The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-02-11
TIE sEGZS.
EEL AIR, FRIDAY, FED. II, 1876.
THE NEWS.

"A fire Saturday night destroyed the pa
per mills of Bradner, Smith Il Co, at Rock,
land, Ills, loss $4,000.
The trial of the $6,OO0,0O0 Tweed sui
was begun in general term of Supreme Cour
at New York on Monday, before judge
Westbrook.
One day last week the dead body of Ed
ward Downey of West Chester, N. Y, was
found in a roadside ditch. 1t is thought hi
was foulIy dealt with.
Benjamin Brown, of Lancaster county
Pa, who was about to be arrested for for
gerry, took a razor and cut his throat. 1t is
thought the wound will not prove fatal.
The good people of lower Maryland and
Virginia have planted early peas, potatoes
&C., and unless we have backward spring
unusually early crops may be expected.
-Pervin II. Somcrs, alleged to have com.
mitted f0rgeries in California to the amonnt
of 100000, has been arrested in Brooklyn,
N. Y, and will be taken home by California
detectives.
Charles Kast, deputy sheriff of Los Ami
mas, Col, was shot and killed on Tuesday by
a negro named Charles Holland. Kast was
attempting to quell melee among some
negro roughs. Holland was arrested.
The storm of the I'd inst. was very dis.
astrous on the Chesapeake Bay. A large
number of sailing vessels and several steam
boats were driven ashore and damaged, in
voving n considerable loss TO owners.
Last Tuesday week Silas Wilder, of
East Lyndon, Vt, killed his father and moth
er with an axe and then cut his wife's throat.
He then went to the barn and hanged him
self. The wife was alive at last accounts.
The jury in the case of Gen o. E. Bab-
cork trial in tho I1nitnl Stnfas Npnrt nj
ST. Louis, for completely in the whisky
frauds, was sworn in on Tuesday, and the
district attorney addressed the jury on the
part of the prosecution.
MIR. Jacob Cooper, well known citizen
of Frederick county, Va, committed suicide
on Thursday last by cutting his throat with n
razor. In reply to questions, Mr. Cooper as
signed no reason for his act, except that he
wished to "go to q better world"
Work has been suspended throughout
the whole of the anthracite coal regions UNI
til March 18th. This is said to have been
done not to enhance the price of coal but be-
cause the mild winter has left very large
stock in the hands of dealers
d. l.. Wilson, of Hardy county, West
Virginia, sold forty.fou cattle last week,
which averaged as follows: Thirty-one head,
1920 pounds; eight head, l ,59G pounds i've
icu'i, l,o'o pouuuS. lnlTly-nllle OF me
above cate averaged ,61j pounds
Mine men, the most of them trusted Off
GERS Of the government, and among the best
citizens OF Indiana, were sent to the State
prison. on Tuesday of last week, convicted
OF conspiracy to defraud the revenue, in con-
nection with the whisky ring.
Mr.. ]. D. Ferguson, Secretary of the
Maryland Jockey Club, has been engaged to
take charge of the races at Philadelphia du-
ring the centennial exposition. And it is
stated that these races will be on scale of
magnificence never before attempted in this
country.
The dwelling ofGeo uoindle, near Homi-
nayville, in Bureau county, Illinois, was
burned Friday night, and Mr.. IIeindle, wife
and two children persisted in the flames A
daughter, nineteen years old, narrowly es.
capped by jumping from Il second story Win
dow.
"A disastrous fire occurred in New York
city,on Tuesday which proved the most des-
tructiyc for years in that city, almost an en-
tire block being destroyed. Two firemcn
were killed and several others injured by the
falling walls The total loss is estimated ut
81 100000.
james Quincy, uewsboy, was blown
from a running train on the Washington
DituSh i'ultihlOiC anu ollO ltlllIOdU, uu-
ring the hurricane of Wednesday morning,
and badly injured, his skull having been
crushed in He is IA years of age and tho
main support OF his widowed mother.
AT Georgetown, Colorado, on Saturday
night, desperate character, Jack Jones, shot
and killed Barney Rounds, u citizen of that
place. Jones was chased some distance by
the marshal. and finally brought to bay by a
shot in the leg. lie attempted to take his
own life but failed, and is now in jail
In Chicago, on Monday, John Heich
shot and instantly killed Edward Campbell
during a quarrel about Heich's wife, who
was divorced from Campbell before her mar
riage with Heicb. The latter was badly cut
by razor in the hands of Campbell. The
murderer escaped.
The trial of Jos. Flemm, at Piltsburg,
Pa for the murder of his betrothed, Miss
Amelia Railing, on the 18th of last month";
was opened on Monday morning, and the
case given to the jury in the evening. They
returned verdict Of murder in the second
degree, and the prisoner was remaudcd for
sentence
In n blacksmith shop at Appleton, Kan
sas, recently, a desperate named Davis drew
n revolver to shoot Samuel Harvey There
upon Fayette Harvey, Samucps brother, went
up stcalLhily behind Davis and struck him on
the head with hammer, crushing his skull
and killing him instantly. AS he fell his pis-
tol went off, the ball striking Samuel Harvey.
AT Robinson's Opera House. Cincinna-
ii, during performance on Saturday after
noon, Il false alarm of fire was raised The
audience, in which were II large number of
women and children, was thrown into n
panic, and II needless rush was made for the
doors. In the rush ten or twelve persons
were killed and many more injured before
order could be restored.
The County Treasurer of ST. Lawrence,
N. "A Republican, who has held the office
since 1853, has "defaulted" the county to the
tune of $4,000 or $4,000. A few months
since the County Treasurer of Saratoga coun-
ty, in the same State, turned out not only de-
faulter but forged county bonds, by which the
debt of the county has been largely increas.
cd.
Mrs. Elisha Kecne, of Green Harbor,
Marshfeld, having occasion TO use very
hard shell and frozen pumpkin, placed it in
the oven of her stove for the purpose of
thawng it. AS she was about TO remove it
it exploded with the report of q bombshell, a
part striking the old lady in the face with
great force and burning her severely Who
can feel safe when heretofore harmless pump-
kins take to exploding.
John Dolan, convicted in New York of
murder of Mr.. Noe, and sentenced TO be
hanged on the 10th Of December last, but
who had his case reviewed, has been re-
sentenced to be hanged on the gath of March,
the original sentence being confirmed This
will allow Dolans counsel time 10 apply to
the Court of Appeals TO have point as to
the constitutionaity of the grand jury which
found the indictment determined
In Philadelphia on Monday, Helena and
Anna Dunn nnnd resnpctiYnlv five and thrnn