The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-01
Local affairs.

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Fallston, on Sunday next at O'Clock.
MANY ice houses were filled this tim
last year. The fall of 1905 will long b
remembered for its beauty and mildnes:
MIR James c. Young, Bel Air mel
chant, has made deed of trust to job
S Young and Harry S, Carver: bond
$4,000.
Mr.. w w. Wilson. near ChurchvIlle
mas sold his fat cattle to Mr.. Georg'
Roeder, of Baltimore, and they will b
shipped on Saturday.
Bank Examiner Ham was in Bel Al
on Monday and Tuesday, and made al
examination of the affairs of the Second
and Hartford National Banks.
According to the returns kept by thu
Judges of election of Hartford county
there were 343 spoiled ballots rejected by
the Judges in making the count.
Mr.. Isaac F. Clayton and Miss Mary
L. Hooper, both of Reckord. were mar
ried on Thursday of last week at the M
p. Parsonage Bel Air, by Rev. c. X. Nc
Caslin.
MIR. Edward NJ Allen, Miss Sallie
Allen and Mrs Ruth E. Williams have
rented the stone residence near Darling
ton owned by the late X. /. Jackson
where they will permanently reside.
"A literary society has been organized
at White Hall school The officers are
President, Walter Steltz; vice-president,
Emma Rigney; secretaries, Edith Black,
Ethel Jones and MayfeId Anderson.
Don't forget the Christmas sale of
fancy articles, cake and candy; dinner
from i to and supper from ito given
by the Woman's Guild of Emmanuel
Church, December and in the Masonic
Temple, Bel Air.
Earle. the ten-year- old son of Mr..
Charles Michael, of near Kalmia, had the
index finger of his left hand severed in a
cutting box on Thursday of last week.
DR. F. l.. Hughes rendered the necessary
surgical attention.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Curry, of
the Manor, gave supper on Friday IN
honor of their sister and brother n,law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ashton, of Upper
Cross Roads, who have returned from
their wedding trip.
The County Commissioners reorgan-
lied on Monday by electing Mr.. George
Archer president; Mr.. Hudson Bateman
was reappointed clerk, and Nh. w. w.
Preston, attorney. The other county
appointments were postponed.
The school authorities of Wicomico
county are complaining about the scar
city of teachers. This quite prevalent in
a number of the counties, a the young
ladies are finding more remunerative &C.
cupatiop where less work is required.
Hartford papers have been requested
to notice the death of Mrs. Ellen A. Long,
widow of the late Cornelius B. Long,
which occurred on Friday at Hagerstown.
Her funeral took place on Monday morn
ing from the residence of her sister Mrs.
George Paul.
General Herman Stump, who has
gone to the Hot Springs. Virginia, for
treatment for rheumatism, isreported to
be in an improved condition, and hopes
in short while to fully recover his &C.
customed health. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Stump.
For the frs time in 20 years, the Bel
Air Circuit NJ. P. Church is free from
debt, the last dollar being raised on Sum
day. We congratulate the pastor on this
splendid showing and commend the ex-
ample as being worthy of imitation by
sister churches.
Rev. G. L. Cuddy, who was formerly
on one of the Hartford NJ. E. Circuits, but
now of the Puget Sound Conference of
Washington, is improving from the effect
of an accident He fell from a scaffuld
ON his parsonage sometime ago, and
broke one of his legs.
DR.. William S. Archer recently sold
to Mr. Calvin Appleton his fat cattle on
Rock Run farm, near Stafford, which
weighed 1900 pounds, for which Mr..
Appleton paid AZ cents. They were said
to be as fat as any cattle that have been
shipped from this county this season.
Mr.. |. Edwin Webster, of Bel Air, has
sold his entire herd of Guernsey cows
and heifers, eleven in number, to Mr.. Ger
aid Howatt, of White Plains, New York.
Mr.. Howatt is breeder of fancy cattle
and has attended a number of our county
fairs, where he has been employed as an
expert judge.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Church.
vile Presbyterian Church will have an
ertainment and social at the Fountain
Green w. c. T. U. Hall on Wednesday
evening, December 3 at o'clock. The
Sweep Family" a play of one act will
be given Big local talent. Cake and coffee
will be served.
Mrs. Ida c. Montgomery Matthias
died in Coles county, Illinois, on Septem-
Der Sth Her remains were brought to
Forest Hill on Thursday of last week
and inferred in Rock Spring cemetery.
She was formerly Miss Montgomery,
OF Upper Hartford Dean and Son were
the undertakes.
Rev. Willard F. Minnick, formerly of
this county, but who is at present filling
a charge at st. Mary's City, in a highly
acceptable manner. had charge of the
services at Emmanuel p. f. Church Bel
Air on Sunday morning, and at Grace
Chapel in the afternoon. At both places
he preached excellent sermons.
On Friday of last week a number of
gunners from Pennsylvania descended on
the Mine Old Fields in search of game.
They found none, and either by accident
or otherwise set fire to the underground,
which was as dry as finder. The flames
burned for several days, doing much
damage to the standing timber.
"A valuable horse belonging to Mr.
isaac w Lee, Oh HDeIucCil' was IL iBhlChSu
to death by an automobile on Thursday
of last week. The horse was hitched tC
wagon which was laden with wheat
and took fright at the automobile, run
ming up the embankment. 1t reared VI
on its hind legs and dropped over dead.
We have received from the Maryland
Bureau of Statistics, through the cour
tesy of Mr.. |. |. Schonarber, assistant, {