The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-31
Local affairs.

elected clerk to the Board OF Town Com
miSsioncrS of Aberdeen.
BY a recent distribution. State Comp
troller Herring gives Hartford county
ST., AZ. O5 for the purchase of text books
The Wilma w. {. T. u. will meet at
the home of Mrs. Hannah s. Holdings
worth on Thursday, August 9th, t2.3O
P NJ.
The Womans Guild of Emmanuel
Church, Bel Air, will hold its regular
monthly meeting ON Monday, August
Sd, ut five o'clock in the church.
-Finney and Robinson, canned goods
brokers, of Bel Air, report the market
for tomatoes practically unchanged.
The market for corn is more firm.
The County Commissioners have
notified Sheriff Reasin that hereafter they
would not pay the expenses for keeping
prisoners which had been arrcstedby the
town authorities of Bel Air.
The ladies of the Jerusalem Christian
Christian Church will hold Il bazar and
festival in the grove adjoining the church,
on the evenings of August e, and 5.
The public is cordially invited.
William Patterson was on Monday
committed tn the House of Correction
for three months by Justice Richardson,
on the charge of being drunk and dis
orderly and resisting an officer.
-Ex-Sheriil Kinhart, who was candi-
date at the nemocratic primaries on
Saturday, desires us to state that
although defeated he is as good Demo-
crat as ever and intends to work for the
success of the ticket from this time until
election day.
The County Commissioners of Cecil
county have set aside $1,000 for the
purpose of making permanent roads. A
highway near Rising Sun will be the
location of the first experiment. MIR. A.
N. Johnson, ofthe Highway Division will
have charge of the work.
The new Executive Committee, which
will take charge OF the local affairs ofthe
Democratic party after the November
election, is composed of DIR. W. a. Roth,
lanes T. Pritchard, Walter X. McComas,
J. Randolph Rutledge, a. Finney Gal
breath and Martin F. Foley.
Two frame barns belonging to
Messrs. Hanson and Lantz, ofnear Edge
wood, were destroyed by fire on Mon
dav evening, together with about 1000
cases of canned tomatoes. The in
surance on the buildings and contents
was in the Hartford Mutual Fire lnsur-
ance Company.
The w. c. T. t., of Forest Hill, will
hold its regular business mectingin the
hall on Wednesday afternoon, August
5th, at 8 p. NJ. The state president,
Mrs. Mary Haslup will be present. In
the evening an interest programme con-
sisting of music, recitations and an adj
dress by Mrs IIaslup will be given.
Thomas Hopkins, was convicted of
forgery i'll this court, over two years ago
and sentenced to the pcnitcntiary for five
years, has been pardoned by Governor
Smith. Hopkins passed a forged
check bearing the signature purport-
ing to be the name of Mr.. Humphrey
r. LLOYD, of D>lta. The check was
cashed by Mr. Nj. a. Rockford, of Bel Air
The new Ere bell, which has recently
been purchased through he efforts OF tie
citizens of Bel Air, the Town Commits
sipncrs and the County Commissioners,
arrived on Wednesday and will shortly
he placed on the Court House. Itweighs
over 1000 pounds and is handsome
piece Of workmanship. 1t is said that
when in the belfry, its tone can be heard
for distance of several miles.
We desire to- call attention to the
manly statement Of Mr.. Joseph E.
Spencer, who was one of the defeated
candidates for clerk of the court. at the
recent primaries. Mr.. Spencer looks upon
his defeat in a proper manner and accepts
the same with good grace. The stand
that he has taken for the success of the
ticket at the coming election means much
for his political future should he hereafter
decide to again enter into a primary for
nomination to any office.
Tho railroad station at Glenarm on
the Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail-
road was totally destroyed by fire on
Wednesday morning of last week. The
origin of the fire is unknown, but is sup
posed to have been started by tramps.
When the fire was discovered it had been
burning for sometime and nothing could
abe done to save the structure. The
building contained a store, ticket office,
waiting room and Adams express Office.
together with all the contents which were
destroyed. The store was conducted by
Mr. Herbert A. Ambrose. The entire loss
is estimated at 81 900 which is partly
covered by insurance.
The residence of Judge f. Carvil
Tolley, situated near Taylor, caught fire
on Tuesday morning about ten o'clock
supposed that the flames originated
from sparks falling on the roof. Judge
Tolley was away from home at the time
and but little of his property was saved
His clothing was all burned up, but he
was fortunate enough to save the uni
forms of hisson. Lieutenant Oscar Tolley,
who is now in the government service in
the Philippine Islands. Mrs. Tolley who
has been an invalid for the past two years,
was rescued by colored woman, who
carried her to a place of safety. The in
surance was about So, 900 and it was in
the company represented by Rosan
Brothers, Bel Air.
Clyde Price, the fivc-ycar-Old son of
Mr. William J. Price, well-known resi-
dent of Lapiduni, vas fatally burned on
Saturday. He was alone i'll a room up
stairs and, it is thought, lighted match
which ignitcd his clothing. The little
fellow strivcd desperately to cxtinguish
abe flames and his screams attracted the
attention of his mother. When she
reached him he was completely cnvc!oped
in n mass offlames which were cxtinguish-
ed by rolling him in blanket. The OK.
animation Of physician showed that
the boy had inhaled the flames and that
his body was horribly burned. He
i,terSf. nSSnuv fnr several hours