The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-08-16
Local affairs.

Miss Mary A. Delham, of Lapidum
has been granted a pension OF 50 montf
1t is rumored that an Independent
Republican, ticket will be run in Baltimor
county.
The Bel Air Presbyterian Sunda
School held their annual pic mic at Otte
Point, Yesterday, Thursday.
"A number of young people from
Sharon and vicinity spent Saturday las
Grabbing and sailing on Bush river.
Rev. w. S. Lowry will occupy tn
pulpit ofthe Presbyterian Church Bel Air
on Sunday, both morning and evening.
Rev. H. A. Grubbs, pastor the Havr'
de Grace Presbyterian Church, was abb
to fill the pulpit last Sunday and viii
oficiate hereafter.
Alice P. Riley, by Harry S. Carve,
attorney, has filed a bill for divorce from
her husband John Riley whomit is alleged
is nonresident of this State.
MIR. N. Oscar Stokes has recently sole
his farm situated near Madonna and
containing $50 acres of land to Mr.. B
Frank Cathcart, Jr., for $500.
The ladies of Holy Cross Church will
hold peach and ice cream festival on the
lawn adjoining the church on Friday and
Saturday, August 10Th and 18th.
IT. c.Lao1 No,,,,,,;ss;opars met Wed
nesday informally and discussed several
important matters but postponed action
until their meeting next Wednesday.
The heavy rains on Monday washed
the roads very badly in Upper Hartford.
Several bridges across small streams were
carried away. Deer Creek was very high.
DIR. ]. N. Megary, of Bel Air, who
was seriously kicked by horse some
weeks ago, has now entirely recovered
and is able to resume his practice as
veterinarian.
DIR. James F. Mitchell, of Johns Hop
kins Hospital, performed a successful
operation for appendicitis on Murray
Daugherty, young colored man OF Bel
Air, last week.
Highland Presbyterian Church will
hold a supper in the adjoining grove on
Thursday evening, August 22d. The
New Freedom Band will be present to
discourse music.
The annual report of the Chief of
Engineers to Secretary Root recommends
the appropriation of $4,000 for work
on the Susquehanna river. twill require
$94, 500 to complete the work.
An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Kemp
ton Pyle, of Govanstown, died at the
residence of Mr.. Wesley Pyle, on Tuesday,
August 9th, the interment was at Foun-
tain Green the following Thursday.
Mr.. I. H. Owens, who has for many
years been telegraph operator at Havre
de Grace, has secured position at
Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mr.. Wellmore
H. Hopkins will succeed Mr.. Owens.
The members of Mt. Carmel Church,
Emmorton, will hold peach and ice
cream festival on Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings, August 20 and21. Anum-
Der of fancy articles will also be on sale.
Rural Free Delivery service will be
established at Fallston about October
1st. The length of the route will be 21s4
miles; population served $50; number OF
houses on the route 10. c. E. Amoss
will be the carrier.
Judge and Mrs. E. Carvil Tolley gave
a dance at their home near Upper Cross
Roads on Thursday night of last week in
honor of their daughter Miss Ethel
Tolley. A large number of guests were
present both from the neighborhood and
a distance.
On Tuesday Deputy Sheriff Dever
arrested Matthew Marsteller, of Norris
Vile, on a warrant issued out on the oath
of his wife Mary E. Marsteller, who
charges him with refusing to support her.
He was released on 500 bail for his ap-
pearance at Court.
-Towson is to have High School thus
bringing this little place closer to civiliza-
ton. They are ten years behind the times
in almost everything and if her enter
prising citizens would only come to Bel
Air to get few pointers we might teach
them a thing or two.
The owners of the Havre de Grace
Electric Light Company have made
proposition to that city to sell their
whole plant at cost. They also offered
to dispose of the interest owned by
Messrs. Vanneman and McCombs. The
City Council rejected the propositions.
Mondays rain was the heaviest in
the vicinity of Whiteford and Delta that
has been known for sometime. The
streams were higher than they had been
for fifteen years and much damage was
done to the corn and plowed fields. The
roads will require considerable repairs to
put them in order again.
The work of resurveying the Mason
and Dixon line east of the Susquehanna
river has been completed. The corps will
remove to Delta, but no more surveying
will be done, as the appropriation has
been exhausted. The boundary line
stones will be reset and where they are
missing will be replaced.
Mrs. Katherine B. Webb, Of Balti-
more, has removed to Bel Air, and is
temporarily occupying the house on
Broadway, Bel Air, which was recently
vacated by the Rev. Kirby S. Miller. She
will build dwelling on the same street
on two lots recently purchased from Mr..
Jacob A. Dozen, trustee of the estate Of
the late B. F. Minnick.
Mrs. Rosa Sappington, wife of DR..
John Sappington, of Darlington, was
taken suddenly i'll on Wednesday night OF
last week. 1t was found that she was
suffering from appendicitis and that an
operation would be necessary. She was
taken to the Maryland University Hospi-
tai on Friday and underwent the opera
ton successfully and is now much i'm
proved.
The new owners the Havre de Grace
Water Plant are contemplating extensive
improvements, which include new pump
ing station, additional water mains, etc.
An opportunity will be afforded the citi-
zens of that place to subscribe to the capi-
tai stock should they so desire. Under
the reorganization, which has recently
been effected, Mr.. George w. Albaugh