The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-10

! Mrs. Fanny Boarman. of near BE
Air, had the misfortune to fall at her
back door on Wednesday afternoon and
f broke her leg.
Fair Catalogues are now ready for
distribution They can be obtained by
: addressing or applying to Secretary Nc
Nabb, Bel Air.
The local option cases against Sevilla
Neiman, which were set for hearing on
Thursday afternoon of last week, have
been postponed until next Monday.
The Supervisors of Election met on
Monday and administered the necessary
atfidavits to the election officials. They
will be in session again on Monday,
July Goth.
Judge Octavius Tolley, of the Or
phans' Court, had his hand crushed in a
self binder one day last week. The injury
was n painful one and for a time incapa-
cated the use of the injured member.
DIR. w. S Edwards. will preach at
the Methodist Episcopal Church on Fri
day. July 10th; Rev. James p. Wilson. on
Monday, 18th, and Rev. w. G. Herbert,
on Wednesday, the 10Th. Services at
o'clock.
Two picked teams composed OF the
"Uptowns" and "Downtowns" of Bel
Air, played spirited game of base ball
OH the morning of the Fourth. The score
was professional one being > to ., i'll
favor of the former.
Cooley" the valuable driving horse
belonging to MIR. William A. Divers, of
Upper Cross Roads, died on Monday at
the advanced age of 81 years. Hewasa
| favoritc i'll the family of his owner for
whom he had labored faithfully up until
the last He had never been sick a day
in his life.
During the thunderstorm on Friday
evening. lightning struck the wagon
house of Mr.. Charles E. Burton. of Bald
win The building and itscontents were
ignited and burnedup. The insurance of
the loss on the contents, which was slight,
| was in the Hartford Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.
Lightning killed two colts belonging
to Mr. William +. Dects, of Jarrettsville,
on Friday evening during the thunder
storm. The animals were out in the field
and had sought shelter under n maple
tree. The bolt struck the tree, about four
feet from the ground, tearing the bark in
every direction, and ran into the roots.
The ground was dug up at the spot where
the colts were lying.
Ensign Louis Shane. of the Battleship
Massachusetts, Son-in-law of Professor
Charles T. Wilson, of the lIavre de Grace
High School, was i'll Bel Air on Tuesday.
Mr.. Shane is home on a sick leave. lie
was engaged in nearly all of the naval
skirmishes of the Spanish American war
and the vessel on which he was located
did the good service of destroying the
Reina Mercedes, on the night of the
Fourth of July, 1898. MIR. Shane, with
five marines, located and took up n
Spanish submarine mine in the Guanta-
mano river, and although three points OF
contact had been made, it was not en-
ploded. When taken to pieces it was
found to contain 30 pounds of gun cot
ton.
The closeness of the present political
campaign is evidenced from the fact that
in the canvass of votes. even the country
editor has not been forgotten. On Mon
day, the knight of the paste pot, scissors,
and pen of The .I>gis, was the recipient OF
a present from one of the large number
who are seeking political prcferment
The gift was a needful article of clothing
and much appreciated. twill enable the
wearer to discard heavy winters coat
and at the same time make Il better ap-
pearance in public. AS this is the first
case on record when the political influence
of a newspaper man has been appreciated
i'll such a substantial manner, we feel
sure that the vocation is attaining a
prominent position in the local commun-
itv or else votes are scarce. The n&lle of
the donor is withheld for fear our brother
scrbblers might become jealous.
On Tuesday night, a horse and day
ton belonging to a resident of Hanover,
Pa, was stolen and the thiefwa reported
| to have started in the direction Of Har-
ford county Mr.. William Barton, of
Constitution, who happened to be at
that place at the time, telephoncd to
Constable Marlborough, of Delta, to
keep a lookout for the missing articles
and the taker. Later posse was made
up and on Wednesday night Conowingo
Bridge was watched with the expecta-
ton of catching the guilty party. As
the posse was returning home on Thurs
day morning, they saw the man with the
horse and dayton in an outbuilding on
the X. B. Mccoy place, near Macton. He
was Immediately arrested and just a5
the wagon started he jumped out. Con-
stable Marlborough opened fire with Il
revolver which was returned by the thief
About ten shots i'll all were fired. One
of the bullets struck the officer in the hip
near the groin inhicting serious wound
The man has not been unprecedented, al
though the country is being secured for
him and his arrest may occur at any
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