The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-05-09
The News.

Y The News.
u The Universal Exposition at Vienna,
Austria, was opened with brilliant ceremonies
on Thursday of last week The American
department is said to be far from creditable
Hon. John Richie, ex.member of Con-
gress, contemplates removing with his family
to Baltimore city, to engage in the practice of
his profession. So says the Frederick (Md.)
Examiner
An iron bridge over Rock River, at Dix
on, Illinois, fell with terrible crash, on Sun
day, precipitating about 200 persons, princ-
pally women and children, into the stream
below. Thirty or forty were drowned, and
large number severely injured.
Amos Scott, in Chester county, on Sat
urday night involuntary committed suicide,
by eating meat upon which aresnic had been
sprinkled, TO poison rats, and left on the
kitchen table. Scott being hungry, and think
ing the white dust was flour, ate the meat
and died
In the disastrous engagement with the
Modocs last week, it is said that only twenty
three of them were engaged, of whom only
two were killed and two badly wounded.
The strength of their position may be mag
ined from this statement.
-Fhe citizens of Louisiana are organizing
taX-resisting associations, and endorse the
McEnery government. AT the same time
the police and the military are installing KEEL,
log officers.
Rev. DIR. NJ. S. Corrigan was consecrated
Roman Catholic Bishop of Newark N. j. on
Sunday.
William Charles Macready, the famous
English actor, is dead. He was so years old.
The Massachusetts Medical Society has
placed several of its members on trial for
practicing homeopathy.
The county levy for 1878 in Anne Arun-
del county is as follows for county purposes,
70 cents; for school purpose, II cents,
and for State purposes, Is cents; total, $116
on the $780,
DIR. VIM. H. McGuffey, Professor of
Moral Philosophy at the University of vir-
ginia, and author of the well-known McGuf
fey's school books, died in Charlottesville, on
Monday, after long illness.
Lieut.. John l.. Worden, army officer,
stationed at Sacketrs Harbor, N. Y, COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat.
The Baltimore and Potomac railroad
B tunnel at Baltimore is nearly competed
>" "A railroad train on the Louisville, New
Albany and Chicago railroad, ran into drove
of cows near Mount Carmel, Illinois, on Mon
day, and was thrown from the track down
an embankment eight feet high, wounding
thirty-five persons, some ofthem seriously.
- The Baltimore base ball club played the
New York Mutuals in the latter city, on
Monday, embarrassing them every time ex-
cept one, and winning the game by six runs
- The salaries of postmasters are to be re-
adjusted from and after July Isl 1874 Post
masters are requested TO keep an account of
total amount of stamps cancelled at their Of
fees for the sixmonths beginning July 1, 1878,
also amount collected on unpaid letters, news
papers and other printed matter, and for box
rents during the same period.
AT a reform school at Worcester, Mass,
one hundred out offour hundred boys, broke
4S,gay from their guards and escaped.
5$-Hon. James l.. Orr, ambassador from the
s&nited States, died At his post at st. Peters
yburg, Russia, on Monday.
On Monday nights fight took place at
St. Martinsville Louisiana, between Kellogg
police and body of citizens, under Capt.
DeBlanch, in which three police were killed
and two wounded. The people seem deter
mined to pay no taxes to the Kellogg gov
eminent, unless compelled by the United
States forces. Grants interference in the af.
fairs of Louisiana is yielding bitter fruit in
deed.
On Monday afternoon the tre.tle work
of bridge being erected over the Lanune
river in Missouri sank into the quicksand on
which it rested, precipitating twelve work.
men into the river below. Three of them
were killed outright and eight others wound
ed.
General Jefferson G. Davis has gone to
the front, and taken command of the U. s.
iorceS operating against The MOdOcS. lie
has very wisely concluded not to expose his
men rashly, but to study the position thor.
oughly before he strikes blow. When he
does SO, we sincerely hope it may effcctually
close the "Modoc war"
lion. 0akes Ames has been stricken with
paralysis, which threatens his death.
AN OLD BALTIMORE PApER.-A lady
friend las handed lis q cony of The Win n