The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-11-14
Local AFFAIRS.


Until further notice there will be III
service at st. Mary's Church, Emlnor
ton, as workrlcn are engaged Ill putin:
in a new furnace.
A marriage license was issued Il
Baltimore on Tuesday to Emmlt
Cover, of baltimore and Katie L
Matthew, of this county.
The sale of Mr.. John T. Grier, OF Ih'
Rocks, which was advertised to take
place on Tuesday, November 18th, has
been indefinitely postponed.
An oyster supper will he given by the
ladies of William Walters Memorial
Church on Thursday and Friday evenings
November Goth and Dist. Proceeds for
the benefit Of the church.
A dispatch to the Evening News from
Aberdeen, states that suspicion for COM
plication with the recent robbery has
fallen upon young man we'll known III
that vicinity, who has been missing since
Saturday at noon.
On Monday, ]. Martin McNabb. truS-
tee, sold at public sale, at the Court
House door, the McDoon,,' property at
Dublin 1t was purchased by Messrs.
Edward and Nelson Mccain, for So, OPS.
J.R. Strawbridge was the auctioneer.
On Tuesday, the case of John 7. Dun
can VS.. Sherman Strawbridge was tried
in Court before jury. 1t is suit of
damages for false Imprisonment. Walter
w. Preston and William l.. Cooley az
pear for the plaintiff and John S. Young
lanes J. Archer for the defendant.
The grocery and provision store of
Mr.. Joseph Good of Havre de Grace, was
damaged by fire to the extent of about
$500 on Tuesday morning. The loss is
covered by insurance i'll the Hartford
Mutual Fire Insurance Company. A
strong wind was blowing at the time and
the flames threatened to assume large
proportions, but were checked by the eX
cellcnt work of the fire department.
MIR. w. Frank Keen, who was former
lv member of the firm of IIanway and
Keen, has entered as an equal partner,
the wholesale seed firm of J. J.
Burlington and Company, of Baltimore.
This firm is the successor of the late firm
of Samuel Townsend and Son, who form
erlv conducted similar business. MIR.
Keen leaves this community with The
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dents.
The County Commissioners of Har-
ford county have brought suit i'll Balti-
more against the bond of {. a. Hook
and Son, the former contractors OF the
Churchvile road 1t is instituted to re-
cover the difference between the con-
tract figures $4,000 at which they
agreed to macadamizc the Bel Air and
Churchvile road and SIS 900, which will
be paid the present contractors, Hunt and
Lackic The suit has been brought by
Mavnadier and Harlan. attorneys for
the County Commissioners.
The action of the person or persons
who gave Il false alarm of fire in Bel Air
last Friday evening cannot be too strong
" condemned Unfortunately there no
legal punishment for this act but the just
feeling of indignation as expressed by our
citizens should be sufficient to deter any
like occasion in the future. 1t would be
an excellent idea if our Town Commis-
sioncrs would pass an ordinance impos
ing heavy penalty upon anyone who
would tritle with serious matter like
this
MIR. Thomas H. Robinson, trustee of
the Farnandis estate, this week reported
to the Circuit Court for Hartford county
the sale of the "HomeStead" property
situated near Bel Air to Mr.. William ".
Bradford for 5000. This property
contains $50 acres and is one ofthc most
beautiful homesteads in the county. The
mansion house was built by the late
William Smithsor and is almost as sub
Stantial TO-DAY as when first erected. Mr..
Bradford is progressive young farmer
and will put the entire premises in first
class condition.
"Details for the plan of the travelling
state library has about been completed
and collection have been purchased by
the State Librarian. The plan of the
library is to forward to such communities
i'll tine State, as shall apply, a collection
of volumes. These will be placed i'll
charge of some responsible person for
distribution in his neighborhood and
after proper time the whole number will
he exchanged for another set. MIR. NJ.
Bates Stevens, State Superintendent of
Education, is president ofthe commission,
which was authorized by recent act of
the Legislature.
The Law Enforcement League held
county meeting in Bel Air on Friday
evening. 1t was preceded by a banquet
at Odd Fellows Hall, where over one
hundred covers were laid. A number of
imrromptu speeches were made after
which the guests repaired to the Court
House. The meeting there was presided
over by ex-senator (narIcS W. MlCndei.
Addresses were made as follows: The
Power of the Press" Mr.. John B. Hanna,
editor of the Bel Air Times. "Co-opera-
ton in enforcement OF laws, the citizens
duty" Rev. K. Allen Castleman. police
man as a law enforcer," Mr.. Morris A.
Soper, of Baltimore. THE situation up
10 date" Rev. W. w. Davis.
The annual report of the First ASsis-
tant Postmaster General urges that in
view of the Rural Free Delivery system
and it's future necessities the recommen-
dation of 12,655, 800, in the estimate
for that purpose, is reasonable. The
amount is an increase of little more than
$5,O0O.0O0 over last year. 1t is further
recommended that the postmasters OF
third class Offices be allowed to employ
clerks wherever it is considered necessary
The Rural Free Delivery system, the re.
port says, has become a permanent
feature of the postal service, and the
service has increased the postal receipts
and improved conditions whereverit ha.
been put in operation. 1t is also recon-
menCcd that rural carriers be empowered
to receipt for money orders as we'll as t.
paw the same at the residence of known
patrons of the routes.