The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-01-28
THE NEWS,

The order OF Changers is said to he rapid.
ly dying out in the West
On the 10th inst, there was snow II foot
deep in Madrid a circumstance almost UNI
precedented.
frankie Washington, n colored woman
115 years old, died on the 10Th inst, in Bal
timore city.
Benjamin Fenner, of Hyattsville, Nd,
was Eealen to death with stone by negro
tramp, on the 10th inst.
Hugh Murray of Brooklyn, N. Y, died
few days since, of hydrophobia from the
bite of n cat, received three months ago.
On Saturday Mrs. Firth, of Philadelphia,
was burned to death, while attempting to
light fire with coal oil,
Mrs. Henry Drew, aged "a, dropped dead
in O street Car at Concord, n. H., on Friday
evening while on her way TO attend ball
The case of DR.. Helmbold, of buchu
fame has been decided ut Philadelphia by
the Judge remanding him to the insene
asylum.
"A petition is being circulated among the
grain dealers of Baltimore city, for the re-
peal of the law authorizing the weighing of
grain.
On Wednesday night of last week, near
ly one-half the town of Apollo, Pa, was de.
stroyed by fire, originating from the explo
sion of an oil lamp. Loss $4,000.
The bill appropriating 81 800, 900 for the
Centennial exhibition, passed the House of
Representatives Tuesday. Messrs. O'Bricn,
Roberts and Swami voted for it, and Messrs.
Thomas, Ienkle and Walsh against it
While freight train was passing over
an iron bridge at Cincinnati the structure
broke down, precipitating five cars to the
bottom. Three men were killed and two
injured
jesse Carter, police officer of Balli-
more city, was on Monday tried, convicted
and sent to Jail for sixty days by Judge Gil
NOR, for beating one Patrick Kelly, whom he
had arrested for disorderly conduct.
AT Amherstburg, Ontario, Sunday night,
colored boy named Stevens, aged thirteen
stabbed white companion, Alfred McCurdy
killing him almost instantly. The affair was
the result of a trifiing dispute.
During snow storm, on Saturday, a
fearful collision occurred on the Northern
Railway, in England. The Scotch express
train collided with mineral train, and the
London express train ran into the wreck of
both. Thirteen persons are reported killed.
"A steamer has been chartered to sail from
Genoa on June list with Italian exhibitors
and visitors to the centennial, and every
berth and inch of available space for freight
have already been engaged. Another one is
10 be chartered.
Tho search for Boss Tweed stimulated
by the promises of large reward still con-
tinues, and every person resembling in the
slightest degree the great Boss, is strictly
watched by the police, and compelled to give
an account of himself.
The body of Elizabeth Trcmbachcr,
aged IA, was found on Sunday in a thicket
near Youngstown, Ohio. A veil was tied
around her throat, indicating that she had
been strangled. A tramp named Sterling
has been arrested OH suspicion.
Glowing accounts of the wonderful riches
of the Black Hills country have been TO.
ceived The average of the diggings is said
TO yield one dollar an hour to each man. A
large party1s preparing to start from Bis
marck for the Hills. Twelve hundred men
are already there hunting for gold.
"A horrible murder occurred near Toron-
TO, Canada, on Saturday afternoon. Samuel
Hopkins, contractor for n bridge, was noticed
sAbv the workmen to be bleeding from cut in
n neck. They repaired to his house. where
4. Y found his wife lying on the floor stabbed
a u butcher knife and her skull crushed
witha hoe Hopkins was Immediately
sted.