The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-12-19
The Egis and Intelligencer.
BEL AIR, Nd, DECEMBER 10, 1879.
Condensed News.

ii -ENtreme cold weather Is reported III lht
West.
A party of destitute coored people have ar
rived at Shelbyville, Ind.
Three tons of ntroglycerine exploded al
Amherstburg, Ont, Friday night
MIR. James NJ. Edmunds, the Postmaster al
Washington, died on Monday.
j. Guest King has been reappointed deputy
collector of the port of Annapolis.
1t is reported confidently that the Utes will
be surrendered to be tried in Washington.
1t is reported that Mrs. Governor Spraguc
has begun proceedings for divorce from her hus.
band
The Democratic National Committee will
meet about February % and probably at Wash
ington.
"A shad is reported to have been caught in
the Delaware river, two miles above Trenton, q
few days ago.
"A well COG feet deep has been bored in Cal.
vary Cemetery, New York. The water rises to
within ~ feet of the surface
-Ex-Govcrnor Pinchback thinks he may have
been mistaken in his charges of intimidation at
the election in Louisiana.
General Grant had a grand reception in
Pittsburg, on Monday, and much greater one
at Philadelphia, on Tuesday.
j. c. Birmingham, Lauderdale county, Tenn,
has been dismissed on an Indictment for holding
slaves in defiance of the abolition of slavery.
-Iiba &. Major, farmer of LuZerne county,
Pa, was found, on Friday, crushed to death un-
der large tree which had fallen upon him.
The remains of John Randolph, of Roanoke,
are to be removed from their present resting
place in Roanoke, Va, to Hollywood Cemetery,
near Richmond.
The United States Consul at Venice, Italy,
reports that in consequence of the scarcity of
hay and other food for cattle, the farmers are
selling their cows at low prices.
John Mari, who killed Henry Evans, at
Mount Airy, Carroll county, while attempting
to arrest him. being deputizcd by constable,
was acquitted at Westminster, on Monday
A runaway horse at Wheeling, w. Va near
ly caused the death Of Miss Mary Anderson the
well-known actress, recently, while she was
crossing the liver bridge to take train.
The tide OF war in Peru has turned in favor
of the Chilians. In an engagement at Coropaco
$500 Chilans were routed, 1000 killed, and elev.
en- krupp guns and four mitrailleuse captured.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections which has been investigating Mr. KEEL
logg's claims to seat i'll the Senate from Louis
lana, will shortly report that Mr.. Kellogg is not
entitled to the seat.
Lieutenant Flippcr and other officers of the
Tenth Cavalry have been indicted by the Grand
Jury at Dallas, Texas, for using United States
soldiers unlawfully in making arrests for an al
legged violation of the revenue laws.
The noted cxccutoner Calcraft, who for
torty-siX years held the office of hangman in
England, is dead. IIcwas shoemaker by trade,
modest, quiet gentlemanly little man, devoted
10 flowers, but took pride in his office
A gentleman who has just returned from an
extended tour through Pennsylvania says that
he has the best authority for the statement that
three-fourths OF the delegates to the Democratic
National Convention will be instructed to vote
for General Hancock.
Gen. VIM. Malone, who served with dis
tinction in the army of Gen. Robert +. Lee, will
succeed Mr. Withcrs in the United States Sen
ate. Gen. Malone represents the debt rcpudi-
ators of Virginia, and ii is claimed will act with
the Republicans i'll the Senate.
AT New Windsor Md, a few DAYS AFRO, n
grandmother by mistake gave an opium powder
to a baby six weeks old causing the child's death
physician had left powders for both the child
and its mother, Mrs. Flckngcr and the child
received the dose intended for the mother
Last Friday at quitting time at Faust ~
Sons collicry, near Lincoln, Pa, three miners
were missed. Search was made through the
mine and their mutilated remains were found
buried beneath several tons of coal and slate,
which had fallen upon them while at work.
-Four hundred colorcd emgrants from Colds
borough, n. c., arrived at Petersburg, Va, on
Tuesday, en- route to Indiana. They know
nothing of the climate or country to which they
are going, or of what their condition will be in
their new homes. Another large number was
expected there on Wednesday
Charlotte Curtis, an old woman, aged 10
years, was burned to DEATH in Baltimore, Satur-
day, by her clothing coming in contact with the
fire The same day Eliza Smith, a partly insane
colored child, eight years old being left alone
for few moments commenced playing with the
fire, when her clothing ignied and She was burn
cd to death.
On Monday, in Kentucky, deputy United
States marshal with posse went to arrest Col.
Cook, notorious counterfeiter. Cook had pre-
pared for defence and when the posse appeared
he fired on them. The fire was returned and
Cook fell dead, shot through the heart. Cook
was colonel in Kentucky regiment in the
Union army during the war.
Charles II. Englc, of Dougassville, Berks
county, Pa, who has been fugitive from Justice
for the last three years, is now in custody at
Reading. lie is accused of poisoning his wife
on the 18th of July, 1876. After the death of his
wife he was an inmate of the State Insane Asy-
lum, at Danvillc. The arrest has been made on
recentlydiscovered evidence
Frederick Roach sent his sixtecn-year-old
son to Taylorsvillc, Pa, on Saturday, on horse
back, for some oil ofvtriol. The bottom of the
vessel in which the oil was carried broke and
the fluid worked into the boys flesh burning
him so badly that he fell from the horse which
gallopcd home. When found he had torn his
clothing off, and soon after died in great agony.
Two men were driving along a road that
Shhtcu IL pIcclplce, Ut SraW1Ofu, iowa, ana
rain and darkness came upon them. They had
heard that horses could see in the dark and
therefore let go of the reins, trusting to their
brute's instinct; but it happened that this horse
was blind, which fact they did not know until
after good many of their bones had been bro
ken.
Last Sunday morning at fire in livery sta
BILE at Little Rock, Ark, Mr.. ellis and his wife,
finding that escape from the second story was
cut off, dropped their children out of the win
dow to the ground below. The wife was suffo
Gated by the smoke and falling back was burned
ellis jumped from the window and falling upon
his head was fatally injured. The children were
severely injured. Ten horses, several bugges
and carriages and 100 bales of cotton were de-
stroyed.
Nearly 1900 unclaimed packages were to
be sold at auction by the Postoflice Department.
at Washington, commencing on Tuesday. The
catalogue includes gold watches, chains and
rings and jewelry of almost all kinds; every de-
scription of wearing apparel from mems overalls
to babies socks; books and pictures by the
thousands, musical instruments, clocks, bed
quilts, buffalo robes pistols knives tin dishes,
nails and hardware Gncluding iron castings for
machinery, perfumery, tobacco and cigars,
cheese mot excepting Limburger), and other Or
binary shop merchandise, besides miscellaneous
articles less susceptible of classification, which
range from artificial teeth and false hair to
stuffed birds and geological specimens.
What a screamer! is a tribute often paid to a
crying baby, but DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup by allevia-
ting the pains of the little soon stops the cry
ing.