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

: preach at the Fallston Presbyterian
Church on Sunday afternoon, Angus
31st, at $50 P. NJ.
The services of Bel Air Circuit NJ. =
several weeks on account of the pastor
sickness, will be resumed ON the first sun
day in September.
The Evansville Farmers Club, O
South ern Maryland has adopted the
same resolution on the question of oyster
culture as that which was formulated by
the Deer Creek Farmers Club.
There will be preaching ut Grace NJ
f. Church, Aberdeen, next Sunday morn.
ing at l O. +5, by Rev. Linwo"d Hammond,
pastor, and at s p. NJ. by Rev. ]. Fred.
Baggs, former pastor The public is
cordially invited.
MIR and Mrs. James Heaps celebrated
the twenty fifth anniversary of their
marriage, at their home near Perryman.
Supper and refreshments were served and
the guests departed leaving behind them
substantial tokens of esteem, as me
mcntos of the happy occasion.
Mrs. William Thompson, of Deer
Creek, sustained a painful injury on sun
day evening last. While descending the
stairway. her foot caught i'll the carpet
throwing her violently to the bottom OF
the stairs, dislocating her shoulder DR..
Hopkins rendered the necessary medical
aid.
Marie Bickncll, infant daughter of
Rev. and Mrs Kenneth G. Murray, of
Aberdeen, died on Tuesday morning OF
pneumonia. The funeral took place on
Thursday morning. Revs. LinW God
Hammond, David Jamison and John II.
Baker officiated. The interment was at
Hampstead, Carroll county.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee of Hartford county met i'll Bel Air
on Thursday of last week and selected
Saturday, August 3Oth, as the date on
which to hold primaries toclect delegates
to the County Convention, which will
meet in Bel Air, on Monday, September
lst, to elect five delegates to the Con-
gressienal Convention, which meets at
Westminster, September End.
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Encarnp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic
will meet in Washington, ID. C., during
the week commencing October 9th The
programme includes many interesting
exercises and those who attend will be
assured of some method of entert ainuent
all the time that the convention is i'll scs-
sion. The transportation rates from
Baltimore have been materially reduced
and a number of persons will doubtless
take advantageo of this opportune time TO
visit the nations capital.
Another strong base ball team has
been organized i'll Bel Air under the name
of the Athletics. Their first game will
be series with the Fallston team. All
of the games will be played OH the Bel
Air grounds. The first will be on Thurs
day, September +th, at 3 O'Clock. The
following players will compose the nine
c. IL. McComas, John A. Evans, ii. c.
Heuer, Richard Bode, Eddie Carroll,
Smith Bradford, Ivan White, Willard
Earring, Ross Barton, Walter Keen, Ned
Harlan and H. H. Rockford.
The Bel Air Steam Laundry has
been incorporated by the following,
who are also named directors for the
first year: Henry G. Maynadier, William
B. Nelson, p. Moores Maynadier, Dcye-
reaux S. Prigg and George Johnson. The
object of the corporation is stated to be
for the purpose of cleaning, washing,
securing and dycing linen, clothes and
wearing apparel by steam process. The
existence of the corporation is limited to
forty years and its principal office of bust
ness will be i'll Bel Air The capital stock
is $25, ZOO divided into one Thousand
shares of $25 each.
Two peddlers by the name of Joseph
Silver and A. Plotpin, who bear marked
characteristics of the Hebrew race. be-
came involved in an alteration i'll Bel Air
III regard to their financial arrangements.
Their outfit consisted of Il horse and
wagon, and Plotpin, who claims that
his partner assaulted and beat him, re-
coursed to the stern process OF the law to
bring the unruly member of the firm back
to the paths of rectitude of life. MIR.
Harry S. Carver, of Bel Air, was appoint
ed receiver for the outfit and now has it
in possession under an order of Court
Whether or not the Judge will sign de-
cree authorizing Mr.. Carver to continue
the Junk business as it has heretofore
been conducted by the disputing Jews,
yet remains to be seen.
On Saturday night, large bank
barn belonging to the estate of Mrs.
Phoebe S. Rutledge, situated near the
Rocks, of which Messrs. ]. Edwin
Webster and Thomas ]. Heating are ex-
ecutors, caught fire and was burned to
the ground. The building, which was
60 by 40 feet, contained 90 acres of
wheat and straw, which was destroyed
together with some wagons. farmin-
implements, hay and three tons of lertih-
ger. The insurance on the property be
! longing to the estate was 81 800 on the
buildings and $4O0 on the contents. The
policy was in the Mutual Fire Insurance
| Company of Hartford County. The
tenant, Mr. John p. Grier had no insur-
ance and loses practically al of the re
suits from his year slabor. The mansion
house on this property was destroyed by
fire in July of the present year
The train on the Maryland and Penn
sylvania Railroad which left Bel Air ut
10 O'Clock last Sunday night, is sup
posed to have run over and killed Miss
Ida p. Brown an inmate of the Shvp-
pard Asylum, whose body was found tie
next morning lying alongside of the track.
Miss Brown was about thirty-two wears
old and lived near Waterford, Loudon
county, Virginia. She was voluntary
patient ut the hospital who was suffer
ing from mental depression, but who had
improved SD much as to be allo wed To 90
about the grounds unattended. 1t is
supposed that the unfortunate woman
had a return of mental alteration and
that she thought she was going to bed.