The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-04-17
"A nartial eclipse ofthe moon occurred

last Saturday evening. Cloudy weather
prevented its observance in this vicinity
Mrs. Gertrude S. Mowbrav, wife OF
DR.. A. S Mowbray, pastor of Tome
Memorial Episcopal Church, died at her
home at Port Deposit on Wednesday
night. She is survived by one daughter
and two sons.
As Mr.. Samuel Lawder, of Havre de
Grace, and Miss Grace Fisher, of Perry.
Vile, were walking over the SuSquehanna
river bridge of the Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington Railroad, or
Thursday afternoon of last week, a fast
train bore down upon them without
notice. Mr.. Lawdcr, with great presence
of mind, caught the side Of the bridge
with one hand while with the other lie
held the lady until the train passed. Mr..
| Lawder is confident that the cars were
so close that they brushed Miss Fishers
skirts.
On Monday ]. Finney Wells. County
ty assessed to Catherine Tilden, colorcd,
for $40. The property assessed to the
McAtee heirs, was purchased by Sylvania
Livezey for $40. J. S Richardson was
the auctionecr This is Il remarkable
record for the Treasurer's office and
speaks we'll for the systematic manner i'll
which its business affairs have been con-
Quoted. These two sales were only made
for perfecting title, and when it is
considered that the Treasurer collects in
the neighborhood of $125, 900 the show
ing is 4 remarkable one which can hardly
be equaled by any other Treasures office
i'll the State.
The municipal election will be held
in Havre de Grace, on Monday, May 3rd.
This will be the first election to be held
under the new city charter. which chang |
ed the date from the first Monday in |
January to the first Monday in May, |
and the mode of voting from the old |
style to the Australian system. The |
nomination papers were filed on Monday.
Only two tickets were placed i'll the field. |
The new law requires a person in order
to be a candidate for mayor to be assess
ed upon the books for $1,000 in real es-
tate, and councilmen $500. The two
following tickets were placed in nomina-
ton: For Mayor, Clarence c. Pusev;
City Councilmen, Joseph l.. McVey, 0.
R. Currier, Samuel T. Barnes, DR.. Daniel
W. Hopkins, George X. Carver and B. n.
Coburn. The opposition ticket is-for
Mayor, ]. William Bauer; Councilmen,
Walter H. Weber; Frank S. Maslin, Jacob
Osmond, Jr., Hollis Courtney, Jr., W. S.
McCombs and Louis A. Vosbury.
DR. Howard A. Kelly, who has
summer residence in Bel Air, recently
brought suit against the Western Union
Telegraph Company, for So, 900 damages
because the alleged negligence ofthe COM
pany prevented him from attending to
an important surgical operation in Cam
bridge on October 18th, 1902. 1t is
alleged that DR.. Kelly left Boston on the
Federal express on October 10Th, and
on the train which runs through
to Baltimore without change. The tele-
gram was sent from Baltimore at S
o'clock P. NJ. that day addressed to DR..
Kelly, at New Haven, Connecticut. 1t
told him to come to Cambridge the next
day to perform surgical operation of
an urgent necessity. Another telegram
was sent from Baltimore at 11.57 that
night addressed to DR.. Kelly at Trenton,
New Jersey, asking him if possible to
take the S.13 train for Cambridge from
Delaware, in order to per-
form the operation. 1t is alleged that
neither telegram was delivered and DR..
Kelly came on directly to Baltimore and
that the urgent operation was not per-
formed