The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-07-04
Local affairs.

Clair, of Havre de Grace.
The Citizens National Bank of llavre
de Grace has declared Il semi annual dlvl
dcnd of two per cent clear OF all taxes.
Rev. S c. Wasson, of Churchvllle
PRESBYTERIAN Church and Rev. Henry A.
Grubbs, exchanged pulpit last Sunday
morning.
Among the graduates of the Aberdeen
High School was Miss Kate Hughes,
daughter of former Sheriff Hughes, who
is we'll known in Bel Air.
The Hartford Broc III Works, of which
Mr.. Daniel II. Carroll isproprietor, have
been moved to the building i'll Bel Air
formerly occupied by Whitaker Brothers,
butchers.
The ladies and friends ofJoppa Christ
ian Church will hold festival and bazaar
on the lot adjoining the church on the
evenings of July II, IS and 10. The
public cordially invited.
The State Teachers Association has
been i'll session at Ocean City this week.
The response to the address of welcome
was delivered by Mr.. T. c. Galbreath,
County School Examiner.
To-day, the Fourth of July, is a legal
holiday and by proclamation of Gov
ernor Smith, tomorrow will also be OBJ
served i'll like manner The banks will
not reopen until Monday morning.
Grace Methodist Church, of Aberdeen,
will give an excursion to Colchester on
the steamer "Susquehanna," on Friday,
Julv 11th The boat will leave Havre
de Grace at eight O'Clock in the morning.
DR. F. p. -Smithson, county health
officer, discovered a case of diptheria i'll
colored family near Crcswell. He has
fumigated the house and quarantined the
place, and does not fear any spread of the
disease.
The schools of the county closed on
Friday of last week. commandments
or celebrations of some kind werein order,
and it was the aim of the teachers every
where to make the occasion OF parting as
pleasant as possible.
Mr.. Goven r. Ward, of Chestnut Hill,
recently had the misfortune to lose two
valuable horses. They were matches
and he had been repeatedly offered $3.50
for the pair. One was hurt in the stable
and the other died from lung fever.
-Childrcn's Day services will be held
on July 6, at st. Paul's Lutheran Church,
at Perryman, at 20 O'Clock A. NJ, and at
Trinity Lutheran Church, near Joppa, at
8 O'Clock p NJ Rev. c. E. Mechling will
be in charge of both services.
The Maryland State Bar Association
met at Ocean City on Wednesday.
Among those present from this county
were Messrs. John S. Young, Judge
George Y. Maynadier, Thomas H. Robin
son, George L. VanBibber, S. A. Williams
and William H. Harlan.
County Commissioner Joseph E.
Spencer met with painful accident on
Thursday of last week. He was working
about building and piece of lumber
slipped and fell on his ankle, inhicting a
painful bruise. He was at his desk on
Monday, but is still considerably lame.
The clergymans article in this weeks
issue is contributed by Rev. Robert F.
Sterling, pastor of Deer Creek Harmony
Church. His subject is World Building
Interest in these articles continues un-
abated, and we are seriously considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of making them a perna-
nent feature.
The Junior League of Mt. Zion NJ. E.
Church will hold picnic on the after
noon and evening, today, Friday, July
4th, on the lawn of Mr.. c. W. Jeffrey,
near Fulford. Refreshments for sale.
Proceeds for the benefit of the church.
If stormy, it will be held on Saturday
afternoon and evening.
A musical and literary entertainment
will be held in the Town Hall at Darling
ton on Tuesday evening, July s. 1t will
be under the auspices of the Ladies Aid
Society of the NJ. E. Church. Fine talent
has been secured both for the vocal music
and elocution. The McComas quartette
of Bel Air will render several choice selec-
tions.
A wreck was caused on the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road on Sunday by the breaking of
wheel under a freight car, just as the train
reached Edgewood. Three of the cars
were so badly broken that they were
burned. The northbound passenger ex-
press was stopped in the block in time to
avert an accident
The patriotic people of Bel Air have
taken up collection and will give an ex-
tensive display of fireworks on the even
ing of the Fourth of July in a field adj
joining the town. Everyone is cordially
invited to attend and witness this dis
play. With the pyrotechnic exhibition
and the athletic sports in the afternoon,
including two games of base ball, both of
which promise to Ibc very interesting,
our county-seat can be congratulated in
thus keeping step with other modern
towns.
The dwelling house on the property
belonging to the estate of the late Phoebe
S. Rutlcdge, of which Messrs J. Edwin
Webster and Thomas ]. Heating are
executors, situated near the Rocks of
Deer Creek, caught fire about ten O'Clock
Tuesday night and was burned to the
ground The tenant, Mr.. Loomis, lost
large amount of clothing and furniture,
on which there was no insurance The
building was good structure and the
loss will reach about So, 900. There was
an insurance of $4,000 in the Hartford
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
The fishing in the local rivers is now
getting very much better and will soon
be at its height. White perch can now
be caught in Bush river and the bass and
rock fishermen in the Susquehanna river
are meeting with good luck. One peculiar
thing about the fisherman of today is
that he always keeps mum about his
catches, especially ifhc has been successful
in hooking large amount of trout. In
oldcn times the fish liar" fourishcd like
the green bay tree, but the modern
follower of Isaak Walton has learned to
keep his mouth shut, and only the novice
speaks of his phenomenal catches.