The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-05-26

Two Of the strikers were arrested by the police.
by the explosion Of coal-oil lamp the
house Of Mrs. Rachel Haley below Mount Car
bon, Pa, was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Haleys
body was found in a corner OF q room burned
to crisp.
Captain-General Valmaseda has issued a
proclamation offering unconditional pardon
to all the Cuban rebels who surrender previous
to May 80. He excepts deserters from the
Spanish army, who will be obliged to servo in
the war guard Of the army until the close of
the wal. -. John Metzeger, a miner. while
on his way to work at Mafit's mines near
wilkesbsrre, was attacked by four other miners
and shot in the face, but not dangerously
wounded. 80. Rev. Thomas A. Jaeger d. D.,
has been consecrated as Episcopal Bishop Of
Southern Ohio The coroner's Jury has
eSonerated. Frederick Blanckmeyer from COM
plcity in the death OF his wife, whose body
was found in her apartments in Jersey City.
Sheriff Hoyt of Orange county, N. Y, has
levied on the real estate and personal property
Of John H. Conner, a defaulter, at Goshen,
valued at $4,000 under an attachment in
favor Of the National Stock Yard Company.
Among the property seized are forty head Of
imported Holstein cattle. Dan. White, a
negro, attempted to ravish a widow living near
Raleigh, Shelby county, Tenn, on whose plan
tation he was at work. Her cries attracted the
attention of her son, at tho sight Of whom the
negro fled, but was afterward captured and
taken to Bartlett to await trial. That night he
was taken from the jail by party Of disguised
men, carried to the woods, and hanged to a
tree. The President has accepted the re-
signation Of Attorney General Williams and
appointed Edwards Pierrepont to the vacant
position. 80. The city Of Oshkosh, Wis, was
nearly destroyed by fire the loss is estimated
at 81, ,0OO, 900. 80. The Germans of New York
teudered complimentary dinner to ex-senator
Carl schurz. 80. The Allegheny county work
house, situated at Claremont, nine miles from
Pittsburgh, Pa, was partially destroyed by
fire. OF the $50 inmates, none were injured or
escaped.
A fire at Sing Sing, N. Y, destroyed three
hotels. Philip Sheridan was struck on
the head with q paving stone in the hands
OF Joseph Doyle, in jersey City, AID died few
days afterward. Doyle was arrested. The
residence OF Mrs. Lucy Bakewell at Shelbyville,
Ky., in which was the library Of the great
naturalist Audubon, was burned. Mrs. Bake
we'll WAS Audubons sister-in-law, and his
library had been left with her. Tho collection
consisted Of about eight hundred volumes.
Nothing was saved. Two colored women,
q mother and daughter, were found dead in
their beds in email house in Detroit, their
heads chopped and hacked with an AZ almost
beyond the semblance Of human beings
Suspicion points to John Thomas, the husband
Of tho frst-named victim, q colored barber, and
he has been arrested. .. :. The bodies of two
coiored children. aged respectively six and
eight years, were found near Cuba, Tenn.
The flesh had been eaten from the bones by
buzzards, but the skulls were in good con-
dlton, and indicated having been broken in.
The father is suspected Of completely in their
murder. Somebody entered the city hall.
Hoboken, N. j., and cut out $3.50 worth of
orders for groceries from the overseer of the
poors book .....J John Miller, German, was
instantly killed in Pavonia avenue, Jersey City,
by being accidentally thrown from q truck
which he was driving. He fell before the
wheels, which passed over his chest. -. "A boy
named Simmons, aged fourteen, WAS fatally
stabbed In the abdomen by another boy Of the
same age, in New York. .... Joe Howard,
colored, cut the throat OF. Gus Strickland, a
white boy, twelve years of age, in Milton
county, Georgia, over game Of cards. Howell
fled. Strickland died instantly ... David
Sinton has decided to erect OH the Fifth street
market space, Cincinnati, granite tower one
hundred and sixty feet high, surmounted by q
colossal statue of Cincinnatus habited in q
toga. The tower will cost $4,000.