The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-07-02
THE sEGZg.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, JULY Cd, 1875.
THE NEWS.

There were two deaths from sunstrokj
in Baltimore last Saturday.
Potato bugs have made their appearance,
in New Jersey and New York in countless
numbers.
"A large number of deaths from cholerf
infantum occurred in Baltimore city las
week.
Eight persons in New York were pois.
oned and nearly lost their lives from eating
pickles that had been colored with copper.
Mortimer Thompson, who used to write
under the nomme de plume Of Phlandel
Doesticks, died in New York last week.
On Sunday night, B. F. lyman, residing
IN Boston, quarrelled with his wife and cut
her terribly with q razor, causing her death.
In Bristol, r. l., last Thursday, w. o.
Bowers stabbed and killed his wife, TO whom
he had been married but few months. Both
were addicted to drink.
On Sunday, at Bonneville, Mass, rail-
road train ran over wagon containing four
men, woman and u child, killing all OF them
except the driver of the wagon.
Six new indictments have been found in
New York against VIM. NJ. Tweed and 9TH
crs, for obtaining 100000 by false prctcnscs
from the city treasury.
"A negro named VIM. Keener was hang
cd, on last Friday night at Greenfield Ind,
by an excited mob OF 1875 men, for an attempt
to commit rape on white lady.
"A fierce tornado, accompanied by heavy
rain, passed over Frederick city, Md, on
Tuesday, unroofing buildings, blowing down
trees, fences, &c. No lives are reported lost
"A fire occurred on Wednesday morn.
ing, at the furniture factory of Graham &
Smith, No. 240 South Caroline street. causing
damage to the amount of $2jC0, which is
fully covered by insurance.
1t is predicted that the coming peach
crop Of Delaware and Lower Maryland will
be the largest that has been gathered for
twenty years. The fruit also promises to be
of superior flavor and size.
Christian Klack, who lived at No. II
North Liberty street, Baltimore, was found
dead in his bed, on Tuesday morning. His
death is supposed TO have resulted from
natural causes.
by tornado at Detroit, Michigan, on
Sunday night, two children were killed, three
persons dangerously and twelve others Sc
verely hurt. Twenty three houses were de-
molished and many others damaged.
In Baltimore city an injunction has been
granted by Judge Pnkney prohibiting the
city council from paying the appropriations
for number of charitable associations, cor
porations, schools, &c.
"A tornado passed over the noishborh0od
ofSt. Paul, Minnesota, last Friday, unrooting
n dozen buildings and demolshng several
of them. A child was blown from its moth
cr's urms and so badly injured that it will
probably die.
Prof. Donaldson with several compan-
ions made balloon ascension from Toronto,
Canada, one day last week, and alighted in
Lake Ontario, five miles from land. They
were picked up by vessel, all the men on
tho balloon being safe.
The tax levy in Talbot county is-for
public schools, IS cents; county, As cents,
which, with the State tax of 20 GIG cents,
make SO 5-16 cents, against SO 5-16 cents last
year. The levy for Cecil county is GO cents
on the 500, for county expenses.
w. Logan, deputy city marshal of Of
tumwa, was shot and killed ON Tuesday night,
by member of gang known as the Smith
boys. While Smith was on his way to Jail
from court the citizens mobbed and hanged
him to the nearest tree.
the great international rifle match, be-
tween picked Irish and American teams las
been in progress this week ut Dollymount,
Ireland In the contest on Tuesday the re-
suit at short range was in favor of the Irish
teams, by one point, while the Americans
proved vastly superior to their competitors
at long range,
EARLY Monday morning, in New York,
Bernard Silverblatt heard burglar in his
store. He raised an alarm, seized the bur-
gar, with whom he had a desperate struggle,
in the course of which the burglar fired a
pistol at him, the ball grazing his head. The
burglar then leaped from the window, but
was captured by the police.
An aged farmer, named Davis, who lived
in Herkimer county, Ohio, was found with
his head nearly cut off in his barn, last Sat
urday. His son, the wife and others, have
been arrested for the crime Mr. Dayiss
hands and feet were frozen through the CRU
city of his family, and although otherwise
helpless from sickness, he was obliged to
sleep in his barn.
Three men and boy went out fishing,
several weeks ago, in Black Lake, Michigan,
when one of them, John II. Falkcr, killed
Wilson Pound by beating him over the head
with a club. He then stripped the body and
sank it in the lake. Falllcr has been arrest
ed. Pound Was q witness in criminal suit
against Falkcr, charged with running rail
road train off the track.
On Saturday last, in New York, four
persons committed suicide. One man shot
himself, because of domestic infclicity: n
woman poisoned herself with Paris green be-
cause her husband had upbraided her for
being drunk; merchant shot himself, in the
presence OF his wife and mother in-law, from
some unknown cause and dcspairing con-
sumptive woman shufflcd off the mortal coil
by jumping into the river
"A young farmer named Hendricks, liv.
ing in Steubcn county, n. Y, deliberately
shot and killed his brothcr-in.law, for i'll
treatment to his wife. When the man fell to
the ground, MORALLY wounded, Hendricks
went up to him and asked him if lie had any
hope in Christ. Tie answer was No
none" Hendricks then walked to and fro,
watch i'll hand TO note, as he said, the exact
time his brothcr,i n-law died-which was in
eight minutes after having been shot.
A very singular affair has recently trans.
PRED in Delaware. Daniel McConaurl,y
had been confined in an insane asylum six
years, and last week jury found that he had
not been insane. He had been so confined
at the instgation of his two brothers, viii
liam and Thomas, who owed him consid-
cradle sum of money. On Monday the two
bad brothers became violently insane and
were removed IN irons 10 lunatic ASYLUM
1t is also rumorod that Daniel McConaughy
has since developed symptoms of insanity.
The Burlington Qowa) HasoEeyo says ::
"a little zephyr struck Floyd county the
other day and nearly turned il. upside down.
1t blew John Barney's house over, with Mrs.
Barney and the children in it, rolled it over
three times, jammed it against tree and
tore it 10 pieces, and the inmates were only
slightly bruised. As q postscript to all this
We would say that Mrs. Barney, who is some.
what deaf, never desisted from her knitting
all that time, and when the final crash came
only looked up and said, Come in-dont
knock"