The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-12-28

lAdAl VI PLOO JAIL
Christmas day was spent very quiet
" in Bel Air and the town wore Sun
. day aspect. Services were held in all the
churches and the rest of the day wa:
enioved in home parties. The weather
n bureau records us the coolest Christmas
Z. for over 20 years, the thermometer
registering ten degrees early in the morn
ing.
Two more arrests have been made
in the Willis assault case. The sheriff
now has in his keeping Pierson Gibson
and William York, negroes, who are sup.
I posed to know something about the
. crime. States Attorney Sitter went to
, Perryman again on Thursday and looked
up some additional clues. 1t is hoped
that the perpetrators of this outrage
will be ferreted out and justly punished.
William Giles, negro man was
arrested last Friday and lodged in the
Bel Air Jail by Officer Welsh. He has
four charges against him of breaking
open the Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany's cars and stealing whiskey, bacon
and tobacco. He is said to have an
accomplice, who has not yet been taken.
Lizzie Paco was released on $500 bail
for alleged completely in the case.
The handsome doll. which was offered
free by Boyd and Fulford, our Bel Air
druggists, to the person who guessed the
correct number of seeds il a large pump
kin, was awarded to Master John Hun
ter, son OF Major ]. A. Hunter, of Bel Air.
He guessed the exact number, it being
COS. The guessing ranged from one seed
to COTS. The total number of guesses
taken was 917. Miss Almeda Codding-
ton guessed COZ seeds and Mr.. Hamilton
Amoss 600 seeds.
The Bureau of Plant Industry at
Washington is investigating the cause
for the shrinkage of hay from the time it
is cut until it is ready for the consumer.
1t is also looking into the cause of shrink
age when cut in the different stages of
ripeness, cured in the swarth, windrow
or packed in the open shed or hay NOW.
The amount of moisture lost when baled
will also be figured out and the loss in
| transit will also be determined. This in
vestigation is preliminary to the passage
of laws which will govern the allowances
for the shrinkage ct hay.
Mr.. John A. Evans. surviving part
ner of the firm of Evans Brothers, has
sold the drug store on Main street, Bel
| Air, which since the time it was started
has been under the active management OF
the late Dr. w. Roland Evans. The pur
chaser is DR.. klemper, who is now opcr
ating drug store on north Broadway,
Baltimore, near the Johns Hopkins hos
pital. Dr. klemper comes to Bel Air well
recommended, both professionally and as
a genial gentleman, and will be an addi-
! ton to our business and social circles.
The sale was made through the agency
of Mr. D. B. Reckord.
"A wash house, near the residence of
Mr.. Milford NJ. Carr in Aberdeen, caught
fire at 5 O'Clock Monday morning and
was burned. While the damage was
slight, the story might have been other
wise had it not been for the prompt work
of the local fire department. Although
the temperature was lowering around
zero, the members responded quickly and
saved Mr. Cars residence as we'll as
several others in the vicinity which were
in danger. The people of Aberdeen APP
preciate their fire department and treat
them accordingly which is an additional
incentive for good work.
-Mf. Arthur K. Easter, of Wakefield
farm, near Chenille, and Miss Emily
! Harrison Willis, daughter of Mrs. Will
liam Willis. of St. Michaels, were mar
ried in Christ P E. Church at that place
on Christmas evening. The ceremony
was performed by the rector, Rev. o. w.
Devenisl. The bridal costume was pur-
pie velvet with hat and gloves to match.
She carried bride roses. The matrons of
honor were her two sisters, Mrs. George
! !. McCaffrev and Mrs. Edward Gayer
Evans. The bride received many beauti-
prominent Eastern Shore families, the
! Harrisons and Spencers. After an ex-
tended wedding tour, Mr.. and Mrs.
Easter will be at home to their friends
at Wakefield, the old home of the Easter
family.
Mr. Noble L. Mitchell has in his pos
session Confederate bond of $1,000
dated February II, 1864 1t bears 6
per cent. interest and is due on the first
day of July, 1894 and two cupons have
been clipped, showing that this much in
terest was paid The bond states that the
principal and interest shall be free from
taxation and for the payment of interest
thereon the entire net receipts on any ex-
port duty hereafter laid on the value of
shall be exported from the Confederate
States and the net proceeds of import
duties now laid so much thereof that
may be necessary to pay annually the
interest is hereby specially pledged"
The engraving is the work of J. Archer,
Richmond, Virginia. 1t belongs to Mrs.
Patrick Kennedy.
Lieutenant Oscar Kemp Tolley, L. S.
A, son of Judge Carvil E. Tolley, of near
Upper Cross Roads, and Miss Beulah
Seldner Passano, daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs Louis T. PassanO were married at
st. Michael's and All Angels p. E. Church
on Wednesday at noon. The bride, who
was given in marriage by her father,
wore an exquisite costume of messaline
satin, trimmed with duchess lace and
pearls. Her tule veil was caught with
orange blossoms and she carried a shower
bouquet of bride roses. Miss Ethel NJ.
Tolley, sister of the groom, was maid OF
honor. She wore pink point de spirit over
pink tafieta, and pink picture hat and
carried pink carnations. A wedding
breakfast followed the ceremony, after
which Lieutenant and Mrs. Tolley left
for Vancouver Barracks, where the
groom is stationed at an army post.
= The annual Christmas festival was
celebrated at the Bel Air Presbyterian
church on Wednesday evening in the
presence of a crowded house. In add
: ton to good music prepared by the