The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-06
The Egis and Intelligencer.
BEL AIR, Md, AUGUST 6, 1880.
Condensed News.

Condensed News.
Gladstone, the British Premier, is very i'll
Hon. Hugh ]. Jewett is lying dangerousl
ill at Fortress Monroe.
Mrs. Ash, of Philadelphia, died suddenly
at Ocean City, on Monday.
Several workmen on the Northern Pacifi
Railroad have been killed by Indians.
Twenty British officers, 400 Europeans an,
SUI natives were killed in the recent engagement
near Candahar, India.
Gen. Garfield has gone to New York to con
suit the Republican leaders IN relation to hi
political campaign.
The Gillian transport Loa was blown up b,
torpedo in Callas bay, on the Sd instant Owe
$50 lives were lost
The basket collection at the Roman Catholi,
Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Long Branch
on Sunday, amounted to 81, 100.
The eleventh fair of the Carroll county agri
cultural society, will take place at Westminste
on September 2Sth, and continuing four days.
Mrs. Armstead, of Baltimore, was taker
suddenly ill at Ocean City, last Saturday, from
the effect of over bathing, and died on Monday
Snow commenced falling on the summit o
Mount Washington, at sunrise, on Thursday o
last week, and continued until three O'Clock il
the afternoon
John o. Price, we'll known citizen of Balti
vile, Monday morning, of cancer He was il
the 73d year of his age.
The Democrats in Alabama, at the election
on Monday, made clean sweep against the Ro
publicans and Greenbackers. The Democrats
majority in the State is estimated ut $4,000
Caroline E. James died of an overdose OF
laudanum Saturday morning, and John +. Erpen
beck killed himself with pistol on the grave
OF his deceased wife.
Local option was defeated in Frederick
county, at the election, on'Tuesday, by a MAORI
ty of 1900. The contest was an excited one
and party lines were abandoned.
EARLY Sunday morning the stables at Green
brier White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, were de-
stroyed by fire. Forty-four horses, belonging to
the Springs company and toguests, were destroy
ed
Mr.. III. Clay Miller, of the dry goods firm
ofDanl Miller Il Co., and ID. G. Fulton, of
Carlin u Fulton, hardware dealers, both we'll
known merchants ofBaltimore died on Sunday.
An effort is now being made in Philadelphia,
TO break the will ofEdwn Forrest, the tragedian,
in faver Of one WIN. b. Forrest, q distant cousin
OF the deceased, now residing in Scotland.
Judge Stallo, for years wel-known German
Republican of Cincinnati, but o Tilden man,
presided over a Hancock ratification meeting
in Cincinnati, and is being well abused for it by
the organs.
AT Bath, Northampton county, on Monday
Samuel Knecht, fell from a wagon and striking
headforemost on the ground, was killed lie
was Us years old.
From some unknown cause Thousands of
bushels of oysters have died in the bays near
Atlantic City this season. 1t is estimated that
the oyster farmers at Atlantic City will lose $780,,
000
john II. Harris, the colored Democrat upon
whose eloquence at New Castle Del, n shower
bath of brick bats fell, arrived in Chester Tuesday
morning. He sceks Democratic recognition and
Democratic ducats.
james Prescott, blacksmith, living near
Oakville, Ont, while shocing horse ON Tuesday
was struck by lightning and instantly killed.
The horse was also killed.
The second annual tournament of the Eastern
Archery Association, which will be held at
Wellesley, Mass, on September /, 2 3, will be
largely attended by delegations from the princi-
pal archery clubs of the country.
tempted on Sunday evening to ride a horse never
before ridden, and was thrown and stepped on
by the animal, and died on Monday.
Mrs. John g. Sake, wife of the distinguished
poet, died at her home in Brooklyn, Saturday
night, of bronchitis. She was sixty years old,
and leaves two sons and one daughter all grown
up.
Henry Dubois, n highly respected citizen of
Olinc, N. Y, committed suicide on Saturday
night, by putting the muZzle of o gun in his
is assigned for the deed but he was considered
eccentric
Jeremiah Wilson, OF Brooklyn, while fishing
Monday afternoon off the Amboy, N j., bridge
was struck by train and instantly killed, the
body being dreadfuly manged. The engineer
had repeatedly whstlcd, but was unheeded.
On Wednesday night of last week an at
tempt was made to wreck train on the Pied
mont railroad, near Danville, Va, by fastening
cross ties upon the track. Two negroes, for
section hands nl tbn
crime.
Col. b. II. Grerson with small force of
United States troops, had fight between Fort
Quitman and Eagle Springs, on the 30th of July,
with 100 Indians, belonging to Victoria's band.
Lieut.. Colladay was wounded and one soldier
and eight horses were killed
Two prisoners arrested few days ago in
Nebraska, are believed to be the notorious John
or Old Man Bender and his wife, of Kansas who
several years ago made robbery and murder of
their guests regular business After their ilgh 1
in 1873 ten or twelve bodies were found in the
garden on their place.
"A dispatch from Youngstown, Ohio says
captive balloon at that place, well inflated,
while up with man and woman from the coun-
try in it, broke loose Saturday, assembled to a
great height and disappeared In a northeasterly
direction. Dispatches were sent ahead to the
people to keep lookout for it, 1t was feared
it would drift into the lake.
Christian Stouffer, o wealthy farmer living
near Chambersburg, Pa, saw man in his corn
field, on Saturday night, and supposing he was
stealing corn, he fired at him with rifle and the
man dropped. He never went to see whether
the man was hurt or not. On Monday the body
was discovered. 1t proved to be that of Robert
Allison, poor man and painter by trade
Public feeling is very much against Stouffer.
AT st. Paul, Monday night, Jas. G. Green, of
saltwater, Mimi, and Albert G. Savage of St
Paul, had been drinking together early in the
evening and meeting later Green asked Savage
to drink with him. The invitation was refused
and Green drew revolver and fired four shots
at Savage, one taking effect in his stomach
Then keeping the crowd at bay with his revolt
yer he inquired his way to the Jail and walked
there, sitting on the steps of the station house
until policeman arrested him.
Anna Booth, aged eight years, daughter Of
John Booth living near Philadelphia, died of
hydrophobia, on Tuesday. On the 18th of June,
she was sent to n neighbours house for milk
While there the little girl approached too closely
to dog that was tied in the yard, and il sprang
at her and bit her rather badly in the wrist
The wound was not cauterized and began to heal
up. 1t gave her no trouble until last Saturday
evening, when she was attacked with the dread
full disease.
Mary f. Brewer, wife of Robert Brewer of
Cornwall, NY, aged II years, committed suicide
on Monday night by taking arsenic She was
lame from an injury to her hip, sustained by a
fall two years ago. Tie injury grew worse and
she committed suicide through dscouragement-
She was violently sick all the night, but refused
medical attendance and died without admitting
that she he'd taken poison which fact was dis
covered after her death.
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