The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-15
TIE sEGZN.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, NOV. Is, 1873.
Condensed News.


Thomas Hughlett, fish commissioner fol-
the Eastern Shore, has just planted 10000
salmon in the tributaries of Elk river.
Congressman Alexander Smith, Republi
can, of the 18th district of New York, died
five hours after he was elected He was i'll
only two days.
Bucks county, Pa, voted on the sheep
law-that is, they voted as to whether dogs
should be taxed to pay for sheep killed by
dogs-there were only 1853 votes for it with
5000 against it.
Governor Wade Hampton of South Car
olina, while deer hunting, last Thursday,
fired at a deer from the back of mule. The
bride broke and the General jumped off In
the fall his leg was broken.
AT town meeting held at Easton re-
port was adopted recommending the purchase
of another fire engine, with new hose and
improvements to the cisterns, the whole ex-
pense being estimated at 81 800.
"A female tght-rope walker fell from the
rope, in Norfolk, last Wednesday, a distance
of twenty feet, to the ground. A small tent
which she fell through broke her fall, and
she escaped with few bruises and Il spraiu-
ed ankle
"A heavy frost fell at Memphis, Tenn.
last Friday night, and only one death from
yellow fever took place from Friday evening
to Saturday noon. In the opinion of physi-
clans there is no longer any danger of infec-
tion at New Orleans
Port Deposit arose in its might and or.
dered some troublesome footpads to leave its
neighborhood. The tramps refused to go,
when several of them were arrested. Next
day after the arrests ten straw stacks were
set on fire by some of the prisoners friends.
Ten hotels and twenty cottages, valued
Mt $400,000 were destroyed by fire at Cape
May, N. j. last Saturday. The burned dis.
trict includes nearly forty acres, and more
than half the place. The fire started in the
unoccuped Ocean House, and is supposed to
have had incendiary origin.
Senator Dennis got up grand coon
hunt on his plantation, in Somerset county,
the other night. Hunters and hounds were
out in force, and there was much sport be-
meath the moon. One coon was caught-a
fellow who had during the present year COB.
bled up over two hundred of the Senator's
chickens.
Major George Freaner, prominent law
yer of Hagerstown, Nd, died there suddenly
on Sunday morning, in the 47th year of his
age. He was member of the memorable
Legislature of 1860, and served throughout
the war, ut different times, on the staff of
Generals j. E. B. Stewart, Wade Hampton
and Fitzhugh Lee. He was member of the
Legislature Of 1874.
The grand jury of Columbia, S. c., have
returned true bills against Ex-Governor d.
H. Chamberlain, Financial Agent II. Fl.
Kimpton and others, charging them with
swinding the State in their capacity as Land
Commissioners, in 1870 These worthless, of
which Chamberlain was the chief conspirator,
rs officers of the State bought tract of land
for $4,000, and charged the State S150,000,
tor it.
"A man named Eden, living near Shelby
vile, KY, was bitten a short time ago by n
dog which proved TO be mad The wound
healed and no uneasiness was felt in regard
to it. The other day while at work Eden
was seized with symptoms of hydrophobia,
and rushed off, frothing at the mouth He
ran to n neighbor's house, screaming MAD
dog" and when the neghbor came to the
door, flew in and bit him on the arm, taking
out large piece of flesh. The mailman had
not been captured, at last accounts.
Cd in, nHa oi,a.,