The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-14
SUMMARY OF NEWS,

George Wheeler colored, was hanged at Eas-
ton, Md, for the murder of Mrs. Margaret
Whitman. :. John Mitchell was elected to
the English Parliament from Tipperary by
2,S6S majority. The National Fire Insurance
Company of Philadelphia has suspended. .....
State Engineer Thompson, of Louisiana, re-
ports that there is imminent danger Of crevas-
ses in that State, and that at some points the
levees have already begun to cave in. -. 1t is
announced that the party now in the Black
Hills will, il necessary, be driven out by troops,
and others will be prevented from entering :.
The Poce di Veritd says the Pope confers the
Cardinals hat on Archbishop McCloskey, not
only on account Of the personal merits of that
prelate, but because the Holy See is desirious
OF honoring the Catholics Of America and of
marking the progress Of Catholicism in the
United States. %. A $50, 900 fre occurred at
Saltwater, N. The United States Freed
mems Bank is said to be in q much worse con-
dtion than supposed, and little will be re-
allied fro1n it.
number Of Ohio distillers have been
arrested charged with defrauding the United
States government. Two boys named George
Selb and Westley Goodenough were playing
.
former, not knowing the weapon was loaded,
pointing it at the latter said: d" Your money or
your life, and discharged it, the ball entering
Goodenoughs head above the eye, causing
dangerous wound. .... The $1,000 paid by ex-
Senator Pomeroy to State Senator York of
Kansas in 1878 has been returned to Pomeroy
by York, the former paying out of it the 90 900
costs incurred in the criminal prosecution
against himself. .... The tow boat Babbage
sank near Cairo in the Mississippi river and
three lives we're lost ..... The Legislature
OF Texas refuse to make an appropriation for
the Centennial exposition. Reports from
various sections say that the fruit trees have
not been injured by the extreme cold, and that
fruit prospects are good.
The island Of Mackinac, in Lake Michigan,
which heretofore has been held as military
reservation, is to bo set apart for natlona
park, with the exception of Fort Mackinac and
grounds. The insurgents in Cubs have
succeeded in destroying number Of fine sugar
plantations. "A company Of United States
cavalry is ordered to start from Fort Laramie
as soon as the weather will permit, with in
structions to bring in all the miners reported
to be in the Black Hills. Oil was struck at
depth Of 654 feet ON q farm ut Warren, Pa,
recently. This strike develops an entirely new
belt of oil territory. 80. The Berlin papers |
have notified persons intending to send articles |
to the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition that
If they should become bankrupt their goods
Will be liable to seizure A frightful tornado
passed over Rienza, Miss, doing vast amount
OF damage. OF the five Councillors elect in
New Hampshire, two are Republicans and three
are Democrats. The State Senate stands five
Republicans and five Democrats, with no choice
In districts two and four. The House Of Repre-
sentatives will stand 1872 Republicans and 1s1
Democrats. Two Democrats end one Repubii-
can were elected to Congress . :. In New Jersey
three men were killed on different railroads
within fifteen minutes Of each other
fearful tornado passed over the lower part
OF Richmond, 8. @. One house was blown
down, and two persons killed and several badly
injured. Trees were torn up and twisted. :.
In the New York Legislature a bill was intro
duced to authorize the New York State Grange
OF the Patrons Of Husbandry to organize an
insurance company. The object of the COM
pany would be to issue policies for the purpose
OF mutual insurance against loss or damage by |
hre or lightning. The vote by which the |
motion In the United States Senate to postpone
the Pinchback matter until December was
thrty-three for to thirty against it IA reso-
tuition before the New York Senate to adjourn
on St Patricks day received ten votes out of
twenty-eight... The Mark Lane Express, in
its weekly review of the breadstuffs market
says that the long winter has made backward
season. though all accounts agree that the |
young wheat has passed its trials success-
fully. Most Of the European markets show |
rise in prices of from one to two shillings.
dispatch from Washington says the post |
master-general will not enforce the new postal |
law 30 far rs its provisions on transient mail |
matter are concerned for the present. The |
statement made that goods sent to the Phila- |
delphia Centennial exhibition are liable to |
seizure to meet the demands of the commits |
sioner's creditors, is officially denied by Hon.
Alfred T. Goshorn, director general
The Lincolnshire handicap, run at Lincoln,
England, was won by The Gunner. The
favorite was badly beaten. The ice-gorge
at Port Jervis was swept out by freshet
which overaowed the town, causing a damage
of S5o,00O, and carrying away two bridges one
arailway bridge valued at S14O, 900, and another
suspension bridge worth S40. .000.. . The |
Emma Silver Mining Company has been ordered
to file bond, to cover costs In it's suit for the
recovery Of $4,000. 900, by Judge Donohue, of
the New York supreme court l.. .Messrs.
siordet d Co., wellknown London merchants,
have suspended payment. Their liabilities are
stated at % 1000, 900. 80. The New York Assem-
bly, passed the bill protecting Incorporated
banks by vote Of sixty-six yeas to forty nays.
a Camden On. ~ school teacher was arrested