The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-05-29

raids over into the border counties of Texas,
and have driven off cattle and fired upon
American citizens. The latter ask for au-
thorty to organize in sclf.dclense
George Neubauer and Jacob Berg, young
men of eighteen, were drowned in the Gene
see river few days ago by The upsetting of
a skiff. They were trying to pass each other
to change seats.
--Alonzo G. Carter, a Long Island farmer,
raised harrow to remove a sod from its
teeth, when the horses started and he was
thrown under the teeth, dragged several rods
and killed.
MIR. Gabriel, n truck farmer met with a
terrible death by being run over by train of
cars Saturday morning at Camden Junction,
two miles from the city, on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
An unfortunate man, named Thomas Ew-
ing, was found in bloody and insensible
condition, on lumber pile in Baltimore last
Friday. He is supposed to have been beaten
with club. He died on Saturday.
The large china-ware and housefurnish-
ing establishment of Samuel Child & Co., on
North Charles street, Baltimore, was partial
ly destroyed by fire, on Monday night, caus-
ing loss of over SO, 900 on the stock, and
$4,000 on the building.
The city of Independence, Iowa, was
nearly destroyed by fire last Sunday after
noon. Over forty ofthe best business houses,
a number Of dwellings, German Presby-
terrain church, &C., were destroyed, involving
total loss of 100000.
On Thursday night of last week an ac-
commodation train on the Toledo, Wabash
Western railroad was thrown from the track
near Wabash, Indiana One lady was in
stantly killed and several persons injured,
some of them fatally.
AT the General Conference of the NJ E.
Church South, at Louisville, the committee
reported to sustain the charges of immortality
against the Rev. l.. d. Huston, whose case
excited such general interest in Baltimore
couple ofyears ago.
The Commissioners of Howard county
have levied for the ensuing year 81 cents for
county purposes, ID cents for schools, 10
cents for roads, and 20 ZIG cents for State
purposes, making a total tax of 95 SIG cents
on the 500.
The people of Iceland are said to medi
tate n mllennial exodus en- massc to the Uni
ted States. Repeated failures of their scanty
crops and recent volcanic disturbances have
predisposed the whole population to abandon
the island. They number about sixty thou
sand souls, and are said to be industrious
thrifty people.
The Arkansas House on Saturday adopt
ed resolutions declaring that Senators Dor
sey and Clayton obtained their seats in the
United States Senate by bribery and corrup-
ton, and that in case they do not resign with
in ten days the United States Senate will be
requested to investigate their election and
eXpel them.
The sale Of property of delinquent tax
payers of Charleston county S. c., was concud-
ed last week. Twenty hundred pieces of
real estate in the county have been forfeited
to the State for want of bidders The coun-
ty commissioners of Barnwell county were
and lodged in Jail upon an indict
ment for malfeasance in Office
The result of careful Investigations show
that by the Mill River horror in Massachu-
sets one hundred and thirty eight persons
persisted, the bodies of all but fourteen of
which have been recovered, and further
search has been abandoned. The relief fund
foots up $G5,000, and the work of rebuilding
The destroyed mills, &c, will be at once begun.
"A sudden and violent storm broke over
the city of Baltimore and the surrounding
doing great deal of damage, ty
nprooting trees, blowing off roofs of houses,
&c. 1t was accompanied by pelting storm
Of hail-stoncs, that smashed in windows,
frightened horses, &c. A similar furious
storm also swept over Philadelphia about the
same time.
AT an auction sale of short horn cattle,
ut Dexter Park, Chicago, last week, SO cows
aud hcfcrs and 81 bulls We're sold-the total
amount realized on the cows being SOL ,G15,
and on bulls $25,375. One bull was pur-
chased by an agent of Lord Beehive, an Eng
fish breeder, for $4,000, being the largest
sum ever paid for bull in this country. Two
heifers brought $1,000 together.
"A Mexican alcalde has reported to the
project of his district that he arrested tried
and burned alive man and his wife, it hay.
ing been proved to his satisfaction that they
had bewitched man. The official journal
of the city of Mexico confirms the report and
says several families have since compelled
an officer to burn another old woman and
her son for sorcery.
In the House of Representatives, on
Monday, on General Buffers motion TO take
up the civil rights bill, Mr.. Lowndes, Repub-
lican from Maryland, to his credit be it spok-
en-, voted in the negative with the Democrat
ic members, Messrs. Archer, O'Brien, Swami
and Wilson. The other Republican member
from Maryland, Mr.. Albert, voted to take up
the bill. The motion was lost by vote of
"a nays to 1913 yeas, two.thirds being requir-
ed.