The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-05-20
Local affairs.


liam O'Ncill, of Havre dc Grace, as apetit
juror i'll place of Harry Silver.
Richard T. Hanncn has applied for a
divorce from his wife Kate Virginia
Hammer. L. NJ. Allen is the attorney.
The wilma W. {. T. L. will hold a
temperance meeting in Dublin on May %,
commencing at s O'Clock. Ali are invited.
Miss Martha Elizabeth Michael,
daughter of Mr. John a. Michael, of Oak
ington. is one Of the graduates of Wash,
iugton College, Washington, D. c.
Mr.. Eugene Tucker, of Forest Hill,
will lead the meeting of the Epworth
League at the Bel Air Methodist Episco-
pal Church on next Sunday evening at
7.45 O'Clock.
On Saturday. Messrs. J. Martin and
Charles II. McNabb trustees, sold the
Enfield property, on the premises,
situated i'll the fifth district. twas rur-
chased by Miss Tacy B. Enfield for
$1,000.
An important meeting of the Hartford
Chapter, United Daughters of the Con-
fcderacy, will b. held at the residence of
Mrs John q. Rouse on Tuesday, May "a,
at11 A. Nj. All members are requested
to be present.
Rev. +. T. Little. president of the
Maryland Annual Conference, will preach
next Sunday morning, May 22d, at II
A. NJ. at Grace Methodist Protestant
Church, Bel Air Preaching by the pastor
at T. NJ. Mt. Carmel at $50 p. Nj.
The Hartford Cotillion Club has been
reorganizcd for 1904, and will give a
series of dances in the assembly rooms of
the Masonic Temple, Bel Air, during the
summer A meeting for the election of
officers will be held next Wednesday even
ing.
On Monday, Harlan and Webster
trustees, sold forty-eight acres, of land, |
situated in the fourth district, at public |
sale at the Court House door. The tract |
was purchased by Mr.. John D. Worth
ington for $500. J. S. Richardson was |
the auctioneer.
The Farmers Organization of Mary
land will meet at the Maryland Agricul-
tural College on May 26. All visitors
who attend this celebration will receive
hearty welcome and at the same time
be able to Inspect the work of Mary
lands agricultural school.
Hartford papers have been requested
to notice thc death of Mrs. Cornelia
Ewing (nee Grant, ! wife of Mr.. Charles
W. Ewing. which occurred on May 18th,
at her home in Baltimore. The funeral
took place on Tuesday afternoon from
her residence 1871 West Mulberry Street.
The Archdeacony of Towson will
meet at Emmanuel Church, Bel Air, on
Wednesday and Thursday, June l and 20
This will bring a number of visiting
clergy and will also Observation-Disclosures.
An interesting programme is being pre-
pared 1t will involve topics Of general
interest and q good attendance sexpected
all of the sessions.
Mr.. Henry B. Bruins, has recently
purchased a handsome Belgian stallion.
1t is a magnificent animal, four years old,
sixteen hands high and weighs about
sixteen hundred pounds. For work and
farm purposes, this breed of horses cam
not be cxcelicd, and the introduction of
this grade of stock in this community
has long been needed.
The seine of Silver, Spencer and COM
pany recently brought in the body of a
negro in one of their hauls in the river
near Havre de Grace. The body gave
signs of having been in the water for
some time. An inquest was held before
Justice Penning. The verdict was as fol-
lows: Game to his death by drowning
in the Susquchanna River, and then and
there did instantly die"
The Pennsylvania Railroad has ad-
vertised for proposals for piers for its new
double track steel bridge over the Susque-
hanna River between IIavre de Grace and
Perryville. The bridge calls for twenty
immense piers with deep water founda-
tions and eight of them will require the
employment of pneumatic processes. The
location will be about two hundred feet
north of the present structure.
We are indebted to the publishers,
]. W. c. Austin and Company, of York,
Pa, for a copy of where to Spend the
Summer Months neat little booklet
issued by the Maryland and Pennsyl-
va naRailroad. Itgives sketch of many
points of interest along the line of this
road and also contains a list of the prin-
cipal boarding houses where the ''city
folks" can seek recluse during the torrid
summer months.
Cardinal Gibbons had personal in
terview with President Cassett of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad on Monday
regarding the proximity of the railroad
company's tracks to St. Patrick S Catho-
lie Church, Havre de Grace. President |
Cassett informed the Cardinal that the
company was now preparing to remove |
the tracks several hundred yards from
the church and the annoyance to the con-
gregatiOn would soon cease.
On Tuesday, the case of Sarah Curtis |
against George Dearholt and Charles |
Long, executors of John Wisner, deceased, |
was called for trial before Judge Van
Bibber and jury. This case was re-
moved from Baltimore county and in
wolves the validity of will disposing of
an estate worth about $4,000. John
III. Walravcn and S. A. Williams appear
for the caveator and Thomas II. Robin
son, Frank l. Duncan and c. Bohn Sling
huff for the cavcatecs.
Under the direction of Governor War
field, the work of restoring the old Sen
ate Chamber in the State House at An
napolis is now in progress. The Doric
columns that supported the old gallery
are being replaced. They have for years
been stored in the cellar. The Senate
Chamber is full of historic interest, the
chief event being the resignation of
George Washington as commander-in-
chief of the Army of the United States,
which took place i'll this portion of the
old State House.
Port Deposit has been presented with
ahandsome drinking fountain. the gift of
Miss Martha Z. Beach, of Bridgeport,
Conn, a former resident of the town. If