The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-08-07
THE NEWS.

DR.. Charles r. Bekc, the celebrated Abys-
sinian explorer, is dead.
Nearly two hundred business places in
Muskegon Mich, mostly wooden structures.
were burnt on Saturday last. Loss 500 600
Mr. z. Magruder was waylaid beaten
and robbed lately in Montgomery county,
Md. The highwayman proved TO be negro,
who has been arrested.
An infant son of Dr. Edward Warren, of
Baltimore, died at Cairo, Egypt, on the 27th
OF June. Dr. Warren is now in the service
of the Khcdive of Egypt.
"A girl fifteen years DID, is under arrest ut
West Farms, New York, for setting fire to n
bed on which an infant was sleeping, be-
cause she wanted to see the child burn up.
"A vigilance committee has been formed
in Kansas for hanging horse thieves Three
men have already been hanged, and their
confessions implicate other parties.
john Williams, of Philadelphia aged
seventy, convicted and sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary, for felonious as
saults, committed suicide by hanging HIM
self to the cell grating.
"A portion of Wincbendon, Mass, recent
ly foated of into Monomonock Lake. The
newly formed island which was covered with
Si"sS, Si"hoeiiy Niics, NC, embraces SIN
acres.
In Burlington county, N. j., Larima Cos
grove, IA years old, killed herself by taking
iaudanum, because her mother wouldn't let
her go to II dance in the neighborhood.
The base ball fever is breaking out in
England The Red Stocking and Athletic
CLUBS, OF the United States, are playing exhi-
bition games for the amusement Of The Brit
ishers.
-Rodolph Lauer, saloon keeper at ga
west Pratt street, Baltimore, committed sui
eide, ON Tuesday, by taking arsenic. He
had become depressed in spirits from hard
drinking.
AT Mollitsville, S. c., while seated in
her fathers parlor, Il Young lady named
Katie Tucker was shot and killed by yonp@
German who had fallen in love with her and
was jealous of a rival
Bertha Reichelm beautiful Young girl
committed suicide, last Wednesday evening,
by lenpng from the Hoboken ferry boat into
the Hudson river. A love affair is said to
have been the cause of the suicide.
Severe fighting with the Indians is re-
ported. Near Jacksbor0ugh, on the oath
of July. in fight between body of
rangers and U. S. Cavalry with n band of
900 Indians, the U. S. forces were driven back
with loss OF twelve killed and several
wounded
Spectators at Chicago formed corncr
in oats last week, and ran the price IN to III
a Dushel. A corner in corn is also reported
having Chicago and New York as centres of
operation. The combination is said to control
I,OOO,OO0 bushels, either in Chicago or atloat
From IA cents the price suddenly rose TO
80 cents.
In Baltimore, on Sunday, Nathan Hall,
Il colorcd man, was attacked by n supposed
mad dog and severely bitten on the arm
Another man, named Bauer, procured a gun
and discharged il at the dog, killing him in
stantly. The barrel of the gun, however
burst, severely wounding Bauer in the hand
On Friday night of last week, Mr.. John
Schock, the baggage master at the Union
railroad depot, in Baltimore, discovered n
man stealing baggage from the baggage room.
In endeavoring to arrest him the man cut
MIR. Shock severely with a knife. Subse-
quently one Peter McCarty, sailor and
desperate character, was arrested and posi-
lively identified as the guilty party.
"A negro named Isaac w. Garner, in Bal.
tmore last Saturday, attempted to murder
John hennard, also colored by shooting at
him with pistol. The ball struck Kennard
bue 40 IL COuIU MOI afterwards
be found, it is supposed to have hit "Adom's !
apple" and bounded out of the incison
Kennard, after being shot, struck Garner in
the head with brick, cutting him severely
An old feud existed between them.
In Canada, last Saturday, "Lord Cor.
don, blew out his brains with pistol. He
distinguished himself last summer by swind. |
ling Jay Gould and others, at New York
and number of persons at Cape NAV. on
the pretense that he was British lord. The |
police have been trying hard to find him and |
having done so, he was allowed to make pre. |
parations to accompany them, when he com
mitted suicide.
"A few days ago cries of help were heard
issuing from a wagon belonging to band of
gipsies near Baltimore, and upon its being
stopped the cries were found to proceed from
two little girls four and six years old, who
amid sobs said they lived down the street and
that the three gypsy women in the wagon
took them in to ride, and when they wanted
70 get out the women held and choked them.
The women denied that they intended to
harm the children. and while the crowd were
discussing the propliely of arresting the wo.
men, the children ran away, without telling
heir names. The women were then released