The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-11-10
THE RGZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 1876.
THE NEWS.

Don Pedro, the emperor of Brazil, is writ.
ing book of his travels.
The death of Cardinal Antonelli is an.
nounced also of Theodore De Heuglin, the
great German traveller and zoologist.
One practical result of the centennial is
Il considerable number of German orders, for
New England boots and shoes.
Eugene Catchings and VIM. Payne, who
murdered John Love, near Terrell, Texas, in
1875, were hanged at Kaufman, Texas, on
Friday
malignant dphtheria prevails in Pine
Bush, N. Y. David Mitchell lost four chill
dren in four days and r. L. Terry buried
two in one day.
The steamer BRITANNIA from Queens
town TO New York, arrived Saturday, max
ing the voyage in 7 days, IL hours and IL
minutes, being the quickest time on record
in a saloon fight ut New York on Sat
urday George Steckert stabbed and killed
one man, fatally injured another, and serious.
ly hurt several others. He pleads selt-de'
Tense.
-W.D. Stewart, a desperate of the In
dian Territory, who murdered man named
Henry, at Cotton Plant, Ark, was shot dead
on Tuesday, by U. S. Deputy Marshals while
resisting arrest.
Tho formal closing of the Centennial
exhibition will take place on Friday, the 10th,
but the directors have passed resolution
continuing the usual fee of so cents for nd
mission until Saturday, the 18th inst.
"A fire at Chester Pa, last Sunday in a
lumber yard owned by ID. Il. Bunting, de-
stroyed 100000 worth of property; insur.
ance $40, 900. Prompt assistance was rem
dered by the fire department of Wilmington,
Del.
"A catamount escaped from Barnum's
menagerie, at Newark, N. j., about two
weeks ago, since which time il has given
farmers much trouble. Many hen rooss
have been invaded and in one instance 81
fowls were killed by it.
The forward truck of sleeping Car on
the Memphis and Little Rock railroad, drop
ped down, last Friday, and threw the car
over n trestle pulling the other car off with
it, One person was killed and many wound
ed
"A freight train of nineteen cars went over
a bridge near Wheeling, West Va, last Fri
day, and falling a distance of rs feet, were
completely wrecked. The engineer was in
stantly killed, and the fireman and passen-
ger seriously hurt.
"A party of negroes broke into residence
six miles from Aiken, S. c., at midnight
Thursday night and murdered Mr.. Hausman
and his nephew named Postman, both Ger
mans After robbing the premises the MUIR
derers fired the dwelling over their dead
bodies.
Five children in the family of Peter
Reeves, North Andovcr, Mass. ,ldied within
week of diphtheria, the funeral services over
the remains of all five being held at the same
time. A sixth and the only remaining child,
and the father and mother, arc now i'll with
the disease.
1t is stated that Mr. George d. Horner,
of Appomattox county, Va, has effected the
sale of one of his gold mines embedded in
that county to Northern firm for 100000.
He owns three other mines in the same
county, each of them supposed to be of
equal value to the one disposed of.
1t is reported that on the Both ult vii
lage of 500 Shoshones at Painted Rock, about
ing, was attacked by a war party of Sioux,
estimated at 1900 lodges. Only one Shes
hone,-an Indian named Humfy who saved
the life of Captain Henry, in Crooks second
fight last summer-is known to have escap-
Gen. Miles, after defeating and pursuing
Sitting Bull and the tribes under him, on the
9th of October accepted the surrender of
400 lodges of Indians belonging to the Chey-
enne agency, these tribes surrendering five of
their principal chiefs as hostages as a guaran-
tee of their faithful compliance with the
terms of surrender.
AT Grafton, VI, Two brothers named
Wooley quarrelled about a little property
their mother had given to the younger
The elder one annoyed the other in every
way, but was finally persuaded to accompany
some relatives to his brothers house to make
up. When the younger saw him approach
ing he took pistol and shot his brother dead.
"A Philadelphia newspaper published a
sensational article of eleven columns in re-
gard to q robbery of the main centennial en-
hibition building, illustrated with diagrames,
purporting to show how the building had
been undermined by $50 men, and an i'm
mense amount of plumber carried off, The
whole story was huge hoax, and not a
creditable one at that.
Two estimable German citizens named
Haussmann and Porthmann, were murdered
near Aiken, S. c., last Thursday night
They came to Carolina seven years ago and
had built an extensive mill. Friday morning
their charred remains were found in the
smoking ruins of their house. Improperly
of the murdered men, was found i'll the
houses of negroes in the neighborhood, where
also Il number of militia rifles were ecIcted.
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