The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-10-01
THE EEZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, OCT. list, 1875.
THE NEWS.

The Herndon House, at Marshall, Mich.
was destroyed by fire last Friday, and foul
persons lost their lives in the flames.
The Frederick county agricultural fail
will be held on the 18th, 18th, 18th and 1jtl
of October. The Hon. A. G. Thurman, o.
Ohio, will deliver the annual address
The greatest sale ofprints ever made in
America was concluded ut the establishment
of IL. b. Clatlin ~ Co, New York. last Fri.
day. Prices ranged from 5! to Ct cents.
"A large and enthusiastic Democratic
meeting was held at Cumberland, Md, last
Saturday. Stirring addresses were made by
Hon. John Lee Carroll, Hon. Chas. j. NJ.
Gwinn and others.
The horse disease is spreading in local
tiles i'll the North. 1t is rapidly increasing
in Poughkccpsic, Y. Fiychundrcd horses
have been attacked in jersey City, while
in Newark the disease is ON Tie increase.
AT Mount Laiee, in Pottsvlle district,
Pa, on Thursday of last week, IL miner nam
ed James Kelly, while digging for coal was
buried alive, by the earth suddenly cavng
in Before he could be taken out he was
dead.
On Sunday night an excursion train re-
turning from New York to Philadelphia, ran
into u dummy car filled with men, woman
children, cutting it in two. A man and n
woman were instantly killed, and six per-
sons including one child dangerously wound
cd. Ten others were also slightly injured
Two of the wounded have since died.
"A man named Getting, in Piedmont, N.
H., was awakened in his room by a burglar,
who presented a revolver at his head and de.
manded his money Getting directed the
burglar to II bureau where he said there was
$500 The tramp, while searching for the
money laid down the pistol Getting seized
the pistol and shot the man dead.
-ThOmas and Magdalcn Stark, residing
on Green Island, N. Y, took laldanum, in
tending to commit suicide. Thomas partly
recovered and repeated the dose, taking tW o
and a-half ounces, but even that failed to
kill him. His wife died, however. Poverty
and inability to get work brought about the
unhappy frame of mind which lied to the
act.
The body of young lady, Miss Mary
Grubb, daughter of wcl.to-do farmer of
Brandywne Hundred, was found with the
: feet bound together, in the Christiana, on
Thursday of last week. The young lady
had been on visit to friend in the city, and
being missed it was supposed she had gone
home 1t is suspected that she was foully
hc'llIH VIII.
"A cottage at New Albany, Indiana, oc-
cupied by Mrs. Katharine Reuter-, was dis
covered on fire Saturday morning. Mrs.
Reuter- was found dead in bed with her skull
crushed, and Jacob Reuter-, her divorced hus-
band, who had come from Cincinnati, and
was stopping with her, was found in the
back yard with his throat cut, and in dy-
ing condition. 1t is supposed Reuter- COM
mtted the triple crime willie suffering from
an attack Of dclirium trCmcns.
On the 22d Of September, man named
Schcll living at Beefontaine Ohio, invited
Miss Laughlin, aged 1G years, to accompany
him and llis wife on an excursion in car
riage. Leaving his wife with the team, he
INVITED the young lady to go into the woods
with him in search of wild plums. While
there he attempted to outrage her, and not
succeeding he murdered her. He was arrest
ed and his wife testified that he told her he
intended to commit the horrible crime He
was placed under guard to protect him from
the fury of the citizens, but about three hun
dred men attacked the Jail at Bellefon-
taine, about half-past twelve o'clock Friday
night, battered down the doors, dragged
Schell out and hung him to a tree The
guards made no resistance Schell protested
innocence of the crime. 1t has since been
suspected that the murder was committed by
Mrs. Schell, from motives ofjealousy.