The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-04-05
Local affairs.

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Church, Perryman.
Fish are beginning to run in the Sus
quehanna and fishers with scoop nets ar
meeting with fair success on shad ant
herring.
Measles still have a firm grip on Be
Air and vicinity. Ninety-two children
are kept from school, and in single
family near town three men and SIN
children are sick with the disease.
MIR Alphonso Robinson, one OF the
best known citizens of Hartford county
lies dangerously i'll of heart disease at his
home near Wilma, and in view of his ad
vanced age, &c years, grave doubts exist
as to his recovery.
Mr.. !. Abel Hunter has rented the
summer residence, Woodstock" of Mr..
William H. Polling, near Bel Air, for the
coming year, and viii! move his family at
an early day. This is the former residence
of the late John S. Dallam.
"A serious confagration was narrow
" averted at the Episcopal rectory on
Tuesday last when the floor of the dining
room caught fire from an over heated
stove and several square feet were con-
sumed. Fortunately no further damage
was done.
"A Christian Endeavor meeting will
be held at Mt. Tabor Methodist Protes-
tant Church on Sunday evening, April
p IA, at 100 O'Clock; topic, q The Chris
tian's Life" An excellent programme is
being prepared and everyone is invited
to come.
Miss Ida NJ. Johnson, daughter of
Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Upper Cross
Roads, and Mr. Henry Schillinger were
quietly married at noon on Tuesday at
the residence of the brides sister, Mrs.
Thomas Foard. Rev. c. X. McCaslin
oficiated.
Miss Annie Laurie Cockey, daughter
of the late Joshua F. Cockey, of Taylor,
and Mr.. George Warner Smull will be
married on Saturday evening at O'Clock,
in St. lanes Protestant Episcopal
Church, My Lady's Manor. Rev. Mr..
Potter will ofhciate.
-Messrs. w. Beatty Harlan and John
D. Worthington, trustees, have sold to
Mr. Thomas F. Nagle, at private sale,
the William s. Gilbert farm, near Thomas
Run, containing % acres of land for
$1,25O. The property adjoins Mr..
Nagle's present home.
The annual Easter hop held in the
town hall on Tuesday evening was
literally patronized and highly enjoyed.
Blank furnished the music and Mesdames
Hopkins, Webb, Harris and Hall acted
as chaperones. A number of out of
town visitors were present.
-Arbor Day will be celebrated in the
schools of Hartford and the state generally
on April - An attractive programme
for the occasion has been prepared by
State Superintendent Stephens, but all
thrifty teachers will supplement that by
special programme of their own.
Mr.. William H. Polling, of Baltimore,
whose summer residence is located near
Bel Air, was in town on Monday. Mr..
Pohiiug will not be able to move to Bel
Air this summer because of business en-
gagements which require much of his
time at Martinsburg, West Virginia.
"A brief notice has been received at the
Office OF the Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany from Mr.. Albert G. Lintz in which
he states that his creamery, located near
Monkton, Baltimore county, was entire
ly destroyed by fire on last Monday. 1t
was insured in the Mutual for $3.50.
"A small fire was startedin meadow
belonging to Mrs. Margaret Patterson,
of Taylor, on Saturday. 1t spread so
rapidly that before it could be extin-
guished it had reached the front yard of
her residence. No damage was done,
though for time the residence was in
serious danger.
MIR. John B. Hanna, of this town,
who has so aggressively filed the posi-
ton of chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee for the past tour
years, gracefully retired in the interest of
harmony on Tuesday and was succeeded
by Mr. Thomas Parran, Clerk of the
Court of Appeals.
Alfred Cain, negro boy, about 16
years of age, shot and killed his sister,
lola Cain, at their home in Darlington
on Saturday, March %. He was clean
ing his gun when it was accidentally dis
charged. A coroner's jury was sum-
moned by Squire Ely, and the verdict
was accidental shooting.
The extraordinary cold spell of Mon
day and Tuesday not only brought out
again heavy wraps, but aroused the
gravest solicitude with reference to bud
ding vegetation. On Tuesday morning
the thermometer registered IS at Judge
Wysong's, but it is hoped that the dryness
of the atmosphere has been instrumental
in saving buds from serious harm.
On Friday last, Sheriff Reasin sum-
moned jury de lunatico in the case Of
Samuel H. Black, formerly of Havre dc
Grace, but now located at our county
aImshouse Black draws pension from
the national government and it became
necessary to pass upon his lunacy for the
purpose ofcollecting the same. The jury
found that Black was incapable of taking
charge of his property.
There will be concert in the Oar
lington town hall on Tuesday, April 16
at 8 o'clock, under the management o
Mrs. D. E. Thomas, for the benefit of th'
Methodist Episcopal Church. The cele
brated Charles A. Mccain, leader of tn
Paint and Powder Club, of Baltimore
will render several of his humorous char
acter songs in his own inimitable man
ner. The program will also include mum
bers by home talent, including Messrs
Stabler, Jones and others.
Miss 5 Elizabeth Daughton, eldes
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William II
Daughton, of Vale, was married on Wed
nesday to William J. Norris, also of Vale
The ceremony was performed at tn
: Methodist Episcopal parsonage, Bel All
by Rev D. H. Martin. The weddin
was attended by only a few intimat
friends owing to recent deaths in til
brides family. The bride was attired i
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