The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-10-25
funeral of MIR. RaaleN.

MOUNTAIN, October 21st.-Wheat seed
ing is still in progress. There will be
quite large acreage seeded this season,
owing to the almost total failure of the
tomato crop this season most of the
farmers will abandon growing for can.
ming purposes and devote more of their
land to the raising of grain.
MIR. Henry Middendorf, ofWheel, lost a
mare last week which was about thirty
years of age she had been in use almost
daily since she was three years old, Mr..
Middendorf having driven her some eight
or ten miles the day on which she died.
Mr.. James Hunter has moved his
family from the Mountain to Baltimore,
where he is employed as a Waterman on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Mr..
James Kyle who formerly lived at Jericho
has taken the house formerly occupied by
Mr.. Hunter.
Contractor D. ]. Shanahan has begun
to put the lumber on the ground for
DR. Frank S. Lewis new house Mr.
Shanahan will begin work at once with
force enough to get the building we'll
under way before cold weather sets i'll.
The funeral of Mr.. Edward A. Bagley
took place on Sunday at Union Chapel
NJ. p Church, Mr.. Bagley had lived in
the neighhorhood for over fifty years and
quite a large number of friends and
neighbors attended to pay the last sad
tribute to his memory, Rev. Mr.. Coe
pastor of the Church conducted the
funeral services, the pail bearers were
Messrs. Alphonso Robinson, D. T. Archer,
Joseph W. Archer, George Archer, S. S.
Bevard and D. 3. Reckord.
D., Hn,,,,,-J A D,s@ar oF
Jerusalem Christian Church, has sent his
that congregation to take effect the last
of this month. Mr.. Blake has secured
charge in Pennsylvania and expects to
go there at once.
THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN of the 18th
gave glowing account of the large and
enthusiastic Republican meeting held at
Bel Air onlast Thursday eveningin which
it tells us how Soup House Bonaparte and
Gather fired hot shot into the ranks of
the Democrats without stint. If the
Democrats but stand together and are
true to their party convictions on the
fifth ofNovember the aforesAd Bonaparte
will meet his Wellington az did one of
his ancestors at Waterloo less than a
century ago. Mr.. Gather may fool some
of his ignorant negro constituents when
he tells them about the great non-parti-
san legislation enacted by the Lowndes
and Mudd Legislature of 90 and 90 in
regard to the Police department ofBalti-
more city-but he certainly cannot fool
any sensible white man who has read
the daily papers-For the Police Com
missioners appointed by the Lowndes add
ulinistration were scarcely in office
twenty-four hours before they began to
make all the changes possible amoug the
leading officers of the police department
throwing out the Democratic Marshal
and placing rank Republican who
/ never before had any connection with the
force in his place. If any person took the
trouble to read they very we'll know that
crime of every stage and grade was never
more rampant in the city of Baltimore
than it was from the time of his installa.
ton until the present Board OF Commits
sioners took charge and so far as they
have been able have brought order out
of chaos. c. L. c.