The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-04-12
THE MEMS.

Three men were killed and six or seven
wounded by the explosion of a steam boiler
in Cambridge, Mass, on Saturday.
Mark Hopkins, the treasurer of the Gen.
trail Pacific Railroad Company, who died re-
Gently, left a fortune of $15 100000.
The Rev. DR.. Tying, Sr., preached ser.
mon which he said would be the last he would
ever deliver in New York, on Sunday.
The steamboat, Colonel A. P. Konns,
struck snag and sunk on Saturday, at Negro
Point. Red river. Three roustabouts were
drowned
Thomas Bonnie was instantly killed and
Harry Brennan fatally injured by an explo-
sion of gas in q colliery near Locustdale, Pa
on Monday.
Hon. Levin Woolford has been appoint
ed State Tax Commissioner by the Board Of
Public Works of Maryland, and has entered
upon his duties.
Thirty frame buildings in the lower part
of Harrisburg, Pa. were burned last Satur-
day evening Loss $12 ,000 About one-half
of the houses were unoccupied.
The boilers of the S ndy Fashion,
small steamer plying on the Sandy River,
KY, exploded last Saturday night, killing
our persons and injuring several others.
One of the buildings ofthe Steuben coun-
tv Poor House, near Bath, N Y, was burned
last Saturday night, and fifteen inmates per-
isbed The fire was set by an insane pauper.
Dispatches from Europe say that the
Khedive of Egypt threatens to declare his
indepenS ence II Turkey makes an alliance
against England. a, The plot is beginning to
thicken.
"A large gold brick was cast at Helena,
Montana, on Monday, which is valued at
over $4,000 1t was made out of 100 tons
of ore and the cost of Its production was
$4,000.
Last Saturday morning, Davis Sheets,
a wealthy farmer, residing at Rum Corner,
near Easton, Pa, was found hanging in one
of the stalls of his stable dead. Why he
took his life is unknown.
The London Economist says that there
has been considerable rise in United States
bonds. A war in Europe could not damage
Americas finances and might benefit her
commerce in various ways.
Col. j. Stricken jenkins, a well-known
citizen and prominent merchant OF Baltimore,
died in that city, on Monday, in the 47th year
of his age He was formerly Colonel of the
celebrated Fifth Regiment.
Mr.. Charles G. Fulton, proprietor of the
Baltimore american, left New York on We'd
nesday for Europe. He proposes to give the
readers of his paper more views of Europe
through American spectacles.
Pope Leo Kill has eclipsed his illus
tri0us predecessor in the matter OF economy.
He has ordered nearly all the black horses
and huge carriages, for which the Roman
pontffs have been famous, to be sold.
Last Saturday, at Northeast, Cecil ceun-
ty, Edward Larue, barber, shot and killed
Henry Holland, brickmaker, whom Larue
charged with an improper intimacy with his
Wife Both parties were colored men.
AT Louisville, KY, on Monday, Isaiah
Gabbart and Henry Noel met in the street,
and advancing towards each other emptied
every chamber of their respective revolvers
at each other and used their pistols as clubs.
Gabbart was MORALLY wounded. The combat
had its origin in an election row.
WIN. H. Ways, merchant of Frederick
city, Md, together with his son, daughter
and grandchild, was poisoned, last Sunday
evening, by substance contained in sugar
cured ham of which he had partaken. Mr..
Ways condition was very critical for time,
but he is thought to be out of danger. The
rest of the family will recover.
Jacob HUH, a married boy, 10 years old,
committed suicide at Bethlehem, Pa, Monday
evening, by shooting himselfin the head with
q pistol His wife and self had prepared to
go to surprise party, when some words &C.
cured. She started to go, saying, "Well, I'm
going" He replied, "Well, here CO." fired
the shot and fell over on his face. He is still
living, and may recover. He says he shot
himself because his wife was untrue to him.
His wife, comedy damsel of Is years, waits
upon him assidueusly.