The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-05-25

pleasing. At this celebration, all forme
residents of the county will be invited t.
attend and participate. The idea, which
is borrowed from New England, is
most excellent one and worthy of imita
ton in other localities. Rev Dr. w. w
Davis, formerly of ]arrettsville, is IL
charge of the Mountain Lake Park Asso
citation.
Decoration Day will be appropriately
observed by Wann Post G. A. R. of Forest
Hill. Arrangements are now being made
for the details of the occasion, and the
celebration will be in keeping with former
years. Detachments of the post will
visit all of the cemeteries during the
morning, and strew flowers on the
| graves of their dead comrades. Flags
will also be placed over each grave. The
main service will be held at Post Hall at
2 O'Clock in the afternoon. Hon. William
T. Warburton, of the Elkton bar will be
the orator of the day, and State Senator
William B. Baker will also deliver an adj
dress. The nearby public schools will
participate in the exercises. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
1t is believed that the officers of the
law have in the tolls some of the "yegg-
men" who have been concerned in recent
l e. e&o@ he 10 or
part of this county On Friday night of
last week, burglars entered the railroad
station of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and
Atlantic railway at Salisbury. In put
ting in dynamite charge the explosion
was premature, and piece of the safe
pierced one of the criminals. The fellow
was taken some little distance by his
companions, who, however, were forced
to leave him. They were later captured
in Delaware by the sheriff and brought
over to Salisbury for hearing. The
capture is probably an important one,
the depredations having been of such
character as to almost terrorize railroad
agents along the lines of the big roads.
The recent article in the Baltimore
Sun, calling the attention to the use OF
the telephone in rural communities. is
very timely. 1t has been only few
years since this modern convenience was
a curiosity to the people OF Hartford
county. Today it enters into our every
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the railroad. There is no doubt but
what it adds ID the comfort and convent
ence of every farmer, as it puts him in
touch with the outside world, at cost
that is moderate when the service is con-
sidered. Another great assistance is the
checking of crime and the ability to track
criminals, whose escape is rendered al
most impossible on account Of the ease of
communicating with the proper authori-
ties. The use of the telephone is growing
each year, and we hope to see the time
when each resident of the county will be
able to install one.
"A bold attempt to kidnap Austin
Bennett, the nine-year-old son of Mr..
Elmer E. Bennett, an operator OF the
Pennsylvania railroad at Havre de Grace,
was discovered at Bdgemoor, Delaware,
Saturday night. The little fellow was
found on freight car by the crew of the
train, and two men, evidently tramps,
were arrested, charged with the offense.
They gave their names as William Zahr
and Joseph Kolbet. 1t is alleged that
they forced him into freight car and
threatened to kill him if be made an out
cry. While getting ready to take the
men to the station-house, an attempt
was made to mob the kidnappers, and
they were struck in the face several
times. The child, barefooted and hum
CRY, was taken in charge by an officer of
the railroad company and afterwards
sent home. The kidnappers were identi-
fed and turned over for the action of the
Hartford county authorities. They are
now in Bel Air Jail.
The quiet of our town was interrupt
ed on Sunday afternoon by the report OF
several pistol shots. An investigation
proved that a genuine man hunt was in
progress. AS Officer Jackson was in the
act of serving writ on Jim" Young,
notorious negro character, the offender
started to give "leg" bail. 1t was very
pretty hunt. Youngis muscular young
fellow, while the town bailiff is over 70
years of age, but game to the core. The
chase led down the Churchville road.
Soon Sheriff Reasin, accompanied by Mr.
William F. Kisling, Jr., and Constable
Sheridan, joined in the hunt. At the
foot of Archer's hill, Young left the road
and started across the field, followed by
Constable Sheridan. MIR. Kisling, seeing
the direction of the fight, outhanked the
negro, and he was caught after clearing
fence, with Constable Sheridan at his
heels. Young was taken before Justice
McComas on Monday, who sentenced
him to three months in the House of Cor
rection.
During the union meeting on Monday
evening an alarm of fire stopped the ser
vice in progress. The Masonic Hall was
filled and nearly half of the audience
started for the doors. Through the cool
headedness of DR.. Smith, who was speak
ing at the time, a panic was averted.
The fire was discovered to be in a small
shed back of the residence of Charles
Burns, colored, on Hickory avenue. 1t
was put out without much trouble, but
in the meantime a crowd of several hun
bred persons had gathered. The town
fire apparatus was found to be in bad
shape, there being scarcity of wrenches,
and the hose was improperly reeled on
the carriages. With a heavy wind this
fire would have proven well-nigh disas-
trous to the business section of the town,
as number of buildings are closely
massed. 1t was fortunate indeed that
the loss was slight, and the residents of
the town can learn a lesson from their
experience. A distressing part of the fire
was that nearby the remains of Mr..
George H. Yarrish were lying, previous to
the funeral, which took place on Tuesday.
The Strasbaugh, Steckel, Hewitt
Company, of Aberdeen. was awarded
damages in the case of the Van Camp
Packing Company, tried in the Court of
| Common Pleas, PHILADELPHIA, on Thurs.
| day of last week. In the season of 1903.