The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-13

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pany, canned goods brokers of Baltimore,
report the market of canned goods as
showing decidedly upward tendency
with great activity in trading, especially
in tomatoes.
Mr.. Harry Enfield, of Flintville, is
seriously i'll from blood poisoning, caused
by cutting his hand with roofing slate
which he was carrying up on a barn,
which he recently built.
Edward Stewart, colored, who has
been the sexton at Rock Spring Church
for many years, died on Tuesday. In his
time he has dug over three hundred graves
at that cemetery. He was well-known
by almost everyone in the county.
We have received from the managers
of the Fire Department of Aberdeen
COPY of their Bazaar Trumpet" 1t is
full of advertising and will no doubt net
a neat sum towards swelling the receipts
of their Bazaar, which is now in progress.
Mr.. r. Harris Archer, of Churchville,
took advantage of the freeze last week
and filled his ice house with first-class
four inch ice. He is probably the first
farmer in the State of Maryland to be
thus far advanced with his winters work.
The case of Lycurgus Keen against
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad Company which had been
removed from this county to Elkton was
called for trial there on Wednesday and
was removed to the Howard county
Court.
Rev. Dr. H. S. France, Presiding Elder
of the East Baltimore District, will &C.
cupy the pulpit of the Bel Air NJ. E. Church
next Sunday morning. Quarterly Con
ference will be held on Saturday afternoon
at 2.15. Preaching at night by the
pastor.
Mr.. w. B. Cochran, the newly elected
treasurer of Baltimore county, took
charge of his office on Monday of last
week. The financial affairs of our sister
county are in much better shape than
they were under the Republican regime,
which was ended two years ago.
Efforts are being made to establish
Rural Free Delivery Route to be started
at some point on the Northern Central
Railroad and serve that section OF the
county in the vicinity of Taylor. which
now receives its mail by way OF Fallston.
1t is said that the proposed route will
furnish greatly improved service.
"A house on the property of Frances
NJ. Caples, at Fern Cliff, on the Mary
land and Pennsylvania Railroad, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday night.
The property was purchased by DIR.
Silas Warner, ON Saturday morning last
for 1915. The origin of the fire is I'M
known. The loss partly covered byin-
surance.
The strike of the splitters and rock
hands employed in the slate quarries at
Delta was settled on Thursday of last
week by the owners of the quarries con-
ceding the demands of the employees,
which is twenty cents an hour for the
above named skilled labor and fourteen
cents an hour for rubbish hands.
"A business meeting of the Epworth
League of the Bel Air NJ. E. Church was
held at the NJ. E. parsonage on Thursday
evening of last week. The authorized
constitution of the Epworth League was
adopted After the proceedings were
over the members were delightfully."- en-
tertained by Mrs. F. A. kilmon.
The City Council of Havre de Grace,
at their regular meeting on Monday
night of last week, had under considera-
ton the ordinance granting the Deer
Creek and Susquehanna Electric Railway
Company the right to use certain streets
in the city. 1t failed to pass for want of
a majority which will mean that the
matter will be indefinitely postponed,
unless the election in January changes
the complexion of the City Council.
The net profits ofthe Hagerstown Fair,
which was held last October were S., O1S.
The total receipts were $2+, 211; the ex-
penditures being $19,163. The Associa-
tiorpaid So, 365.5o in poultry premiums
and 81, 1905 in household articles. The
races cost So, 295. The sum of$3, 793.+5
was received for the sale of privileges.
The land and improvements have cost
Association SCI, 749. The liabilities are
S12,5 stock issued.
Fire broke out Friday afternoon at
the residence of Dr. Charles A. Bagley, of
Bagley postofice. When discovered, the
roof was in blaze and before the flames
could be extinguished, a large portion of
the roof had been burned. Upon the
timely arrival of neighbors and several of
the farm hands the shingles were torn
away and the flames extinguished. In
his efforts to save the property DR.. Bagley
was painfully burned about the neck and
hands.