The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-09
THE sEGZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, NOV. o, 1877.
THE NEWS.

The storm of Friday last was very di
astrous to shipping all along the coast
James Brown, of the firm of Brow
brothers % Co, bankers, died in New Yor
last week, in his S7th year.
-Rev X. L. Berry, n welLknown mini
Ter OF the Presbyterian Church. died in VIII
chester, Va, on Friday last. " -"
The farmers of the West have suffere
heavy loss by the hog cholera. AT last at
counts the disease was subsiding.
Six new postal cars were recent
Dullt at the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany's shops at Altoona in two weeks.
Henry Norfolk was convicted of nm
der in the first degree, last Saturday, at An
napolis, for killing his wife in Anne Arundc
county, last spring.
Henry Meiggs, the great South Ameri
can railroad contractor, YVES buried with nm
usual pomp and ceremony at Lima, Peru. o,
the I'd of October.
Mary Lizzie Brooks, aged eight wears
was instantly killed in Baltimore, last Satur
day, by falling into an unprotected area whil
listening to street music.
"A tenement house was recently discover
ed in New York, which contained ninety
nine families, or nearly 800 people-all LIVING
IN the most wretched poverty.
The new bridge ofthe Pennsylvania road
which spans the Susquehanna at Rockville
near Harrisburg, has been completed. 1t i.
the longest bridge on the line of the road.
The lumber yard of Weeser & Bender
in Centre county, Pa, was fired by an incen.
diary early Sunday morning. Between
2,OOO,0OO and 100000 feet of lumber were
consumed.
On Sunday evening" Catherine Schonath
aged II years. of Baltimore, was shockingly
burned while filling lighted gasoline lamp
by some the fluid falling on her clothing
and igniting.
-On the ID Instant powder mill at Con
cord, Mass, exploded blowing the only oc-
cupant, Charles II. Perry, rs feet. Nothing
remained on his body but portion of his
rubber boots.
The eX-Sherif of Clearfield county, Pa,
who mysteriously disappeared about year
ago and was supposed to have been murdered,
has been heard from in Oregon, where his
family is about to join him.
For the first time since the terrible rain
on the night of October 4th trains ran
through from Port Deposit to Philadelphia
over the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central
railroad, on Tuesday of last week.
There were earthquakes at divers places
in New York, Northern New Hampshire,
Vermont and Western Massachusetts, on
Sunday. Houses were shaken, windows bro
ken, and people generally frightened.
Col. George P. Kane, the newly elected
mayor of Baltimore, entered upon his duties
on Monday. He has appointed Rev. Dir.
John Poisal. Of the NJ E. Church South,
formerly chaplain to the House of Represcn.
tatives, as his private secretary.
-Ex-mayor A. Oakley Hall, of New York,
whose sudden disappearance about six
months ago, caused much wonderment, has
returned to New York, from soiourn in
London. He denies the charge Of having
profited pecuniarily by the Tweed conspira-
cy
"A few days since man named Urias
Johnson, living near Woodstock, Howard
county, was found bound to tree by ropes,
which he asserts was done by tramps, who
also robbed him of n sum of money he had
just received as his wages in quarry where
he works.
The Russians have gained more successes
Ill Bulgaria The Turkish army in Kars is
said to be suffering from famine and sickness.
The Russians are said to be about to make
another effort to cross the Balkan mountains,
with 10000 men, and hope to close the war
this year.
Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer serv-
ing out life sentence in the Charlestown
State Prison, Mass, was recently detected in
an attempt to cut his way out of prison, hay
ing moved large stone several inches.
Pomeroy has been acting the insane trick
heretofore
The race between Ten Brock and Pa
role, which was 10 have taken place at Je-
rome Park, N. Y, last Saturday, was post
poned until Tuesday On that day Ten
Brock was too sick to run, and was accord
ingly withdrawn, his owner, Mr. Harper,
paying the forfeit.
George r. Shane, aged 81 years. was
run over and killed by a train on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, near Ellicolt city,
on Saturday. John Hett aged II years,
was also run over and killed on the same
railroad, near McPhersons Junction, two
miles from the city, last Saturday night
The British government having offered
a reward of 800, 900 for the recovery of the
records of Sir John Franklin, the shipping
house of Morrison e. Brown, of New York,
are about to send out an expedition for the
sake of the reward. To guard against to-
tai loss of time whaling ship will convoy the
exploring party.
On the LIST instant Mrs. VIM Van Voor-
HUGS, VI w llloH w u.s., WHO llVcu unDapDlly
with her husband, poisoned herself and three
children and then set fire to the house.
When the flames burst out the house was en-
tered, and the unfortunate woman and her
children found dead, the oldest boy, aged 10,
being burnt to q crisp
Last Friday night the wife of Stephen
May, of Mechanicsville, stole out of her house,
taking with her four other children, the oldest
nine and the youngest II years. and throw
ing them into deep and swift running creek,
jumped in herself. The oldest child managed
to get out and gave the alarm in time to save
the mother and one child. The other two
children were drowned.
Levin j. Hutchinson died at the Mary
land University Hospital, Baltimore, Satur-
day morning, from the effects of blows recciv-
ed in a contest with his brother, John w.
Hutchinson, on Monday afternoon previous.
The difficulty arose from John interfering 10
prevent Levin from beating their mother,
Mary Nj. Hutchinson. Levin is said to have
been drunk and quarelsome, while John was
the principal support of their mother.
For the 1Egis and I,atelliqencer.