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

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as junior member of the late firm OF
Merryman and Tucker has had wide
range of experience in the business world.
We are satisfied that the firm will find
them valuable adjuncts to their banking
house.
notwithstanding the warm weather
of the last week, ice is still piled on the
public wharf at Lapidum to an elevation
of twelve or fifteen feet. While the river
has in years back been higher than dur
| ing the recent freshet heavier foes of ice
have seldom been thrown out on the
banks. At Rock Run mill the water al
most reached the second floor, while the
covered bridge nearby was lifted from its
piers, but it has been since restored to its
proper position. Telephone poles, when
in the path of the ice, were cut off like
frail twigs.
An important decision was rendered
by the Court of Appeals on Wednesday
in which it was declared that the charter
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under which the road attempted about
two years ago to construct freight cut
off extending from Sewell station, near
Abingdon through Baltimore and How
ard counties, is paramount to a more
recent act of the last Legislature pro-
hibiting the same. The result will pro-
hoI lxr no Of IN the Penn
sylvania and Baltimore and Ohio rail
roads as we'll as to the city ofBaltimore,
as the road will be built at once.
No surer harbinger ofreturning spring
presents itself than the annual visit of
wild geese migrating to the north. On
last Saturday night flock of probably
fifty, doubtless weary with their days
flight and in need of food, lit and fed
upon the wheat field of Mr.. ]. Lawrence
Mccormick, near Bel Air. Their "honk,
honk" soon attracted neighbours and an
ambitious huntsman sailed forth with
his gun, only to find that a weary goose
is much more willy than an agile man. |
After coming within 100 yards of the
birds they quickly sped away and he re-
turned sadder and wiser young man.
The new banking and brokerage firm
of Forwood, Preston, Gorrell and |
Dashiell, in accordance with their adver-
tised announcement, opened their doors |
for business on Monday and were highly |
gratifed both by the initial business
which they transacted and the warm
congratulations and good wishes ex-
pressed by their friends from all sides.
Monday was an extremely busy day in
Bel Air, when more people throughout
the county showed up than has occur
red since the first day of the present term
of court, and many of these called on
their old friends in their new quarters.
The friends of Mr.. John A. Russell,
the we'll known retired coal merchant of
Havre de Grace, are urging him to be-
come a candidate for the mayoralty of
Havre de Grace, to succeed Mr.. {. {. |
Pusev, whose term expires in May. Not |
only has Mr.. Russell wealth of business |
knowledge and executive skill along all
lines of general business, but be has also
had special experience in this office, which |
he held some years ago. We cannot be-
lieve that in the event of his deciding |
to stand for election, that he will meet !
with any opposition, and the people of
Havre de Grace would be subject to
hearty congratulations were they under
such a skillful and popular chief magis-
trate.
The mems meetings held in the town
hall, Bel Air. for the past two months
were brought to close on Sunday after
noon. The audience was the largest yet
in attendance, due in no small degree to
the affection which the people Of this
community feel for the speaker DR.. John
NJ. T. Finney. DR.. Finney referred in
feeling terms to the chain of circum-
stances which required him to remove
his summer home from our midst, and
then in simple, frank. forceful language
appealed to his audience to respond to
the better side of their natures, which
called for Christian life and an open
profession of their faith. His address
was most favorably received, and a
warm hand was extended at the close of
the meeting by nearly all present. The
meetings have been generally well at
tended, the speakers we'll received, and
good seed for an abundant future harvest
have been sown.