The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-02-12
The Wears,


Louis, Missouri, have arrived in Jefferson
City with petition from the Women's
Suffrage Association of Missouri, asking
the Legislature to provide for an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State so as
to strike out the word "nlalc" from that in
strument. The delegation were received by
the Legislature in joint session and treated
with marked respect. A large dry goods
Jobbing house in Philadelphia failed last
week. Its liabilities are said to be $500, 900,
$4,000 of which is due to one house in New
York. On Friday last skating match took
place at Buffalo, New York, for $500, be-
tween Miss Nellie Dean of Chicago, and
Miss Ada Godbout, of New Brunswick, be-
fore an assemblage offour thousand persons
After very exciting contest, the match
was won by Miss Nellie Dean, the score
standing thirty-for to thirty-one. Miss
Godbout has challenged Miss Dean 10 skate
another match for the same amount and at
the same rink. While concert and ball at
st. Patrick's Hall, Montreal, were in pro-
gress, on Monday night week, two thousand
persons being present, a cry was raised short
ly before midnight that the roof was giving
way. All Immediately rushed to the street,
out while the last were getting ont the roof
iell with tremendous crash. Several per-
sons were injured, hut none are reported
killed. The Western papers announce the
death of Gen. Sampson Mason, of Springfield,
Ohio, at the age of seycnty-six years. He
was member of Congress from Ohio for
eight consecutive years, commencing with
1885. He participated in the convention
which formed the constitution of Ohio, and
was for the past forty years prominent and
active politician. During Mr. Fillnore's
administration he filed the position of United
States District Attorney. His last public
service was in the State Senate A remark
able case has just been decided in Portland,
in which railroad company has been heayi
" fined for tile insoience of one of its conduct
ors The facts are that Judge Goddard,
prominent citizen of Maine purchased
ticket to Danville Junction, and started to
visit bis family, then residing at Auburn
The afternnon train was very long, and as
usual, one Jackson was detailed to take the
tickets OF the passengers leaving the train be-
fore the regular conductor came through
Judge Goddard having some business at Fal-
mouth, stepped out, and upon the request of
jackson, handed him his ticket. Upon his
return jackson again approached where lie
was sitting TX! demanded his ticket and
upon Judge 60 il Id's replying thai he gave
il to him when he left The car, lie told the
Judge that he lied, and getting into tower
ing passion, committed an assault upon him,
shaking his fist in his face, threatening to
beat his brains out, and using the most
threatening language. He continued this for
twenty minutes. The Company still retain
the man in their employ and have since pro-
NOTED him. Judge Goddard sued the Grand
Trunk Railway Company and recovered a
verdict Of $4,s5O. In the Georgia Senate
the resolution authorizing Messrs Brown,
PARROT and A. II Stephens TO proceed to
Washington and represent the true state of
affairs to Congress, and ascertain what soIu-
ton of the unfortunate difficulties can be had
which will be satisfactory to Congress and
compatible with their duties as sworn sena-
tors and repres entatives, was withdrawn
The House refused to refer the. eligibility of
negroes TO the judiciary committee. The
question whether any additional legislation
is necessary in orlcr to bring the question of
negro eligibility before the Supreme Court,
now i'll session, was lost. Il horrible case of |
poisoning has just come to light near Union
port, Jefferson county, Ohio. Two old la
dies, sisters, owning some property, were
taken suddenly i'll last month and one died.
Last Saturday the body of the deceased was
cxhumcd and a coroner's jury has returned |
verdict of death by poison. The manager
of the farm is strongly suspected, as the
property falls into his hands By the death of |
the old ladies. The birthday of Thomas
Payne was celebrated at Chicago last week.
About two hundred and fifty persons, half of
them ladies, sat down to a sumpiuous dinner |
Speeches were made in English and German,
after which a resolution was unanimously
adopted, That we recognize in Thomas
alHe VIC 'iofchost promoter oil American |
Independence the undoubted champion of
the rights of man, and noble and unselfsh |
benefactor OF his race" Mr.. Holbrook, a
delegate from the Territory Of Idaho has
been ccnsured Mt the bar of the House of
Representatives for having said, in debate,
that General Butler had uttered what he
knew at the time to be unqualifedIy false
II seems that the five counties in Florida
west of the Choctawhachie are 10 vote on
the subject of their annexation to Alabama,
the present legislature of Florida having pass
ed an act Of that tenor, on condition of Ala
bsma assuming the pro rata debt of those
counties and paying bonus to the present
authorities, which latter tells the whole tale.
How the vote will go does not distinctly ap-
pear, but the probabilities are that Pensa-
cola will go heavily for annexation, the
country vote will turn the scale the other
way. The appeal recently made in the case
OF Costello, the American citizen convicted
of completely in the Fenian revolt, has been
denied, so says a London dispatch of Febru-
airy 4th. Late dispatches from Athens an
nounce the,probable adherence of Greece to
the protocol of Che Paris conference. Dis