The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-08-28
THE NEWS.

The composer ofthe ARKANSAS Traueler"
S. G. Faulkner, died at Little Rock recently.
Thirty buildings were destroyed by fire
Sunday morning, ut Buena Vista, Butler
county, Pa.
-Woodlawn Camp Meeting, Cecil county,
was the largest ever held in that section of
Maryland. 1t numbered 1913 tents.
DIR. Edward Warren, formerly of Balti-
more, has been promoted to the rank of sur
geon in-chef of the Egyptian army.
AT Ludlow, Ohio, last week, little boy
named Walter Brown was almost instantly
killed by ball while playing base ball.
The immense wagon mandatory of
Stubacker Brothers, at South Bend, Ind was
burned on Monday. Loss 100000.
Samuel Strock, of Cashtown, Pa, was
so much annoyed at losing law suit, in
which the amount involved was only fifty
dollars that he hanged himself
George w. Claypooe, for long time a
trusted clerk in the Baltimore postoflice, was
arrested last Saturday night ON the charge of
robbing the mails.
Joseph Lee, Il brakeman on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, was crushed to death
by the cars, at Mount Glare Junction, on
Tuesday night.
AL Solp uS NlliSLI, lcAuS, u HluTuercT,
sentenced to be hung, was married the night
before his execution, to a woman with whom
he had been living for some time.
In Washington city, two boys, eleven
and thirteen years old, were carelessly playing
with II gun which they did not know was
loaded, when the weapon was discharged,
killing one of them instantly
The great International Schuetzenfest,
| nf Rult ttt,flp ,if,h hnp tod 81 10,
closed on Monday. Delegations were pres
ent from many of the States, including Cali
| forna
On Monday morning II coal train of clev-
en- cars on the Baltimore Central railroad,
jumped the track, one car being considerably
damaged, and things greatly mixed up. No
one was hurt.
AT New York last week, George w.
Goldsmith, aged 30, being out of money and
employment, shuffled off this mortal coil by
taking poison. He left wife and little
son to struggle on alone.
Joseph Taylor who murdered Robert A.
Mackey in Delaware recently, has been ar
rested in Ohio, and upon the reQuisition
of the Governor of Delaware has been
brought to that State for trial.
L. w. Cardoso, the colored State SUPER
intcndent of education for Mississippi, has
been arrested for fraudulently issuing jury
and witness certificates while county clerk.
Failing to give bond he was sent to Jail.
AT Brook Haven, Miss, on Saturday
evening, three negroes, who at 3 o'clock on
Sunday morning previous, forcibly entered
the residence of Mrs, Berney and violated
her person, were taken out fail by about
one thousand citizens and hung.
In the court of Quarter Sessions at Phila
pelphia, James Freeman was brought in for
the diamond robbery of Clark, Robbins &
Biddlc, and while attention was for moment
attracted from him he jumped out of the sec
ond story window and escaped.
Thomas Burnside, of indianapolis, broth
er of General A. e. Burnside, committed sui
eide last week by hanging himself with a
clothes line to beam in his barn Aberra-
ton of mind, caused by the heat is the al
legged cause.
AT the Saratoga races last week NJ A.
LittelPs horse Fellowcraft ran four miles
in 7.19a, beating the best time of Lexington,
Longiellow, Helmbold and Harry Bassett,
and making Mr.. Littell the owner of the
champion running horse ofthe world
Mutual friend Mouton's statement of
the Beecher-T ilton affair has been made pub
lic 1t is calm, dispassionate statement of
facts and bearing, as it does, the strongest
internal evidence of its truth, it compels the
conviction that Beecher has for years worn
the livery of heaven to serve the devil ill.,
AT Toronto, Canada, clergyman's
son, ten years old who had been left at home
with an elder sister, a young lady, picked up
loaded gun, and painting it at his sister
said, do you want me 10 shoot you" at the
same time pulling the trigger. He literally
blew the side of the young lady's head off.
On Saturday evening, an express train
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, between
Winchester and Harper's Ferry, ran over
two horses and a colt killing the colt instant
| ly, and injuring the horses 80 that they sur
vSived but few minutes No accident hap
pened TO the train, which was delayed for n
few minutes only.
AT sale of Dan Rices Paris Pavilion,
in Baltimore on Monday, property which it
is stated cost him $4,000 to import from
France, sold for less than $1,000. Splendid
royal velvet carpet sold at 81 40 to $1.85 q
yard; / 900 folding cane-seat chairs at 30 cents
each, and other things at like sacrifice.
The impudence of Spain knows no
bounds. Instead of carrying into effect
the Fish Polo treaty, by which she agreed to
investigate the conduct of those of her au-
thorities who had infringed on the Spanish
laws or treaty obligations and punish the
offenders, she has actually made demand
| for indemnity in the affair of the Virginius.
"A Richmond telegram announces that
Ex-Governor Walker was yesterday nomina-
ted amid great enthusiasm by the Conserva-
tive Convention to represent the Richmond
district in Congress.