The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-04-11

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There will he preaching at Grace NJ
p. Church, Rel Air, Sunday, April Is, Il
II A. NJ. and Z 40 L. NJ; Mt. Carmel a
$50 p. NJ. All are invited.
Mrs. ]. H. c. Watts entertained thu
book and card club on Wednesday after
noon. Prizes were won Ivy Misses Eliza
beth Mitchell and Fannie Bisscl.
The Macton school of which Miss
Dwyer is teacher will hold festival il
the school house during the evening o
April IS ifstormy the next evening.
There will he preaching ut II A. NJ
and 7.l5 i. NJ. ut Bel Air NJ. +. Church
| by Rev. George Evans, the newly ap-
pointed pastor. Also at Zion ut 3.15
p. NJ
MIR and Mrs. James Tayson, OF
Churchville, have issued cards for the
marriage of their daughter Miss Lottic
T. and Mr. Oscar Monsoon. The cerc-
mony will take place on Thursday even
ing. April 9th, at eight O'Clock at Holy
Trinity Church, Churchvillc.
The Executive Committee of the
Hartford County Sabbath School Union
will meet in Bel Air on Monday, April
21st, to select place and make arrange
ments for the coming annual convention.
Churches desiring to entertain the con-
vcntion are requested to make the fact
known tn the secretary, MIR. Joseph
Crumlish, before that day.
The executive Committee of the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company met or!
Monday last and ordered the payment
for house and contents destroyed by fire.
The loss Of Winfield Shepard $500 of
Baltimore county on dwelling house was
ordered paid. ]. p. p. Corbin and wife
dwelling and contents 81 800 was also
ordered paid.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Permanent Building Assoc
citation of Hartford county held on Mon
day night the following officers were
president, August knotler; secretary,
Henry c. Maynadicr; treasurer, Walter
Finney; attorney, Thomas II. Robinson.
A semi-annual dividend of 3 recent was
declared.
MIR. Edgar Rouse has purchased a
one half interest in the Geneva Springs
Mineral Water Company, 227 North
Charles street, Baltimore, and has taken
charge OF the business as General
Manager. Mr.. Rouse has been connected
with Rousc's store, Bel Air for 4 number
of years and by his strict attention to
business and uniform courtesy has won
host of friends who will wish him sue
cess in his new venture.
The Baltimore Clothing House will
open its annex on Main street, Bel Air,
tomorrow, Saturday. The General
Manager Mr. Getz has been making cX-
tensive preparations for this event andin
has laid i'll an immense stock
of seasonable goods which cannot fail to
interest the scrutinizing public. From
small beginnings the Baltimore Clothing
House has grown to be one of the bi%
stores of Bel Air and the combination ot
the two buildings present an attractive
place in which to display goods.
"A number of our representative citi-
zens attended the opening of the Bel Air
gymnasium on Tuesday evening. The
place was crowded and a thorou2 lilly en-
ioyable programme was rendered. 1t i'll
cluded expert bag punching. sword excr-
cises and number of friendly bouts with
boxing gloves. Professor Ivin White and
Mr.. Willard Tarring gave scientific cx-
hibition of sparring. This affair success
fully launched an opening place for
athletic development and fills Il long felt
want in this town. We tender Professor
White our best wishes for success, and
feel sure that he will receive the liberal
patronage that his enterprise deserves.
The many Hartford county people
who have been i'll the habit of making
annual pilgrimagcs to Atlantic City will
regret to learn that the portion of that
place which is most popular to Mary
landers was. Quilted by fire Thursday
morning of last week. No one knows
the origin of the fire and when once the
flames gained Roadway they spread
with lightning rapidity. The loss was
$3.50, 900 on which there was little i'll
surance. Young's pier was burned along
with Brady's Dathhousc; Partridge and
Richardson's dry goods store; the
Academy of Music; the Academy Hotel;
Hotel Berkeley, Hotel Luray; the STRAIT
ford, Stickney, Evart and the Windsor
and large number of shops. About
three acres of ground was burned over
as well as large portion of the board.
walk No lives were lost but there was
number ofnarrow escapes. Among those
stopping at the Berkeley were Mr.. ].
Thomas Gorrell and bride who were
spending their honeymoon, having
arrived on the previous night. They
succeeded in saving their belongings but
had quite bad scare. 1t is said that
the burned district will Immediately be re-
built and under the new charter which
Atlantic City has just adopted the new
structures will be of fire proof nature.