The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-04-19
Local Affairs

On Friday morning last the store house of
Messrs. F. B. Hanson g. Co., with its contents
was burned to the ground, under circum-
stances which lead to the belief that it was
the act Of an incendiary. The fire broke out
in the front part of the store, and was discov-
cred about o'clock, but it was not possible
to save anything but the books, barrel or
two of coal oil and small quantity of bacon.
1t is believed that the incendiary accomplish
ed his purpose by saturating the weather.
boarding in front with coal oil, and then
lighting it. The proprietors had just laid in
a portion of their spring stock, and their
loss on the building and stock will probably
be about $1,000, of which amount $4,7OO is
secured by insurance in the Hartford Mutual
Company.
The Messrs Hanson with undaunted and
commendable energy are about to commence
at once the erection of new store house, of
larger capacity than the one destroyed, to
accommodate the extensive business which
they have built up.
On Sunday afternoon about two o'clock
the dwelling house of Mr.. VIM Ashton, near
Forest HILL was also destroyed by fire. The
family were all absent at the time, with the
exception of Mr.. Ashton, who was lying
asleep on lounge in the sitting-room, when
he was awakened by the roaring of the flames,
which had made such Roadway that by the
time the alarm was given and assistance ar
rived, nothing could be saved but a mattrass
few chairs and q sideboard. The house
was two stories high, built of brick and COW
cred with slate The only fire known to
have been in the house, when Mr.. Ashton
laid down to take his nap, was the one burn
ing in o wood stove in the sittingroom.
Mr.. Ashton's loss will amount to about
So 800, on which he has no insurance,
BARNUM's GREAT Suow.-P 7. Barnum
the Prince of Showmen, has outrivaled his
own and all former exhibitions, and has pro-
cured collection of rare and curious animals,
&c, of such gigantic proportions that it re.
quircs sixty freight and five passenger cars
to transport it by railroad, and if dragged
through the country in the usual way would
require one thousand men and horses to do
the work. He proposes to exhibit this mon
ster collection in every large city from New
York to Omaha, and in November will ship
the entire exhibition to Europe. Barnum
claims to have among his curiosties the only
living giraffes in America, as well as wild
Fiji cannibals, Egyptian mummies, &c. We
| hone the cannibals are never allowed to get
hungry, as in such an event it might be dam
gerous for some of our fat friends to venture
near them.
| This great show will be exhibited at Balti-
more, on the LIST, I'd, Sd and 4th of May.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY COMMITS
sIoNERs.-C. G. Kinsey, J. j. STREET. and
VIM. T. Clark were appointed to relocate
road, commencing at the foot of Ridge Hill,
in the 9TH District, and terminating at the
| Pennsylvania line at Delta.
j. Dallas Everitt was appointed to take
the census in the list District, in place of Ben
jamin Sawyer, who declined to serve
| Benjamin Cole was appointed Collector of
Taxes in the I'd District.
| Geo. E. Gilbert was appointed to take the
census in the second and Louis Fresch in
the 9th District.
Adjourned to meet on the 22d inst, at 10
A. NJ.