The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-12-07
Local affairs.

Mrs. Lizzie \. Starr has been grant
ed teachers pension by the Stat
Board of Education.
Mr.. Harry Enfield has sold his farm
of1lO acres, near Flintville, to MIR. Mel
son Roucn for So. 600.
Mr. Alfred Richardson, of Church
vile. who was accidentally shot in the
hand By a revolver last week, is rapidly
Improving.
DR. Armfeld F. VanBibber has been
appointed grand inspectoro of the Masonic
district, of which Mt. Ararat Lodge OF
Bel Air is part
A marriage license was issued in
Baltimore on Tuesday to MIR. Thomas
c. Brown and Miss Marion E. Harkins,
both of High Point.
The friends Of Miss Ruth E. Jordan,
of Darlington, gave her surprise party
on last Saturday night. A pleasant
evening was spent by all.
The public schools Of Hartford county
will close for the Christmas holidays on
Friday, December 81, and reopen on
Wednesday, January ., 1907.
Judge VanBibbcr and the jury have
been engaged since Tuesday in trying the
damage case of Frank HOrnberger
against Benjamin S. Wychgram. 1t has
not been concluded.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Alexander and
MIR. William II. Johnson have sold their
property, near Whiteford, containing ~
acres, to Mary Florence Keasey, ofYork,
Pennsylvania, for $3.50.
Mr.. Elmer NJ. Whiteford, formerly of
this county, and Miss Raymondie A.
Hill, of Baltimore, were married at
Broadway Presbyterian Church on We'd
nesday evening of last week.
-Workmen have been employed dur
ing the present week in laying the mains
for Bel Airs new acetylene plant The
work is progressing rapidly under the
personal direction of DR.. Rush.
The teachers and pupils of Mt. Zion
school will give pleasing entertainment
in the W. {. T. L. Hall on Saturday even
ing, December %, commencing at s
o'clock. Proceeds for the benefit of the
school.
-Messrs James W. McNabb and J.
Martin McNabb on Saturday offered the
Morris property at public sale at Flint
vile. 1t was withdrawn at bid of
$l,+25. J. W. Mccall was the auc-
tioneer.
Mr.. William w. Heaps had his arm
broken in Hickory Hill slate quarry, near
Cardiff, on Friday. While loosening a
block from holster on a dump, it struck
him on the arm and inflicted serious
fracture.
The sale of Mrs. Laura E. Butler,
which was advertised to take place on
Thursday, has been postponed on &C
count of the weather until next Tuesday
morning, December 1 1, when it will posi-
lively take place.
Mrs William Allies, of Delta, was
badly burned on Saturday while render
ing lard. Her dress caught on fire and
sic suffered painful injuries. Mrs. Allies
is daughter of Mr.. Asbury Ayres, of
near JarrettsvilIe
The ladies Of Edgewood M. E.
Church will hold an oyster supper and
bazaar in the hall on Friday and Saturday
evenings, December 2 and22 Proceeds
for the benefit of the church. The public
is cordially invited.
Mr. and Mrs. McLaren Spencer, of
Cooptown, visited DallastCwn and York
last week. They attended the poultry
shows at those places, where their
Golden Wyandottes received liberal
number of premiums.
Mr. William A. Wheeler, the newly
elected clerk to the county commissioners,
has been in charge of the office the present
week. He has not yet taken formal pos
session of the same, and will do so upon
the approval of his bond.
The thermometer on Tuesday morn
ing registered II degrees above zero.
Ice formed in considerable quantities.
The fall has been a beautiful open one,
however, enabling the farmers to harvest
the corn crop and get the fodder put
away.
The Rush Acetylene Gas Company of
Bel Air has been incorporated with
S25 900 stock The directors who will
manage it the first year are Joseph X
Rush, Eugene Tucker. Andrew u Rey-
nolds, Joseph T Deckman and Iva Coe
Rush,
We call especial attention to the
Christmas advertisement Of Carver and
Price, which appears in this weeks issue.
This firm ranks among our most enter
prising merchants and their holiday stock
is this year larger and better than ever
before.
The teacher and pupils of Mill Green
school will hold an oyster supper and
festival in the school-house on Friday
evening, December l +. Should the even
ng prove unfavorable, it will be held the
following evening. The public cordially
invited.
Mr. Heber Weller, VINO owns farm
near Whiteford, has recently lost some
valuable hogs in a peculiar manner
Veterinarian Hopes pronounces the
cause poison. His whole lot was affect
ed, but those that did not die are improv
ing slowly.
The Maryland State Horticultural
Society opened its ninth annual meeting
in Baltimore on Wednesday. Among TIL,
exhibitors from Hartford county wcr
Messrs John Phillips, X. w. Phelps
George Kisling, and Philip B. Welsh. o
Forest Hill.
The Evening with Longfellow,
given by the social department of Mt
Zion Epworth League at the residenc
of Mrs J. w. Cole on Tuesday evenin.
was entertaining and profitable. Instru
mental music served to make the pro
gramme more attractive.
The hen house of Mr. r. Robson, c
Vale, was robbed on Monday night, an
lot of geese, ducks and turkeys wer
stolen During the last year, chicke
thieves have been doing q prosperou
business in that vicinity, and so far til
efforts to punish the guilty parties hav