The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-07-06

among gang of section laborers on tn
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and Pres
ton and another negro were arrested b
Chief Chalmers. The Aberdeen Negro
d started to run, whereupon the policema
b fired, the bullet lodging in the victim
hip. 1t was extracted and the negro i
s. getting well.
If Judge Duncan has signed an orde
directing the sheriff of Baltimore count,
t to examine the Hartford turnpike. ant
Y make return of the condition in which
it is found. The proceeding was taker
j on petition filed by several residents o
company is not keeping its road il
proper repair. Should the jury so find
the company will be prohibited from
collecting tolls until the necessary repairs
have been made.
Attention has been caIedin Baltimore
, county to the need of alarger court house.
In the recent agitation, DIR. X. c. Massen-
burg contrasted the buildings of Bel Air
and his local town. Of course the COM
parison was untavorable from the stand
point of the Baltimore county people, as
anyone who is acquainted with the two
structures we'll knows. There are few
counties i'll the state that are better pro-
vided for than Hartford. and the improve
ment will be lasting and was obtained at
a moderate price.
Mr.. Harry A. Anderson, Jr., of Balti.
more. and Miss Edith Augusta, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Huff, of Scar
boro, were married on Wednesday of
last week at the residence of the bride.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. w.
w. Kimball, rector of Ascension Church.
Mr.. Charles Huff, brother of the bride,
was best man, and Mrs. w. .. Huff ma
tron of honor. The wedding march was
played by Miss Leila Scarborough Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson will reside at the
home of the groom, in Baltimore.
Mr.. Harry r. Wallis, superintendent
of the public schools of Anne Arundel
county, was n welcome caller at The
1Egis office on Monday. Mr.. Wallis is a
son of Mr. William r. Wallis, of Forest
Hill, and won his appointment on merit,
he having worked his way up from
member of the teachers corps to his pres
ent high position. He was formerly
principal of the Annapolis High School,
and succeeded the late Eugene Waltham
as county superintendent.
The improvement committee of the
Hartford Mutual Fire Insurance Company
having in charge the alterations of its
new building on the corner of CORTLAND
and Bond streets. Bel Air, has awarded
| the contract for the work to T. Edward
Mason, of Jarrettsville. The improve
ment includes the alteration of the ex-
terror of the building somewhat, and an
entire new inside for the first two floors
The work is to be done by the first of
December and the officers of the company
hope to move to the new quarters
shortly after that time.
Moses Ryan. a negro, of Aberdeen.
was shot on Friday night by Samuel
Moranto, an Italian section foreman on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The
bullet entered the Negroes abdomen and
he was taken to the City Hospital Bal
timore, where his wound was treated
| The Italian was at once arrested and
brought to Jail at Bel Air. The shooting
| oo HE
be the means of more trouble between
the negroes and the Italians, who are
working as section hands. The negro's
condition is considered critical.
Miss Lydia May Fox, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Fox, of Havre de
Grace, and Mr.. Joseph Hooker Deckman,
of Camden. New Jersey, were married in
St. Johns p. E. Church in Havre de
Grace, on Thursday evening of last week.
The bride wore a d'esprit gown and
carried a shower bouquet of white car
nations. Miss Frederick Fox, sister
of the bride was maid of honor, and Mr.
Harry S. Bivan, of Camden, New Jersey,
was the best man. The ushers were
Messrs. William E. Kirby and Thomas
{. Hopkins, of Havre de Grace.
On Wednesday afternoon, Deputy
Worthington arrested Charles Kuessner,
charged with shooting Frederick Rutt-
loft. 1t appears that Ruttloif, together
with Andrew Willix, went to Kuessner's
house, near Clayton. where the difficulty
occurred. The prisoner is badly beaten
up and claims that he shot Ruttloff in
self defense. On Thursday afternoon,
Deputy Worthington arrested Willix.
who is charged with assault. DR.. Roth
is attending the injured man. The bullet
entered the leg near the groin. Both
men had a hearing before Justice Norris
on Thursday.
On Friday, the Shellfsh Commission
appointed Thomas II. Robinson, Of Bel
Air, as its attorney. This is a high
compliment to Mr.. Robinson's legal
ability, as the complications liable to
grow out of the enforcement of the
law promise to be almost innumerable
The question of riparian rights is always
an interesting one, and almost every
phase will be presented to the commits
sion before the law is in working order
Mr.. Robinson is peculiarly we'll fitted for
this place, as he devoted considerable
time and study to the various phases of
the question while member of the state
senate.
Colonel Herman Stump has sold an
undivided half interest in the office build
ing on CORTLAND street, Bel Air, which
has been occupied by him for number of
years as an Office, to Henry w. Archer.
Robert Archer and James J. Archer. This
was the first office building put up on
CORTLAND street, which at that time was
an unimproved tract of land, being used
bv the late Miss Martha Robinson as a
garden. She also ran a store, which
was in the building now occupied by the
Enterprise Carriage Company. Since
that time this tract of land has been i'm
proved by different owners and is one of
the most valuable sections in Bel Air.
Miss Anna Louisa Alton, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Walter Hamilton Alton,
of Prince Fredericktown, and DR.. Henry
Fletcher Silver, formerly of Aberdeen,