The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-02-03

nationality of the law. The legislature
of 1904 repealed the act so far as it ap-
piled to this county.
The Claremont Stave and Milling
Company of Hartford County has been
incorporated by Harry Silver, D. E. Will
son, D. Gilpin Wilson, A. w. Ely and P. H.
Close. The object of the new corpora
ton is to engage in the business that its
name indicates, and for this purpose it
will buy and sell timber lumber, land,
vessels, etc, also novelties. The time is
limited to 40 years. The capital stock is
5000 divided into 800 shares of $40
each. The directors named the first year
are Harry Silver, D. E Wilson, ID. Gilpin
Wilson, F. H. Close and Alfred w. Ely.
joyable evening at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter W. Preston, near En-
morton, on Tuesday. The occasion was
an informal call on Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wal
lace Broumel, who were recently married
Those in the party were MIR. and Mrs
| John Rush Street,, Mrs Hannah Archer,
Misses Mary Street,, Bessie Lee, Kath-
crime Gross, Priscilla Forwood, Ellen
Harris, Mary Alden Hopkins, Mary Will
kinson and Elizabeth Bradford, Messrs.
William S. Forwood, Jr,, Lawson Cooley,
Louis Dashiell, John Robinson, Frank
| Gorrel, w. Wylic Hopkins. Smith Brad
ford and Augustus Bradford, all of Bel
| Air
Postmaster Bouldin, of Bel Air, has
made another Improvement to his post
office equipment that makes the outfit
equal to any of ike-sized place in this
country. 1t is called the Corbin bag rack
with portable table attached. The mail
pouches for the different points are ar
ranged on two rows of rods so that they
may be easily reached by the person who
is putting up the mail The table can be
conveniently moved so as to be available
in every necessary position. The expense
of making all these improvements falls
directly on the postmaster, the only in
terest of the government in the equipment
being the collection of the box rents, all |
of which go to the general postal fund.
The detectives are fast weaving a |
chain of circumstautial evidence around |
John Shippers, whom they believe robbed |
and murdered the late Albert Constable. |
An important clue is the discovery of the
watch, which was found in pawnshop |
in Philadelphia. While the detectives |
have not yet made public the way in |
which the former possession of the watch |
will be traced to the accused man, yet it |
was information gained from his brother
thatled toits discovery. A handkerchief, |
which was found near the scene of the |
tragedy, has been identified as similar to |
those owned by Shippers The detectives !
are hot on the trail, and if the man is |
guilty he should be brought to speedy |
justice.
The double wedding of Mr.. William
D. Jones, of Forest Hill, and Miss Lydia
A. Walker, Of near Garland, and Mr.. Will
liam NJ. Briney, of Chenille, and Miss
Lenora Hanna, of Level, took place at
Rock Run Church on Saturday evening. |
The ceremony was performed by Rev. c. |
P. Nowlin. Arrangements had been |
made to celebrate these nuptials on Thus
day night, but the snow drifts proved a |
barrier for the time being. Mr.. Jones |
came to Bel Air and hired team at one
of the livery stables to make the difficult |
trip, When only part way they found
further progress impossible, and returned |
to Bel Air. A fresh start was afterwards |
made and Mr.. Jones was finally able to
make the journey in time to take part in
ceremony as above stated.
The Farmers Institute will meet in
Bel Air, today, Friday and tomorrow, |
Saturday. Mr.. w. L. Amoss, director,
announces that in addition to the pro- |
gramme published last week, there will |
be talks from A. D. Shanel on History |
of Corn Breeding" and Miss A. E. Bren-
ney on "My Poultry Yard" The Insti-
tute has closed successful meeting at |
Towson, and all those who attended |
were much benefited by the practical |
talks given by SPECIALISTS on subjects in
teresting to farmers. While the condi- |
ton of thepublic roads will prevent many |
people from attending, yet all who can
should be present as this adjunct of state |
education is more and more each year
contributing its share towards the en-
enlargement of scientific farming.
Mrs. Z. II. P. Harrison, of Martins |
burg, West Virginia, formerly Miss Caro-
line Webster, daughter of the late Col. E.
H. Webster, of Bel Air, had narrow es-
cape one night last week which might
| have resulted seriously but for her rare
presence of mind During the evening she
was warned that man was in her Gel
| lar. As Mr.. Harrison was absent from
home, steps were taken to trap the in
truder She started one of her children
to playing the piano, and, keeping on the
seeming household duties, quietly rang
up the police department. Officers came
at once, and search in the cellar revealed
a negro man. 1t was apparently his in
| tentlOn 10 wait uHlll Inc HOuSeHOlu naQ
retired, and the bottle of chloroform in
his possession indicated his burglarious
designs
Many of the public roads are still
blocked with the snowdrifts, the result of
last weeks storm. Business has almost
been at standstill, although some few
people were able to get to Bel Air on
Monday. The County Commissioners
were in session and were frequently i'm
portuned to spend money in trying to
get the highways in passable condition.
The Hartford Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany has extended the time for the pay
ment of the annual premiums Z days on
account of the inability of the policy
holders to get their money to the office.
The roads in the county running east
and west are absolutely impossible ex-
cept for short distances. Those who fire.
quent the Churchville road are compelled
to use neighboring fields for nearly the
entire way. The Darlington road is
also filled up with snow. which renders it
, practically impossible. The few people
who have been travelling from that vicin-
ity say that the drifts are packed so hard
that all travel is out of the question until
the road is reopened. In the upper part
of the county it is almost impossible to