The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-08-22
The Egis and Intelligencer
BEL AIR, Md, AUGUST ~, 1879.
Condensed News.

Condensed News.
j J. Nicholson, the founder of the banking
house of Nicholson Il Sons, of Baltimore, died in
that city on Monday morning. =
-Libbic Collins, q cook, refused to leave a
burning building at North Bend, Ind, in her
night dress and while dressing was sunocated by
smoke.
Henry Anderson and James Lipcomc, two
inmates of York Jail, by means of Il pair OF Scis-
sors dug their way out and escaped, one night
last week
A powder mill at New Castle, near Potts
VILE Pa, exploded on Sunday, killing the pow
der maker Morgan Emanuel. He leaves wife
and large family.
A Lowell turfman won wager by driving
his horse forty-two miles in six hours, but lost
his horse, which died Immediately after the ac
complishmcnt of the feat
"A railroad accident occurred ON Monday on
the Scaboard and Roanoke railroad between
Weldon and Portsmouth. One person was kill
cd and two seriously wounded.
Republicans of the Eastern Shore Kent,
have nominated DR.. William NJ Maxwell for
Clerk of Court, Captain r. d. Ruth for Register
of Wills and John \. Miller for Sheriff.
Mrs Jane Sears, of Dover, n. j., committed
suicide ON "Wednesday morning, hy taking n
quarter of 81 pound Of Paris green missed with
water, She died in terrible commissions
The Ri Rev Wm. Ilrug Od~,riucr,
Protestant Episcopal Bishop OF New Jersey, died
at Burlington in that State last Friday, of
lirght'S disease, in the esd year Of his age.
An unknown tramp, while attempting 10
force an entrance, Friday, into the house of y.
W. Baldwin, River Forest, III, was shot dead
by Il son of Alr. Baldwin. Two accompiccs cs
capped
Mary Richardson, colorcd woman, was
arrested IN Washington city Monday night, for
attempting To poison Mrs. llcidcuhrimcr, the
wifi pI her rmlIlpSrT lN Duii lie ni1 in her
cup of coffee.
William N. Roach, cashier of the Citizens
National Bank of Washington, is a dctaultcr to
the amount of $50, 600 or $4,000. lIonJ A. j.
CreswcIlis President ofthis bank and Hon. Jacob
Tome one of the directors.
lightning descended among flock of fifteen
sheep 1T South Sterling, n. j., killing thirteen,
one of the number being n eve that n boy was
milking, while another boy held it. Neither of
the lads was seriously hurt.
AT colorcd ball in ST. Mary's county, last
Friday night, Henry Young was struck on the
head with stick of wood by Joseph Herbert
and Knocked scnsclcss. He brcathcd for six
hours when death cnsucd
EARLY last Friday morning, Louisa Steiner
servant girl in Philadelphia, threw Il match on
the floor and walked over it, surprising it was ex-
tinguishcd. Her clothing took fire and she was
50 severely burned that death cnsucd the follow
ing night.
u,
Fairfax county, Va, in which three young men
had taken shelter, was struck by lightning
Eric kidwcll and Henry Moe were instantly kill
ed. George kidwcll was also struck and knock
ed over inscnsiblc, but will probably recover.
&C. A. Briggs, of Stafford county, Va, was
struck in the left thigh by n minnic-ball, in Oc-
tober, 1864, being then in the Confederate service
Mt Petersburg. Strange to relate the ball passed
across the lower portion of the stomach and
worked its way into the groin on the right sidc
from which place it was extracted.
Democrats of the LIST Maryland Judicial dis
trict, which comprises Dorchester, Somerset
Worcester and Wicomico, the four lower Eastern
Shore counties, have nominated Levin +. II.
Irving for Chief Judge and E. X. Wilson and
Charles F. Goldsborough for Associate Judg-
es. Judge Irving has been on the bench since
1861
Elevator b, of the Central Elevator Compa-
ny, in St. Louis, was burned on Friday night
with 10000 bushels of grain. The loss is esti-
mated at 100000. Rumscy's tanncry, in Buffalo,
was burned on Friday night. Loss 100000. Two
buildings of Biercc's chemical works in Flint,
Mich, were burned on Saturday night. Loss,
100000.
"A woman named Rachc or Roche, apparent
ly p or 30 years of age, committed suicide by
jumping from Il Sound steamer, near Hell Gate,
on Saturday night. Before doing 50 she gave
diamond necklace, watch, and the key of her
state room to the purser, together with Il note
found note addressed to Joseph Iangfcldt,
5O7 Arch street, Philadelphia"
Last week the great piano manufacturing
firm of VIM. Knabc ~ Co., of Baltimore, shipped
eleven handsome pianos to "H. +. Tarvaka, Full
marc Educational Department, Toxic, Japan"
The pianos were for use in the public schools of
Japan, where much attention has recently been
paid to music. The pianos were sent to San
Francisco, California, by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and from thence they will 80 by steam
cr to Japan.
On Thursday of last week an excursion train
ON the narrow gauge railroad running from Phla
dcIpha to Atlantic City, ran into freight train
coming in the opposite direction A terrible
accident occurred. The passenger engine ran on
top of the freight engine, completely demolish-
ing it, Every platform of the passenger cars
were damned into splntcrs. The conductor,
two hrakcmCn, n news dealer and dcafand dumb
passenger on the excursion train were killed.
The Salisbury .ldDertiSer says: "Onc day
last week James Stewart, twelve cal-old son
of James Stewart, residing near WHY'S Neck,
Lake district, Dorchester county, was sent into
an out field 10 make Il smother, to keep the mos
quitocs from the cattle. Not coming back after
reasonable time had elapsed, the father went
into the field To search for him. lie was found,
lying face downward on the ground dead his
mouth, tlroat, nose and cars literally packed
with mosquitoes"
On Thursday Of last week lightning struck
a twGnty-thousand barrel oil tank at Parker, Pa
terrific explosion followed, the top of the tank
being hurled 10 distance of amilc The burn
ing oil flowed through the end of Kclyvillc
setting fire to houses, barns, fences, oil tanks
Nc. The wave of oil passed into the river, and
burned on the surface of the water, sending up
a column of flame 400 feet high. The sight is
said to have been one of fearful grandeur. The
loss will amount TO $50, 600 or 100000
How is the baby =? is the question often put to
Il mother, and many an answer comes, thanks to
DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup much better to-day"
Agricultural Fire Insurance Company
Of WatcrtOwn, n. Y.
Tho nttrntiOn oT farmers 10 directed In hn p,nnt