The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-04-21
THE sEGZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, APRIL 81, 1876.
THE NEWS.

Lewis Dent will be hanged at Aiken, S.
C., day, for killing man to secure 10 cents.
Mary Downes, while intoxicated, on
Saturday evening attempted TO cross the
dam at Fall River, Mass, and fell in and was
drowned.
In Tennessee few days ago an old man
named Wash. Howard was murdered by q
worthless fellow because he refused to give
him chew of tobacco.
The decline Of the granger movement in
the Northwest is partially attested by its con-
diton in Iowa, where there are seventy-five
fewer lodges than there were one year ago
VIM. B. Chew, a conductor on the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad, was shot, on Mon
day evening, near Sykesville, by tramp to
whom he refused Il free ride. The wound
was not serious.
Miss Louisa Ludlow, a wealthy maiden
who lived near Peekskill, N. Y, went to
brush pile TO burn it. In lighting it her
clothes caught fire and she was so severely
burned that she died two days afterwards.
-Almeron Bates, of Newark, N. j., while
being shaved in q Jersey City barber shop,
had one of his ears nearly severed from his
head by an accident of the barber. Bates
claimed $500 from the barber for the damage
inflicted, but the latter compromised by pay
ing $500
Mr.. A. X. Stake, well known citizen
of Washington county, and one of the d.
rectors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company, died suddenly on last Saturday Of
ternoon, near Hagerstown, of a stroke Of
apoplexy.
The grand jury of the District of Colum.
bia have found indictments against Orvile
E. Babcock, Richard Harrington. Hiram G.
Whitley, 1chabod c. Nettleship, Thomas p,
Somerville, George E. Miles and William
Benton, for having ION the 18th of April
1874, entered into conspiracy to injure and
Cypress Columbus Alexander" by what has
long been known as "the safe burglary plot"
Mr. A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince
of New York, who died recently, lett the
LUX of his property to his wife, and one
million dollars to his lawyer, Judge Hilton.
lie also left some of his oldest employees
sums varying from $500 to $4,000 each. For
the consideration of 81 900, 900 Mrs. Stewart
has conveyed to Judge Hilton all her interest
in MIR. Stewards business, amounting to mil.
lions of dollars The business will be con-
Quoted as before by Judge Hilton and VIM.
Libbey, one of the surviving partners.
On Saturday some wreckers brought to
the dock at Portsmouth, Va, some remains
OF of the Confederate iron-c ad NIerrimac,
sunk fourteen years ago Among them was
number Of loaded shells. One of the work
men, James Bass, cmpticd some powder out
OF shell, and making train about twelve
inches long, touched match to the powder.
The shell exploded with terrific effect, kill
ing Bass and another man, and wounding
two others. Fragments Of the shell were
hurled across the river, and large piece went
through the fish market, where there was 4
crowd of people, who fortunately escaped.
AFFAIRS AT HAvRE DE GRACE-The first
coal boats of the season, arrived at IIiles &
Boyd's wharves on Tuesday
Fishing is now well under way and our
glllers arc taking from 60 to 100 shad every
night per boat. Our large seines have made
few hauls, but do not expect to be in full
operation until the first of next week. Shad
arc selling at S1S per hundred and herring
at $3.50
On last Friday week sailboat contain
ing two colored men was caplsized by
squall when in the middle of the Susquchan-
na river They were rescued by Capt. E.
B; Gallup and Michael Murphy, who observ.
ed the accident from The Furnace wharf
When the boat was reached the colored men
were found clinging 10 the gunwale almost
exhausted and about letting go their holds
-Repud1ican, 14M.