The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-10-20
town0f Mafagofds has been swept sxss,.w;Fb

the exception Of two houses At East Bay
only five persons out of. twenty-eight are
knownEto have been saved. The town of
saluria is also reported to be wsslleSlaway. /.
Charles O. Fisher, assistant distrist2 Attorney
kat Washington, has been arrested for abstract
ing criminal records, and committed to Jail.
The records were recovered, IA disease
like the epizootic appeared at Poughkeepsie
and elsewhere in the State Of New York =. :.
The Mechanics, bank OF Montreal has sus-
pended owing tos heavy defslcation.. :. The
/ cattle disease has broken out in wiIbraham,
Mass ,..... The Russian General Kaufman
foccupied Khokand without resistance. The
greater portion of the Russian troops remai1ied
| in the fortified camp outside.' All the Russian
prisoners have been delivered over to General
Kaufman, and the Khan has accepted all the
condlions or peace. An editor of the
Gtr7ndnto, an Ultramontane newspaper, has
been sentenced to five months imprisonment
by the municipal court of Berlin for publishing
an offensive article.
Mayor Cobb, Of Boston, authorized the
mayor OF Galveston to draw ON him for 81, ,OoO
In aid OF the sufferers by the cyclone. New
Orleans sont $1,000 worth of olothing and pro-
visions. 49,. The Spanish envoy to the Vatican
was instructed that the Madrid government
will be firm but moderate. 1t will respect re-
ligion, but at the same time protect the rights
Of the State. 1t is believed here that tho Vati.
can will finally abate it's pretensions. The
emperor Of Austria, in his speech to the par
llamentary delegations, spoke hopefully OF the
peace OF Europe. The Odd Fellows Grand
Lodge held a session at indianapolis, Ind A
procession in their honor contained ten thou
sand Odd Fellows in regalia .Sharkey. tho
murderer who escaped from the New York
tombs year ago, in woman's attire, and who
was ordered to Leave Cuba, attempted to escape
from the Kingston steamer D. she touched
at ports on the north coast tof Cuba, and was
brought back to Havana. -. -. The emperor Of
Brazil has asked the Chamber Of Deputies for
their sanction to his visiting Europe and tho
United States, to be absent period of eighteen
months ...... Henry Wilson writes letter to
inform his friends that he will not be candi-
date for governor of Massachusetts ..... The
town of VeIasco, Texas, was ALSO swept away
during tie cyclone, but no lives were lost
The coal schooner Egan was rim down and
sunk by the schooner E. R. Williams OH Lake
Huron, and two Of Che crew wore drowned. -. -:
s "A dispatch from Vienna states that servia and
Montenegro have notified the powers of their
determination to remain neutral in the troubles
between Turkey and the northwestern provinL
ces. The Servian legislature, in reply to the
speech to the throne, thus refers to the Her.,
zegovinian troubles: perpetual suffering has
compelled our brethren to take up arms Our
hearts bleed for them" . The Honduras
i,inister at London is charged with .conspiracy
In trying to defraud the hsitsh public in re-
gard to Honduras bonds -. :. The baggage
and presents of the Prince OF Wales have been
placed on board the ship Of war Serapis, ready
for India, and she win proceed to Brindisi
Italy, when the prince will embark: "A
treaty Of peace between the Colombian govern
ment and the rebellious coast states had been
signed by the president Of Colombia and also
by the presidents Of all the states lately in in
surrection. ..... While Lester Sykes was work.
ing at new we'll thirty-seven feet from
the surface, in West Springfield, Mass, quick
sands caused q caviDg in. A board curbipe
formed an arch over Sykes saving him from
immediate death, and leaving slight opening
Tor ventilation. AN alarm was given and fifty
men began the work of rescue. It was neces-
sary to dig pit thirty feet in diameter to
avoid crushing in the balance Of the earth and
80 shutting or all air. Relays worked steadily
for thirty-six hours before they came to Sykes'
and he was tn dead. His voice was heard
twenty-fonr hours after his burial "A youpp
lady OF sixteen, named Lsughlin, accompanied
q MIR. Schen and his wife on an excursion TO
the woods near ,Bellefontaine, Ohio, aud after
rambling about Mrs. schell being fatigued re-
mained with the carriage while the other two
strollee of for wild pluIns. After time sohell
returned, saying the young lady had strolled
on and left him. Search was made, resulting
In the finding of the body Of Miss ,Laughlin Id
nearly nude condition, with her throat cut
from ear to ear. The ground gave evidence of
severe struggle. Sohell WAS arrested and
q bloody knife found in bis pocket !. - the
statue Of stonewan jackson, presented to yir
ginia by two English gentlemen, was received-
at Richmond with much public ceremony ....
OF the three hundred houses standing in In
| dianola, Texas, before the innndation only
five are left. - The loss OF life at Indianola ia
now put at one hundred and fifty, and one
hundred and fifty more were lost In small SET
tlemeuts along the coast, making three hun
dred in all Christians Point was entirely
swept away by the storm :. !. :. George Engel-
hardt easily beat James O'Neil In the single
scull match between them at Saratoga, rowing
the three miles in 22.22sI.