The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-08-31

neck, besides two cuts on ncT throat.
Mr. Charles II. Calder, salesman fol-
the Enterprise Carriage Company, wa:
run into on Tuesday night on Bono
street, Bel Air, by vehicle going in the
opposite direction. Mr. Calder was in q
road-cart. which upset. and be was
thrown out. He received several severe
gashes about the head. The occupant OF
the other wagon halted for second and
then drove off without offering Mr.. Cal
der any assistance.
Miss Lena Chew VanBibber, daugh-
ter of Judge George l. VanBibber, has
been recommended to fill the vacancy in
the Bel Air high school caused by the resig-
nation If Miss Hannah A. Coaie, who
has been promoted to place in the fac
ulty of the State Normal School Miss
Coale rendered valuable services in the
Hartford schools during the past ten
years. and leaves for her new field with
the best wishes of a host of Hartford
friends
"A tenant house on the property of
| Mrs. Susan |. Robinson, near Fallston,
caught fire last Friday morning and was
burned to the ground. 1t is supposed
the flames started from sparks falling on
the roof. The house was occupied by n
colored family, who lest everything, in
Guiding a small sum of money that had
been saved up. The building was insured
in the Hartford Mutual Fire Insurance
Company for $500. The was no insur-
ance on the contents
"A delightful dance was given in the
assembly rooms of the Masonic Temple,
Bel Air, on Thursday night of last week.
The affair was given by Misses Anita
Schaeter. Rebecca Gather Smith, Mary
Wilkinson, Annie McElderry, Elizabeth
Bradford, Messrs. Earle Austelle, Angus
tus ". Bradford and Smith N. Bradford.
The rooms were appropriately decorated
for the occasion, which was we'll attend
ed by the younger social set of the town.
A repast was served at midnight.
The bi ennal convention of the Mary
| land Christian Endeavor Union will be
held at Salisbury on October l 5, 16, II
and 1 Indications point to the most
successful meeting in the history of the
union, not only in attendance, but the
practical results to follow. Hartford will
be we'll represented by large list of dele
gates, and it is hoped that the numbers
will be swelled as much as possible. The
Christian Endeavor has done much good
in this country and everyone should en-
courage its continued work.
The annual tournament and picnic
for the benefit of ST. Marks Church,
Fallston, of which Rev. ]. b. Hauck is
pastor, will be held in the grove of the
church on Wednesday, September IL.
The judges will be Mcssrs. J. Wilson
Moore, Denis J. Shanahan and William H.
| STREET.. The charge to the knights will
be delivered by Mr.. Edward Colgan, Jr.,
and the coronation address by Mr.. Wal
ter R. McComas, of Bel Air Mr.. Henry
B. Bruins will be chief marshal, with Mr..
Nathan Scarborough as assistant.
The Democratic Ledger of IIavre de
Grace says that the Pennsylvania rail-
road company has under contemplation
the establishment of steam ferry be-
tween Havre de Grace and Perryville.
The work of dismantling the old draw is
going on, and when the old bridge is en-
tirely removed, the ferry boat will make
landings at the piers. This will be big
Improvement over the present arrange
ments, which fare we'll nigh prohibtive
because of the delays that are occasioned
by the railroad in carrying across teams,
carriages and automobiles.
Mr. c. Bosley Littig will exhibit at
Timonium Fair next week his celebrated
colt Nelson and his mare Beauty with
flly Pamela by her side. Nelson was
sired by the imported Belgian horse Van
queur, and at fourteen months of age
weighs nine hundred pounds Pamela
was sired by Chimbo, 24,744, who is
one of the best bred horses in the State.
and the fllv is fully worthy of its sire.
Beauty is fine mare sired by Thorndale
Idol; these colts will probably attract
attention along with the other good
ones among which they will be shown.
The unprecedented rain fall August
has interested the weather officials at
Washington, but so far, they have been
unable to explain its cause. The usual
precipitation during this month has been
about four inches. This year it will reach
more than thirteen inches, which is the
greatest ever recorded. Some claim that
the low barometer has been the cause of
the continued wet weather. This has
been prevalent all summer, as the heat
has been oppressive many days when the
thermometer did not reach over IS de-
grees, which is not ordinary uncomfor-
table.
A special train will leave Baltimore
for Delta at 80 o'clock on Wednesday
night of next week and on Thursday
night at IL 80 O'Clock to take back WIS.,
itors from the Timonium Fair AS Har-
ford will have no fair this year. many of
our citizens will join with the neishbor-
ing county in this celebration. The fair
promises to be the largest one ever given
by the society and the exhibits are far
beyond the average. Everybody who
can should patronize this fair at least
one day, as it is the local interest of the
country people that helps such enter
prises.
On Thursday afternoon of last week
Justice Fahey committed William STAINS,
bury, a negro, to jail on the charge of as
saulting with intent to kill Frank Hill
At the hearing it was shown that STAINS
, bury and Hill were in Havre de Grace OF
the preceding Sunday night and left fol
home about o'clock. Hill claims that
after driving into Darlington woods
Stansbury persuaded him to get out o
i the wagon and struck him Immediately
F. thereafter, knocking him down. The ne
] gro says that he was afterwards beaten
# and laid all night in a emi-consciou'
e condition, finally managing to reach hi
r home on Monday morning.
u We are indebted to Mr.. Joseph p
Wilson for copy of the Southern Egis
:, dated October II, 1857. This is the fiji
"a tenth issue of the first volume and fixe
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