The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-06-17
Local affairs.

The civil docket WAS taken up Il
Court on Thursday, but no cases wer
tried.
-Children's Dav will he held at l'niol
Chapel NJ. L. Church on June 10 at III
p NJ.
The commencement ofFalston schoo
will be held at the schoolhouse on FRIDAY
evening, June 2+.
An ice cream and strawberry testiva
will he held at Deer Creek Nj. I. Shurci
this, Friday night.
Mr.. A. w. Lee, of Deer Creek, wor
the2.35 pace at the Oxford Fair with hi:
mare, AnnaG. The best time was 2.26i2
DIR. |. Hall Peasants, of Baltimore
who has made pneumonia special study
saws that this dread disease is on the i'll
crease.
-Rt. Rev Bishop Paret will admins
ter confirmation at Holy Trinity Church
Churchville, next Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock.
-Children's Day services will be OBJ
served at Salem Episcopal Church on
Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock. Every
one is invited to attend.
Tho regular monthly meeting OF the
Willard w. c. T. t. will he held at the
residence of Mrs. Thomas Treakle at Mill
Green on Tuesday, June 81.
The commencement exercises OF Beth
lehem school, near Mr.. w. Galbreath S,
will be held on Friday afternoon, une
"a, at . 80 o'clock. Public cordially in
vited to be present.
MIR. James Lee, of near Churchville,
met with a painful accident on Saturday
While whiting a stick the knife slipped
severing an artery in his arm. The INJURY
while painful, was not dangerous.
Rev. Thomas Holmes Walker, of Bal
timore, will deliver lecture at the Falls
ton Presbyterian Church on Monday
night, Iune 20, at s O'Clock. Subject,
THE Four Pillars of the Republic.
The Democratic Editorial Associa-
ton will leave next Friday for a trip to
Richmond, Virginia, by way OF water.
The party will be gone for several days
and will visit a number of historic places.
Rev. H. S. France, D. D., will preach
at the the Bel Air Methodist Episcopal
Church on next Sunday morning at IL
o'clock. Mr.. Charles II. McNabb will
lead the Epworth meeting at I.45 T. M.
During the funeral of Rev. Z. d. Fin
nev on Wednesday, the stores and other
places of business were closed He was
man dear to the hearts of all our resi-
dents and his familiar face will be sadly
missed.
The attention of sportsmen is called
to the change made in the game law re-
lating to the shooting of woodcock. The
closed season is now from December to
Julv 1; also on the day of the general
election.
The Bishop of Maryland will visit
Christ Church. Rock Spring, on Sunday,
Iunc &c. Services at 1870 A. Nj. lie
will also visit Holy Cross Chapel at the
Rocks in the afternoon for the purpose of
confirmation.
Mr.. Fritz Carlson, who for number
of years has been the landscape gardener
at "Waverly," the home of General Her
man Stump, was taken to the Maryland
University Hospital on Tuesday where
he will undergo Il severe operation.
bishop Parct will visit St. Marys
Church, Emmorton, next Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock. III consequence there
will be no service at Emmanuel Church,
Bel Air, and the congregation is invited
to attend at St. Mary's. Services at 8
at night as usual.
The dance that was to have been
given in the Assembly Rooms of the Ma
sonic Temple, this, Friday evening, has
been postponed until Friday, June "a.
The action was taken in view of a recent
bereavement that affects nearly every
household in Bel Air.
The death of Rev +. d. Finney, will
he fittingly observed next Sunday morn
ing at the First Presbyterian Church,
Bel Air. A special memorial service will
he held Rev. S. S. Greenwich will speak
on the life and work of the deceased and
there will be music appropriate to the
occasion.
We have before us an indexed copy of
the latest edition of Webster's lnterna-
tional Dictionary. Acyclopedia in itself,
no office or library should be without
one. The information is presented incon-
else form, and it is an authority on all
matters relating to the correct use OF the
English language.
The pound net fishing season closed
on Tune 10. Shad have been scarce and
high. The United States Fish Commits
sion was in operation at the Battery only
thirty days. The number of shad fry dis
tributed was 2S,425, 900. In addition
to this there was Matched and distributed
29,S5O, 900 white perch fry and 100000
rock fry, all of which were liberated in
the river.
On Monday, Charles Esper was tried
before Judges Fowler, VanBibber and
Burke on the charge of criminally
assaulting Miss Bessie NJ. Thompson.
After several witnesses had testified the
Judges decided that the testimony did not
sustain the indictment and the defendant
was declared not guilty. States At
torney Sitter appeared for State; Pres
ton and Maynadicr tor defense.
MFR. John Scarborough had his leg
broken last Saturday afternoon while
locking a wagon which belonged to Mr..
Washington Jones, of near Macton.
After throwing off the brake, he attempted
to Jump upon the hay carriage, but missed
his footing and fell i'll the road. One of
the wheels passed over his leg crushing
the right ankle. DR.. Frank Arthur
rendered the necessary surgical aid.
The hail storm on Thursday evening
of last week reduced the temperature
about forty degrees. Many persons
found ovcrcoats comfortable on Friday
and straw hats for Il time were unseason.
able Hail fell in large quantities in
upper Hartford in the vicinity of Upper
Cross Roads and the Rocks. The rain in
this section of the county was also very