The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-12-02
-Messrs. NJ q. Fahey and Henry A

| Mr.. William Elliott. who resides
Ia Baltimore county near Black Horse,
this county and represented his county
In the legislature some years ego has
been bailcd for a further hearing on the
charge OF assaulting with intent to muir
der Mr. Walter N. Chipchase, of Balti.
more. While canning in that section on
November l6, Elliott came upon Chip
chase, inquired into his identity, and
raising his gun fred at him as Chipchase
f:d into an adjoining swamp.
\ The Green Spring Valley Hunt Club
has completed it's annual campaign at
Pennington. the home of MIR. and Mrs
John Rush STREET. after a delightful
season. During their stay the pleasure
was marred by fatal accident to a
valuable horse. A lady hunter in jump.
ing her mount, which had been recently
purch ,sed at cost of $500, over q
worm fence undertook to clear It at an
unfor tunate point aud the animal came
down on one ot the stakes, penetrating
the vital organs Of tn: abdomen. The
horse died almost Immediately.
I\-The Department at Washington has
officially announced the population of
MARYLAND to be l. 294. $50. being little
over 10O. 900 greater than ten years ago,
and that Of Hartford county as ~, 965 or
3o4 less than In 1900 and 1 ,00s less than
in 1890. The most disappointing feature
of this shrinkage is our loss of a fourth
member Of the House Of delegates for
want of IS more residents. unless the
legislature comes to our relief. One other
county, Queen Anne's. seems to have
shared the same fate, though nine
counties 10 all show shrinkage in popu.
lation.
h About 10 O'Clock on Wednesday
morning Robert Byram was unfortunate.
" killed by falling earth while eIcavat-
Jog the bank on the new macadam road
near Kalmia bridge. His leg and arms
were broken and his body was so crushed
that death ensued few moments after
he had been carried into neighboripg
tent. He was reared In the neigh
borhood and was 81 years Of age.
| Coroner Lawson Cooley was notified
and visited the spot promptly but decid.
ed that an Inquest was not necessary.
He will be buried this Friday, morning
from the home of John Haughay nea.
Kalmia.
The controversy between the City
Council of Havrc de Grace and the Ameri.
can Telephone and Telegraph Company
which has been carried on for about four
months, was settled satisfactorily to
both parties by the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company agreeing to pay
the $500 pole tax due the city. to con-
tinue to paw the pole tax Of $3.50 per
pole while the line was continued, the
regular property tax on the pole line and
| conduit system and tax Of five cents
per running yard on the conduit system
after the pole line is discontinued. Mr.
Thomas II. Robinson represented the
company.
INMiss Leila ]. Whitaker. of IIavre de
Grace, has received linen handkerchief
from the Czarina of Russia, which Is now
on exhibition at Joel Gutman's store.
Some time ago Miss Whitaker asked the
Czar.ua for a donation for q bazaar.
which 10 to be held at Grace Reformed 7.
e Church this winter. aud In response
received the handkerchief. which 10 six.
teen inches square and contains the mi.
tials o. X. A small piece Of cardboard
on which was written. Olga. Queen Of
the Hellenes, Grand Duchess of Russia,"
accompanied the gift. 1t 10 said that
this 10 the only autograph of the Czsrina
In America.
Hartford county comes off with flying
colors at the horticultural Show now In
session at the Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore In the white corn contest
for district including Cecil, Hartford. Car.
roll, Baltimore. Montgomery and Wash
ington counties the following premiums
came to Hartford: FIRST. w. Leroy
Tucker; second, C d. Radebaugh; third,
A. q. Twining; fourth. Joseph T Hoopes;
yellow corn, B. d. Tucker. second. Honor
list for State on yellow corn, A. b. Twin.
ing, Best FIVE stalks of corn. II. ID. G.
Banister, second; W. D. Hopes, third.
Hard winter wheat, Worthington Littig,
first; G. C. Radebaugb, second. Winter
barley, Albert Radebaush. second.
During recent meeting ofthe Junior
Cuupowder Club of Baltimore county
held at the home of Mr.. Thomas ".
Richardson he gave an interesting &C.
count of his visit to the National Farm
+ er's Convention held at Lincoln. Neb.
Mr. Richardson states that land ten
miles from Nebraska sells freely at from
$3.50 TO 5000 ger acre, while near the
home Of Hon. william J. Bryan, four
miles from the city. It sells for $500.
The NEXT meeting of the Club will be at
Rosedale the home OF Mr.. 3. 3. Scott.
who 10 dr. ector Of the Hartford Mutual
Insurance c ompsny. when the all'iin.
portant subject, the building Of county
roads and their cost per mile will be dis.
cussed.
On Monday DR.. o. II. Hoffman
transferred from his stock farm recently
sold IN West Virginia to Indian Spiing
farm, bought by him q year ago, the
largest shipment Of live stock ever
brought into the county for one private
farm. 1t included forty horses and colts,
twenty-five ponies, ten Durham heifers.
cows and bull, seventy seven Shropshire
.beep and a vast amount Of agricultural
machinery etc. All Of this stockisresister
: ed except one mare, and includes ten stall
8 lions. Ninety.six stock cattle are due to
c follow. though the farm was already
' carving about its usual quota OF animals.
4 Among the horses. many Of which arc
highly bred, is the Kentucky stallion brin
= Chief which 10 frequently rated as the
finest and handsomest saddle horse 10
4 this country. About one half OF the
4 ponies will be kept on the Doctors Aber'
;. deem farm.
n The arches and floor Of the great con
t crete bridge across Deer Creek at Kalmia
l. were built during the first half OF last
|. week. A large force of men was organ
d lied on Monday morning and work never
b, ceased during the "a hours Of each day
until they had been completed, thu