The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-06-22
TIE sEEZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1877.
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
Sitting Bull has gone over into Canada,
to avoid capture by the U. S. troops.
The Paris Exhibition works are pushed
on with vigor More than 1900 men are en-
ployed.
The plague which has broken out this
year at Bagdad has been dormant for forty
two years
Five fast Russian trottng horses of the
famous Count Orlotf breed, recently arrived
at New York.
Last Friday three murderers were hang
ed at New Orleans one at Dayton, Ohio, and
one at Newman, Ga
The towns of Calama, Chiuchiu and San
Pedro, in South America, were entirely swal-
lowed up by the recent earthquake.
The dog tax has had no effect in decreas-
ing the number of dogs in England. The
number kept has nearly doubled since 1866.
President Hayes complains of being al
ready worn out with the cares of Office. His
fraudulent title is doubtless his greatest bur
den.
Rev. J. S. G. Abbott, author of "The His
tory of Napoleon Bonaparte," the "RolloI
books &c, died at Fair Haven, Ct, on Sun
day, aged II.
"A new town is to be built on the Poto-
mac, at Point Lookout. Streets are to be
laid out, and n large new hotel and other
buildings are to be erected.
Charles J, Smith, of New York, took
dose ofbug cXterminator in glass of beer,
last Sunday, his domestic relations being I'M
happy. He died the same day.
Col S. Taylor Suit recently exhibited in
Washington a sample Of rye of new yarie-
ty, 100 inches in length, grown upon his
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The mile and q quarter race on Tuesday
at Jerome Park, N. Y, between Lorillard's
BAIL and E. A. Clabaugh's Cloverbook, for
q stake of$10000, was won by BAIL Time
2128.
Mount Vesuvius is said to be firing up,
and apparently getting ready for another
eruption as great as that which destroyed
Pompeii and Herculaneum eighteen hundred
years ago.
The wife of Christian Beck, a German
farmer of Corona, N. w. committed suicide
last Friday, by taking two spoonsful of Par
is green. She fingered for 10 hours after
taking the dose.
Secretary Sherman states the amount of
fractional currency lost or destroyed at over
eight million dollars. The government has
been a gamer to that extent by the loss and
destruction its promises to pay.
The board of directors of the Phiadel- |
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Company have declared semiannual divi- |
idend of per cent. on the capital stock of
the company, payable on and after july 2.
Last Saturday afternoon Jonathan
Graves, colored, quarrelled with his wife and
fired gun at her The contents (bird shot
lodged in the head Of his grandchild, Susan
Scgars, aged II, killing her. Graves asserts
that he merely wished to frighten his wife,
and that the gun went off accidentally.
"A man named Stilman, living in Monroe
county, N. Y, was called out Of his house
and beaten almost to death by an unknown
ruflian on Saturday morning. His premises
were soon after burned down. 1t is thought
his assaiant robbed the house and then set
it on fire.
Frederick Douglass, L. s. marshal for the
District of Columbia, last Sunday paid Wis
it to his old master, Capt Aud, a resident of
St. Mchacl's, Talbot county, Md, from
whom he ran away Al years ago. The meet
ing between the former master and former
servant was very affecting. In the afternoon
Douglass made speech IT, the coored peo-
pie, in which he gave them sound advice
He learned from his old master that he was
born in 1918.
"A train of cars OH the Atchison branch
of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific road
ran into a creek ten miles west of Washing |
ton, Iowa, last Tuesday morning. The en-
gine, Il baggage and two passenger cars fell
distance of twenty-five feet through the
bridge. The sleeping car stopped with a
third of its length projecting over the chasm.
About fifty passengers were on the train
No one was killed, and none of the passen- |
gers were dangerously hurt.
Last Saturday night, Frederick Hendricks,
wealthy farmer, living in Mclean county, |
ILL.,, came home bringing with him Il girl
whom he told his wife was to supply her
place in the house. To a remark she made
he kicked her, then drew q revolver and com |
menced shooting at Mrs. Hendricks, who ran
to the gate and fell weltering in her blood
The next morning Hendricks was found dead |
beside haystack with bullet in his brain |
and his hand grasping revolver.
"A dispatch was received in San Francis
co, on Sunday, from Lieutenant Wilkinson,
at Wallula, in Washington Territory, stating
that the Indians were on the war path and
numbering whites at Mount Idaho, 60 miles
from Lewiston. Another dispatch was also
received, stating that several settlers on Cot
tonwood Greek had been murdered by the |
Indians. General Howard, WHO is near
Walla Walla, has ordered all the available |
troops at that place and San Francisco to be |
sent to the scene of hostilities.
Robert Richter, aged 49, n clerk in the
Qu0rtermaser Generals office, in Washing
ton, committed suicide in a garden attached
TO his dwelling, last Friday evening. He
was annoyed by the interference of his wife's
cat ard kittens with his flowers, and threat.
cned to kill them if she did not keep them
out of the garden. She replied that if he
did she would tear up his tomato vines. He
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