The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-26
THE NEWS.

james r. Bailey, Democrat, has bee II
elected 10 the U. s. Senate from Tennessee
Mrs. Conners u huckster, was murdered
in Memphis last Friday evening, by IN I'M
known man who stepped up behind her and
cut her throat.
William ]. Conroy, convicted of arson
at Rondoul, N. Y, has been sentenced to
imprisonment tor life.
Prayer meetings are being held daily in
Wall street, New York, for The conversion
of the bankers and brokers.
Upon sober secOnd-thought, the Repub
lcan Legislature ut Pennsylvania concluded
not to put the State militia Oh war foot
ing.
H. G. Bennett the defaulting pension
agent at San Francisco, has been sentenced
to two years in jail and to pay fine OF
$4,000.
An inmate of the Almshouse at Spring
field, Mass was killed on Saturday by the
falling of an embankment under which he
was digging.
john j. Willis, q prominent citizen of
Gorham, N. H., was killed by IL train while
walking ON the Grand Trunk railroad track
on Saturday.
George Wells, who had been President
of the Farmers and Planters Bank OF An
napois, for fifty years, is II deiaullcr to the
bank in tue sum OF $4,000
"A little colorcd child at st. Michaels,
Md, died last week from the effects OF IL pot
of hot hominy which WAS accidentally upset
upon its body.
The heaviest snow in Alabama since
1882 iel last week. 1t covered the ground
to depth of five inches, and was Il pllenom-
enOn ~ the inhabitants
Henry NJ cCourt was killed on Wednes.
day OF last week by falling into q disuseu
lime-kiln at the Baltimore water works. He
was 81 years OF agre
The New York Times has been sued by
the police commissioners OF New York ioi
Islander. Each o. the commissioners esli
mates the damage TO himself to be $4,000
Ella Davis, sixteen years old, living IN
the family OF Amos Cuslle, about ten miles
from Cumberland, Md, was recently burned
to death by the accidental upsetling OF Il
kerosene lamp.
The Gloucester Mass. fishing fleet, con
sisting of ten sci oOners, with crews uggre.
gazing " men, ii is feared were lost IN The
December gales, as nothing has been heurC
OF them since.
Gerard 3. Hamilton had his skull frac
tured by Clearance Hale, in II foundry al
jamestown, N. Y, on Saturday, aud died .
his injuries Sunday morning. He hau
threa' ened Hale with u knife
Since the LIST instant, III new cases OF
small pOx have been reported in New Orleans
One of The cases was from the Republican
Legislature, and several Of the soldiers IL
the Custom House are reported i'll Of tht
disease.
The funeral of the unidentified victim.
oil the Ashtabula disaster took place ut Ash
tabula ON the 10Th. Nineteen bodies were
Inferred. joint services were held ut the
grave by Evangelical clergymen and the Ma
sonic order
Information has reached Ottawa tina
500 families of sioux Indians recently hostll,
to the United States, have crossed the North
west boundary in o Cauadu, and tncamptc
near Wood Mountain. They are now pcucc
ably disposed
Senator Morton received telegram from
indianapolis, Saturday morning, Informing
him that the Republican members of tn,
Indiana Legislature, ut II cauc Is the nigh
before, unanimously approved his opposition
to The Compromise Plan"
Charles Wooiver, who was buried il
the quicksand OF forty foot well ut Mohawl
at noon on Saturday, was rescued at mid
night he was alive, aud apparently wed
but died within an hour and halt, and va
conscious to Tie last. He leaves widow
ard Jour children.
-Mtssrs. Tilden. Hayes and Wheeler de
cline to express their opinions OF the Eiec
toral Count bill MIR. Hendricks declines Il
be interviewed on the subject, but is under
stood to have expressed to Ills intimate friend
his warm approval of the measure.