The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-04-03

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The furwardness of the season has
brought Il number of shad into the upper
Bay and Susquchanna river and fisher
men are now catching large quantities of
this delicious food.
-Rcv. J. \. Hopkins, Of Rockville, will
preach next Sunday, April 9th, at the
following places: Jerusalem, II y. NJ;
Fork, 3 p. NJ, and Joppa s =. NJ. All
are invited To come and enjoy these
services.
Speaker Noble l.. Mitchell, of the
House of Delegates, has our thanks for Il
bound volume of the Maryland Manual.
Il is useful compendium of legal, histori-
cal and statistical information relating
to the State of Maryland.
S. Edgar Nicholson, Of Baltimore,
will lecture at the Town Hall, Darling
ton. under the auspices of the Orthodox
Society of Friends, on Thursday, April
Q, at s o'clock P NJ. Subject, temper
ancc.
April 5-English; communion services at
three p. NJ. Trinity Lutheran Church
English; communion services Sunday,
April 10 at three P. NJ. English services
at the same place and date at 40 p. NJ.
Rev. c. Z. AIcchling, pastor.
The MARYLAND Conference of the
| Methodist Protestant Church began its
seventy-fifth session at Pocomoke City
on Wednesday morning. Among the
changes to he made by the conference is
the appointment of Il successor to Rev.
S. W. Coe, of Bel Air, who was compelled
to resign his charge on account of i'll
health.
State Normal School No 2 at Frost |
burg will open n summer session from
June 18th to July 10th inclusive. The |
course of study is designed primarily to
be of assistance to the teachers and i'll
cludes such branches as are now i'll the |
schedule. The date comes at an I'M
fortunate time for the Hartford corps as
the public schools will probably not be
closed until the last of June. No tuition
fee is charged for those who attend with
the exception of small fee for matrcu-
!ation.
MIR. ]. Alexis Shriver has been solicit
ing subscriptions to the stock of the
proposed electric road between BelAir and
Baltimore. Although he has only been
in Bel Air two days, a number of the
prominent business men OF the town have
subscribed 81 900 each towards the en-
terprisc \ meeting of the stockholders
will probably be held sometime this
month and a board of directors will be
chosen. The new road is now almost
certainty as there is enough capital in
sight to complete the work
On Monday, Judge Waters sentenced
Pierson Gibson, colored, to the Maryland
Penitentiary for fifteen months. He had
been convicted of larceny. The Judge
also imposed sentence of two years and
six months on Sarah Hall, colored, who
had been convicted of manslaughter for
killing her nephew, John Holland, at Per
ryman, last November. In passing sen
tence'in this case the Court stated that it
the killing had not been brought out by
the States witnesses. The verdict, how
ever, was n correct one, as there was 10
generalization shown. The theory of the
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of an accident was not accepted by the
jury, as the verdict shows.
The VanBibber Athletic Club has been
reorganZed for 1908. The officers are as
follows: H. A. Hughes, president; ]. ].
Sullivan, vice president; +. F. Sullivan.
secretary and manager of ballteam; J. 7.
Price, assistant manager; II. l.. Price,
captain; 7. J. Green, w. B. Ford and H.
l.. Price, board of directors. \ series of
five games will be arranged with the Bel
Air team, and games will be arranged
with the Hayrc dc Grace, NJ. A. c.,
Atlantic, ST. Michael and all the strong
amateur teams for the championship OF
the State Games will also be booked
with teams in other States. The players
are F. +. Sullivan, II. l.. Price, F. J. Green,
W. b. Foard, ]. +. Price, J. Policeman, ].
Green K. Russell, J. Cuddy, {. Seytcr,
Stier Trumb0 and B. Rouse.
Judge Walters has not yet imposed
sentence upon Edward c. Watts, who
was recently convicted OF murder in the
first degree by killing his wife, Katherine
c. Watts, at Phoenix, last November. 1t
is said that his counsel will make streru-
Gus efforts for a new trial on the grounds
of newly discovered evidence tending to
show the responsibility of the prisoner
at the time the crime was committed.
Watts, i'll the meantime, is quietly repos
ing in Jail, where he sees few visitors. He
still maintains the same wonderful nerve
that heexhibited during the trial. Should
Judge Waters refuse the prisoners mo-
ton and pass sentence, Watts will be i'm
mediately taken to Towson jail, where
the execution will take place. Should a
new trial be granted, it would not be
heard until the May term.
Tho handsome residence at Mt. WASH
ington, to which Mr.. ]. Rush STREET., of
TAYLOR, had recently removed his turni-
ture, caught fire on Thursday morning u
last week and was totally destroyed
The cause is unknown. The total loss is
estimated at $4,000, the house being
valued at $1,000 and the furniture at
$4,000 Both the building and contents
were partially insured. Mr.. STREET. had
not yet moved his family into the dwelling.
but nearly all of his furniture was there
and colorcd man was put in charge.
The man was sleeping on the third floor
and was awakened about four o'clock by |
smoke. He became frightened and made |
a dash through the window, falling to |
the ground He struck his head, but |
only received a few cuts on the face.
Much of the property destroyed was old |
family heirlooms, which included some |
furniture which had been in the family |
for many years. He lost Il valuable |
library, and also a chair which had been |
the property of George Washington.
The ducking season on the Susque-
hanna flats closed IN Monday aS this |