The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-20
Local affairs.

Preaching at Grace M. P. Church
Sunday, December %, at IL A. NJ MI
Carmel at and 8 P. M.
MIR. Uriah Minnick, of Hickory ha
been drawn as member ofthe petit Jur,
for the United States District Court.
MIR. George Yarrish has purchaser
from Mr. Robert Ayres the old Academ,
building on Hickory Avenue, Bel Air.
The Christmas entertainment O
Mountain Christian Church will be hell
on Thursday evening December 26th.
Mrs. James Lee entertained the BE
Air Whist Club on Wednesday afternoon
at her home, Cool Spring, near Church
vile. The hostess had a number ottrend
to meet the Club.
-Leonard's Mass in E fat and Adest'
Fideles will be sung at st. lgnatiu'
Church, Hickory, at midnight on Christ
mas Eve. Professor ]. F. Mahoney VII
have charge OF the music.
About the most expensive as we'll az
ACCEPTABLE present that the good wife
can receive would be baskettul OF eggs
The price is soaring upward and 1t Is
almost impossible to obtain them at all
Mr.. ]. Finney Wells, the newly elected
county Treasurer has taken out his com
mission and subscribed to the oath d
office. He will not take charge OF the
office however until the first of May next
The Cecil Democrat says "If it had
not been for the negroes the grand jury
at this term of Court would have had
practically no business to transact. They
furnish most of the criminal work OF the
Court"
Mr.. Jacob A. Dozen trustee has sold
nineteen acres of land and improvements
situated on the road from Hickory to
Iohnson's Mills, belonging to the late
BENJAMIN F. Minnick to Mrs. Mary K
Slade. The price paid was $500.
The new Catholic Church at Towson
which will soon be completed, is one OF
the largest country churches in the State
and will cost probably 100000. Upon
its completion it will be at once conse-
Grated as it is entirely free of debt.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Leight, OF Joppa
have issued invitations for the marriage
oftheir niece, Miss Lydia Leight, and Mr..
Wade Crossmore The ceremony will
take place at Joppa Christian Church, on
Thursday, December &c, at 6 o'clock T. M
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan H. Pendleton,
of Baltimore, have issued cards for the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Jean
Goldsmith, to Mr.. Addison Downing
Clark. The ceremony will take place
January 8, at Emmanuel Church, Balti-
more.
On Monday Judge Walters overruled
the motion for new trial in the case OF
Gideon Murphy who had been convicted
of assaulting with intent to kill Mr..
William B. Hopkins. The prisoner was
sentenced to the penitentiary for eighteen
months.
The case of William c. Dorsey against
the United and Electric Railways Com
panv which has been on trial for the past
ten days resulted on Tuesday in verdict
in favor of the plaintiff for 1875. The
remainder of the regular panel of the
jury were discharged.
Miss Kate Morris died at her home at
Whiteford, on Wednesday. She was
ffty-fve years of age. Her funeral will
take place tomorrow. Saturday after
noon, meeting at the house at 1 o'clock.
The interment will be at Mt. Vernon M.
E. Church. Rev K. G. Murray will Off
ciate.
-Ex-County Commissioner William A.
Durham, met with painful accident on
Sunday. He fell from ladder in barn
a distance of about twelve feet and hurt
his back. He was unable to arise and it
was some time before assistance reached
him. He is improving slowly.
Col. ]. B. Hanway and Mr.. ]. Warren
Brown entertained Captain Wilb+rt
Robinson and Messrs. Harry Sutton and
Emmit Banks at their club house at
Ricketts, Point near the mouth of the
Gunpowder. The visitors had big kill,
which included two swan, thirty four
wild ducks, six rabbits and a lot of part
ridges,
The Board of County Commissioners
have appointed Mr.. D. Burnett Reckord
clerk to the assessors. This appointment
was made entirely on merit and without
regard to political preferment, as Mr..
Reckord is thoroughly familiar with all
assessment matters and has frequently
given assistance both in the Commits
sioners and County Treasurer's Office.
On Tuesday night the following Off
GERS were elected for Mt Afarat Masonic
Lodge, Bel Air: Worshiptul Master,
Samuel w. Bradford; senior warden, R.
A. Castleman; junior warden, Charles F.
Harry; secretary, DR.. Charles Bagleyi
treasurer, John G. Rouse. The officers
will be installed on the evening of St.
Johns day, which is Friday December
9th.
The Maryland Telephone Company
has completed it's connection with Will
mington, Delaware, and on Tuesday the
Mayor of Baltimore and the chief official
of that city held a conversation. They
pronounced the workings of the line as
being The Maryland Telephone
Company is rapidly extending its service
and is giving satisfactory results to all
its subscribers.
Master John Bradley, off allston, has
forwarded specimen of his handiwork
to Miss Eleanore Freeman, chairman of
the lecture committee of Childrens' play
ground Association, in competition in a
study contest opened by that committee
some time ago. 1t is a sail boat, which
in an ingenious fashion he has slippedinto
a bottle through an aperture much
smaller than the boat itself.
Judging from the Havre de Grace
papers the fight for the control of mum,
cipal affairs in that city will be as spirited
as heretofore. The candidates so far
mentioned are Mayor c. c. Pussy and
Mr.. S. ]. Seneca. Each party will proba
E bly, make separate nominations for mem
bers of the city council. These contests
are not hampered with the question Of
politics, but are entirely of personal