The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-04-14
THE EGZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, APRIL IA, 1876.
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
-O'Leary, the Chicago pedestrian, lately
walked, at San Francisco, 500 miles in 1879
hours and 80 minutes.
The peach crop of Ohio, it is thought
will be failure this year. OF pears half a
crop may be raised Apples will make a
fair yield.
The mucilage used by the government
for postage stamps is composed of deXtrin .
oZs., water 5 oZs., alcohol OF.
The Vue dc PEau hotel noted summer
resort near Hampton Roads, was burned one
night last week The fire was the work of
IN incendary.
Two upper stories of Lord & Robinsons
wooden ware establishment, on West Lom-
bard street, Baltimore, were destroyed by fire
on Monday afternoon, causing u loss of
$4,000.
The annual election for town officers, at
Hagerstown, Md, took place on Monday.
The Republican candidate for mayor, and
four Democrats and one Republican us men,
bers of the town council were elected.
During a quarrel between William
Robinson and William Gcltz, at Hanover
Switch, twelve miles from Baltimore, on
Wednesday afternoon, Geltz was fatally in
jured by blow on the head from shovel.
Bishop Johns, of the Protestant Episco-
pal diocese of Virginia, died at his home near
Alexandria, Va, on the night of the 9TH inst,
aged ~ years. lie was native of Delaware,
and was for some years rector of Christ
Church, Baltimore.
The wife of Gen. Is. +. Butler died ut
the massachusetts General Hospital, last
Saturday morning, from the effects of an
operation to remove what was supposed to
DC an enlargement of a gland of the throat,
but which proved to be cancer.
One day last week John L. Merrelt, a
young farmer of Cecil county, Nd, hanged
himself with pillow line attached to a beam
in hay barrack. He had Just gone to farm
ing, and labored under hallucination that
he would not be able to meet his expenses
during the year.
Il. G. Settle shot and killed Samuel
Cowcl at Potosi station, on the st. Louis
iron Mountain and Southern railroad, Sun
day afternoon. He then went home and shot
himself intlicting mortal wound. Settle
has been station agent at Potosi, and had
been removed at the instigation of Cowel,
who was an engineer.
The wholesale drug store of VIM. II.
Brown ~ Bro, South Sharp street, BATH
more, with all its contents, was totally de.
stroyed by fire last Sunday afternoon Nine
other buildings in the same locality were
also partially burned, and slight damage was
done TO many roofs, &c. The total loss is
estimated at $22500O
"A. T. Stewart, the well known dry goods
merchant of New York, died on Monday,
after brief illness. Mr.. Stewart was a ma
tive OF Ireland and died at the age of 81. He
began lie IN this country as n poor school
master. lie embarked in the dry goods
business ility years ago, with n capital of
$780, and his wealth is now estimated at
between fifty and sixty millions.
AT Philipsburg, N. j., on Tuesday morn
ing of last week, Jacob Young, wealthy
farmer, was found frightfully mangled and
dead in his residence. The house had evil
IDENTIFY been entered by burglars, and the
room showed that terrible struggle had
taken place. Young had recently collected
considerable money for rents He was alone
IN the house, his wife being on visit to New
York.
The news from The Mexican border is of
rather stirring character. Mr. Diamond,
an American citizen of Laredo, Mexico, was
arrested by Quintano, commander of the
federal forces of Mexico, and imprisoned,
with the assurance that if money was not
Forthcoming lie would be shot. Major Mer-
ram, commanding L. s. forces, demanded
Diamonds release, which was complied with.
Subsequently the MeXcans opened fire upon
the American guard at ferry. The Amer.
cans returned the fire, silcncing the Mexi-
can batteries.
The people of California are greatly agi-
tatcd upon the subject of Chinese immiura.
ton, and are pctitioning Congress to take
some action TO check it. The Chinese work.
men being able TO live on The cheapest food,
which no white man could swallow, are en-
able to make contracts for labor, at prices
which would ruin White men. They do
nothing towards building up or improving
the country but as soon as they make pile,
they return to China. Their habits are de-
moralizng and disgusting, and. they are not
amenable to the laws; because the fare of
the prisons is accepted by them as an UNI
wonted luxury.