The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-05-27

mus Davis is the complainant 5 attorney.
Mr.. Andrew Dunnigan has completed
the masonry for the new bridge at Stat
ford. The work is well done and is a
credit to the contractor.
Track laying on the graded portion
of the Baltimore and Bel Air Electric
Railway will commence next Monday
The work will be rapidly pushed to conf
pletion.
Hartford Chapter, L. d. C., will cele-
brate Jefferson Davis birthday on June
Sd, at l o'clock, A. NJ, at the residence
of Mrs. John G. Rouse, president. Mem
bers arc invited to attend.
On Saturday, J. S. Richardson auc-
tioneer sold for John |. Iellott mortga-
gee, the DeLawder property situated
near Jerusalem. 1t was purchased by
Edward Hollingsworth for $3.50.
MIR I. Richard Whitaker has on his
property, near Whiteford, peach orch
ard that this year gives promise OF unus-
ual bearing He also has in anticipation
a fine crop of plums and other fruits.
The hearing on he intermediary pleas
in the murder case of Edwin {. Watts
was postponed last Saturday owing to a
misunderstanding between the counsel.
The court will soon fix another day to
dispose of the matter.
"A substitute for Irish potatoes has
recently made its appearance Its proper
name is "solanum commersonii, but peo-
pie who are in a hurry refer to it as a
Uruguay Irish potato, because it comes
from the banks of the Mercedes river of
Uruguay. The yield is said to be cnor-
nous and it has been cultivated with
success in France since 1901.
On Saturday a trip of inspection will
be made over a portion of the proposed
work of the Baltimore and Bel Air Elec-
trio Railway. General I. NJ. Hood, presi-
dent, and Mr. w. A. House, general MAN.
ager, will be in charge of the trip. In the
party will be Messrs. William II. Harlan,
Thomas H. Robinson, J. B. Hanway,
| James Lee, W. ID. I1Siileil j. W. A>SeSN Si4N
a number of directors and stockholders.
Summit Hall School has been pre-
sented with flag by the Mason and
Dixon Line Council of Jr. o. |. A. NJ.
The presentation took place on Satur-
day. State Councillor George W. Webb |
made the speech comforting the gut. 1t
was responded to by Mr.. ]. A. Galley, |
president of the board of trustees. Fol |
lowing this was an address by Vice |
Councillor Metals and others.
MIR. c. Bosley Littig, has field of
wheat on his farm near Nanlhbbcr that |
is we'll worthy of notice. 1t has an
added interest, when the fact is con-
sidercd that the land had been much run |
down, and, as an experiment, Mr.. Littig |
planted COW peas turning them in with |
lime. This experiment proves that COW |
peas will materially aid i'll giving body |
to land that has become poor through |
successive groupings.
Mr. F. II. Mccormick has sold a |
Guernsey bull belonging to him and Mr..
]. Edwin Webster, to Mr.. L. T. Price, OF
Philadelphia. 1t is said to be one of the
handsomcst animals ever raised i'll this
country, and will head herd to be cX-
hibited at the Worlds Fair. The price,
while not made public, is said to run we'll
into long figures. Mr.. Mccormick also
sold Mr. Price two heiiers that will be in
the herd to be exhibited.
The one hundred and twenty first an
nual convention cfthe Protestant Episco-
pal Church of the Diocese of Maryland,
opened i'll Baltimore Wednesday. Among
the members of the diocese from Hartford
county are Revcrends Thomas b. \. ALI
son, William F. Brand, d. d., Robert A.
Casteman, Edwin A. Colburn, Frederick
Humphrey, William w. kimball, Henry
F. Saumenig; lay delegates, James Lee,
John Sappington, J. NJ. Street, and Viii
liam p. Trimble.
The Hartford County Boat Club has
been incorporated by Herman Stump,
II 1rry d. Hanwav, ]. Alexis Shriver, Viii
liam S Forwood, IT., William IL. Harlan
and Stevenson A. Williams. 1t names as
its object social purposes, boating,
fishing and such entertainments as may
be proposed by the members. The asso-
citation has no capital stock. The Board
of Governors is composed OF Thomas A.
n AlaN - Rn1l
Bertram N. Stump, James Walsh, ].
Alexis Shrver, Dr. William 5. Archer and
Eugene Pomroy.
The Prohibition State Convention
will meet at Salisbury on Tuesday, June
!. Hartford county will be we'll repre-
scented both with delegates and alter
mates. The first named are Winfield l..
Baker, T. II. Ward, ]. II. Macklenl, Viii
liam Bauers. Kew. Dorsey Blake, Henry
n. Hanna, Eugene Tucker, w. G. Jetterv,
II. Henry Heaps and Frank Hildt. The !
alternates are Rev. {. p. Nowlin, Rev. J. |
| r. Jacobs, Joseph Crumlish, Edwin Tuck
er, Rev. George w. Evans, S. l.. Spencer,
{. E. Hornberger, Anderson Kelly, |
Thomas F. Nagle and Henry G. Walker.
Register Bay has probated the will
the late Frederick Bodt. She leaves all !
of her property to her husband, Edward
| A. Bodt, for life At his death the home
place is to go to her daughter, Mrs. Ma |
| tida Smith. To Andrew p. Bodt is |
wiled a one-flth interest, in trust, to
pay over the income to her daughter
Eva X. koendcrs, for life, the principal
to go to her children. A one-tifth interest
of the remainder is left to each of the fol
lowing children: Elizabeth Wiersng, Viii
liam A. Bodt, Andrew +. Bodt and Ma
tilda Smith. Her husband, E. A. Bodt,
is named executor. He gave bond in the
penal sum of $40, 900. The will is dated
January i, 1900, and is witnessed by J.
c. Hagcy James and ". II. Harlan.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. Frank ii. Jacobs entertained the
Whist Club at her home near FulfOrd on
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