The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-17

students Of Yale College amused themselves
by hooting and throwing missiles at process
sion OF Odd Fellows, until the latter turned
and charged the crowd with their swords
Several students were slightly injured.
Recent rains have swollen the rivers and
streams in Devopshire, England, causing inun-
dations. The loss is considerable. Torquay,
Teigumouth, and Dswlish were flooded, and
much damage was done to property. ..... The
Congress Of Costa Rica, Central Americs, has
passed q law declaring the Port Limon, on the
Caribbean sea, a free port, and Offering induce
ments to immigrants to that section by per-
mitting public lands to be acquired at nomi-
nal rate and allowing manufactures Of rum
and tobacco to be established in that part
OF the State for domestic use or export without
payment Of duties..... The Warren avenue
Baptist Church, of Boston, has stricken out
that portion Of the declaration of faith which
makes immersion a prerequisite to COM
munion. The church is one hundred and
twenty-five years old. :. The trunk lines
running out Of Chicago have advanced passen-
ger fares about 81 ...... A verdict for $4,000
damages and five per cent. for counsel fee was
rendered in Brooklyn (N. court against
and thumb Of Walter Westlake Governor
Tildep's commission made their seventh re-
port, showing an absolute waste of half mil
lion Of money on the Buffalo canal &" improve
ments," and inculpating Appraiser Davis and
Commissioner Fay in corrupt and unlawful
practices. -. Two hundred dwellings,, syna-
gogue, and FIVE schools in the town of Widsy,
Russian Poland, have been burned. Some
persons perished and three thousand are
homeless. A terrible fire took place at
Iquique, Peru. Three-quarters of the town
are said to have been destroyed "A white
murderer named Dugan was taken from
sheriff in Arkansas, by crowd of masked
men, who shot him. Dugan was under SEN
tence Of death for killing his son-in-law under
slight provocation.
The sinking OF shaft one hundred meters
deep will be begun near Calais France, as the
preliminary operations in the construction of a
tunnel under the English channel China
has proposed to send a mission to EupIand
bearing an apology for the Yunnan outrage.
......Mr. Frederick Hudson formerly mana
ging editor OF the New York Herald, and we'll
known as Journalist and author, was killed
by train OF cars at Concord, Mass The
damage by the Hoods in England was heavier
than at first reported. Sheffield was heavily
damaged The valley Of the River Don formed
lake half a mile wide and fifteen miles long.
flooding many collories and iron-mills. and
throwing hundreds OF employees ont of work.
At Rotherham two thousand people were
thrown out of employment by the floods
Eight OF the indicted st. Louis distillars ,.ave
pleaded guilty, and have withdrawn their
claims to the property seized by the govern
ment, valued at over S500, ,0O0 "A DR.. Bal.
lard was waylaid aud shot dead by a man
named Andrews, near Marion, Ark. 1t was
the conclusion Of a former quarrel. "A
policeman Of Den'er, Col, entered a small
tenement, recently vacated by some Italians,
to discover tho cause OF sickening smell.
when he discovered in the cellar tho bodies If
man and three boys, all having their throats
cut THE county of New York mas issued
Judgment for s64s, 491. 81 against the estate of
he late James Watson, county auditor, under
the Tweed ring......A young man named
kiser, who had become insane over religious
subjects, threw himself from the tower of the
water works in Chicago, and falling a distance
OF one hundred and seventy feet, was dashed
to pieces.