The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-01-30
Local AFFAIRS.

has sold his farm, containing one huhuis'
acres, to Mr.. Samuel Enfield for So ,ooO
Letters of administration have BEEF
granted by the Orphans Court to Colds
borough Bolts upon the estate otthe lat
Asel Bolts.
The sale Of the Green property, stu
ated in the Fourth Election District
which was advertised by Herman Stump
trustee, to take place ON Monday next
has been postponed.
Mr.. John D. Worthington as attorney
for the owners, has sold the one hundred
acre farm near Pleasantville, on which
Mr.C. c. Hollingsworthf formerly resided
to Mr.. ]. T. Riley for ST, 500.
A marriage license was issued Ii
Baltimore on Wednesday to Stephen T.
Foard, of Portland, Oregon, but iormer'
" of High Point, this county, and Miss
Minnie A. White, of Baltimore.
On Tuesday morning, Messrs. Frank
Calder and Alex Campbell killed dog
between the Fair Grounds and Rel All
which had been acting in peculiar
manner. 1t was of the shepherd variety
and gave indications of rabies.
A son of Mr. Adam Shave, at Starr S
Corner, near Upper Fails, is reported TO
be iii with smallpox. Dr. James +. II.
Gorsuch, the Baltimore County Health
Officer, has the case in charge and has
taken the necessary precautions.
A number of the crew of the Mary
land and Pennsylvania Railroad, to-
gether with a few Bel Air friends, had an
oyster roast on Thursday night OF last
week. Selections by the graphaphone
were rendered by Mr.. f. Westerkemp.
Register of Wills Bay, i'll the recess OF
the Orphans Court, has appointed Mrs.
A SibeIla Smithson administrative OF the
late Rumsav Smithson. Earle B. Bottshas
been appointed administrator of the late
Samuel F. Bolts. Bond So, 900. Messrs
Marion Malcolm and F. o. Mitchell were
appointed appraisers of the dcccdcnt's
estate.
The regular quarterly meeting OF the
Historical Society ofHarford county was
held on Saturday. The president, Rev.
E A. Colburn presided. The secretary
presented two copies of THE independent
Citizen dated January &c, 1882 and
March I, 1888. This paper was pub
lished in Bel Air by John Mckenny and
Lynde Elliott.
The Maryland Telephone Company
on Monday opened up direct communi-
cation with Philadelphia. For some
time past lines have been operated as
far as Wilmington. A recent deal with
the keystone Company of Philadelphia
gives Hartford county subscribers an op-
portunty of communicating with 10, 900
phones in the city of Brotherly Love.
A meeting of those interested i'll ma
cadamizing the road from Rock Spring
Church via Forest Hill to Grafton's
Shops, will be held in the G. A. X. Hall,
Forest Hill, on Tuesday afternoon, Feb
ruary 3rd, ut O'Clock \ general dis
cussion of the subject is expected, and
such steps will be taken as may seem
necessary to further the enterprise. The
meeting has been called by a committee
of which MIR. William E. Hanway is
chairman.
"A surprise party was given Mr.. and
Mrs Harry c. Keen, of Bel Air, on We'd
nesday evening by number OF their
friends The time was delightfully."- spent
in social intercourse and games after
which refreshments were served. Among
those present were Misses Bertha Bode,
Kate Diggs, Lutine and Fanny Keen,
Jenney and Lille McCummings, Mamie
and Sallie Geatty, Miss Woods, of Vale,
and the Misses Wright, Messrs. Walter
and Nelson Keen, Richard Bode, James
Bauer, William McCummings and Walter
Young.
AT a recent spelling contest, held at
Waverly NJ. E. Church, Baltimore, in
which there were twenty-thrce competi-
tors, Miss Ethel Waters, of Pleasant
Vile, and Mr. Charles Mitchell, of near
Fallston, were among the contestants.
Miss Mitchell nearly carried off the
honors, she being next to the last in one
and very close in another. Mr.. Samuel
T. Walker, formerly of Bel Air, was one
the winners. These contests are of
pleasing nature and serve as an agreeable
method of raising money for charitable
purposes.
The stockholders of the Maryland
and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
held their annual meeting OH Tuesday
and reelected the incumbent board of di-
rectors. The officers are: President. ].
Wilson Brown; ice-prcsident, Walter b.
Brooks; secretary and treasurer, John
McHenry; general manager, J.. S. Norris;
directors, J. Wilson Brown, W. w. Spence,
w. B. Brooks, George c. Jenkins, Solo
mon Frank, Henry f. Young, John X.
Cowen and J. w. Hall, of Baltimore,
Howard F. Young, Hanover, Pa, and
H. c. Niles. York, Pa.
Captain r. E. Bouldin, Commander
of Wann Post, No. 40, G. A. R, received,
on Monday, as consignee, fourteen crates
of headstones, which had been shipped
from Lee, Massachusetts. These head
stones are furnished by the Quarter Mas
ter General of the War Department for
this Post. They will be set up to mark
the graves of Federal soldiers buried at
Mount Zion, Mount Tabor, Mount Car
mel, Emory, Mountain, Cooptown and
other cemeteries. The soldiers name,
rank, company, regiment and date OF
death is the inscription thereon.
The concert, which will be given in
the Assembly Rooms of the Masonic
Temple, this, Friday evening, promises
to be of more than exceptional merit
The talent, which will be present, is Of
acharactcr which possesses both original,
ity and the art of entertaining. The
musical numbers, while artistic, will be
of an up-to-date nature, the effort being
to please the popular assemblage as vel
as to furnish entertainment of a nature
which is classicaily correct. Mr.. Leroy
Oldham is familiar to the public of some
portions of the county, and the praise
that he has received from those that have
heard him is a sufficient recommendation
as to the high order of the entire pro
4Lranlfnc