The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-07
THE NEWS.


The bill to equalize soldiers and sailors
bounties has passed the House of Represen
tatiYes
-Addie Baldwin, of Bristol, Conn, les,
than eighteen years old, has just made hel
third unsuccessful attempt at suicide.
-Four drunken men were drowned in tho
Passaic river, at Newark, N. j., last Sunday
afternoon, by the upsetting of row boat.
Two three-year old children fell one day
last week in Montreal from window forty.
TWO feet high, and escaped almost uniniured
The room of the Secretary of the School
Board, in the City Hall, Baltimore. was
broken open last Friday night, and robbed
of $500 of the school funds
"A fire at St. Johnsburg, VT, on Saturday
afternoon, destroyed 60 buildings-stores,
mills and Notwithstanding the whole
business portion of the village.
Miss Louisa Hawthorne, beautiful
young actress, fell from the sixth story win.
dow of a hotel at Chicago, last Wednesday
week, and was almost instantly killed
Emperor William of Germany sent his
greeting to the President of the United
States, the autograph letter being presented
to General Grant Tuesday morning by the
German minister.
"A. House, the noted divorce lawyer of
New York, was shot and killed by his reput.
ed wife, last Friday. House had beaten his
step son, and was drawing pistol on him
when his wife ran into her bedroom and got
n pistol with which she shot House in the
head.
The celebration of the Fourth in Phia-
dclphia included splendid military and
civic display, the firing of national salutes,
addresses, reading the Declaration of indie.
pcndencc, by Richard Henry Lee, of Vir-
ginia, poem by Bayard Taylor, fireworks,
&c.
"A telegram from Augusta, Me-, says that
Mr.. Blaincs family physician considers his
patients condition worse than has been sup.
posed, and prcscrbes absolute rest, forbid
dir% even the writing OF letters. lie does
not think Mr.. Blaine will be able to take
any part in the approaching canvass.
Mr. John OXly, of Brooklyn, returned
home from his wedding tour and went TO
the house he had newly furnished before his
departure, he was heard TO cXclaim, "Whose
pecn here since Use pcCn gone !" as he dis
covered that some one had carried away
nearly everything the house contained.
--"Old Asa Crowcll" character noted
around Paterson for many years on account
of his extreme obesity, died suddenly on
Sunday. He weighed over four hundred
pounds and when buried he had to be carried
to the grave in a wagon, rs there was no
hcarsc in the country large enough TO contain
the coffin.
A house in Allegheny City, Pa, occu.
pied by August Goldman and William Topp.
man, young butchers, was entered by bur
glars last Thursday morning. The robbers
Goldman by striking lin on the
head with a Ratchet and badly wounded
Toppman. They then set fire TO the house
md escaped. Toppman was severely burn
ed, and his recovery is doubtful
Augustus Schell, John Kelly and other
New York delegates, called on Governor
Hendricks, at indianapolis last Friday, on
heir way homo. The party were serenadcd
md Mr.. Hendricks, in response TO repeated
calls, made brief speech, highly eulogizing
Mr.. Tilden as the representative of reform,
md expressing approval of the platform, es-
pccially the part demanding the repeal of
Inc Resumption clause.
"A horse thief named Allen was arrested
At Pomcroy, Ohio, last Tuesday week, for
shooting Marshal Mitchell and his compan-
ion, OF Huntington, Va, who were in pursuit
Ofhim. Mitchell was killed, but Turner still
survives. Allen was brought to Hunting
ton and placed in Jail, but mob broke open
The Jail and took Allen out for the purpose
Of hanging him. AS they were about to adj
just the rope around Aliens neck two la.
lies made their way through the crowd, and
mplorcd mercy for the quivcring wretch.
The crowd paused in their work, giving the
sheriff time to take the prisoner back to Jail.
On Saturday Allen was again taken from
Inc Jail, at Winglield, West Va, where he
l0d been carried by the authorities, and hung
by mob.