The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-09

5 stroyed by fire sometime ago. Mr..
Dennis ]. Shanahan, contractor, is now
engaged in cleaning up the debris left by
the flames.
Last Saturday evening some one I'M
hitched the horse of Mr.. Ross Bay, of
, Whiteford. which had been tied i'll front of
the drug store of Dir. Stewart, i'll Delta.
The animal was evidently ridden several
miles and turned loose. 1t was found be
tween Delta and Evansville.
The teachers and pupils of Franklin
School No 90 at Castlcton, intend hold
ing a festival on the. school lawn MAY
II. Proceeds for library and internal
improvements of the school. If stormy
May l :, it will he postponed until May
"a. Come and bring your friends.
MIR. W. S. Forwood. Jr., Clerk, issued
ten licenses to hotel keepers i'll IIavrc lie
Grace as follows: Charles Lamm. David
A. Fisher, Frank Boyd, John T. Whalen,
Isaac Hccht, Francis NJ Farr, Joseph y.
Ilergonrother. James ii. Fahey, Isaac
Hecht and Brother and ]. IL. Burroughs.
Mrs. A. Lincoln Lyon has issued in
vitations for the marriage of her sister,
Miss Julia Eloise Mcgowan, and Mr..
William James Asher. The ceremony
will take place on Thursday evening.
May 18th, at 7.3O o'clock in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at IIavre dc Grace |
We hope that the new Board of Town
Commissioners of Bel Air will make some
repairs to our sidewalks. Some of them
are in positively dangerous condition. |
and it is poor economy to defend law |
suits when the money could be better |
spent in repairing the pathways of our
pedestrians.
The town election at Aberdeen on |
Saturday excited considerable local inter
est. An opposition ticket was sprung up
last week and the activity of the different
candidates brought out a large vote.
Those elected were John Finney Wells,
Henry Earring, Conrad krousc, b. W.
Herring and c. w. Baker.
The Bel Air Gymnasium will give an
entertainment on Thursday evening,
MAY 18th at their rooms in Odd Fellows
Hall. The recent successful exhibition,
by Inc members and the local talent, is
the best advertisement ofwhat the public
may expect on this evening. Tickets are
now on sale at the Bel Air Drug Store
An entertainment will be given by
the pupils of Iarrettsvile Academy at
the Knights of Pythias Hall, on Friday
evening, May 10th. The principal feature
of the evening will be "a Merry Com
pany" an operetta by Collin Coe. 1t the
weather should prove unfavorablc on
Friday evening, the entertainment will
be held the succeeding evening, May l 9TH.
The town election of Bel Air passed
off very quietly on Monday. The result of
the poll was as follows: William T. Bill
lingslea, 60; Dr. Benjamin Smith 80; H. b.
Bruins, 81; Wilmer l.. Barnes Go; John B.
Hanna, 40; {. d. Rosan. Sc; W. Frank
Keen, %; ]. Pearl Wilson, 10; w =.
Grant. 10; Harry d. Hanway, %, John
G. Rouse, 1; J. NJ. Street,, 1. The first
five named were declared elected.
Mr.. w. Crawford Norris. ofthe freight
office of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, who has been stationed at
the Baltimore office for sometime has
been promoted to a reimportant posi-
ton at the main office in Pittsburg. He
left on Saturday to assume the duties of
his new position. Mr. Norris is a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Norris, of Bel
Air.
Mrs. Annie LETTER. widow of the late
John Letter, died at her home in Havrc
de Grace on Thursday of last week She
was a native of Germany and was eighty
six years old. In 1917 she came to this
country with her husband and settled in
Baltimore later taking up her residence
in this county. The funeral took place
ON Saturday, the interment being at Mt
Erin cemetery
The stockholders ofthc Fircsidc Build
ing Association met on Monday night
ana declared dividend of two and one
half per cent. on the paid-up stock and
three per cent. on the common stock.
The following officers were chosen for the
ensuing year: President. John ID. Worth
ington; secretary, Wylic Hopkins; treas
urer. p. MooreS Mdynadicr; attorney,
Philip II. Close. The association now
has 1853 shares in force.
Miss Lille Mavora Dcrickson,
youngest daughter of Mrs c. J. Derrick
son, of Fulford, and MIR. Daniel H.
Carroll, of Richmond, Virginia, were
quietly married on Wednesday evening
April 23rd, by Rev. George w Evans,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Bel Air. Owing to the recent
death of the groom's brother the ccrc-
mony was strictly II private one. On
Tuesday of this week Mr.. and Mrs.
Carroll left for their future home in Ricll-
mond, Virginia.
The first quarterly conference "f West
Hartford Circuit will be held in the William
Waters Memorial Church on Monday
afternoon, May 10Th. Rev. Dr. H. S.
France will spend Sunday. May 18th, i'll
West Hartford, preaching at Fellowship
at 1890 A. NJ; Asbury at $50 p. NJ,
and at the William Walters Memorial !
Church at 3 p NJ. The afternoon service .
will be a circuit rally, celebrating the Ep- |
worth League anniversary with a sermon !
by the presiding elder appropriate to tie
occasion. DR.. France will preach at Viii |
liam Walters Memorial Church on Mon |
day, May 10Th, at II A. NJ.
The VanBibber Athletic Association
have organized their base ball team for
the season with +. F. Sullivan manager
and H. L. Price, captain. The team has
been greatly strengthened over last year
and should rank among the best teams
of the State, the manager is arranging
a schedule with all the strong clubs of
the city and State. They will play their
first game at VanI5ibbcr, Nav 2ttll,
with the Baltimore and Ohio team, of
Baltimore. Baker will most likely pitch
for VanBibber and with II. Price to catch
should make forcible pair. The line up
of the VanBibber will be w BayIess, b.;
F. F. Sullivan, $. s; J. Price, 8 b.; NJ. A.
| Reckord. 9 b.. ii. Price c: H. Baker. H.: