The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27
Current News.

A new species of cut worm has made its APP.
pearance in Arkansas. The old variety is lust
now a#nucras Hartford farmers can stand
-Farmers in Central Illinois report winter
wheat rs suffering from clinch hug and IIessian
fly. Thousands Of acres re'bcing ploughed up
to plant corn.
During drunken braw Tuesday night at
| Palestine, Ark, jus. Thompson shot and in.
stantly killed VIM. Ware. both are colorrd. =
Thompson was arrested.
AT Peru, Ill.,, Tuesday afternoon. F.
Evans shot at Charles lumphrics, and missed
him, but hit, mortally wOunding, Jake Myers II
bystander. Evans then escaped
lien. Howard, the new conlmandant at
West Point, has abolished the post barber, 50
that hereafter the cadets will have 10 shave
themselves or cultivate their boards.
About 2;Is men, women and children were
| drowned on tuesday, on the Thames, near Lon
don, Ontario, by the casizing of the steamer h,
which they were returning from pleasure ip.
On Tuesday, at n meeting of the Land
League ut Dublin, the arrest of Thomas Brcu-
man, secretary of the League, was denounced as
an outrage on the Irish race. The speakers de.
clared that national protest should be made
in the shape of general strike against the pay
mcnt of rent
"A giant from Norway, known as Mr.. Bur
stadt has arrived in New York, who is said to
! rival the Chinese monster. He wears II ring n
reputed present from the King ofSwcden, and Il
silver hnlf dollar will readily pass through it -
He appears to be somewhat less than nine feet
high.
Nicholas Singlcy, who was born in Pennsyl-
vtnia l04 years ago. Is now resident of Ventura.
| living with his daughter, Mrs NJ E. Short
Both his mother and father lived to be over 100
years of age, the father being III when he died
and his mother l04 His brother, recently de-
ceased, was los. Mr.. Sngley can be seen ON
the streets any day, is well preserved, but hard
of hearing, and is n great reader. He has not
used liquor since he was 20 years age.
Lamb and Ford, two Newcastle county
(DclD farmers had worked themselves into IA
high state of indignation on account of ditch
which separated their properties. A few DAYS
ago as Ford was driving past Lambs farm, he
saw the latter in his field, trimming hedge
jumping out of his carriage he moved towards
the hedge and rcopcned the feud Lamb did
not stop to argue the point, but running at
Ford struck him and cut him on the head sew
eral times with corn knife, intlictng deep and
| ugly wounds.
Nearly all of the shores and floats have cut
out and the fishing season proper for this year is
| practically over. AT the beginning of the sea.
son when the prices were good the catch was
| light, while later on, though the fish became
more plentiful the prices were very low, and
thousands of herring were given away and set
free The shad and herring, were larger this
year than ever before, particularly the herring,
which were much larger and more numerous
than at any time for the past thirty years
| Though none of our shores or floats have lost
| much, neither have any of them realized large
| profits, and rs whole the season may be SET
| down rs an Improbable one