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


Mr. Louis Hollingsworth, of Jopps
has been made one of the vice president
of the Maryland State Horticulture
Society.
Indictment weather prevented tn
Christmas celebration at Mt Zion NJ. I
Church, on Tuesday night 1t will b
held this Friday evening at 40 o'clocI
sharp.
Miss Mary Scully, of Magnolia, vii
leave Thursday for visit to her relative
in New York and the Hot Springs ant
will not return home until the first o
February.
Acting Register of Wills G. Smitl
Norris gives the following record OF bust
ness of the office for the year 1904: Ad
ministrations granted, 1O+; wills pro
bated, 65; foreign wills left for record, 8
The quarterly distribution OF the
Comptroller gives Hartford county
1882 10 for its public schools. This is
nearly twice the ordinary amount and
will be most acceptable in aiding the
work of education in this county.
Considerable concern was felt the lat.
ter part of last week by the residents OF
Port Deposit on account of the threaten
ed ice gorge. Quantities of broken ice
came down the river, but fortunately
passed out without serious damage.
On Monday, Harlan and Webster,
trustees, sold the Levering property at
public sale at the Court House door. 1t
contains 126 acres, situated near Reck-
ord, and was purchased by Miss Sarah
Levering for 4,4OO. w. Mccall was
the auctioneer.
The lash is being agitated asa punish
ment for wife-beaters in Alleg county.
Fortunately such violations of law are
so rare in this county that we are prone
to suggest a commitment to the insane
ASYLUM for the culprit thus, attrlbuting
such a cruelty to insanity rather than
brutality.
Mr.. William D. Wallace and Miss
Lillian NJ. Booker, both residents OF
QueenAnne county, were quietly married
in Baltimore on Wednesday evening of
last week, at ! o'clock, by the Rev. Car
roll c. Harding, chaplain of the Church
Home. The bride was teacher in OAR
lington for several years and is we'll
known in Hartford, where she has many
friends.
AT a meeting of the directors of the
Savings Bank of Hartford County, held
in Bel Air on Tuesday, four per cent.
dividend was declared. The bank has
cleared overs per cent. during the year.
The balance of the earnings was carried
to the surplus account. This is most
creditable showing for the management,
which has made safety OF investment the
first prerequisite rather than large
profits.
Major ]. A. Lejeune, U. S. NJ. c, who
for year has been in command of ma
rines in camp on the Isthmus of Panama,
returned by the L. S. S. Yankee, on De-
cember 81, with 450 men. The Yankeeis
.now anchored in Hampton Roads, Viz
Ginia. Major Lejeune entered the Naval
Academy from Louisiana, but has many
friends and relatives in Hartford who are
interested in his welfare. His sister, Miss
Augustine Lejeune, is a resident of Bel
Air.
The infant crocodile that Jacob
Bishop has been attempting to keep alive
in the window of the banking house of
Smith R.,----- ~~---a '"-i-.-~ = 80 30
This resident of Florida was given to
Mrs John NJ. T. Finney last spring, and
by her presented to lake" Itprogress.
ed finely during the warm months, but as
soon as the severe cold weather came re-
fused to eat, although nurtured by nice
warm FIRE The little fellow was a curl
osity to everyone and it seems to be a
pity that artificial means could not keep
It alive.
Fred Rowe, aged 13 years, was in
jured on Thursday of last week by jump
ing from the steel bridge of the Maryland
and Pennsylvania Railroad that crosses
the York road at Towson. He was walk
ing across at the time, and hearing the
train approach, jumped to the street bed
below, a distance of 80 feet. He was
picked up in an unconscious condition,
but soon recovered sufficiently to be
taken home. This should be warning
to everyone not to run the risk of crossing
either trestles or bridges of any railroad
company.
Mr. William w. Lee, son of Mr.. A. w.
Lee, of Deer Creek, and Miss Bertha
Love, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Love, of Berkeley, were married at
the parsonage of Aberdeen Church on
Wednesday of last week by Rev K. G.
Murray. The bride was gowned in a
travelling suit of blue cloth and carried a
large bouquet of lilies of the valley. The
flower girl was Miss Mary Lee, sister of
the groom. Rev and Mrs Murray ten
dered the young couple a wedding break
fast, after which they left for trip to
New York.
Rev. John R. Matthews, a mission
preacher of the Episcopal Church, will
hold a series of preaching services and
Bible readings at Emmanuel Church, Bel
Air, January 20-27. Mr.. Matthews will
preach each evening and give Bible read
i : Il H. r7aI
der Dwight l.. Moody and later at Ok
ford University, England, and is preach
er of spirituality and power, well versed
in the Scriptures. He has recently held
successful mission for Rev. DR.. Eccleston
at Emmanuel Church, Baltimore. Rev.
Mr.. Powers, of Towson, will preach pre-
partory for the work of Mr.. Matthews,
each evening from January 1919. Good
music is promised.
Our good neighbor, the Havre de
Grace Ledger, speaks facetiously of the
establishment of third bank in that
city. 1t even goes so far as to intimate
that Mrs. Chadwick might be induced to
transfer some of her financial transac-
tons to the proposed institution. While
we have not the slightest idea who the
hackers are, yet if they are solid, SUBJ
stantial citizens, the Ledger can best full
fill its important mission as a newspa.
per by advocating everything that has Il
tendency to stimulate business. The
lEgis has always extended a helping
hand to every business enterprise that