The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-06-16

road. They were taken before Justice
Norris and each sent to the House of
Correction for sixty days. This makes
thirty six men that have been incarcerat-
ed in this manner during the past two
months for the same offense.
The commencement exercises of the
Bel Air Academy and Graded school will
be held in the Assembly Rooms of the
Masonic Temple on Friday evening. June
23, at o'clock. There are two gradu-
ates-Charles o. Lee and Robert E. Ram
say. Hon. Aristdes S. Goldsborough, of
Baltimore will address the graduates.
Tickets for the commencement are on
sale at Boyd and Fulford's drug store.
MIR. Christopher Sladc, one of the
best-known citizens of White Hall, was
given surprise on Monday evening by
his children and grandchildren, the occa-
sion being his eightieth birthday. He
was presented with gold-headed cane.
Mr.. Slade Isl quite active for his years and
has always taken an interest in public
affairs, being prominent as leader of
the Democratic party in his section of
Baltimore county.
The Republican party will have an
other newspaper in Baltimore county.
Prominent in the directory will be Charles
]. Bonaparte and Robert Garrett 1t will
be edited by Harold Scarboro, who form
erlv conducted a Democratic newspaper
in Bel Air, and for the last few years has
been on the staff of the News. Mr. Scar
boro will shortly issue the first edition
of this new candidate for public favor in
the journalistic fields of Maryland.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Maryland Volunteer Firemen, met in
Hagerstown last week. Mr.. John de p.
pouw was elected president for the en-
suing year. The Aberdeen Fire Depart
ment was we'll represented and its dele
gates took prominent part in the pro-
ceedings. Mr.. George w. Brock was re-
appointed a member of the executive
committee, Mr.. w. B. Richardson was
made chairman of the Legislative COM
mittee, and MIR. Charles H. Jacobs was
named as one of the vice presidents. Mr..
H. w. Sullivan will next year be a candi-
date for secretary.
The Bel Air minstrels will give an en-
tertainment in the Assembly Rooms of
the Masonic Temple next Tuesday even
ing. To show how popular the enter
tainment will be, it is only necessary to
state that the seats were put on sale at
o'clock Tuesday evening. In less than
an hour 500 worth of them were disposed
of The talent is all local and it is not
necessary to say that the performance
will be well patronized. 1t will be safe
to predict that the building will be
packed to the doors before eight clock,
the hour of commencement.
On Thursday of last week, Mr.. Harry
S, Carver, attorney, presented to Gov
ernor Warheld petition containing over
four hundred signatures, asking that the
House of Correction portion of the SEN
tence of T. Benton naugherty be RENTED
from the recent judgment imposed on
him by the Hartford Court. The petition
stated that the convicted man is sixty
years of age and an influential and re-
spected farmer, and that the charge of
which he was adjudgcd guilty consisted
of disposing of half a gallon of sweet
cider to an acquaintance. The Governor
ordered the case advertised for hearing
yesterday.
On Wednesday, June 81, Bel Air will
play the Walbrook Athletic Association.
This club has been playing fast ball this
season and has defeated the Baltimore
and Ohio club and played two games
with Bartlett Hayward, winning one
and losing the other. This is the first
time this season the Bel Air club has
scheduled mid-week game, but as the
Walbrook club is well known, the home
management feels confident that there
will be large attendance. This is the
only time this season the Walbrook club
will play here, and tits hoped that every
body will turn out and help root" the
Bel Air boys to victory.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
Court House additions and it is thought
that the bricklayers will be through be-
fore the first of July. The carpenters
al, Ia orb Tha
clerks office has been moved into the
court room, and the floors of all of the
down stairs rooms and also the main
hallway, are being covered with concrete.
Over this will be placed a hard wood
floor which will prevent any possible
| dampness. Contractor Smith is pushing
the work with every consistent energy,
and if the present progress is continued,
the entire job will be completed before re-
quired by the contract.
"A horse, owned by Mr.. Samuel G.
Hopkins, OF Level, was bitten by mad
dog about six months ago. On Wednes-
day he drove the animal to this city,
when it was noticed that the animal was
acting somewhat strange. On Thursday
morning, while Mr. Hopkins son, Noble,
was currying the h orse, the animal,
which had never shown signs of vicious
ness, attempted to snap the curry comb
in the young mans hand. Afterward,
when the horse was offered water, he
grabbed the side of tin bucket between
his teeth, and left it i'll a battered condi-
ton, leaving a number of perforations
through the metal. DR.. ]. Lee Hopkins
was on the premises at the time, and adj
Mr. Stephenson Hanna, securing a shot
gun, killed the horse by shooting him in
the head.-Havre de Grace Ledger.
The Baltimore and Ohio Athletic
Association baseball club defeated the
Bel Air baseball club last Saturday on
the Baltimore and Ohio grounds at Bal.
timore by a score of . to 0. Matthews,
, the Baltimore and Ohio twirler, had the
Bel Air boys at his mercy all through the
game, and while they hit the ball they
were unable to place hits out of reach o.
l the Baltimore and Ohio felders, while
: Baltimore and Ohio hit Downing freely il
every inning. He had been sick all the
; week and was plainly not able to work
t which accounts for the drubbing he got
He did not have his usual speed no.
curves and Raltimpre and Ohio had al