The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-08-20
THE sEGXS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, AUGUST Goth, 1875.
THE NEWS.

Edwin Booth, the great tragcdian, me-
with II serious accident at Stamford, Conn.
on Sunday by the running away of his team
His injuries consist of a fracture of the left
elbow bones and of one rib.
On Tuesday, at Reading, Pa, the wifi
of Capt Phil. Bessenger, accompanied by
three children, aged respectfully nine, six
and three years, deliberately walked into
the canal and drowned herself and children.
The body of N. S. Grimwood, who as
cended with Donaldson in his balloon, was
found on Tuesday on the shore of Lake
Michigan. This no doubt settles the fate of
the lost balloonists.
Alice Morrisscy, n beautiful young lady
sixteen years of age, daughter of VIM. Nor
rissey, of Cumberland, was kindling fire in
the Kitchen stove, when the can from which
she was pouring the fluid exploded, burning
her dreadfully.
During Il thunder storm on Friday even
ing, two weeks ago, the barn of Moses Baum
gardner, in Frederick county Md, was struck
by lightning and destroyed, together with
800 bushels of wheat, 500 bushels Of oats, %
tons fhay, agricultural machinery, &c.
Jas. A. Whelan, of Louisiana, in 1869
instituted q suit against Gen. Phil Sheridan,
to recover $35S, 1881 value of sugar, mo-
ilsScs, liulcS, sIlDICS, &C, COllllSClltu ny INC
defendant while in command of the State.
Sheridan's defence is that he obeycd orders.
Miss Rose Corrigan, 42 years old COM
mitted suicide, in Baltimore on Thursday
night of last week, by throwing herself from
third story window of her house No. 5
Camden Lane. She was laboring under tenn
porary alteration of the mind.
Reports received at the Agricultural De-
partment show the condition of the corn,
wheat and tobacco crops to be excellent, the
latter article being twenty per cent above
the average. A large yield of oats is promi-
sed, and there will be large crops of barley
andpotatoes.
Last Friday, at Richmond Va, Thomas
Withcrs, the negro boy murderer, was exc
cutcl for the murder of girl. His neck was
not broken, but his death was caused by
strangulation. He succeeded three times in
raising his feet to the edge of the trap and
drew himself up, but as often did the sheriff
push him OIL lie made full confession, and
did not seem to apprchend his fate at all.
One day last week, six citizens of Mag
ara visited the cave of the winds without Il
guide, as they had frequently done before
After passing through the cave two of the
party, Mr.. ELhelbert Parsons, aged 90
and Miss Lottic G. Philpott, aged %, de-
scendcd to an eddy which is never visited by
the guides. While bathing the lady lost her
foothod and was caught by the gentleman,
but the current carried both into the river
below, where they were drowned. They
were soon to be married.
Intense excitement prevails in William
son and jackson counties, Illinois, over the
doings of band of desperadoes who infest
that region, who go about, disguised as ku-
Klux, whipping peaceable people and COM
polling them to obey their dictates. On Mon
day night party Of fourteen of the outlaws
paid visit to the house off, B. Maddox, one
of the Commissioners of jackson county, with
the intention of chastising him for dsobedi-
ence of orders, but were met by the Sheriff
of the county, with posse of thirty men,
when fight ensued, in which one of the
outlaws was MORALLY wounded and five
others injured, the former being captured.-
He is said to have given information which
will lead to the capture of the criminals.