The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-29
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

The towboat Smoky City, with q tow Of
twelve barges and six boats Of coal, struck the
bar Of leland No. 10 in the Mississippi, while
under full hesdwsy, sinking the whole tow
with the exception Of one boat. The steam
ship Persian from Chicago to Buffalo, with
ffty Thousand bushels Of corn and fifteen
Thousand bushels Of wheat was burned on
Lake Erie...... George ID. Lord, ex-member
of the New York Assembly, was arrested on a
charge Of accepting bribe to vote for can
act for the relief Of John Hand" The
trouble in T1poG has been arranged, and the
authorities have apologized for the insult to
the American consul .... In consequence
OF the run on the San Francisco banks induced
by the failure OF the Bank Of California, the
National Gold Bank and Trust Company and
the Merchants xchange bank were obliged
to suspend temporarily on account Of the scar
city Gof specie. They are both aob ent and
will reopen in q few days. Wm. @. RaIston,
president Of the defnnct Bank OF California,
committed suicide by drowning the day after
the suspentdoir. : !. SCornelius Williams,
negro, Ewss hanged &c Jackson, N. O., for the
murder of an old man named William Presson,
bridge-keeper at Weldon, some months
three other negroes. Ten lives were lost
by the sinking Of the propeller Comet on Lake
Superior, she having collided with the steamer
Manitoba. "A detective appointed to inves-
gate the alleged shooting OF ex-Gauger Miller,
the revenue witness at Chicago has furnished
evidence that Miller shot himself.
Another revolution has begun in Santo
Domingo. Ex-President Baez has been pro-
claimed President by the revolutionists. The
cities Of Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata re-
main loyal to President Gonzales .Advices
from Herzegovina confirm the report that the
insurgents have rejected the advice Of the
European powers to suspend hoetilities, and
also that they demand the independence of
Bosnia. ..... The Scotch express on the Mid
land railroad, England, come into collision
with an excursion train from Morecambe to
Bradford, near Kildwick. Five persons were
killed and forty injured, several probably
fatally. The foot and mouth disease is
spreading among the cattle in Cumberland and
Aberdeenshire, England. Fourteen Montreal
(Canada) dry goods firms were compelled to
make arrangements with their creditors during
one week. .Josephus Sooy, Jr, treasurer
OF New Jersey, has embezzled from the State
about Sc, 900, which has been spent in dissipa-
ton. he was arrested in Philadelphia.
Thomas Csllaghan, who occupied a room in
New York tenement with his mother and
sister, drove his sister into the street at mid
night and then killed his mother by beating
her about the head. He was arrested
Three young men and three young women
were rowing on the river at New York on a
Sunday, when they fastened a line from their
boat to tugboat in order to get a tow but
the sudden starting Of the tug turned their
boat over, and girl of nineteen was drowning
when one OF the young men swan to her and
they both sank out Of sight. . d. Col. Edward
w. Longstreet, of Syracuse, N. Y, committed
suicide on account Of financial difficulties. ..
Lewis j. Bennett, the canal contractor, has
paid back to the State OF New York, S12, 900 of
money fradulently obtained. Canal Appraiser
DAVIS has been arrested for completely in the
Hand contract fraud. 800. Secretary Bristow
has ordered the sale Of "a, ,O0O, ,OOs Of gold dur
ing September. 80. The business portion of
Reynoldsville, Pa, was destroyed by fire. a.u
duel was fought in the dark at Waco, Tex,
between Charles Carrick and J. M. Turner,
over some trivial matter. The distance was
shooters. Three shots were fred. Turner
was killed. -. One days heavy rain in Wash
ington, d. G., caused some of the sewers to
burst and thus overfiowed a large portion
Of the city, doing much damage. Eleventh
and Twelfth streets were flooded sufficiently to
float an ordinary boat. Near Fiber creek
thirty houses were flooded to depth of MIN,
feet. -Four Thousand Serbians have en-
tered Turkish territory, and are endeavorlng to
incite the Bulgarians TO rise against the Porte.
Bosnia is reported in full rebellion against the
Porte, and Montenegro and Serbia are actively
preparing for war. In Herzegovina the in-
surgents have formed q national government
under Lynbobratich. The English polar
expedition has been heard from at West
Greenland, being all we'll and on their way to
Upernsvik, whence they will visit Capt. Halls
grave. IA boy named Morris Ryan residing
at Hopkinton, Mass, started from his house to
kill cat, when he was stopped by his two sis
ters, who tried to persuade him to desist.
struggle ensued, during which the gun in
Ryan's hands went OF and killed the two girls. 3
....The publishing house of Lee & Shepard,
OF Boston, and Lee, Shepard & Dillingham;,
OF New York city, have suspended
Two new cases Of yellow fever are reported
from Fort Pickens, Barrancas Barracks, Fla.
...... Seventeen tramps were arrested in
Railway, N. j., and they thereatened to have
revenge. On the night after their release two
barns and lumber yard were fred by the
incendiaries. The Atlantic mills at Lawrence
Mase., have recommended running, and there
Is prospect of steady employment for one
thousand hands.
Two Of the Franklin county Ill.) Ku-Klux
have been held in $1,000 bail to appear for
trial Six more Of the outlaws have beon ar
rested. The testimony shows that tba,o ar.