The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-11-25

house, ~ hepupncans 20 Al Democrats /;
majority on joint ballot, II. Both houses will
be convened ON the second Tuesday in January
next. George Rufer made full confession
in the jail Of his completely in tho murder OF
Herman Schilling at Cincinnati, and gave a
sickening detail Of the horrid deed from the
first blow on the head to stabbing him in the
bowels with a pitchfork. They crammed the
body into the furnace to conceal the crime.
The majority for the Constitutional amend
ments in New York State was very large. The
lowest majority on any Of the propositions
is likely to exceed 100, 900, while on the pro-
vision restricting special legislation the ma
jority will reach, and may even exceed 45O 600.
The amendment increasing the pay Of men,
bers, and that on State appropriations, will
have the smallest majority, yet the majority
for both OF those, from present indications.
will-reach f00, 900 or more :. The execution
OF three men, for the crime of murder. took
place in Pennsylvania the same day. w. E.
Undertook was hanged for the murder of
W. s. Goss, his brother-in-law, under peculiar
circumstances. A life policy for $25, 900 was
taken out on Goss' life, with the intent to de-
fraud the insurance companies Goss disap-
under restraint by which he was kept by his
friends, he threatened to expose the plot and
was murdered. He was executed at West
chester, Penn, death ending by strangulation,
ana the murderer suffering severely. O'Mara
and Irving were hanged at Montrose, Penn,
Tor the murder Of the mother and sister Of the
former. The crime for which they have Just
suffered the extreme penalty of the law was
brutal in the perpetrstion and monstrous in
the motive that prompted it, presenting
O'Mars In the unnatural light Of the murderer
OF an aged mother and invalid sister, in order
that he might be relieved from the RESPONSE
bility Of supporting them. The circumstances
Of the case arc familiar to al. The bodies of
the poor women after the murder where taken
in an ash cart to the railroad track and left
there in ditch. The track made, as the
bodies were dragged along, was plainly to be
seen. Blood was found in tho house, on the
way to the track, and in and about the cart.
O'Mara made q confession of the murder
Irving denied having actively participated in
1t, but acknowledged being present. At 1890
the signal was given, the weights dropped,
and both victims were jerked upward about
seven feet, and then fell to within two and
half feet Of the ground. They died yery
easily, both being pronounced dead in ten
minutes.
A most disastrous inundation has occurred
at the village Of Mayari, Cuba, which was
OVERLOADED for forty hours. Nearly all the
houses within its limits were DESTROYED, en-
failing much suffering and destitution.
returns from remote counties. heratoforo
partly estimated, make it certain that McDiil,
Republican, is elected in the Eighth District of
wisconsin. This leaves the Congressional
delegation Of the State standing, Republicans
Blk and Democrats two " The Hon. bar
rison g. Rice, a late Democratic candidate for
Congress in Indiana, is preparing to contest
he election Of the Hon. Morton @. Hunter.
and has secured the services Of the Hon. d. w.
Toornees and Judge Carleton, of that city, to
prosecute the case. The latest advices from
ahiva say there is complete anarchy there. |
rurcomans refuse to obey the Khan, who |
his council, which declared that
Ahiyan autonomy was q fiction, and that the |
Nd OF Rusaia for the maintenance of order
vas indispensab le., 80. From Oct 1 to Nov.
10, two hundred cases Of diphtheria were
reported in Brooklyn, eighty-four of which
we're fatal. In the Episcopal Convention |
n Burlington, N. j., on the fifteenth ballot |
he Rev. John Scarborough, D. D., Rector of
Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, Pa, was elected
Bishop by vote Of 81 to 5s Of the clergy and
S6 TO 90 parishes. :. "A German named Kra-
mer, living in Cheshire. Conn.,, beat his wife
with club, while both were intoxicated, 60
that she died. 80. United States Postmaster
General Jewell emphatically disclaims intend
ing to recommend any increase in the present
rates Of postage. On the contrary, he thinks
the letter postage should be reduced whenever
1t shall be found possible to materially diminish
the expenditures for carrying the mails with
out depriving the public Of existing facilities.
......A team Of horses ran away near West
Point, N. Y, killing a cavalryman named
Meyer. .-. =.