The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-08-04

MIR. William Barbour who had his
legs crushedby cavc-in at the quarry OF
: X. L. Jones's Slate Company, near Delta,
about six months ago, was recently taken
to Baltimore by Dr. Frank Arthur, where
he was operated upon. 1t will be remem-
bered that two other men, Hutton and
Ebbcrts, lost their lives in this slide and
their bodies are still buried under hun
dreds of tons of rock and earth. 1t will
be several months still before their re.
mains can be recovered. The rock that
is being taken out of the slide has been
found to possess a market value, and the
loss to the company will not be so great
as was first anticipated.
A number of young people from the
vicinity of Fallstou spent an ENJOYABLE
day on Wednesday of last week on Bush
river and Chesapeake Bay. They drove
to Otter Point and took the gasoline
launch to Old Baltimore. where dinner
was served. Poule's Island was the next
stop, and later TolchesterA was visited
Among those in the party were Misses
Laretta George. Rhoda Archer, Maud
Archer, Flora Reynolds Hattie Jones, |
Eta ZONES, Mary KiSlng, Edna Griest. |
Amy Griest and Viola Ferguston, Messrs. |
Herbert Benson, James Archer Traiuor
Archer, John Crumlish, Joseph Gruulish. !
William Harthorn, Stanley Pyle, Clarence |
Deitz, William Jones, Warren Jones, !
George kisling, Carl Guyton and jackson !
Deitz.
The two important Astronomical I
events during the month of August will /
be an eclipse of the sun and an eclipse of |
the moon, both of which are visible here. /
The lunar eclipse comes first, on the might
of the 18th. 1t will be full at that time,
and about one-third of the diameter will
be immersed in the shadow. The moon
enters the penumbra at s 90 p. M , but
the darkening will not be seen until some
time later AT 939 it will commence to
be visible, and the shadow will continue
to press over the disc for about an hour.
Then it will gradually move out again,
leaving it altogether at 11.43. The solar
eclipse will be on the 3Oth and is total in
many regions however, it viii only be
partial here. The sun will rise in eclipse
at 5 80 A. NJ. and remain So for a short
period. The evening star until the 10Th
of the month is Mercury, and is best seen
during this week, when it Sc IS about an
hour later than the sun, and can be seen
in the twilight almost exactly due west
Tomorrow. Saturday, the state
militia will commence to arrive, BY
evening, the First Regiment vii! be in
camp, and on Sunday, the other two
will follow The government tro ops will
also be on hand by that time, and on
Monday morning, the Mccormick farm
will have upon its borders, as handsome
a showing of soldiers as any state in the
union can put forward in proportion to
its size. The First Regiment will leave
North Avenue station at 2.15 p. M.
arriving at Bel Air about 80. The
Fifth Regiment will leave o'clock a..
NJ arriving at Bel Air at 1890. The
Fourth Regiment will leave about 1
o'clock p. A., arriving at Bel Air about
go. Troop A. is scheduled to be at the
camp grounds not later than o'clock
p. NJ. on Saturday. The Signal Service
Corps will start from Baltimore on the
8 30 train Saturday morning, ut whichd
time, Brigadicr General Lawrason Riggs
and staff will leave for the camp grounds
During the heavy thunderstorm on
Saturday. the large barn of Mr.. John
LYNCH situated on the road leading
from Ebenezer Church to Rutledge, was
struck by lightning and burned. Mr..
Lynch was in the house at the time, and
when the heavy bolt came, remarked to
his wife that something near must have
been struck. He made an investigation
but could discover nothing Later, he
noticed that the clouds must be clearing
away as it was getting much lighter
On looking out, he discovered his
barn in a sheet Of flames. Not a thing :
could be saved, except a buggy, which
was run out but not until its top was
burned off There was no live stock in
the building at the time, except a calf,
which was also burned, together with all
his harvest, including load of hay that
had just been hauled in. The building
was comparatively n new one, and Il fine
structure. The insurance was 81, 700 in
the Hartford Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany on the barn and contents. which
will not cover the loss of the barn.