The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-04-20
THE REZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, APRIL go, 1877,
THE NEWS.

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president of the Frederick, Md, Seminary
died on Sunday.
k. H. Buffers furniture factory, at Cum
berland, Md, was destroyed by fire last Sat
urday, causing q loss of $4,000.
Farmers of Kansas are jublant. The
cold weather, it is believed, has frozen the
grasshopper eggs so that not one of then
will hatch.
Jack Kehoe, Molly Mcguire, has been
sentenced to be hanged for the murder Of F
w. S. Langdon commi ted at AnderveW
Pennsylvania, in 1862
james Lanahan knocked Joseph Brady
down with his fist during quarrel in IIar.
lem New York, Saturday night. Brady will
die, as his skull is fractured.
"A Concord On. H. dispatch once more
announces that the amendment to the con-
sttution abolishing religious test as quaifi-
cation for office has been adopted.
Alex. H. Stephens, who is gradually inn
proving in health announces his intention
to &c carried to the House of Representatives
in order to vote for speaker.
On Monday u negro convict in Black
wells Island prison, New York, was shot
dead by his keeper, Michael Adams, whom
lie had assaulted with shovel.
The boy in Bowdoin, Me, who got mad
with his father for reprimanding him in
church, and went home, got gun, waylaid
and shot him. has been found guilty of man
slaughter.
VIM, j, Reed, foreman of the pattern
shop ofthe Corliss Engine works, Providence,
r. l., died from an overdose Of morphine,
which, it is alleged, was put up by druggist
for quinine.
B. G. TAFT and Ed. Dodson, both gam
blers, fought duel in Kentucky, opposite
Cincinnati, on Monday. Neither was hurt,
end it is believed the seconds loaded the
pistols with blank cartridges.
"A new comet, the third this year, was
discovered on the night of the 18th inst, near
Cassopea's face, by Prof Swift, of Rochcs-
Ter, N. Y. 1t appears to revolve around the
North star without setting.
About one thousand hostile Indians
came in to Spotted Tail Agency last Salur-
day, and surrendered. The head chief made
II speech and sguified his desire for peace by
laying his rifle ut Gen Crooks feet.
The commission TO consider the Wash
ington monument has met, and the engineers
reported that the foundation is not sufficient
to bear the additional weight of the structure,
but they make no recommendation whatever
upon the subject
Charles Corey, of New York, purchased
$4,000 in United States bonds, on Monday,
and was followed to his store by three men,
two of whom engaged his attention while
the other stole the bonds from his coat.
which was hanging near by.
The steamship Leo, from Savannah, Ga,
for Nassau was destroyed by fire on the 18th
inst, at sea, 30 miles from shore. Eighteen
ofthe crew and three passengers are supposed
to be lost. The rest of the crew and officers,
10 in number, were picked up from life raft
by Russian vessel.
The Government, represented by the
War and Post-Office departments, is making
every preparation for the protection of yisi
tors to the Yellowstone during the coming
summer. In this connection General Sher-
man will himself visit that section during
the warm weather,
A delegation of Friends, consisting NJ
Dr. Breed, of Washington Robert Fry and
Sarah Pope, of Philadelphia; j. G. Gore, of
Boston, and James Underhill, of New York
had an interview with the President on
Monday, and presented to him n relilion
from the Universal peace union asking him
to continue the Indian peace policy. The
President made pacific reply
John Frsby Hodges, colored, was shot
Joseph Warren, colored, by Joseph Warren
Jr. The latter was attending the bar and
Hodges wanted five. cent drink Upon be-
ing refused, Hodges tried to make his way
into a back room, to complain to the propri-
etor, when Warren shot him, and he died
Saturday afternoon.
The accounts of the number of persons
who persisted in the burning of the Southern
Hotel at st. Louis, on Wednesday morning
of last week, were exaggerated, eleven or
twelve instead of fifty being all who are
known TO be lost The scenes and incidents
however, were of the most heart.ren0ipg
character, and the accident has carried sor
row and distress far and wide.
Col. A. X. Mcclure, editor of the Pbila-
dephia Times, was attacked on the street bv
Nat Mckay, naval contractor, whose alleged
dishonest transactions were exposed by the
Times Mckay struck at Mcclure with
whip but was seized by the latter, when two
men accompanying Mckay struck McClur
from behind Mckay and one of the men,
n New York rough, named Connn, were ar
rested,
Mrs. James Abbott, of Baltimore.
while absent from home, received q
message that her daughter was dying
When she arrived the young lady was
corpse, was 81 much shocked and grieved
that she sank to the floor unconscious
Her friends supposed size had tainted, but a
physician was sent for who pronounced her
lifeless.
DIR. r. Fl. Green, of Hoosck, N. Y, was
thought to be dead, and his body was placed
in a vault about two weeks ago. AS lie Ind
narrowly escaped burial while in trance
several years ago, his wife was requested to
visit his body until no doubt of death existed.
II is now stated that last Saturday signs of
life were noticed, and the body was removed
from the vault. Attending physicians pro-
nounce it a case of suspended animation.
Three steamers which left New York for
Europe Saturday carried an extraordinary
quantity of fresh beef The city of Rich
mond, for Liverpool, had 100000 pounds ::
the Celtic, for Liverpool, over 10000 pounds,
and the California, for Glasgow, about 95, ,
600 pounds, besides many live sheep. All
carried large quantities of bacon, pork and
lard These three vessels and the Neclser,
Tor Bremen, took out about 5000 bushels
of grain.
&C. Edgar Mackey alias j. B. Morphy,
was arrested in Baltimore on Saturday
for disposing of counterfeit money and swind,
ling generally. He had been sending out
circulars Offering to sell what he called "green
tobacco segars," but which was really conn
terfeit money, A number of letters from his
dupes in all parts of the country were found
on his person. Some of these have been
published. They all indicate guilty know
ledge of the kind Of transaction they were
engaging in, and the authorities ought to
look them up.
Mrs. Mary e. Ashton was put on trial
in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, on Mon
day, on the charge of forging the names of
Havemyer & Elder, of New York, on n
check to them of Stoneburner s. Richards,
Baltimore firm, for $2,557 A bank teller