The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
Local affairs.

Rev. E. H. Nivcr, of Christ Church
Baltimore, and Rev. r. A. Castleman, o
the Emmanuel Church, Bel Air. will eX
change pulpits, next Sunday.
The primaries OF both parties will be
held on Saturday, September 9th. This
is the day prescribed by the new law that
was passed by the Legislature OF 1901.
MIR Robert H. Archer. Jr., one of the
deputy clerks in the record Office, who
was painfully hurt last week, has i'm
proved sufficiently to resume his work.
The work of laying sewer pipes in
Havre de Grace has been practically com
plctSl and after connections have been
made the entire system will be turned
over to the Sewerage Commission.
according to tradition. we will have
no rain for the next forty days, as it was
clear on St. Swithin's Day. The change
will be n welcome one to the farmers, as
their crops have nearly been drowned
out.
The Enterprise Carriage Company,
of Bel Air, has moved its office from
Main street to the room on Office street,
next to the shops This will be more
convenient both for the owners and the
patrons.
Thomas w. Gordon, the we'll known
proprietor of the Rose House Baltimore,
is dead He was born near Bel Air IS
years ago. In early life he went to Balti-
more and amasscd a fortune in the hotel
business.
MIR. William r. Hopkins. of Garland,
has authorized us to say that in the in
terest of party harmony, lie has decided
to withdraw his name as acandidatc for
the Democratic nomination of the House
of Delegates.
The I;gis buildingiS being pushed by
Contractor Bull who hopes to have it
ready for occupancy within n reasonable
period The new brick front which is
finished was put in by contractor Stair,
who did the " ork on the Court House
improvements.
The trustees of the Bel Air Academy
and Graded School have appointed Viii
liam T. Stcdman, of Hartford, Connect
cut, principal of the school. MIR. Sted-
man is % years of age and is 4 graduate
of Trinity College. He comes to Bel Air
highly recommended.
Mr.. Harvey Coale, of Bel Air, recent
~ sold to Mr.. Thomas J. Tvdings, of
Edgcwood, pointer dog for $50. Mr..
Coalc has recently disposed of three
pointer pups at $40 each. These fancy
prices would indicate that it pays TO
raise high bred dogs.
The Hartford Hist orical Society will |
meet at the office of the Hartford Insur
ance Company in Bel Air, tomorrow,
Saturday morning. July %, at l o'clock. |
The Hartford Historical Society does |
good work in preserving the annals of
this county, and should be encouraged.
Former School Superintendent Thos.
c. Galbrcath, who has been in Denver, |
Colorado, for the past two years, is re-
ported to be in much improved health. !
He expects to visit Hartford about the |
first of September and will receive a |
warm welcome by his interested friends.
Mr.. w. W. Keyes, former principal of
JarrettsviIle Academy, conducted the |
competitive examinations for scholarships |
at St. Johns, Western Maryland and |
Charlotte Hall. which were held in Bel |
Air on Tuesday. The results will be |
made public at the next meeting of the |
School Board.
Some of our citizens have noticed |
distinct sun spot on the right hand side
of the disc slightly below the equator.
Prof Cornish ofthe Harvard Observatory |
estimates its diameter to betwelve times |
that of the earth. but is unable to say !
whether OF not our present heated spell |
is anyway connected with the phenome-
non.
The annual tournament for the bene-
fit of st. Stephens Church, will be held |
on Wednesday. August 10Th These |
affairs iave always been enjoyable and !
the committee hopes that this year will |
prove no exception to the rule Only I'M |
married knights will be allowed to enter
the lists and money prizes will be award !
ed the successful contestants.
The Sunday School reunion of the |
West Hartford Circuit will be held in the
woods at Cooptown, on Thursday,
August 3. These reunions are generally
attended by an immense crowd and an
enjoyable day is always spent. This
year promises no exception to the rule.
Woods meeting will commence in the
same grove on Sunday, August 6.
The coroner's jury that was sum-
moned in the drowning accident of Viii
liam J. Mcdonald, of Havrc de Grace.
brought in a verdict criticising the con-
tractors for the railroad bridge for not
providing proper place for the men to
work, and that the contractors were also
negligent in not having small boats, rope,
etc, with which assistance could have
been rendered.
William H. McAllister. of EIkton,
has been arrested by the United States
government on the charge of violating
the lottery laws. The accused is alivcry-
man and was released on 81 900 bail for
the action of the grand jury. The govern
mcnt has been strictly enforcing the law
against certain games OF chance and pro-
hibits the publication of the results in
any newspaper.
Tomorrow. SATURDAY., afternoon, the
crack Baltimore and Ohio Athletic Club,
of Baltimore. will visit Bel Air and make
another determined effort to defeat the
locals This will be the first and only
time this season that the RairoaderS will
visit Hartford county, and treat is in
store for all those who attend. Bowling
and Sewage will be Bel Airs battery, and
Matthews and Rapp for b. and o.
On Thursday, about fifty Odd Eel
lows left Bel Air on a special train to at
tend the reunion of Odd Fellows of Lower
Chanceford Lodge, at Airville, Pennsyl-
wanna. The party, which was in charge
of Mr.. Jacob Schapiro, was accompanied
by the Bel Air Cornet Band The atten-
dance at this reunion will be large as
many other lodges have been invited to
take part in the ceremonies of the day.