The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-21
THE sEGZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, MAY 21st, 1875.
THE NEWS.


DIR. A. C. Herbst, Baltimore physician
committed suicide in street car, by taking
poison.
The inevitable grasshopper has appear
ed by the million in some parts OF kansa
and Missouri
Mr.. Sankey, who with Mr. Moody, is en-
gagged in carrying on religious revivals IL
England, is native of West Newcastle, Pa
Miss Charlotte Cushman, the celebrated
actress, formally retired from the stage, a
Boston, on Saturday night last.
The shipping interests of Baltimore city
are the most important on the Atlantic sea
board, with the exception of those of New
York.
The Marine Band of Washington is tr
accompany the Fifth Maryland Regiment tc
Boston, on the 18th of June, to take part il
the Bunker Hill celebration.
"A penitent 3altimorean lately returned tc
the U s. treasury at Washington, $3,40C
which he acknowledged to he due for interna
tax on manufactured goods
AT the request of the mayer of Topeka
Kansas one afternoon last week, the whole
population suspended business and planted
out one thousand shade trees. This is bettel
than spelling bees.
1t is stated that owing to the frauds
practiced upon the Indians by the agents OF
the government they have been left in O
state of destitution which makes the war
path almost their sole hope of subsistence.
Arthur E. Gault, nineteen years of age, q
clerk in the Lynchbu G (Va.) National Bank
has absconded with ten thousand dollars be-
longing to the bank. 1t is thought that he is
travelling under the assumed named of II. b.
Mcdonald.
Albert Young, son of Senator Young, OF
Wisconsin, shot his father at noon, Friday,
and then committed suicide. 1t is thought
the son had committed forgery, and resorted
to this means Of covering it up. The father
will survive.
The contract for building the State
House of Correction was on Monday awarded
to Binyon g. Co. at their bid of $16S, $50. The
members of the firm are Thomas Binyon, OF
Baltimore city, and Christian F. Rappanier,
of Howard county.
Last Saturday afternoon in Baltimore
Julius Turan, barber, committed suicide
by taking arsenic. He was tw enty four years
ofage and unmarried. Dissipated habits and
disappointment in love are said to have
been the cause of the act.
In the town of Rockland, State of Maine,
on Friday night last, q man, while drunk,
shot his wife in the face with pistol and as
she sought TO escape with her infant in her
arms again shot her in the shoulder. A
moment after he shot himself dead. The
woman was not MORALLY wounded
"A colored man named Sylvanus Payne,
said to be 112 years old, was found dead in
his house in Charles county, Md, recently.
Rats had eaten his eyes, gnawed his face and
toes, having, it is feared, commenced their
assault upon him before he was dead, as he
lived by himself and was exceedingly fee
BILE.
Josh. Frazier, a cOlored murderer, was
hanged at Camden, s. g., last Friday, in the
presence of 5000 persons, for the murder of
Of Benjamin Cooper, last December He
confessed the crime, and also confessed that
he had murdered his wife and child, and a
negro woman, and had burned many barns
and gin houses.
Near Paris, KY, an alteration arose be-
tween Jacob zimmerman, aged 80, and his
son-in-law, a man named Allen, 65 years of
age. Both were vigorous and strong. Am
norman knocked Allen down and kicked
him. The latter upon getting to his feet
drew pocket knife and stabbed zimmerman
in the stomach killing him almost instantly.
Two boys were lately arrested in Balti-
more, who had run away from their homes
in Philadelphia. They had in their posses
sion gun, several canisters of gun powder,
a bundle of clothes, ticket to Pittsburg and
two cents in money. With this outfit they
left their homes for the far West to hunt
buffaloes, after the manner of Buffalo Bill,
Texas Jack and other dime novel heroes.
They were glad 10 be caught and sent back.
The Governor Of Missouri has appointed
Thursday, June Sd, as day of humiliation,
fasting and prayer. The State Is threatened
with grasshopper pestilence, to be followed
by failure of crops, great distress and posi-
BILE famine Nothing but the interpretation
of Providence can save from the pest, and
the Governor recommends that the suppli-
cations of the people be raised for Divine re-
lief and protection.