Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-16
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Charles E. Cook, Of Brooklyn, chased q
| burglar from his house, and as the latter was
! climbing the fence Mr.. Cook fred at him. The
burglar was soon afterward found in an un-
occupied house severely wounded. e. The tenn
perance movement closed many saloons in
Williamsport, Pa. The ladies started out and on
reaching Washington street it was ascertain
ed that 200 or 500 men had congregated. Lager
beer was served from wagon and the crowd
was boisterous and threatening. Tumblers
were thrown, and the police threatened. This
movement was unexpected, and greatly injured
the cause Of the liquor sellers. .... The COM
mittee appointed by the New jersey Legislature
to investigate the complications in connection
with the riparian rights Of the State submitted
report setting forth that the New Jersey
Central Railroad Company in possession ofland
under water valued at $500, 900 without warrant
from the State, and recommend that all legisla-
ton in regard to said railroad company be
stopped until the matter is adjusted. Young
Frank Walworth is clerk in the hospital in the
Auburn prison. While inlSing.sing prison he
made no complaint. He worked hard, and was
liked by the officials there. He still says that
be did only what was right under the circum-
hances in killing his father. He attends faith
fully to his duties, and is better pleased with
the position he holds in Auburn than with that
which he filed in Sing Sing.
A terrific hurricane, accompanied by thunder
lightning and rain passed eyer Cairo, ILL.,,
causing much destruction Of property.
Peking, which was successfully launched at
Chester, Pa, is the largest iron vessel ever
built, except the Great Eastorn. She is 423
feet long by 4s feet beam, ind over 5000
tons burden. She has four de cks, and accom-
modations for $50 cabin and 1,SO0 steerage
passengers . "A tank containing $4,000 bar
rels OF oil, near Petrolia, Pa, Was struck by
lightning and the oil set on Are. .-.... When the
saloon keepers Of Brsslau, L. I. received g
letter from the Rev. Mr. Dingee, aLaissionery,
asking them to give up their traffic in liquor,
for if there had been no liquor saloons in
Breslau Muller would not have b cen shot,
they requested him to write to all the manu-
facturers Of firearms in the United States ask
ing them to give up their business. That if
they comply with his request, they, the saloon
keepers, will also comply. dispatch re-
ceived from Gen. Terry's headquarters says no
trouble is anticipated from the Indians at
Leech Lake. This corrects previous reports
sent to Washington, it is now known, by per-
SONS interested in creating disturbances with
the Indians. -. Intelligence from Honolulu
states that Prince Kalakua has been elected
King Of the Sandwich Islands to succeed
Lunalilo.
1t is thought that rupture between tho Ar
gentine Republic and Chill is eminent. -.
Reports have reached Sedalia, Mo-, that the
notorious Younger brothers, who are supposed
to have been engaged in the Iowa Railroad
train robbery some months ago. were attacked
at Monegar Springs, st. Clair county, in this
State, by party Of detectives, and desperate
conflict ensued, in which one Of the Younger
brothers and two detectives wero xii led.
When the election Of Kalakua as Xii ig OF the
Sandwith Islands was made known, mob OF
Queen Emma's adherents attacked tho House
of Assembly, beat several Of its memb ers, one
Of whom afterward died, tore up SO ats and
desks, and set fire to the House. The marines
from the United States steamer Tuscar ora and
British war vessel landed aud disper led the
mob. Quiet was then restored. . Capt
Con. Jovellar, Of Cuba, has suspend ID tenn
porarily the Inauguration Of the law 'sIacting
one-fourth duties in gold, which was to take
effect on the first Of April. He has approved
the law authorizing the circulation Of foreign
doubloons at seventeen dollars, and American
twenty dollar pieces at twenty-one doll rs. 80.
In the early part of February several Thousand
dollars worth Of liquors, wines, ETC., were
seized from George Young's hotel, Boston, and
Young was sentenced to pay fine Of 975 and
go to the House Of Correction for three lonths.
He appealed and the case came before the
Superior Court. The jury rendered q verdict
of not guilty, and by special verdict, ordered
the liquors to be returned. -. Capt. John
Frey, special agent of the Post Office Depart
ment, at Richmond, Va, succeeded in tracing
numerous recent robberies Of letters, &C.,
from mails to Andrew Harris, mail driver.