The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-12-12

the following officers were elected for IL
. ensuing year: Harry Silver, worshiptI
A, mastc-; n. a. Gorrcll, senior wardcr
Emmor Reese, junior warden; +. y. BALD
win, secretary; p. NJ. Spencer, treasurer
Charles L. bern, tyler.
Miss Rosa NJ. Swartz, a former mem
her of the Hartford County Schoo
Teachers Corps, and Mr.. George W
Nanllise, of Baltimore, were married a
Ellicott City Methodist Episcopa
Church on Wednesday evening of las
week by Rev. Thomas Wood, pastor o
that church. Mr. and Mrs. VanHise will
reside at York, Pa.
Miss Josephine Martin, daughter o.
Mr.. aud Mrs. J. p. Martin, of Garland, and
Mr.. Thornton Hulshart, ofAsbury Park
New Jersey, were married at 10 O'Clock
Saturday morning at the home of the
brides parents. The ceremony was per.
formed by Rev. George X. Sanner. Only
the members of the immediate families
were present The bride was attired i'll a
dress of dove colored Empress cloth,
trimmed with white MORE and carried
pink roses. After the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Hulshart left for Asbury Park their
future home1
AT the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Miller Fertilizer Company
of Baltimore City, MIR. Joseph B. Han
way was chosen as one of the directors.
lie has since been elected vice-president of
the company. This fertilizer company has
been conducted by Mr. Thomas H. Roberts
president, a former resident ofthis county,
for a number of years. From a modest
beginning it has become one ofthe largest
establishments of its kind i'll the south.
The addition of Mr.. Hanway's business
ability to its already excellent executive
forces will doubtless make itself felt in
the way of a much greater increase. The
company's reputation for reliability is
unuuestioned and it merits all the success
that it has earned.
The Baltimore Herald of Wednesday
last, says that there is rumor i'll circu-
lation that the Baltimore and Ohio and
the Pennsylvania railroads contemplate
abandoning their bridges over the Sus-
quehanna river and are considering the
construction of one to be used in common
about half way between the two. The
reason given for the change is that the
cost of maintaining one bridge would be
a great saving, as bridges Of such dimcn-
sions arc very expensive. Alarge amount
of money has been spent on repairs just
completed on the Baltimore and Ohio
bridge. BY its charter to build its bridge
the Pennsylvania Railroad is compelled
to carry passengers free between Havre
dc Grace and Pcrrvvile, in lieu of the con-
structiou of a footway. The new bridge
if built. will be a combination structure.
Besides the railroad tracks a driveway
for wagons and other vehicles will be
provided. 1t will also have a footway,
which will do away with the compulsory
SlSluSS "a lllC ~ ant ctS W
carrying passengers across the river free.
Slight changes in tracks would have to
be made on the Cecil county side of the
river, but the cost would be trifling conf
pared with the expenditures necessary to
keep two bridges in proper repair. An
official is reported to have said that the
matter has been under consideration, but
that no definite action had yet been taken.
AS the fishing season has now closed,
an excellent source for the origin of good
stories has consequently been cut of, and
it is now the time of the year when ex-
aggcrations of miscellaneous kind are
in order. The latest that is now going
the rounds is told by one of our promi-
nent citizens who is we'll known in the
financial circles of the town. He states
that while sitting in his parlor on recent
Sunday afternoon he heard an immense
racket, which seemed to be coming from
upstairs. He went to the foot of the
stairway to investigate the cause of the
noise when he saw, bouncing down the
stairs two jumps at time, a diminutive
mouse, closely followed by lively rat
terrier The little animal dashed by its
host in the most unccremonious manner
and rushing across the floor accidentally
struck a mouse trap, which was set ready
for its prey. The weight of the little
fellow discharged the trigger, which
closed with death like grasp, but did
not quite succeed in holding its prize.
The force of the jaws ofthe trap broke the
mouses back and it was thrown several
feet into the air, falling stone dead. This
story sounds as if it might be exceeding
ly problernatical but what makes its
accuracy even more questionable is the
fact that when the episode was first re-
lated, ready proof, without requirement,
was offered by the second testimony of
one whose reputation for veracity, unlike
Caesars wife, is not "above suspicion"