The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-06-27


Captain John p. Leight reports plenty
of crabs at Otter Point and The FISHING
season siust opening. llenow haSevcry
thing in readiness to accommodate any
| parties and promises them pleasant day
on the river.
Howard Kelly, the little son of DR.
Howard A. Kelly, whose painful accident
was reported in last week -Egis, is doing
as we'll as could be expected lie is al
his fathers sanitarium i'll Baltimore and
it is said that amputation will not be
necessary.
The entries for the stake races of the
Hartford County Fair will close % July
: LIST. There will be three purses given for
81 900 each i'll the $50 class trotting,
and 2.25 and 2.1S classes pacing. The
nominations need not be made until
August LIST.
Rev. W. w. Davis will give the second
one of his illustrated sermons on the Life
of Christ" next Sunday, in Ebenezer
Church, at P. NJ. The closing one of
the series will be given the following Sum
day at the same hour and place. Silver
offering at close of sermon.
The w. c. T. U. of Fountain Green
will hold public meeting on Thursday
evening, July 3rd, at eight o'clock, in the
hall at that place. Rev. George ". Evans
will deliver the address. There will be
selections by the McComas quartctte.
The public is cordially invited.
| The EanBibbcr base ball team will
play the Guildford Athletics. at VanBib
Der, Saturday the home team has been
greatly strengthened by several new men
and an interesting game is looked for.
The VanBibbcr's will have the strong
Lexington STAIRS for two games on July f.
Mr.. William Silver, of Chenille, has
sold to Mr. Henry Rigdon, of Aberdeen,
three-year-old filly, sired by Marvellous,
2,23, dam Mary West, 2.16A. The
price paid was $500, which is probably
the highest figure three year-old has
ever brought in Hartford county. She is
Just broken and promises extreme speed.
DR. James w Kern. principal of the
Bel Air Academy and Graded School, has
been appointed adjunct pr"fesSor"t Latin
in the Washington and Lee University,
of Virginia. While in Bel Air, DR.. Kern
has made many warm friends and the
patrons of the school will be sorry to
lose principal possessing such capa-
bilities.
The running race of one hundred wards
dash which is to come off at VanBibhcr
on July 18th for the championship ofHar-
ford county, the winner to receive hand
some gold medal, is attracting great
deal of interest. An exciting contest is
expected as most if not all the fast men
will be in this race. All who wish to
enter should send their names to Manager
F. F. Sullivan, VanBibber, before July
3rd, with an entrance fee of % cents.
Last Fridays Baltimore Sun stated
that it was understood that an agreement
had been reached for the purchase of the
United Electric Light and Power Com
pany by the Susquehanna Power Com
pany. The article gives the particulars
of the alleged agreement and says that
bv the new deal the Electric Railways will
be enabled to get its current at about
one-half the present cost 1t is under
stood that the officials of the Electric
Company deny this runor.
The School Board was in special Ses
sion on Wednesday and decided to build
the following school houses in the order
named, provided the offers at Mt. Pleas
ant and the County Commissioners, rela-
tive to the extra levy, to be madefor Jar
rettsvillc be put in legal shape, viz: Mt.
Pleasant, Jarrettsville, Muttonsburg,
colored. In case the conditions i'll regard
to the Jarrettsville school be fulfilled
Commissioner John d. Worthington was
directed to take the neces sary steps to get
drawings for the same A number of
trustees were also appointed.
A game of base ball will be played
Saturday afternoon, July II, at arretts-
Vile 1t will be between the fat men and
the lean men of that vicinity. The former
club will be composed of Rev. DR.. w. w.
Davis, DR.. w. L. Smith, Charles W.
Amoss, c. N. Hamilton. J. Henry Jarrett,
Rev. John Jacobs, George B. Rigdon,
William Calder and James Ayres. The
members of the lean men club are Robert
Hanna, John F. Upton, Alfred Lynch,
Thomas II. Miller, Sheffield PUtect,
George A. Cairnes, Oscar Cunningham,
Edgar Cairnes and Clayton Spencer.
The gate receipts will go towards the
building fund of Jarrcttsyille Academy.
The Fourth of July will be appro-
priately celebrated in Bel Air. The exer-
cises will commence at the Fair Grounds
at one O'Clock and will consist of two
games of base ball, one with the \ tlantic's,
of Baltimore, and the other with the
Aberdeen Club. There will also be other
athletic sports such as one hundred yard
dash, running broad jump, standing
broad jump, running high jump, scientific
boxing three rounds between Professor
White and an unknown, one hundred yard
hurdle race, putting the shot and a battle
royal of tour rounds. The Bel Air Base
| Ball Club has this year the best aggrc-
CATION of home talent that has been
together for years past, and as they will
play two good teams an interesting coll
test may be expected.
We have received Il number ofinquir;cs
as to whether or not certain ministers ut
this county would contribute to the series
of articles which are now being published
in The -Egis. We would state that a
personal request was mailed to each
minister and in some cases we received no
replies. Whether this was intentional or
accidental, we do not know, ami we
would very glad to have every minister
in the county contribute, but do not de-
sire to press them into service unless they
wish so to do. If any have been omitted
to communicate with them personally if
they will let us know. Each week shows
that additional interest is being taken
by the people throughout the county in
these articles and we appreciate the many
favorable concentrations that have been