The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-09-01
Local oAffairs.

at tnS reSluenCc III MI Jonn N AyTS
tomorrow, Saturday afternoon.
The Bel Air Base Ball Club will pla
the Towsnn nine on the grounds of tt
former, at 3 80 on Saturday, next.
Trains No. and 10, except Saturda
and Sunday. and sc and 81. Sunday
will be discontinued on and after Sept. /
The recent fair at ST. Ignatius' church
Hickory. netted over 5000 proceeds. Thi
will be divided between the two portion
OF the parish.
Mrs Charles W. Amoss of Jarretts
vile, has ht-blooming cereus tina
gave thirteen blossoms on Friday night
and ten on Saturday night.
The new Catholic chapel. which ha.
been erected on the property of Fathel
Frederick, situated on Hickory avenue
Bel Air, is approaching completion.
The ladies of North Bend Presby
terrain church, will hold a festival on the
grounds adjoing the church. on the even
ing of Sept. IA and Is. Supper will be
served achevcning AlIcordially invited
to attend.
Mr. Jesse Hilles, of Baltimore, has
sold to Mr. John Lynch, his farm near
Taylor, for many years occupied by Mr..
William Nee omas, tor Sc. $50. The farm
contains 162 acres of highly improved
land with good building
Communion will be administered
after church services, at the Church
vile Presbyterian church, next Sunday
morning. Rev. S. c. WATSON, who has
been away for the past three weeks, has
returned, and will occupy the pulpit.
Mr.. Ivan White, of Bel Air, has sent
to Governor Warfeld, set of photo
graphs of the Governor and staff, while
in camp life here His Excellency cher
ishes these photographs very highly and
says that they admirably depict the
many pleasing incidents of the camp.
"A tournament will be held on the Bel
Air Fair Grounds, next Thursday after
noon, commencing at 9 o'clock. Knights
will appear in costume, and prizes will be
awarded for the best plumed knights.
Governor Warficld has been invited to he
present, and the affair promises to be a
success.
MIR. Joseph W. Case, former en-
ployee of the .Egis office, was found i'll
-.
in Philadelphia, on Monday. He was
suffering from an attack of appendicitis.
and underwent an operation at the Jew
ish Hospital. on Tuesday. Hiscondition
is encouraging.
Mr.. Charles A. McGaw, who for the
past eight years. has been proprietor of
the Eagle Hotel, Bel Air, will retire on
the first of November, and return to his
farm in Abingdon. Mr.. McGaw, has
conducted this hotel in very satisfact-
DRY manner, and has made many friends
since he assumed the duties of mime
host"
Mrs. Mary A. Richmond, aged 50
years, died at her home in Baltimore, on
Sunday. She was the treasurer of the
Matthias Won Sitter Society, an associa-
ton formed by the heirs of Won Sitter,
for the purpose of regaining his large
fortune, now held by the German govern
ment. Among her daughters is Miss
Sarah F. Richmond, ce-principal of the
State Normal School
"A young man from Cecil county made
a foolhardy attempt to jump on a NOV
ing train. or the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge, at Havrc de Grace, on Monday.
He was knocked into the water below, a
distance of about 20 feet, and would
have drowned. but for the timely arrival
of Mr.. Victor Seminar, who happened
to be in launch nearby and reached the
man before he sank 1t was a miracu-
lous escape from almost instant death.
The Norrisville Farmers Club held
week The meeting was in conjunction
with the directors of the New Park and
Fawn Grove railroad, and speeches
were made, both on farming and rail-
reading, the two enterprises in this
section being identical When this road
is completed, it will bear the unique dis
tinction of being financed entirely by the
rural interests through the vicinity that
it passes.
John Hall, colored attache of the
Egis office, for the last quarter of n CEN
tury, was married on Wednesday evening,
to Letitia Waters. at Ames Chapel. The
ceremony was attended with all the
pomp and panolpy beftting their station.
There were bridesmaids and groomsmen
galore, and the affair was suggestive of
every requirement of polite society in
colored life. The bride and groom are
now spending their honeymoon at At
lantic City.
Miss Jane X. Jenkins, of Pylesville,
daughter of the late Henry c. Jenkins,
has just graduated at the head of class
of GO in typewriting and shorthand, in
the York Business College. thus winning
the honor of valedictorian of the class.
Miss Jenkins completed the course in the
public schools of Hartford at the early
age of II. then graduated from st.
Joseph's Institute at Emmittsburg, and
hence is highly equipped to succeed in her
work. We predict for her a successful
career.
John NJ. Shippers, the convicted
murderer of the late Albert Constable
will in all probability not be able to carry
his case to the Court of Appeals, and tn,
date of his execution will soon be fixed
The condemned man spends his time il
the Maryland penitentiary in sending
out letters to his acquaintance, trying
to induce them to advance the necessary
$500 that will be required in order tt
get his case in the Appellate Court
When not thus engaged, he seems t.
spend his time in an Indifferent manner
as ifregardlcss of his approaching fate
Hon. Frank |. Duncan, the Demo
cratic nominee for associate Judge, ha
resigned as editor of the Baltimore Cour
ty Democrat and Journal. This step
taken by Mr. Duncan in view of his car
didacy. He has been editor of tn
Democrat for a number of years. and tn
readers of this popular paper will mis-
his weekly contributions. They will b
glad, however, to aid in elevating him