The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.


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In Brazil the people have risen against
foreigners, and declared that they must leave
the country. 49,. Five masked men went to
a country store on the Petit Jean river in Yell
county, Arkansas. They shot and killed the
proprietor and robbed the store. They then
| robbed trading boat lying in the river and
killed sheriff who was in pursuit of them
One of the jurors in the trial Of Taylor, who
was acquitted Of the murder of Mackey at New
castle, Del, says that if the jury had been
polled on the rendition Of the verdict, four
Of their number would have refused their as
sent to it. After fasting fifty-eight hours they
| agreed to remain silent while tho others gave
the verdict, but if asked individually, would
have disagreed with the majority . Herr
Sigl, editor Of the Tdter,dnd newspaper,
has been sentenced in conttrhdcian, to ten
months imprisonment for asserting that Kull-
mans attempt on the life of Prince Bismarck
was sham plot ooncocted by the police. AT
the time Of the sudden death of Mayor Have
meyer, Of New York, who dropped dead in his
office, the suit against him by John Kelly, for
libel, was progressing. 1t terminated sadly.
Mayor Havemeyer was seventy years OF age,
and was serving his third term as Mayor when
he died. Tho United States government
work on Fort Adams has been discontinued . :.
An effort is being made to have the Brooklyn
post-ofice discontinued the business Of Brook
lyn to be done at the New York Office.
Captain Charles Nichols OF tho schooner
Gerdie E. Morrow, Of Bath, from Alexandria
for Boston, was knocked overheard in a squall
and lost. -. AT the municipal election in New
Bedford and Fitcbburg, Mass, a Democratic
Mayor WAS elected in the former, and an In
dependent in the latter . James Russell and
John N. Ballway, aged respectively IS and IL
years, pupils at Haverstraw, N. Y, were
drowned during recess. They, with number
Of other boys, were sliding ON a pond near the
school and broke through the ice. Several
men were standing on tho edge of the pond at
the time, and might have rescued them, but
made no effort to do 80. Their bodies were re-
covered about an hour afterward. :. A heavy
typhoon swept over Yezo Japan. Many sea
coast villages were greatly injured, and one was
entirely destroyed. .Thirty-three junks were
wrecked, and 200 lives lost .... Work is re-
sumed in the Rensselaer, iron works, N. Y and
the Manchester, N. H, mills. . The death of
Gen. Robert o. Tyler, Of the United States
army, is announced. .... There are three cases
upon the docket of the Supreme Court of the
United States which involve the entire Granger
question in the Northwest, and which we're
brought to test the constitutionality of the re-
strictive State legislation against railroads. . :.
The United States public debt statement shows
decrease during the past month of S123, ,427..
6S. The coin balance is SS3, ,O43, ,762. "a; cur
rency, S16,699, ,311.4s; coin certificates, $685.
o45, 400; certificates Of deposit, s47, 12O, ,OOo
fire at Karns City, Butler county, Pa,
oil district, destroyed about two-thirds Of the
town. SeveDty-fve buildings were burned, in
cluding two hotels and the post-office The
loss is estimated at 100000, with little insur-
ance. IA number of French Canadian physi-
oaans OF Montreal have formed an anti-com-
pulsory vaccination league. it's objects are to
oppose by every legal means the operation of
tho law on this subject, and agitate for its
repeal. ..... The town Of Wendell Mass, cee-
brated its centennial in connection with the
Tooth anniversary of the establishment Of the
Congregational church. The Rev. w. II.
Bowman, of Amherst, delivered an historical
address. 80. In the Provincial Lunatic Asylum
at Toronto, Ont, patient named Mrs. Newell.
an English immigrant, afflicted with the notion
that her five children's souls would not be saved
In.
fire to her clothing and then knelt in devotion
while enveloped in flames. The fire was extin
guished, but the patient died after suffering
great agony. The business part of Wilton,
N. H., was burned. The fire originated in
Wallace's block, which was entirely consumed.
Among the other buildings burned was the
Whitney House, the post-ofice, the Wilton Say
ings Bank, and Burry's block. The town library
was also burned. The losses aggregate about
800, 900. The jury in the case of Wood
ward, on trial for killing the boy Lukens at
Newcastle, Del, for stealing chestnuts on his
place, rendered a verdict of not guilty -. The
Italian Chamber Of Deputies by an unanimous
vote has adopted a motion for the immediate
consideration Of the subject of Garibaldi's PEN
sion.. Mr.. Frederick A. Dockray, who was
condemned to death by the Spaniards in Cuba,
! but whose sentence WAS committed to ten
years imprisonment in Spain, has been par
doned.
Anarchy reigns in the Indian Territory the
strife being between the factions of the leaders
| there. number of murders have been COM
mitted. In the Newlands-Sharon wedding
In California, the brides marriage portion from
her father WAS one million dollars in gold
The election contest in the Eighth Wisconsin
District, between McDiI, Rep, and Cate
Dem, has been decided by the State board of
canvassers in favor of Cate. -. The Attorney
General Of the United States, in his annual re-
port, says the Judgments in favor Of the United
States, in tho several suits to which it was
party during the fiscal year. were % O21 724, and
the amount actually realized in these Judgments
was 1867, 1872. 80. Cases disposed of in the