The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-02-08
THE EEZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, FEB. s, 1878.
THE NEWS.

smoke in the burning of n tenement house a
New York, last Monday.
j. Madison Wells, the runaway Return
ing Boarder, of Louisiana, has surrendered
himself to the authorities.
Jefferson Davis has been invited to de.
liver an address Mt the June commencement
OF the Texas State University.
Brigham Young's will has been contest.
ed by his twenty-five widows, or their heirs
consisting of forty-tive children.
Miss Emma Davenport, n young lady %
years of age, has been arrested for robbing
the mails at Goochand Court House, Va.
Secretaries Thompson and McCrary, OF
President Hayess cabinet, are reported to
be strongly in favor of the Bland silver bill
General Charles Thomas died at Wash
ington on Monday, at the age of eighty. He
entered the army in 1919 and retired in 1866
An asylum for women and children at
Ten sin, China, has been burned. Over
1000 persons are said to have persisted in
the fire
WIN. J. johnson, butcher, of Newburg,
N. Y, committed suicide by taking lauda
mum, last Saturday. He was intoxicated at
the time.
The new tariff bill imposes n duty of
and 80 cents pound on manufactured to-
bacco and snuff.
The marriage of King Alfonso is to be
celebrated by five days festivities N Havana
during which $4,000 will be distributed
among the poor
Near Ironton, Ohio, last Friday Philip
Wenze shot and MORALLY wounded his wife,
wounded his son and daughter and put
ball into his own head.
Great excitement exists at Fort McKen-
ney, Wy. T., over the discovery of gold bear
ing quartz on Crazy Woman's Creek, TWEEN
ty-tive miles from that post.
The story of the dead man who came to
life in Philadelphia, a week or two ago, has
turned out to be the clever trick of man
whose past career has been one of fraud.
"A boy about twelve years old, whilst en-
gagged in splitting wood at New Richmond,
West Virginia, last Monday, split his chest
and head fearfully. His recovery is doubt
full.
Henry Genet, who was convicted in
New York four years ago of conspiring to
defraud the city and fled, has voluntarily re-
turned and surrendered himself to the autho-
rites.
During a circus performance at Calais
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fire was raised, and in the rush caused there
by, ten persons were suffocated or trampled
to DEATH
"A switchman on the Erie railroad on
Saturday, found the headless body of man
lying on the track near Henderson, N. j.,
street crossing. A few yards off was found
the unfortunate mans lead.
Miss Sallie Porter, young lady aged 1S,
living in Cincinnati, while delrious from fe-
yer, on Sunday night escaped from her room
and wandered couple of squares barefooted
and in her night dress, and died.
"A man named Yelott, residing at Finks.
burg, Carroll county, was instantly killed, on
Monday morning, while walking on the track
of the Western Maryland Railroad near that
place, 1t is said the man was deaf
On Thursday of last week Levin z. Nor
ris, in the 1st district of Baltimore city, and
John Hunichen, in the Cd district, were elect
ed to fill vacancies in the House of Delegates
caused by the death of Col S. Sands Mills
and John F. Wiley.
Henry S. Moss, prominent merchant
of Louisville, it has been ascertained, has OBJ.
tanned $50, 600 out of bank on forged notes
His friends claim that mental alteration
caused him to criminate himself A conve-
nient excuse, but too attenuated
The wife of French Canadian laborer
in the village of st. Benoit, county of Two
Mountains, about thirty miles west of Mont
real, has given birth to pair of children
united together like the Samese twins
Both mother and infants and doing well.
Now that the war is over, or supposed
to be over, and five million quarters Ofwheat,
about forty millions of bushels, are for sale at
Odessa and its vicinity, it is seen how it hap
pened that American wheat and corn did not
advance more in price.
On Friday train on n railroad between
Boston and Newburyporr PLUNGED into a
snow bank, was thrown from the track and
wrecked. VIM. Mead, engineer was fatally
injured a brakeman dangerously hurt and
conductor had his head cut None of The
passengers were hurt.
Mr. II. F Kenney, Superintendent of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Bnliimore
railroad, ordered the 140 survivors of the
wrecked steamer Metropolis TO he brought
from Baltimore to Philadelphia, free of
charge. Adams Express Company. with like
generosity, carried clothing to them without
charge
William Wieners, who shot and killed IL
barkeeper at ST. Louis, in January, 1877, was
hanged in that city last Friday Philip Wat
son, colored, was hanged at Covington, Ky.
for wife murder. James Woods was hanged
in Malone, N. Y, for the murder of Stephen
Barber, in Belmont last summer.
Last Saturday vessel was discovered
bottom upwards and rapidly breaking to
pieces off Ocracoke Inlet beach, N. C. She
proved to be the G. G. Overton, of New
York, commanded by Capt. Henry Allen,
her crew consisting ofthe mate steward and
three seaman, all of whom were lost
MIR. Hendricks has written letter on
should be restored and that the pledge of
1869, of payment in coin, and the assurance
of the act of 1870 would almost seem to re.
uuire it. File thinks that when restored sill
q yer will approach and perhaps equal gold in
y value.
Meal Dow has introduced into the Maine
/ Legislature bill making it a criminal offence
10 sell liquor for any purpose whatever. vi
olation of the law is made punishable by i'm
prisonment for six months for the first and
one year for the second offence; and there are
: equally severe penalties for bringing liquor
into the State and for habitual drunkenness.
The Moffett register has worked so salts
factorily in the saloons in Virginia that n
bill has been introduced in the Legislature OF
that State to compel the cigar dealers to use
1t also. The bill provides that the vcnder
shall turn the crank once for each cigar sold.
AT the end of every month the register is to
be examined, and he must pay one cent to the
State for every sale made.
The Greeks very discreetly refused to
take any part in the war between Russia and
Turkey until they saw that Turkey was be-
, ing whipped, when their wrath could no
longer be restrained, and they have invaded
,,,:4 l.. al, Ill
purpose of protecting Greek subjects With
the Turkish army disengaged, as it is likely
to be, the Greeks may have reason to regret
that they did not leaYe Turkey alone.