The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-01-14
THE EGZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, JAN. IA, 1876.
THE NEWS.

Fisk.
Fresh herring, the first of the season
were caught on the 4th lust, near Denton
Caroline county, Md.
The Emperor of Brazil has engaged
quarters ut Philadelphia, to be occupied du
ring the centennial season
-Abancay, Peru, n town often Thousand
inhabitants, and having large sugar refine
ries, has been destroyed by an earthquake.
by an accident to railroad train filled
with military recruits, near Odessa, Russia
sixty eight persons were killed and fifty -four
injured.
WIN. NJ. Tweed is snid to have been seen
on Thursday last in store in Montreal, Cana
da. There is good reason Ia believe he is
at present living VITA friends in that city.
The case of Charles X L'r!is who shot
uri Carruth, the Vineland, N D., editor, some
time ago, from the effects of which he died,
was taken mp in court ut Bridget on on Tues.
day,
In an alteration in the vicinity of Abing-
don, Va, Tuesday night George Cook was
shot and instantly killed by a shot from n
] pistol in the hands of jeff Sullcns, who has
thus far made his escape.
VIM. Murray and Frederick Myers, two
highwaymen, who murdered and robbed n
farmer named Wahl, near Pittsburg, Pa on
the 18th of November, 1874, were hanged at
that place on Thursday of last week.
"A petition III yards long and signed by
23,360 Mormon women, has arrived at New
York. 1t is addressed to Congress and prays
the government to give Utah State govern
ment and also to annul the Poland law on
polygamy
Last Saturday, in the Criminal Court
Baltimore, Judge Gilmore sentenced VIM.
Thompson to twenty.one years in the peni
tertiary, for felonious assault upon Dora
Link, eleven years ofage, at Halls Springs,
in December 1874.
Joe Norman, colored brakeman, had
the top of his head knocked off whilst riding
on top of n southwark bound freight train on
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
near Lynchburg, Va, Tuesday morning,
causing instant death.
Oakley Hall, ex-mayor of New York, who
lately abandoned his practice and went upon
the stage, made his last appearance on Satur
day night. He made an address stating that
he had tried 10 drop the legal harness in vain,
but found that he could die with it on.
On Thursday night, the 9th instant, at
Philadelphia, Miss Caroline Johnson a young
lady of wealth, committed suicide by taking
poison. Her brother committed suicide, last
summer, by jumping from q steamship in the
Delaware river, having just returned from
Europe.
George Gunne of Fairfax county, Va,
while watching a turkey blind early on Mon--
day last shot at what he supposed to be two
turkeys, but was Mortified TO discover that
he had shot two little sons of MIR. Charles
Story badly, but fortunately not fatally injur-
ing them
The election of the Hon. l.. @ G. Lamar
to the United States Senate, by the Missssip-
pi Legislature will be gratifying to everybody.
His place in the House of Representatives
will be hard to fill but men who will be
missed are the only kind who should be call
ed upon to go up higher.
The municipal debt of New Orleans has
been run up to the enormous sum of twenty
five million dollars This is n hundred dol
lars per head for every one of its inhabitants,
and is one of the blessings of radical ring
rule. In his late message Governor Kellogg
proposes a compromise with the creditors
In the Ohio Senate, on Tuesday, bill
was introduced imposing n fine of $50 for
taking the name of God in vain. In the
House resolution declaring against any d.
vision of the school funds in the interest of
any particular religious sect was unanimous
ly adopted.
-Four lake captains, named Craig, Dare,
Mccormick and one unknown, arc supposed
TO have been drowned in Lake Michigan,
near Kingsville, Mich, Monday, while at
tempting to reach Point Pelee i'm small
sail boat. A man is positive that he saw the
boat 60 down.
An Osborn, Mo-, on the Hannibal and
St. Joseph railroad, on Thursday night, burg
lars broke into drug store and stole bottle
of chloroform. with which they drugged the
whole town. They robbed both hotels, all
the stores, and many private residences
They secured several thousand dollars and
escaped,
A contest has taken place between the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the
Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad Com
pany, in regard to n crossing at Ilopewell,
N j., where the latter insists on crossing
the track of the former. The danger of col.
lsion has become so great that the military
were on Thursday of last week ordered to
the scene The difficulty has since been nd
iusted and order rcigns once more.
The great subterranean fire that is con-
Stunning the coal under the city of Pittsburg
for more than year past, is still burning,
and there is danger of great damage. Every
opening has been stopped up, to prevent
draught of air from reaching the fire, hut
the smoke still issues from different places.
Active operations, under the direction of the
fro commissioners, are about to be common
ced for the purpose Of cxtinguishing this
great underground confagralion.
-Babbitt, the New York soap man, has
discovered that he has been robbed by two
clerks who left his employ two years ago, of
about 100000 This was done by false en-
tries in the books by one of the clerks named
Beckwith. Rabbit did not discover his loss
until RanlY with loft yuhan ba ou6Ia,, inn
in his profits led him to investigate his books.
His soap business must he very profitable, if
it could stand drain like that without the
loss being perceived.
In the House of Representatives, on Mon
day, Mr.. RandalTs general amnesty bill came
up, but 1t was defeated by vote of172 yeas
to OF nays, thirds not voting in the af-
firmative. The Republicans all voted against
it. Ex.Speaker Blaine endcavored to get in
an amendment excepting Jefferson Davis
from its provisions, and made one OF the most
bitter partisan speeches that has been heard
for long time. Messrs. Kelly aud Cox re-
piled to him, and In the end tho laugh was
upon Blaine.
"A day or two ago an enterprising
tramp" entered Frederick and in passing by
flower garden appropriated a plant grow
ing in q flower pot. An idea struck him that
there might be millions in it," so lie forthwith
proceeded to the nearest drug store, where
lie procured some oil of anise, which he
poured upon the plant also some anise seed,
which he placed in his pocket and started
out to ''astonish the natives" with the fra
GRANGE of his wonderful Egyptian plant, and
also supply them with a small quantity of
the seed at the low price of 81. He was very
successful, both in selling to and astonishing
them, for in a few days they found that they
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