The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-10-09
THE NEWS.

Bryan Waller Proctor, well known as "Bar-
ny Cornwall" the English author, is dead
"A formidable instruction has broken out
in the Argentine States, South America.
Mr. Stanley the discoverer of DR.. Liv-
ingston, is on his way 10 Africa for another
great exploring expedition.
Big Frank, the Wilmington bank bur.
glar, who escaped from prison at Newcastle,
has been recaptured near Schuylkill Haven,
Pa.
"A desperate ARRAY took place last Satur-
day, near Silver City, Nevada, between rival
| parties of miners, in which two men were iu-
! stantly killed, and three have since died.
The marriage of Colonel Fred d. Grant,
son of the President, to Miss Ida Honore, will
take place on the Goth instant in Chicago, and
will be quiet affair, only near friends being
invited. The President and Mrs Grant will
be present.
The difficulty between General Malone, of
Petersburg, and Gen. Bradley T. johnson, of
Richmond, Va, growing out ofthe candidacy
of the latter for the State Senate, has not
yet been adjusted, and the expected duel is
still pending.
Eight Texan steers, belonging to drnya
which was sr being driven st1a F36jdg6 the lower
part OF New ! T OK Sunday night, became
4 lniuriated at the noise and lights. Before
they could be shot they injured nearly fifty
people, but none of them seriously.
"A letter to the N. Y. San from Beaufort
| S. G., discloses a plot ofnegro ruflians in that
county to murder all the whites in the district,
men, women and children. The whites are
consequently in great state of alarm, and
are anxious for federal interference.
Hon. Reverdy johnson has written a re-
ply to Charles O'Conor's letter to the NJ Y.
Herald on the Louisiana case, in which he re-
iterates his previously expressed opinion that
no other course was left to President Grant
than the one he pursued in re-instating Kel-
logg.
Rev. DR.. Thomas NJ. Eddy, formerly pas
tor of Charles Street NJ. e. church, Baltimore,
and member of the Baltimore Conference,
is lying dangerously ill at his residence in
New York Since March, 1874; four of the
most prominent and distinguished members
this conference have passed away.
No less than eleven law suits have grown
out of the BeecherTlton business. Tilton
and Moulton have both been indicted by the
grand Jury, upon the complaint of Henry
Ward Beecher for libel. The latter preached
at Plymouth Church, last Sunday, to a large
congregation, but did not refer to his troubles
Tilton re-ailirms his charges and demands
an immediate trial.
The coroner's verdict, in the city Of Bos-
ton, III the case Of Linscott who died in a
dentists chair, is at.death was caused by
the inhalation of chloroform administered for
dental operation. The jurors were of the
opinion that, with the present knowledge of
chloroform, its use as an anasthetic is wholly
unjustiiable, and they recommend that legs-
lative action be taken to prevent its admins
tration.
The case of Samuel Mcdonald, indicted
as principal, with William Clark and Henry
Golibart as accessories, for the murder OF
Berry Amos, at the Sherwood house, Bslti
more, last June, commenced at Towsontown
last Monday, before full bench. The States
Attorney is assisted by Major John l. Vel
lott. The counsel for the defense are eX
Governor Whytc assisted by o. p Magill
r. r. Boarman, r. j. Cuttings and Holdings.
worth Whyte.
Mrs Charles l.. Perkins, the wife of {
well-todo Cincinnati merchant one morn
ing last week dressed herself and her child il
their best clothes, and then with piece o
glass from smashed mirror, cut her child,
throat and her own. Taking the child in he
arms and turning on the gas without light
ing it, she laid down on the bed When dis
covered the little girl was dead, but Mrs
Perkins was still alive. Domestic lroble 0
some kind, which she refused to tell, wa
what induced her to commit the awful Grim,