The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-04-08
Local affairs.


allowing only property oWneiS III Aoe
deem to vote.
Daniel W. Bay has been appolnte
administrators c. t. 4. OF the lale "i'"i
Bay: bond 81 900.
Eliza ". Barrow and NillIar
R,rro,v have been appointed admins
traitors of the late Mary Bull.
MIR. Joseph 7. Dcckman has remove'
from his farm to his residence i'll Bel All
lately purchased from DR.. J. {. Butler.
A marriage license has been issued b.
County Clerk Forwood to Philip {. Tay
son and Martha Ward, both of thi
county.
Hiss Priscilla Rigdon has recent,
finished the building of a new store ane
dwelling at Cambria. Mr.. John CulI
was the contractor.
The Comptroller of the Treasury ha:
distributed S3.o6363 to the white
schools of Hartford county and S9O6.S4
to the colored schools.
Mr. Harry Silver of Deer Creek,
recently sold steer that weighed 1900
pounds. 1t was out of a lot that had
been stall led for two winters.
AIR. Hudson Bateman, clerk of the
County Commissioners, is preparing the
necessary data for the coming levy. The
rate will probably be no lower than last
year.
An oyster supper will be held about
the Goth and 21st of April bv the MEM
bers and friends of Deer Creek Church.
A recent event Of the same nature netted
over 500
David Lee has been appointed ad-
minislrator of the late Ralph Charles
Lee; bond $500. Joseph W. Archer ard
|. Wilson Moore were appointed apprals-
ers of the estate.
Fishing operations will begin later
this year than usual on account OF the
severe winter. Fishermen are now busy
getting their outfits in readiness for the
first run, which may occur at almost any
time.
The Democratic Ledger, of Havre de
Grace, SAYS that there has been unusual
" heavy traffic over the Pennsylvania
Railroad bridge during the past week.
On Thursday of last week 100 trains
crossed this structure, some OF them being
double headers.
The many friends of ex-Judge James
d. Waters will be glad to learn that he
recently underwent successful operation
at the Union Protestant Inhrnary in
Baltimore. He is improving as rapidly
as could be expected and his ultimate
recovery is now unquestloned.
On Monday, ]. 5. Richardson, auc-
tioneer. sold for s. a. Williams, trustee,
the Wann property near Hickory. Frank
II. Jacobs was the purchaser for $500.
The same auctioneer, for the same trustee,
sold six islands i'll the Susquehanna River
to Edward NJ. Allen, Jr., for 500.
in the United States Court, Judge
Morris recently imposed a fine of SIC in
the case of Arthur Giles, who had plead
guilty on the charge of breaking down
rural free delivery box. In passing SEN
teuce the court said that boys would
have to learn to let these mail boxes
alone.
The Republican Convention, for the
purpose of selecting delegates to the Ma
tiuual Convention in Chicago, will be
held at Towson May 10th. The Con-
gressional convention will meet at Aber-
deem on August .. 1t is said that Robert
Garrett, of Baltimore county, will be the
nominee for Congress.
The dance given on Monday evening
by the Young men of Forest Hill, in their
hall at that place, was we'll attended by
guests from Baltimore, Bel Air and
neighboring places, as well as by many
from their own locality The committee
included Messrs. A. B. Twinirg, Charles
Wilson and George Roberts.
Charles S Cooper, a prominent cat
sle and hog dealer, disappeared from his
home at Statewide on Thursday of last
week. He told his wife that he was going
to York the next morning, and rested on
a lounge downstairs so that he could rise
early the next morning without disturb
ing the family He has not been seen or
heard of since.
Big Walter the fire alarm bell,
which has also been scientifically tolling
certain hours of the day, rang general
fire alarm at an early hour on Tuesday
morning. 1t struck six, twelve and SIX,
indicating a fire in the northwestern
section of our county seat. The members
responded promptly, but the blaze, which
was in tenement house on Bond street,
was extinguished without the necessity
OF the fire hose.
Miss Martha Ward, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William H. Ward, of near
Chestnut Hill, was married on Wednes-
day of last week to Mr.. PhilipC. Tayson,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Tayson, OF
Allibone. The ceremony took place at
the home of the bride and was performed
bv Rev. G. K. Hodge. The bride wore
costume of blue cloth deliberately trimmed
with white silk. She was attended by
her sister Mrs Elwood Grafton as
matrur of honor.
A farm motor has recently been ILL.,
vented which is said to be entirely practi-
cable for those farmers who live near
electric lines. In recent experiment it
is said that twenty acres were plowed at
the cost of fifty cents per acre. The
operation is very simple. The motor is
attached to a plow, and as it moves
winds oR drum. If the present develop
rnent of electricity continues, the children
of the next general on will have very
easy time, as all labOrous work will be
performed by this powerful force.
The Baltimore Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South closed
ITS annual session. III AleN'i4iuli'' VII Siiii"'
on:Tuesday The appointments affecting
Hartford are as follows: West Hartford
Circuit, !. K. Jacobs, returned; Aberdeen,
w. II. Burress, returned. The church
statistics show rs preachers in the con-
ference Sc, $50 members; 212 Epworth
Leagues, with Il membership of S6,Ol3;
sos Sunday Schools; 1914 Sunday
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