The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-07-06

BEL AIR, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1877.
THE NEWS.

The NEWS.
Joseph Mishow died at Williamsport
Pa, last Friday, at the age of 1903.
The Catholic church at Laconia, N. H.,
was struck by lightning, last Sunday, and
burned 10 the ground. Loss $4,000
On Sunday the Liberty Oil Works, at
Lawrencevile, Pa, were set on fire by light
ming and large quantity of oil destroyed
Loss 10000.
johann Gartner, who murdered his wife
ut Cincinnati, last Thursday afternoon, in a
fit of jealousy, hanged himself in the county
Jail where he was confined.
"A negro named Jackson Pollard, died
suddenly at Washington last Sunday, and in
his stomach was found q quart of orange
peel, which caused his death.
-Georgia's wheat crop is said 10 be mag
nficent-from 25 to 80 bushels of plump
white wheat to the acre. The farmers of
Georgia have found out that cotton is no
longer king.
Large quantities Of fish in the streams
in Rensselaer, and Washington counties, N.
Y, have been killed by Paris green, which
the farmers in that section have been using
for the destruction of the potato bug.
Mr.. Andrew Sterett Ridgely, a promi-
nent and regular member OF the Baltimore
bar, was suddenly stricken with paralysis, on
Wednesday morning of last week, and died
next day. He was about 30 years of age.
AT McGaheysville Rockingham county,
Va, last Thursday D. Gilmore, merchant
20 wears of age, stabbed with pocket knife
and almost instantly killed Reuben Bonds, n
farmer and blacksmith, with whom he had
difficulty.
"A party of young men trespasslng on the
farm of Daniel Fritz, in Mahoning valley,
Pa, last Sunday, were ordered OIL by the
proprietor. One Of the party, named Burk
Kelly, drew revolver on Fritz when the
latter knocked him down with musket and
shot him. He died shortly aiterward.
"A blockade of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal took place last week by a number of
boats getting abreast, and refusing to allow
other boats to pass. The crews demand 81
per ton for carrying coal. On Sunday the
Sheriff of Washington county cleared q pas
sage through them, and the blockade is now
over.
AT Damascus, recently, a Turkish soldier
went into bazaar to buy sword. To try
the temper of one he looked around for some
object. At this moment Jew happened TO
pass. In the twinking of an eye, with
sweeping blow he cut of the Jews head
Then he coolly pronounced the swords good
one, paid the price and went his way
john F Quarles, n colored Georgian, has
been appointed Consul to Malaga, Spain
While filling the same position at Fort Ma
hon he induced the dealers there to import
considerable quantities of lumber from the
South, and it is expected that he will be no
less successful in the same direction now
that he has been promoted to a position OF
greater Importance.
A little girl eight years old was burned
to death by fire which consumed a farm
house near Sterlngsylle, N. Y, last Thurs
day night. Fer mother, Mrs Patterson and
one small child escaped by running through
the flames with their heads covered with
blankets. The fire is supposed TO have been
the work of tramp who was refused admis-
sion to the house the same day.
The Germans have novel method Of
extermnating the potato bug. A single spe
cimen of the voracious pest having appeared
in a potato field near Cologne, the govern
ment had the field covered with tan bark and
petroleum and set on fire. The unucky bug
after escaping the dangers of tie sea, misera-
bly, persisted by the fire, we suppose. The
government Unidentified the proprietor for
his loss.
The storm of Saturday and Sunday was
unusually destructive in various parts of the
country. Near Franklin, Ind, the houses of
Mr.. Drummer and George Dresser, were
both demolished, and both the families one
consisting of five and the other of six per.
sons, were all killed Other houses were also
thrown down and persons killed and injured.
A school house was carried so yards from its
foundations. The pathway of the storm was
near the centre OF Indiana and Ohio, and was
from quarter to half a mile in width
Great damage was also done at Parkersburg,
Pa, and twenty barns were blown down in
Gilsuman, N. H.