The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-10-18
Local. affairs.

The new Catholic Church at Towson
will cost, when completed, abou
100000.
The full moon which occurs on tn
9th of this month is what is known a.
the hunters moon.
President Roosevelt has set a goot
example by sending his children to one
of the public schools in Washington.
The Orphans Court has confrmet
the appointment of Walter W. Preston as
executor of the late Sarah Jane Bond.
Miss Ella Sheridan. of Bel Air. has q
damson tree in full bloom in her yard. II
is a beautiful sight for this season of the
year.
1t is said that turkeys will be high
this fall on account of their scarcity
Numbers of the young ones have been
killed by the wet weather OF the late
spring and summer.
MIR. Harry F. Lee, of Bel Air, recently
exhibited at this office n bunch OF apple
blossoms in full bloom. The old residents
inform us that this is the sign of Il mild
winter.
We are indebted to Col S. N. Hyde.
of HYDE, for a case ofhis famous Egyptian
sweet corn. This brand has Worldwide
reputation and has stood the test tor
twcnty-six years.
The wedding of Miss Maud Mordew,
daughter of MIR. Jacob Mordew. and Mr.
Daniel Alder will take place on Wednes
day evening, October 23rd, at $50
o'clock at McKendrec Church. Rev. DR..
w. w. Davis will perform the ceremony.
Miss Priscilla Forwood, of Bel Air,
will be one of the bridesmaids at the
wedding of Miss Mary May Butler and
Mr.. Howard Hall Macy Lee which will
take place at Trinity Church. Towson,
OIL Wednesday evening October 23d, at
eight O'Clock.
The Country Gentleman, for 1902,
contains many features in touch with the
progress of modern agriculture. 1t is in
dispensable to all country residents who
wish to keep up with the times. The
subscription price has been reduced to
$1.50 per year.
The wedding of Miss Nellie H. Will
liams, OF Darlington, and MIR. Wesley D.
Wilson, of Philadelphia, is announced to
take place on Wednesday evening, Octo-
Der 80, at 80 clock at Grace Memorial
Church. No invitations will be issued to
friends in the county.
Mr.. B. E. Cutler, ofMarion. Indiana,
chief engineer of the Deer Creek and Sus-
uuehanna Railroad, is now in thiscounty
confirming some of the old surveys. He
has assisting him Messrs. r. Harris
Archer, c. o. Whitaker, Edward Handy,
w. Elijah Sommerville and Harry Cover.
Mr. Joseph Mckee, while drilling
wheat on the farm of Mr.. Thomas H.
Robinson, near Bel Air, Saturday, caught
his thumb in the machine and about one
half of it was torn off. He suffered ex-
cruciating pain but is now somewhat re-
lievcd DR.. Archer rendered the necessary
surgical aid.
Col. and Mrs. b. F. Taylor, of
Bradshaw have ammo unced the approach
ing nuptials oftheir daughter. Miss Carrie
c. Taylor and Mr.. w. B. Brown, of
Gainesville, Virginia. The ceremony will
take place on Saturday, October Goth at
St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church
Roland Avenue, Baltimore.
Thomas and Margaret Brooks, OF
Whiteford, have issued cards for the
wedding of their daughter Annie E.
b rocks and Ernest S. Grevemeyer, Phila-
delphia. The ceremony will be at the
home of the bride according to the
Friends rites on Wednesday morning,
October 23rd, at eleven o'clock.
Among the Hartford students at the
Maryland University of Medicine are
Messrs Howard Robinson, Mill Green;
Robert Bay, Harry Smithson and Roscoe
Z. Metzel, Pylesville; Charles Richardson
and A. w. Valentine, Bel Air; Nelson Sap
pington, Darlington; Charles H. Nc
Comas, Bel Air, law department.
An oyster supper and concert will be
held by Mt. Vernon school on Friday
October 25th. In connection with the
supper will be ice cream, cake, con-
dictionary, fruit, flower and fancy tables.
Should the day be stormy the following
evening will be substituted. Proceeds to
purchase an organ for the school.
AT the solicitation of Mr.. W. Smith
son Forwood and other patrons of the
Maryland and Pennsylvania railroad,
the Company will erect cattle pens and
shutes at the station at Bel Air. This
will he great convenience to handlers of
live stock, many of whom were hereto
fore compelled to patronize the lower
railroads.
Mr.. Eugene Scantling, brakeman on
the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
was seriously injured, one day last week,
by being struck on the head by bridge
covering He was running on an extra
freight and was walking back on the train
when he was hit. Fortunately baggage
master Tracy caught him before he fell to
the ground, where he would have proba-
bly, been ground up under the wheels of
the cars.
Miss Margaret Cordelia STREET.,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Polk
Street,, now in Baltimore but formerly of
this county, and Mr. Milton Cook Mich
ael, formerly of Perryman were married on
Saturday at st. Bartholomew Protes-
tant Episcopal Church, Baltimore. Rev.
Edward II. Ingle was the officiating
minister. The bride wore blue tailor
maid suit with hat and gloves to match.
Mr.. J. Milton Nelson and DR.. II. Hay
ward Street, were the ushers.
Last Thursday an unknown boy,
threw stone at the morning train on
the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
which struck baggagemaster William
Florstead on the neck. The train was
stopped at the station and the wounded
man was removed to the Notre Dame
Academy where he received medical atten-
ton. This 1aw1essness has become quite
common on all the railroads leading into
Baltimore City and examples should be
made of the guilty perpetrators OF such
outrageous crimes. II is almostimpossi-
BILE to discover who they are but the rail
road officials should station detectives