The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-16
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BEL AIR, FRIDAY, NOV. 16, 1877.
THE NEWS.

President Hayes has sent 800 to Grac
Street Presbyterian Church in Richmond.
The county treasury at Batavia Ohio
has been robbed of $4,000. 1t is not known
when the robbery occurred.
The Canadian schooner Magellan found
cred in Lake Michigan, in some of the reCen
storms and the captain and crew, eight il
number, persisted.
The Senate has unanimously confirmed
the appointment of John Welsh, of Phladel
phia, as minister to England in place of Mr.
Pcrrepont, resigned,
There is no foundation to the report that
the Canadian government has granted a re-
serve of land to Sitting Bull and his band at
Red Deer river, or anywhere else.
james Edwards, colored, tried and CON
yicted in Princess Anne county, Va, for II
criminal assault on II negro child, last spring,
was hanged at Norfolk, last Friday.
-Myer Myers, for thirty years British
consul at Norfolk, Va, and at one zine one
of the largest importing merchants there,
died on Thursday night, in the SSth year of
his age.
"A few days ago the inmates of New
Jersey almshouse revoltcd, bit the warden in
the hand, and badly burnt the keeper with a
red-hot poker-all because there was not
enough pepper in their soup that day.
"A ferry boat on the Connecticut river,
between Sunderland and Deertield went
adrift Saturday and sunk. Ten teams and
their drivers were rescued. One man fell
dead from heart disease ON reaching the
shore.
Judge Thomas A. Spence, a native of
Cambridge, Md, and Assistant Superindent
of the railway mail service, died at Washing
ton on Saturday. He was man of great
natural Abilities and had the reputation of
being q sound and able jurist.
AT the recent election, in Kent county,
Md, voluntary vote was taken on local OPP
ton, resulting in l Alb for and 1913 against
it-a majority of 400 for il. In Cecil county,
also, a similar test in the 9th district resulted
in vote of 267 for local option and against
it,
-Four little toys in Pittsburg, Pa, chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Endes, during
the absence of their parents, Saturday, play
fully emptied the contents of kerosene can
into the CRATE. Three of the little fellows
were seriously burned, one of whom has since
died.
The U. S. Senate last Saturday amended
the army bill, so as 10 limit the army to
10000 men. The votes ofthe Texas members
were Salneu lOr IL ny agreeing 10 SEND four
cavalry regiments to Texas to guard the
border land between the United States ard
Mexico.
Government prisoners will hereafter be
confined in the Maryland Penitentiary, in
stead Of Albany, New York, as heretofore
The government pays T1.25 a week for the
board of each prisoner. After an inspection
by government agent, the Maryland Peni-
Tertiary has been recommended as the best
managed institution of the kind in the coun-
try.
Darius Pruzman and Kate Mory were
married ut Reading, Pa, last Saturday
Pruzman had spraned his back severely
few days previous. AT the wedding recep.
ton, at night, he was taken suddenly i'll,
gradually grew worse and died at o'clock,
Sunday morning, leaving Mrs Prutzman Il
widow within twelve hours of the marriage
ceremony
Mr.. Krawl of Davenport, Iowa, went to
his grocery store early one morning last
week, and after lighting fire in his stove
threw the lighted match behind him. UnfOr-
tunately for him, his store had been entered
by burg lars the night before, who after drill
ing holes in his safe had departed suddenly
leaving a small key of powder on the floor
Mr.. Krawl's match lodged on the barrel atorc-
said, and before he could say Jack Robinson
the barrel went up, Mr.. Krawl went down.
and the store was in blaze. He was drag.
ged out of the burning building considerably
injured and greatly astonished.