The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-02-19
Local oAfairs.


the recent Baltimore fire.
The public schools of the count. vii
be closed next Monday, Washington
Birthday, which is legal holiday.
Mr. and Mrs !. Ruff Street,, recent
" gave an entertainment at their home
at Hickory, i. honor of Mr.. and MrS. J
Il. Ruff
a r,ccn1 report of the treasurer o
Purt Uepusit shows receipts Of 81 +,Io2
ST; disbursements, 7,2lA 6G: balance "i
hand Sass 20.
On Tuesday the chimney at the resi-,
deuce Of Mr.. II. l. Bruins, Rel Air, caught
fire. twas promptly cxtinguiShed, but
with aun.c iittlc difficulty.
-Rev. ~ u Melvin, a prominent MEM
Der of the Methodist Protestant Con-
ference, died at Ckestertown on Sunday.
He WAS well known in Hartford county.
delegate Carroll has introduced a
bill to require the MARYLAND and Penn
svlvania Railroad Company to station
flagmcn at crossings in Baltimore and
Hartford counties.
The literary and musical entertain
u,cut which was to have been gwen by
the Secoad Bible Class of .Iarrettsri!lc NJ.
T. Church south, tonight has been post
uoned until Friday evening. March 18th
For the first time in four weeks, the
streets of Pc Deposit have been opened
from one end to the other. Dynamite
was used TO get rid of the ice, which was
piled up in some places to the height of
twenty feet.
On Monday, Joshua w. Mccall
auctioueer, sold at the Court House
door. the lot containing three acres and
dwelling thereon, situated near Chestnut
Hill the property of Mrs Rachel llipkins.
1t was purchased by Mr. J. Hudson Pyle
for $3.50
A meeting for the organization of
combined Home and Foreign Missionary
Society will he held at Churchville Pres
bvtcrian Church, tomorrow, Saturday,
February Goth. at go z. NJ. All those
Interested. both Young and old, are re-
questcd to be present.
-On Monday. General Rigs issued an
order rcdacing the State Militia to about
one half the original force. This leaves
about i,CGO soldiers still within the
guard lines. Company D returned to Bel
Air on Monday evening in pursuance OF
the orders of General Riggs.
The Susquchanna river gave another
scare the residents of Port Deposit last
week. Tie river rose on very short
notice and the residents were forced to
take to the hills " The cold weather of
the latter part of last week temporarily
avoided the waShout, which is certain to
come with the first thaw.
The Bryant Literary Society of the
Darlington Academy has elected the
following officers: President, Joseph
Jordan, secretaries, Bessie McNutt and
Daisy Bolts. At a recent meeting an ill.,
teres,ing programme was rendered. 1t
included readings by Lucille knight and
Ernest Smith, cnarades, quotations and
music.
-Messrs. X. Rowland and John A.
Evans vii! open a drug store in the
Whitaker building ON Main street Bel
Air about the first of April. The build
ing is being fitted up with the most ap-
proved modern fixtures and the new
enterprise promises to be q desirable ad-
dtion to the towns present business
places.
-Governpr Warfeld has issued Il pro-
clamation making all the rest of this week
and next Monday inclusive legal holidays.
This is done to enable the banking insti-
tutiuns of Baltimore City to resume their
ordinary business routine. Next Monday
being WashinGton's Birthday is already
Il legal holiday without the Governors
proclamation.
The leap year dance given at EN-
mords Hall, Perryman, on Friday even
ing by the Young ladies Of Perryman and
Aberdeen was a very successful event
and was patronzed by guests from Balt:-
more City and various parts of the coun-
tv. Music was rendered by the Concordia
Orchestra of Baltimore, and a bountltul
collation. was served at II 80 CLOCK.
On Monday, receivers were appointed
Cor the Peabody Fire Insurance Com
panv of Baltimore, which will not pay
fifty cents on the dollar. An application
WAS also made for receivers for the Fire
men Insurance Company. It's thought
that the rest of the companies will be
able to meet their losses in full, although
proceedings have been filed against the
Old Town and Home Companies.
On Saturday United States Deputy
Marshal Schuck took Harry Harris, who
with several other aliases, was arrested
in Bel Air on Wednesday of last week
charged with the larceny OF three nited
States money order blanks from Captain
K L. Bouldin, Postmaster at Bel Air.
The arrest was made after an investiga-
ton by Special Inspector Sharon. He
was released by Commissioner Rogers.
KEY r. a Castleman, rector of EN-
manuel Protestant Episcopal Church,
Bel Air, has announced the following
Lcnteu services: Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. > p. NJ; Tucsdav and Satur-
s 80 to $40 a. NJ; Thursday 8 p. NJ.
Rev ". Il. II. Powers of Towson will
preach on Thursday evening, February
25th, and visiting clergymcn will be
present each Thursday evening. Alist of
the same will he hereafter announced.
Mr.. NJ. AtChcson Rockford, who was
some time ago chosen captain of Com
nauy y, Bel Air, was commissioned in
Baltimore on Friday. This company
has been doing patrol work along with
the rest ofthc Maryland National Guard
The First Regiment, of which Company
d is Il member, is fine body of men
coming from the different counties in the
State, and in its ranks is represented the
Drawn ahn sine" Oh the fural cohliiuNl-
ties of Maryland.
The National Convention of the
Canned Goods Packers was held in
Columbus. Ohio, from February Sth to
18th Those present from this county
were E. y. Dietrich, Mr. and Mrs. {. "
Baker, William Z. Robinson, ". &
TIoskius and Christian Smith. Mr.