The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-06-10

| vicinity of Aberdeen.
j. Minniss Johnson, Il returned mis-
!, sinnary, will deliver his famous pictorial
I talk ON Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress
| next Tuesday evening, June Il, i'll the
Methodist Protestant Church, Bel Air, al
S p. NJ. At Providence NJ. p. Church on
Wednesday night the 18th.
. On Friday and Saturday evenings Of
this week the pupils of the Bleak Height
school, at Singer, will hold a strawberry
festival for the benefit of the school. The
patronage of friends is earncstly solicited.
Should the evening be stormy the festival
will be held in the school building.
Our genial friend, Mr. c. Bosley Lit
tig, who has a farm at VanBibber, is now
making the bold claim of having the best
wheat and grass in the county. He say
that he is prepared to back up this asscr-
ton, and doubtless he can, for from what
we have been able to learn, both crops
certainly look fine.
The Mackin will case, which started
on Thursday of last week, was given to
the jury on Thursday morning. This case
has been of the longest that has ever been
tried in this Court. The amount involved
is said to be from $1,000 to $1,000.
After an hours deliberation the jury
rendered verdict invalidating the will.
Chamberlain and Archer for cavcator,
Fahey ard Young for caveatee.
The Court House Commission is
awaiting detailed plans and specifications
for the proposed Improvement. As soon
as these are received from Architect Demp-
wolf, proposals will be invited from
number of prominent builders. It's said
that several York firms will compete and
there may also be some Baltimore talent
represented. The commission is anxious
to commence the work at once. During
its progress every effort will be made to
discommcde the public as little as posi-
bic.
The purchasers of Filston Stock
Farm have started an institution of
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education on modern lines intended to fit
young men and women for success i'll
life, The school is Egoverning, the
pupils electing their own officers, who
enact laws, subject only to the veto Of
the president. The course of domestic
science, including household economics, is
of particular value for girls and women.
This school offers six scholarships i'll
Maryland, open only to young men who
are residents of the State.
Lightning performed peculiar antics
in the barrack of Mr.. c. Boslcy Littig,
on his farm near VanBibber, last Monday
night. 1t struck i'll the cone in the gable
end, ran down the end raftcr, splitting it
in two, on to the plate, and bursted the
end out, thence it jumped on a runner as
far as the driveway post, which was
made into kirdling wood, then down the
post through the hay, jumping to the
next driveway post destroying it, then
down through the straw to the ground.
Strange to say that with so much highly
combustible material no fire followed.
The quarterly meeting of the Balti-
more Society of Friends Orthodox will be |
held in Friends Meeting House, near OAR
lington, tomorrow, Saturday evening, at |
s o'clock. 1t is expected that Isaac and |
Mary Snowden Braithwaitc, of Kendall, |
England, will speak on stewards of the
Gospel, as Preachers, as Hearers" On |
Sunday morning, June ~, n Bible class
will be held at 80 o'clock followed by |
Divine worship at II O'Clock. Also a
meeting for Divine worship will be held |
at s p Nj. Like services will be held on
Monday morning at 1920 y. NJ. The
public is cordially invited.
The first of series OF dances to be |
given in the assembly rooms of the Ma
sonic Temple, Bel Air, during the SUM-
mer will be held on Friday evening, June
II. The committee in charge is composed |
of Fred R. Williams, ". Wylie Hopkins,
Wallace Broumel, c. D. Rosan, Alexan-
der NJ. Fulford, Jr., Lawson Cooley, c.
c. Hanway. w. &. Rouse, J. A. Evans
and p H. Close. The patroncsses are
Mesdames Herman Stump, ]. Alexis
Shriver, Richard Dallan, Harry D. Han
way, R. Harry Webster, ]. T. {. Hop
kins, J. S. Calwell. w. G. Rouse, D. B.
Reckord and G. G. Street,.
A new time table will go i'll effect on
the Maryland ard Pennsylvania Railroad |
next Sunday, as follows: Trains leave |
Bel Air for Baltimore at GAS, 40, 1915, |
1 o'clock, 2.20 and 4.50; trains arrive
from Baltimore to Bel Air at s. IS, 10.40, !
1855, $50, 6.15 and 7.30; trains leave
Baltimore for Bel Air at 80, $50, 1875 |
A. NJ, $50. sos, G10 trains leave Balti-
more for Bel Air Sunday only, $50, 11.35,
+ and 10. so; trains leave Bel Air for Balti- |
more, Sunday only, at 7.55, 2.2O, 400 |
and 91O Saturday only, 3.O5 and p.
NJ; trains leave Baltimore for Bel Air,
Saturday only, 1.2O p. NJ. and 1.+5 p |
NJ.
"A pleasant incident during the meet
ing of the Archdcaconry of Towson, at
Emmanuel Church, Bel Air, last week
was the presentation of a silver bowl to
Rev. L. A. Colburn, who for forty-two
years was the rector of Holy Trinity
Church, Churchville. Eulogistic adj
dresses made by Rev. DR.. Lincoln and
other members OF the Archdeaconry on
the adoption of the commendatory reso-
luton showed the high esteem i'll which
the venerable rector is held by his aSsoci-
ates in the ministry. The presentation
was in commemoration of the fifticth
anniversary of his entering the ministry,
which will occur on st. Barnabas Day.
Heavy storms passed over Hartford
county on Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day nights. During the storm of Sunday
evening a bolt of lightning entered the
dwelling of Mr.. Joseph Eurice, near Cow
ing John Winkler, Jr. In the room were
fifteen persons, all of whom were more
or less shocked. These young people had
gathered at the Euricc house and were
enjoying themselves when the severe
storm approached. They then congre-
gated i'll the sitting-rooEl and were
laughing and talking when suddenly
came binding flash of lightning. 1t
entered one of the windows of the room
just above the sitting-room, bored hole
through the floor and ceiling and came
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