The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-08-21
Local affairs.

more, will preach ut the FailSt"n lresby
terian Church on Sunday afternoon
August 23d, at $50 o'clock. All are in
vitcd.
The Regatta of the Hartford Boa
Club, which was announced to take place
at otter Point on Saturday, has beer
nostnoncd Due notice will hereafter b'
given.
Sheriff +. w Rcasin has an unusually
large number OF guests. The prisoners
arc all held for light otlcnses, however
and seven are serving short sentences tor
minor charges.
The woods meeting at William
Walters" grove, Coopt"wn, under tie
management of Rev. Mr.. McLan, Is
continued this week with very helpful
and enjoyable services.
A festival will be held in the Edge
wood Hall, on Thursday and Friday
evenings, August 81 and %, for the bene-
fit of the Edgcwood Sunday School. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
The Orphans Court has appointed
Margaret +. Ward and {. W. Baker adj
ninistraturs of the late John 5. Ward;
bond, $4,000 Daniel X. Gilbert and
Nev Carroll have been named rs apprais-
crS.
Mr.. c. E. Brown, formerly ofBel Air,
was seriously injured i'll Dover, delaware,
on Tuesday of last week. He was at
tempting to stop runaway horse and
was thrown to the ground sustaining
painful bruises.
The Rocks Athletic Club again de-
featcd the Highlands by the same score
of to17. The game was very close,
the score being tied in the 18th, 9th and
18th innings. The teams will finish the
series tomorrow, Saturday afternoon.
-Finncy and Robinson, canned goods
brokers. report adec;dcd Improvement IN
the market during the present week.
Tomatoes are now worth TIE cents.
No sugar corn is being offered. The un-
favorable crop conditions account Tor
this upward tendency of the market.
The race entries at the Fair arc the
finest that have ever been received by this
Society. They will not be surpassed by
any other track in Maryland this tall.
We publish the list, so fer as compiled,
and in the number are some OF the last
est horses in the country. This one
feature alone will attract many visitors.
-Efiie Powers said to he the fastest
horse now owned in Maryland, has been
entered in the free for all race at the Fair
next week. She was recently purchased
nv Mr.. Herman Bcrnheimer, of Baltl-
more, who will start her. 1t will be re-
membered that she gave the Bel Air track
its present record of 213l4 several years
ago.
-Rosan Brothers insurance agency,
made prompt settlement on the recent
fire loss of Judge +. Carvil Toiley. The
amount of the policy was 81 900 on the
building and contents and, although
portion OF the latter was saved, a check
for $500 was given in settlemcntJust hive
DAYS after the proof of the loss had been
received.
MIR. Edwin Warfeld, the probable
Democratic nominee for Governor. Will
visit the fair on Thursday, August p. A
cordial invitation is extended to the peo-
Die of Hartford county to be present and
meet him. They will find that he rs
cordial gentleman, who is always willing
to extend a glad hand whether i'll public
or private life.
w. Russell Walker, formerly. of this
county, was committed for Court by JUS
tice Fechtig, of the Central District, Bal
timore. on Saturday. He was charged
with the larceny of a diamond ring valued
at $500, the property of Mrs Laura
Evans The ring was recovered from a
pawn shop i'll Washington, DC. AT the
time the ring was stolen, about the middle
of July, Walker boarded i'll the same house
with Mrs. Evans.
Mr. J. H. c. Watts, recently left at
this office an ancient order signed by
George II. Perryman, delivering prime
herring with the request eff convenient
pay the wagner for them" 1t was
found among the Farnandis papers. The
late Mr. PERUVIAN was one of the original
residents of Bush River Neck and thepres
ent railroad station bears his name.
Those who were to receive the fish were
Henry Dorsey, r. II. Davis, DIR. w. Nc
Henry, Samuel Bradford, Richard d. Lee
and William II. McClosky. The price
fixed was Sc per barrel.
The Maryland and Pennsylvania
railway are making numerous changes
in this vicinity at this time. The Delta
track gang are laying heavy rails from
the trestle north of Delta up the York
division. The remainder of the way
crew are at work taking up the light rail
between Delta and Peach Bottom. The
old trestle near the Valley school house
is being demolished and the timber has
been purchased by H. Z. Dooley. New
ties will shortly be laid to the Slate Hill
switch to allow heavy engines to so over
that section. The work is III charge of
Frank Tracy, under guidance of Chief
Engineer Ward, who is giving it personal
attention.-Delta Herald.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee publish call, i'll this week issue
of the .IEsiS, for primary meetings to be
held at one place in each of the six dis
tricts of Hartford county, on Saturday,
August Goth at three O'Clock p. NJ. to
select ten delegates from each district to
a convention to be held in Bel Air, on
Tuesday, September LIST, ut II NJ, for
the purpose of selecting five delegates to
represent Hartford county in the State
Convent n, to held i'll baltimore, on the
date to hc hereafter selected by the chair
man Of the State Central Committee, to
nominate candidates for Governor, At
torney General and Comptroller. The
places of meeting will be at Abingdon,
Halls Cross Roads, Rel Air, Iarrcttsville,
Dublin and lIavrc de Grace. The Demo-
Gratis should if possible turn out to these
meetings so that the delegates selected
shall represent the sentiment Of the diff
fercnt communities.
Grace Methodist Protestant Church,
Bel Air. was dedicated on Sunday. The
exercises began in the morning when Rev.