road commenced work on Archer's hill
on Monday morning. The road from
Mr.. Bruins gate to Bel Air has been
barricaded and the travel has been by
way of Moores' Mill When finished, the
hill will not be near so steep and ascent
will be much easier.
Mr.. Thomas w. Hall, of the firm OF
E. H. Hall and Son. brought to this office
on Tuesday some stalks OF corn which
came from the field of Mr.. Joseph I
Hopes, near Bynum. Mr.. Hopes has
over fifty acres of the cereal which Will
average in height fifteen feet, some o.
the ears being from eight to nine feet from
the ground and measure sixteen and one,
half inches in length. The cobs are well
filled.
DIR. J. Camp Butler, who has been IL
active practice for number OF years II
this county will on Monday remove witt
his family to 1909 N. Charles street
Baltimore. With the Doctor goes the
best wishes of his numerous friends thai
he will meet with success in his broader
field of life and that the people of Balti
more will soon learn to appreciate hin
in the same manner as have the resident
of this county.
PRAYER services for the recovery oft
President were held in Grace NJ. E
Church South, Aberdeen, at P. NJ. OF
Tuesday. All churches ofthe town unite'
in the service Rev. j. F. Baggs the paste
read the Governor proclamation and LEI
in prayer Devotions were also made b.
Rev. R. w. H. Weech, Rev. G. X. Sanner
Rev. 7. H. Baker, of the M. E. Churc
and Rev. David Jamison of the Grow
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Several hymn
were sung by the congregation directe
by Mr.. o. c. Michael.
Constable Jacob H. Brookhart wa
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