The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-26
THE :RGZS.
BEL AIR, FRIDAY, JULY 90, 1873.
Condensed News.

SOHucHStu NtNSs
Last Saturday and Sunday Cape May
was full to overlooking.
Minnie Warren, the well.known dwarf
died at Fall River Mass, on Tuesday, in child
birth.
DR.. john Whtridge, of Baltimore, died
at Tiverton, Rhode Island, his birthplace, on
Tuesday, aged SO years
Last Saturday, Mt Toledo, Ohio, Rarus
trotted mile in ZIG, being the fastest mile
ever made on Il halfmile track
Mrs Katie McGarety died at St Agnes
Hospital near Baltimore, last Sunday eve
ming, at the advanced age of 100 years
A smoker in Portsmouth, N. H. finding
that his cigar wouldn't draw, cut it open, and
discovered a cartridge, with the bullet toward
the mouth end.
"A balloonist named l.. ID. AtChison,
while making an ascension at Elinwood, ILL.,,
last Sunday evening, was killed instantly by
falling distance of 200 feet.
The yellow fever has broken out at the
Brooklyn navy yard. 1t originated from the
exposure of the articles in n trunk of
passenger from an infected district
Last Sunday evening, at McGee's Resort,
Patapsco Neck, Frederick Buckheimer of
Baltimore, was shot several times by an UNI
known man with whom he had an alterca-
ton.
The wheat crop in Minnesota has been
damaged from so to rs per cent. from rain
and hot weather. Many fields will not yield
more than from five to ten bushels to the
acre.
The steamer Europa collided with the
steamer Staffa, on the 10Th. The Europa
was sunk, but the crew and passengers were
all picked up by the Staffa, and were landed
ut Ferol, Spain,
"A coasting schooner was sunk by coils
ion with the White Star Line steamer
Adriatic off Queenstown, on the 10Th inst
The crew of the schooner, with the excep-
ton of one person, were all drowned.
Harry Dotter, q seven-year old boy, was
killed while bathing in the Richmond Fur
mace, near Chambersburg, on Sunday. The
high wind tore large limb from tree and
the limb struck the boy on the head.
After sharp, quick thunder in
Bragoria county, Texas, search was made
for Willie Jamison, young man of nineteen
years. He was found sitting astride his horse
but dead, with two holes forked by lightning
in his skull.
AT the New York dog pound, they have
drowned 2,716 dogs this summer. They de-
stroy daily from 100 to 200 dogs, the number
never falling below 100. All kinds of dogs
may be seen there, but the most common is
the Scotch terrier.
"A young man in Newark, N. j., makes
his living by finding articles in the parks,
which people have dropped the night before.
He makes his rounds rs early as possible in
the morning, before other people are thinking
about leaving their beds
Ellen Mccall, a beautiful actress, seven
teen years old, died in New York on the 18th
inst, from the effects of prussic acid, it is not
known whether taken by accident or design.
Being troubled with warts on her hands she
procured the acid to remove them, and it is
supposed she accidentally swallowed por-
ton of it.
Charles Rcicholdt, a paralytic inmate of
Wards Island Lunatic Asylum, New York,
was placed in bath by his keeper, who left
him for ten minutes. While he was absent
unatic entered the bath room, turned tie
hot water tap and ReiCholdt lay screaming
for eight minutes. When the keeper return
ed Reicholdt was parboiled and died soon af-
forwards.
Three farmers in Pembrokeshire, Wales,
were preparing black bull for the Royal
Show on July 9th, when he broke loose and
made Il terrible attack upon them. The bull
first gored Morgan Jones; then dashng upon
Mr. Phillips broke his leg in two places and
fractured several Of his ribs and finally toss
ed the third farmer, Mr.. Thomas three times
in the air. Jones died in half an hour, and
Phillips will not recover.
"A terrible faction fight, in which large
number of men were severely wounded,
took place in county Tipperary, Ireland, on
the 7th inst, between the Maddens and the
Cartys The icud commenced forty years
ago, and originating about the age of Il certain
bull, the Maddens claiming that he was three
years old while the Cartys held that he was
four. Irish bulls have always played an I'M
portant part in history.
AN attempt was made last week to wreck
an express train near Middletown, Conn, on
the Air Line r, r., by opening a switch and
running the train into some empty freight
cars standing on the siding. Fortunately the
open switch was discovered by an extra train
going in the opposite direction. 1t was
thrown from the track, but having seen the
switch was wrong had reduced their speed
so much that but little damage was DONE
A tree was arranged in such position that
the telegraph wires could easily be torn down
by throwing the tree against them, and COM
munication thus cut off with the city. The
perpetrators were not discovered.