The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-28

| to have the Improvement accepted Dy III
trustees before the first ofthe year, whe
the appropriation will lapse to tn
Churchville Presbyterian Church and ii
Board OF School Commissioners if it
not taken for road purposes by tina
time The stoning is now being done Il
the lower end. and in three or four week
time the outfit will probably be moved t
! Worthington' scorncr, and macadamizir
towards Churchville will commence.
On Saturday morning, Mr.. G. William
Handy, of near Calvary, had his LEI
! broken by being struck by a stick of wool
that had been hurled from the fire box O
the traction engine. by the explosion O
the boiler. He had just fired the engin
up and was preparing to go to the resi-
dence of neighbor, Mr.. Swartz, to GU
some wood. The explosion occurred il
the steam chest and the force carried tn
door of the furnace a distance of 10(
yards Medical aid was at once sum
The explosion killed three nearby chick
ems.
The automobile party thatle Bel All
on Wednesday afternoon oflast week, mel
with varying experiences. Mr.. and Mrs
Broumel had the misfortune of breaking
their machine, which seriously interferreG
with their travel, but a new part was
finally obtained. Mrs. Calwcll and part
made the trip without incident. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry d. Hauway were especially
fortunate and arrived at their destination
much sooner than they expected. The
run from Philadelphia to Atlantic City,
65 miles, which is over a good road way,
was covered in three hours. They left
Atlantic City on Saturday for New York,
and are now visiting friends on Long
Island.
The tomato market is firm at offerings
on spot and futures from 721a to 10
cents The upward tendency of the mar
ketis accounted for by the decreased acre
age and the probable late pack, which
makes the quantity of the goods to be put
I'D very uncertain. In this county, it is re-
liably estimated that the acreage will
not be anything like so large as last
year At least one third of the canning
houses will stand idle, and those that do
can, will run on a reduced pack. The heavy
rains have destroyed many of the first
and second blossoms of the tomatoes
and the third are now putting forth an
This will make the season
from ten days to two weeks later than
usual. The few tomatoes that were on
the vines have been scalded by the hot
sun and succeeding showers.
A drowning accident on Saturday
evening, just below Havre de Grace, re-
suited in the death John Hess and three
colored men. Mr. Hess, who was resi-
dent of Ponds Creek, just across the bay,
lett Havre de Grace in naphtha launch,
occupied by FIVE of his colored farm hands
The machinery broke soon after leaving
the wharf, and one of the men jumped
overheard and swan ashore. The rest
continued on their course until about
opposite Battery Island, when the
machine broke again and the boat cap
sized. two of the men disappearing. The
remaining three clung to the side of the
boat and she was soon righted. One
man, fearing more trouble, jumped over
board, advising his companions to do
likewise. Before they could do so, how
ever, the boat sank, dragging them all
down with it Mr. Hess is survived by
a widow and several small children.
Mr.. Harry Aaronson, of Aberdeen,
has hen that has undergone n remark
ably long period of starvation and sur
wives as a living witness to prove the
story. The hen was accidently shut up
in box in which coal had been kept for
the lookup, and locked by Mr.. Aaronson
late in March. The key hung in his home
until recently handed to his successor,
Mr.. w. Frank Hughes, the present town
bailifl, who unlocked the box one day
last week. The hen was found down in
one corner and was in very weak state
She did not weigh Il pound when taken
out and at first seemed totally blind In
a little while, however. instinct prevailed
and she began to pick grass She has
now recovered her accustomed size and
appearance and is living with the other
fowls in a good state of health. How
she could have existed all this time with
out food or water is almost past compre-
although the suppositionis that
there was nest of eggs in the box and
she had subsisted upon them.
On Thursday of last week, Justice
McComas sent five men to the House of
Correction for three months each, charged
with violating the vagrancy law. They
had a camp on the outskirts of Bel Air,
and were gathered in by the officers on
the complaint of a number of neighbors
who had been annoyed by petty thefts.
The men were brought from the House
of Correction on Wednesday on writ of
habeas corpus issued by Judge VanBibber.
He decided that three of the men did not
come under law and released the other
two on their own recognizancc. The
commitment of these men even if neccs-
sary was very expensive and how much
better it would be if the county commits
sioncrs would make arrangements to en-
force the local vagrant law of this coun-
ty, which provides that characters of
this kind shall be sentenced to work on
the public roads. The ends of justice can
tectually break up the nuisance and at
the same time the men would more than
earn enough to pay for their keep. not
even mentioning the amount. the sum
being about $175, that this proceeding
has cost the county.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS TO JULY Is.
James +. Massey ct al. to Roberta
Worthington, lot in Darlington. $19G.
Thomas II. Henry and wife to Walter
p. McComas. "Thc Old Henry Slate
Quarry" 1000, etc.
John L. G. Lee, assignee, to Lille H.
Jones, IL acres, second district, So, 1875.
Mary J. Crawford to Clayton X. Rob
inson, 1G acres, fifth district, So.
J. Gertrude Osborn ct al to Henry
Wright, lot near Aberdeen, $500.
Anton T. Rubesch and wife to George
al NIary ,,-,s,