The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-12-04
THE NEWS.

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by taking morphia.
-Marburg Bros. tobacco factory on South
Charles street, Baltimore, was burned on last
Friday morning. Loss $4,000.
"A brutal New York mother placed her
four-ycar old daughter ON Il hot stove, burn
ing the child so badly that she died from the
effects of the burns.
On Monday Mrs. Yundt, 60 years of age,
who lived on North Stricken street, Bati-
more, fell down stairs and broke her neck,
causing instant death.
Joseph II. Taylor, who was tried last
week, at New Castle, Del, for the murder
of Robert Mackey has been acquitted. He
was defended by Senator Bayard
The grand jury of Talbot county has
found bills of indictment against every liquor
dealer in Talbot county except in Chapel
district which voted for license.
Brooks, late President of the Merchants
National bank at Petersburg, Va, was last
week sentenced to five years Imprisonment
in the Albany Penitcntiary for embezzlc-
ment.
George Simms, culorcd, was hanged yes
terday at Covington, Georgia, for commit
ting an outrage on white woman in No
vember, 1878. He confessed his guilt on
Thomas l.. Jones, elected Clerk of the
Court of Appeals of Kentucky, last August,
by 100000 majority, has been declared inelig-
BILE for the Office, for having been engaged in
a duel.
An insane mother at Frcemansburg, Pa,
last Friday threw her baby into the Lehgh
river, where it was found after long search
the neighbors supposing it had been stolen.
| The woman was arrested.
The fastest wagon time on record was
made at San Francisco II few days ago by
Fullerton in three straight heats. Time, 2:
204, 2:224, 2:21l His competitors were DC
cident and Sam Purdy
The oyster pungy Muytlower, of Bati.
more, was run down and sunk, on Sunday
morning, near Kent Island by an unknown
schooner. The captain, four of the crew,
and q sick passenger, were drowned.
Hon VIM. Havemcyer mayor of New
York city, died suddenly on Monday, with
an apoplectic fit. lie was 10 years old. Mr.
Vance, President of the Board of Aldermen,
has been sworn in rs acting mayor which
position he will hold until January LIST, when
the newly elected mayor, Wickham, will take
the place.
Last week, five masked men entered q
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shot the proprietor, robbed the store and
fled. The sheriff and a posse went in pur-
suit. A desperate fight took place, in which
the Sheriff was shot aud badly wounded
Two of the robbers were also wounded and
captured. The other three escaped.
Two white girls were lately taken from the
Iudians They were captured in Kansas
when they were three and seven years old
respectively. They state that their father
mother, brother and one sister were murder
ed by the Indians, and that they and two old.
er sisters were kept prisoners. The story of
their sutferings is terrible one.
ON Thanksgiving Day, in Washington,
three coored children were left by their mo-
ther alone in a room with parlor cook stove.
| BY some means the clothing of the oldest
| child took fire and he ran under the bed, set
ting it fire The other children also took fire.
Their screams alarmed the mother, who was
at work down stairs. She ran to the room
and smothered the flames, but not until two
of the children were 50 badly burned that
they died shortly afterwards.
"A Delaware farmer who was disturbed
in his sleep, got up and discovered man
getting through the fence. He seized a
butcher knife, gave chase, overlook the man,
and being greatly cXasperated, severed the
mans head from his body with the knife. The
farmers wife and daughter followed him, and
picked up the dead body and head and con
veyed it to the house. 1t was not recognized,
except as the body Of a stranger who was tirst
seen in the neighborhood a day or two before.
AT Cloverdale, Ind, on Sunday, Thorn
as Martin became offended at something his
| wife said, and gave her three minutes to re.
tract. AT the end of that time he shot her,
and she fell dead, with her babe in her arms.
A man present, who attempted to interfere
in the woman's behalf, was also shot by Mar
| tin. Martin wanted TO get rid of his wife,
and had offered her $500 to consent to Il di-
vorce, rs he wanted 10 marry another woman.
"A pratcal steamer, the Talsman, has
been captured on the coast of Peru. The
| greater portion OF the crew were on shore at
the port of llo having driven out the garri-
son and seized the place. When the pirate
captain saw that his vessel was taken, he sci
zcd locomotive and some cars and went to
the interior town of Maguegua, of which he
took possession, proclaimed himself dictator,
and enlisted all the meu he could Troops
are to be sent after the bold buccaneers, by
the Peruvian government.
-In Hamilton county, N. Y, two men
named Williams and Smith, were at work
building house They had a jug of liquor,
TO which they paid repeated visits. While
under the influence of liquor q quarrel arose
between them, when Williams threw Smith
over saw horse, and with hand-saw sawed
off Smiths head. His rage cooling, remorsc
came, and with the same saw he cut his
own throat and fell dead beside the corpse
of Smith. A boy who was the only witness
of the terrible scene, conveyed the news to
the neighbors, two miles distant.
AT 10 O'clock, on Monday night, two
trains were passing over the bridge Just north
of the Relay House, on the Northern Central
Railroad, when it gave way. Both engines
had crossed over, but the tanks and baggage
cars of both trains dropped in, also the ends
of the first two passenger cars were submerp-
ed. A Mr.. Young, of Woodbury., Baltimore
county, was killed, and Mr.. NJ Wisner, of
Cockeysvilc was badly injured The conduc-
tor OF one OF the trains was also slightly in
iured. The rest of the passengers escaped
The bridge was an iron structure, and was
believed to be in first-class condition.
About two months ago there was n strike
among the miners at Armstrong; Mines, AL
legany county, Pa, and 175 Italian laborers
were employed by the proprietors. The stri-
kers were very Indignant and threatened and
frequently attacked the Italians. For their
protection the latter were armed with mus
kets and pistols. Things have gone from
bad to worse until the locality resembled
condition of war. On Sunday n regular
pitched battle took place between the oppos-
ing forces, in which several of the Italians
were killed and a number wounded. The
authorities seem to be unable to preserve the
peace.