The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-01-02

II AIR. John Is NySong, ot Hickory, Ia
4 finished filling his ice house with clea
three inch ice. Hcis the ost progrcssiy
farmer that we have yet heard from.
Il Mt Zion NJ E. Sunday School wi
hold its Christmas entertainment an
treat in the ". {. T. L. Hall, at Fountai
:. Green, on Tuesday evening, January 9th
at eight o'clock.
The members of Company D, Firs
Maryland National Guard, will hold ;
smoker in their armory on Wednesda.
evening, January 18th. Doors open a
80. The public is cordially invited.
The .Egis acknowledges its indebted
ness to Mr.. John A. Evans, district agen
of the State Mutual Life Assurance Com
pany of Worcester Massachusetts, for /;
calendar for 1908. Like the company
the calendar is one of the finest we have
seen.
We have received from the w. ]. c
Dulany Company, of Baltimore. one o.
their handsome calendars for 1903. 1t is
executed in the same manner that char.
actcrzes the product of their large print
ing establishment. This company justly
occupies the position of being one of the
largest of its kind in the South.
Eliza Stansbury, an aged negro
woman. of Aberdeen, and her six month
old graudchild, were burneds death on
Tuesday night and their home was also
DESTROYED. The fire was caused by the
upturning of a lamp. The woman had
been in feeble health and before assistance
could arrive both were burned to death.
Mir Hugh IIasscn, IT., has been ap-
! pointed District Passenger Agent of the
Baltimore Division Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, succeeding Mr.. Edgar lung-
man. NJ. Hassen entered the employ of
the company as a messenger boy and has
won successful promotions step by step
until he has reached his present high
| position His achievement is on the lines
of the established policy of this corpora
ton. which recognizes faithful service and
efficiency in Il substantial manner. Mr..
Hasscn is connected by marriage with
| Mr.. August knofer, of Bel Air, and has
Il number of acquaintance i'll this county
| who will be glad 20 learn of his mcrited
| success.
/ Tho Woman's Auxiliary of the Mary
| land Civil Service Reform Association
will hold public meeting i'll Baltimore
which will be presided over by President
Daniel {. Gilman, of the Carnegie Insti-
| tutc. Addresses will be delivered by
Hon. William Cudley Foulke and Hon.
! James r. Garfield, son offormer President
Garfield. The Woman's Auxiliary to
the Reform Association was founded
about six months ago by several promi-
| ncnt ladies of Baltimore. 1t proposes to
reach out to similar organizations
throughout the counties of the State. Its
object is to advance the beliefthat public
Office should be bestowed for merit and
that public service requires qualifications.
The ladies believe that by interesting
themselves in such matters they may do
( a great deal to stimulate their brothers
and husbands in the same interest.
/ "A number of citizens of the county
who are interested in the choice of the
roads which the Commissioners shall Sc
lcct on which to eXrend the Woolsey
fund between Churchville and Havrc de
Grace, was held i'll the Court House on
Tuesday Mr.. John B. Hanna was called
to the chair, with MIR. D. B. Reckord,
/ secretary. The Court Room was conf
tortably filled by large number of in
/ tcrested spectators who manifested a
deep intcrcst in the proceedings. Speeches
/ were made in favor of the Level route by
! Messrs. ]. Harvey Ball, Robert ]. Walker,
1 George l.. VanBibber, James ]. Archer,
Edison II. Foard, William Silver, of John
William b. Hopkins, Hugh B. Bailey. c.
! c. Smith and William W. Finney. Those
who spoke in favor of the Aldino route
were MessrS. p. Lesley Hopper, Harry
S! Carver, Bennett II. Barnes, Joseph l..
Macl;iu and Cecil W. Gibson. The Coun-
ty Commissioners will hold the matter
under Amusement.
The American Perfection Engine
. Company of arizona, acorporation with
a capitalization of 1000, 900 has pur-
chased from the inventor, Henry A. Buck,
for more than Sc, 100000 the sole rights
to the Buck steam engine, through which
it is promised motive power is to be
practically revoiutionized The ultimate
object of the company i'll making this
purchase is the equipment of large ship
building plant and the establishment OF a
line of express steamships. which will
make the run from Sandy Hook to the
Needles, in the guaranteed time of one
hundred hours, or Il little more than four
days The invcntionis triple ex pansion
condensing revolving engine. The pres
sure is always applied at the point of
greatest leverage and can he made re-
vcrsible. 1t operates Mt from 200 to
5000 revolutions per minute. The engine,
while strong, solid and durable, occupies
only from one eighth to onc-siXteenth OF
the space in cubic feet of any engine OF
the same horse power now in use and
has less weight in operative parts. 1t
has no dead centre and all parts are re-
placcable and made interchangeable.
Mr.. Stanley NJ. IIanway, Cashier OF
the Citizens National Bank Of Havrc dc
Grace, is among the Maryland stock
holders.
An alarm of fire, about five O'Clock
Tuesday evening, brought prompt re,
Spouse from the impromptu fire depart
mcnt Of Bel Air. The blaze was at the
residence of Mr.. John H. Hcuer, which
Immediately adjoins The -I:gis office. AT
one time it looked as if the flames had
gained such Roadway that the result
would be disastrous, as this section oil
the town in compactly built, MIR. c. c
Rousc's large store being only few feet
away. With prompt work, however, the
fire was soon under control and the loss
occasioned is not serious. 1t is said that
the origin was from a match, which Mr.
Hcucr's little daughter had lighted while
looking under a cot for pair of shoes
The blaze caught on to some drapcry
, which was soon i'll sheet of flames
The work of the fircmen was excellent