The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-01-06

perty by Robert Archer trustee, adver
tised to take place on Tuesday, January
, 3, has been postponed until January Il
s when it will positively take place regard
i less of weather..
Mr. Walter W Preston kept "oper
e house" at his handsome residence near
Emmorton on Monday. A large num-
: Der of friends called to pay their respects,
; New Years callers were also frequent in
Bel Air and the courtesies of the season
were freely exchanged.
Edwin II. Webster. attorney, sold the
Connaughton property, situated near
Abingdon at public auction at the Court
House door on Monday. 1t contains "a
acres and was purchased by Smith, Rouse
and Webster for $1,6tO. ]. s. Richard
son was the auctioneer.
Mr. Joel c. Hollingsworth, president
of the Hollingsworth Wheel Company
recently fell on the ice spraining one of
his hands He has since that time been
the guest of his daughter, Mrs. w. H.
Stubs, in Delta. There the injured mem-
Der is improving with careful nursing.
the two Methodist churches of lar
rettsville will begin union revival meet
ing on January s at Z. 80 P. Nj. IN Cal
vary Church, where services will be held
every evening during the week except
Saturday. On January 10 the meeting
will be held in Asbury Church and con-
tinue there for one week.
-ThG dance given in the Assembly
Room, of the Masonic Temple Bel Air on
Frida evening by the young ladies was
one o. the best attended of recent years.
| The effort to commence the dance earlier
in the evening than usual should be COM
mended as Bel Air has almost become
ultra regarding its hours for these enter
tainments.
County Treasurer ]. Finney Wells
gives notice in the advertising columns
that delinquent tax bills must be paid on
or before the first day of February. Ad-
ditional costs will be entailed after that |
time. This action of the County Treas |
urer is required by law, and it is his i'm
perative duty to advertise the delinquent |
list on February 1 of each year.
The weather on New Years day was
remarkable for its springlike tempera-
ture About noon the thermometer
reached 6S degrees. Itrecalls year ago
which was very similar. That day
proved a weather breeder" and we
have had a similar experience this week.
The storm of Tuesday would have been
a blizzard had not the snow lacked suffi-
cheney. Since then the mercury has
lowered around IA degrees, fall OF SO
degrees in less than ~ hours.
Miss Susannah Garrison, daughter
of Mr.. John B. Garrison, of Taylor, and
Mr.. lanes R. Wheeler, of Baltimore, were
married at Ebenezer NJ. E. Church on
Wednesday afternoon by Rev. James l..
McLain, pastor. The ushers were Messrs.
Harvey Stone, Burnett Barrett, of Balti-
more, Emory a. McComas and Alfred
Garrison. The bridesmaids were Misses
Mabrey Carroll and Alma Beatty. They
wore white silk null trimmed with lace.
The brides costume was crepe de chine
with a yoke of lace and pearls. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wheeler will reside in Baltimore
upon their return from a Southern trip.
Mr. William F. kissing met with
painful accident last Friday breaking
two small bones in one of his feet and
sustaining several bad bruises. 1t was a
fortunate escape however from a much
more serious casualty. His colored man
was driving six head team down
Howards hill when the saddle mare
stumbled, throwing the negro driver.
Mr.. kissing was at the lock and i'm.
mediately ran to stop the rest of the
animals. Four young mules in the team
became frightened and started to run
away. They pushed one of the horses on
Mr.. kissing but he piuckily held on to
the check rein until the whole outfit was
guided into bank. Had a runaway
been started the result might have been
fatal to some of the occupants of passing
vehicles which frequent this much travel
led thorough1aTe
-Finney ard Robinson, canned goods
brokers, in their recent circular give little
encouragement for higher prices for the
pack of 1905. They say: "Notwith-
standing the fact that the American Gro
Ger estimates the pack of tomatoes for
1904 much less than that of 1903, they
are selling today below the cost of
production. We are unable to say
just how long this condition is going
to last Two years in succession, pack
ers have been losing money on this ia
nous commodity. One thing is sure,
however, and that is, the stock in the
packers hands is much smaller than a
year ago, and there is constant demand
at the present prevailing prices which
will make three-pound standard toma-
toes very scarce if it keeps up two or
fact that the demand has really fallen
off, we see nothing to look forward to
but low prices for another year"
The trial of Holland and Hoops, the
two negroes charged with the murder of
the late Albert Constable, was begun in
Elkton on Tuesday. Both men elected
to be tried before the Court, and, as there
are over 60 witnesses summoned the case
will probably occupy several days. Mr..
Constable was murdered last August.
On the evening of the 18th. as had been
his usual custom, he was taking short
walk near his home He was halted and
shot down for the ostensible purpose of
robbery. His assailant got a gold watch
and % cents in money. Mr.. Constable
asked the robber to tell some one of his
condition, and Holland alleges that a
young white man stopped at his house
and said that some one was sick down
the road. Mr.. Constable was unable to
describe his assailant on account of the
dusk of the evening, and he died three
days later Holland, who went to his
aid, was arrested shortly afterwards,
and Hoops was also taken into custody.
The men have just been indicted by the
last grand jury, the September panel |
passing over their case without action.
We are in receipt of the 1905 alma
mac of the Maryland Life Insurance Com
pany. 1t is a beautiful work of art, and,
besides giving a lot of useful information, |
is made further attractive by number
of handsome fullpage engravings. 1t |
will be a welcome addition to every |