The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-08-29
Local affairs.

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ed postmaster at Sharon, vice Benjamin
G. Rees resigned.
Court will convene on Monday, Sep
TENDER Sth. 1t will probably he shor
term as the farmers are busy.
On Monday marriage license wa
issued in Baltimore for MIR. W. II. Gross
and Miss Mary NJ. Brady, both OF thi'
county.
Rev. DIR. W. W. Davis will preach IL
Asburv Church Jarrettsville, this, Sunday
evening, on THE Ideal Citizen" Every
body welcomed.
The Wilma w. c. T. U. will meet at
the residence of Mrs. Hannah S. Holdings
worth, on Thursday afternoon, Septem
Der 4th, at 2 80 o'clock.
MIR. Clarence w. Bay, formerly Of
this county, who spent part OF August
on the Muskoka Lakes, Canada, has re-
turned to his home in Baltimore.
Rev. S. S. Greenwich, pastor OF the
First PRESBYTERIAN Church of Bel Air, has
returned from his vacation and the
regular services will be resumed next Sun-
day morning and evening.
Mrs. c. W. Amoss, of Iarrettsville,
has night blooming cereus, which had
four blooms on Sunday night and SIX
more on Tuesday night. 1t is beauti-
full specimen of this rare flower.
School Examiner Charles 7. Wright
has removed with his family to Bel Air.
He is occupying the house ofMr. William
S. Forwood, IT., on Broadway, which
was formerly the residence of the late
Gilbert s. Hawkins.
The old canal at Lapidum has been
drained of the stagnant water which has
been a menace to the heal th Of the citizens
of that community. This work was done
by the order of County Health Officer,
DR.. Frank p. SInithson.
The barn OF Smith Michigan, stu
ated near Constitution, was struck by
lightning and burned during the storm on
Sunday afternoon. Its contents, con-
sisting of wheat, straw and farming I'M
elements, were also destroyed. The live
stock was removed to place of safety.
A heavy thunder storm passed over
portions of this county on Sunday alter
noon. In the vicinity of Benson it was
particularly heavy, where some hail fell.
A COW and three heifers belonging to MIR.
Joseph B. Hoskins were killed by light
ming. They were insured i'll the Farmers
Fire Insurance Company of York.
The citizens of Bel Air will next week
have an opportunity of coming i'll con-
tact with the large corps of Hartford
county school teachers. That they will
extend them hearty welcome goes with
ont saying and we all, even those who
have reached an advanced age i'll life, are
glad to look upon the attractive young
faces, which go to make up their numbers.
MIR. !. A Doxetl, trustee of the estate
of the late Benz F. Minnick. has sold to
Corrine Ramsay, wife of Frederick Nj.
Ramsay, sixty-one acres of land, near
Highland station, for 1872. The same
trustee has sold to Laura 7. Newman
and Florence NJ Minnick house and lot
in Bel Air, adjoining the properties of
James Dunnigan and Joseph NJ. STREET.,
for $500.
As announced elsewhere in our adver-
Using columns, MIR. Calvin Appleton
cattle dealer of Hopewell, Pa, will have
stock cattle for sale at Churchville each
Thursday and Friday during the season.
Mr.. Appleton has done considerable
business in this county, having sold over
one thousand head last year, and all of
his stock has turned out very well and
brought good prices.
The married men and the single men
played a game of base ball at VanBibber
last Saturday afternoon. The score was
ten to five in favor of the latter. The
game was quite exciting. kauffman's
pitching was puzzle for the henpecked
aggregation, perhaps as much as any
they had encountered during their con-
nubial existence. The single men as
usual, took matters easy and had no
trouble in winning out.
The will of Sallie E. Lovett has been
probated by Register of Wills Bay. She
leaves all of her property of every de-
sc1iption to her sister, Miss Emma V.
Lovett Her brother, John H. Lovctt, is
named asexecutor to serve without bond.
The will is dated September 2Sth, 1898
and is witnessed by c. w. Michael and
Benjamin F. Johnson. The appointment
of Iohn H. Lovett as executor was con-
frmed. He gave bond in the penal sum
,of$1O0.
An enjoyable catching party spent
The day on Bush River last Friday on the
launch Hattie" which is owned by Mr..
w. Scott Handy of Calvary. They
started from Belcamp and, after spending
a few hours at Old Baltimore, sailed
across the Bay to Betterton, where a
pleasant time was enjoyed in bathing,
pfii SchS'Se-
ed of Misses Lottie Bailey, Nora Kimble
Fanny Keen and Messrs. Hugh Bailey,
Harry Wilson and l.. W. Mitchell.
1t has been decided in a Massachusetts
Court that an owner of real estate may
recover damage for noise occasioned by
the operation of a railroad near the
premises and on appeal this decision has
been sustained by the Supreme Court.
If this Massachusetts decision, which is
recognized as good law, could be ap-
Piled to the local community, nearby
residents might be enabled to stop some
of the discordant noises that come from
constant practice of beginners of pianos
and the like.
The stockholders of the Baltimore
and Potomac Railrc ad and the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road Companies have merged their sep
arate properties under tie name of the
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
Railroad Company with a capital stock
so, $50, $50 This stock will be owned
almost entirely by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company and the Northern Central
Railway Company. 1t will be one ofthe
largest Of the subsidiary corporations OF
the Pennsylvania system and its general
office will be in Philadelphia.
Henry Henson, a negro, employed
NIT n he Baltimore and Ohio Railroad