The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-11-28
Local AFFAIRS.

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" meeting at the church on Monda
afternoon December +th, at four o'clocf
The Ladies Aid Society will hold a
oyster supper in the Town Hall, Daring
ton on Tuesday, December ., from It
1O3oP. NJ. The patronage of the pull
lie is solicited.
Owing to the inclemcncy OF tn
weather, the oyster supper at Joppa vii
be continued on Friday and SATURDAY.
evenings, December ) and 6. Come ant
enjoy yourselves.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Thomas
Run NJ. E. Church will hold an oyste
and meat supper at the w. c. T. |. Hal
at Fountain Green, on the evenings o
December 9th and 10th.
The Overland Hunt Club will hold
meet at the Eagle Hotel, Bel Air, on Sat
urday morning at nine O'Clock. The fox
will be turned loose and the local hunters
are invited to Join in the sport.
The annual missionary sermon will DE
preached in Centre Church, this Sunday,
at 1O.3OA. NJ. and in the William Wat
ters Memorial at =. NJ. Rev. W. w.
Davis will preach and take the annual
collection.
A disastrous fire broke out on Hop
kins Place, Baltimore on Sunday after
noon. Among the buildings damaged
was the wholesale paper house of Dobler
and Nudge. Their loss will amount to
100000.
The case of William J. Eansant VS..
William NJ. Rogers, which had been on
trial since Tuesday of last week was
finished on Saturday morning. The jury
rendered a verdict i'll favor ofthe plaintiff
for S401.75.
We are indebted to Professor T. NJ.
Price, of the Maryland Agricultural En-
pertinent Station, for 4 copy of a bulletin
prepared by he and ProfessorC {. F. Doanc
on The influence of preservativcs upon
the food value of milk.
Tic series ofmeetings which have been
in progress at Highland Presbyterian
Church, closed on Sunday. They have
been in charge of Rev. Mr.. Barclay and
twentv-one additional accessions were
made to'the church on Sunday.
Mr. Jacob y. Dozen, well-known
member of the Bel Air bar, has purchased
from Louis +. and Ann c. Doberer the
Dean property" at Fountain Green. 1t
contains 2234 acres of land and is ln-
proved by nice dwelling house and out
buildings. The price paid was $3.400.
The suit of John f. Guthrie against
Martha Elliott Smith, a removed case
from Baltimore county, was begun i'll
Court on Monday before n jury. Messrs.
Grason and Williams appeared for the
Dlaintif and Robinson and Isaac for the
defendant. On Tuesday the jury rendered
a verdict in favor of the plaintifffor Silt.
The case ofGeorge McMahon against
the Northern Central Railway Company
was called for trial ir Court on Wednes-
dav. This is Il suit to recover $1,000
damages for alleged personal injuries.
S. A. Williams and John T. Ensor and
Son appear for the plaintiff and Thomas
II. Robinson and Charles H. Carter for
defendant.
The Mayor and City Council of IIavre
dc Grace have passed an ordinance grant
ing the right to Mr. c. A. Andrew to
bring electric current into the city. The
ordinance granting Mr.. o. NJ. Whitaker
the right for an electric railway was re-
ferred back to the Street Committee with
instructions to so amend the same that
the city be given right tol lay water mains
or pipe over the right of way granted the
said Whitaker.
The Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station has made a number of tests with
bug death, Paris Green and arsenatc of
lead as insecticides as measured by the
readiness with which they kill the potato
beetle, or our common potato bug. The
insecticides were used i'll conjunction with
the Bordeaux mixture. the vines being
SPRAYED five times. From the yield per
acre, which was made at three different
places, bug death was found to be the
best.
An electric light company has been
formed at Aberdeen with the following
officers: d. B. Arthur, president; ]. A.
Swingley, treasurer; Dorsey Rowe, secre-
tary; l.. A. Funk, of Boonsboro, general
manager. The company has contracts
for over 400 lights for public and private
buildings, and in addition thereto, has
made Il contract with the town authori-
ties to light the streets of Aberdeen for
the next five wears. This is the same
company that will operate the new
basket factory which will be located
there about January 1st.
Miss Mary Hughes, daughter of MIR.
Frank Hughes, of Aberdeen, and MIR.
John W. Stuart, of Baltimore, were mar
ried on Thursday of last week at the
home of the bride Rev. Kenneth G. Muir
ray performed the ceremony. The house
was decorated with greens and potted
plants The bride was gowned in mode
broadcloth trimmed with velvet and lace
and carried a bouquet of white chrysan-
themums. The bridesmaid was Miss Mary
Wooden, of Baltimore. who wore brown
broadcloth and carried bouquet of pink
chrvsanthcmums Mr.. B. Frank Hughes,
brother of the bride, was best man. After
the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Stuart left
for a short bridal trip. They will reside
in Baltimore.
An attempt was made on Friday
night to fire the large flour mill of Asa ].
Vansant and John Marsteller on Deer
Creek. Two shoe prints, evidently one
of woman and the other of man were
found in the morning i'll soft mud of the
cog pit in the lower part ofthe mill. The
FOOTPRINT of the woman indicated num-
Der four shoe, and that of the man mum,
Der six shoe A tin can, n lot of paper
and some pine wood were near the motor
shaft. The fire wood was considerably
charred. The fire had made sufficient
Roadway to ignite a floor oak girder and
the smouldering wood was discovered il
time to save the building. The wind was
favorable to the building and carried the
flames away from it, which probably
saved the structure.