The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-05-19
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


committed suicide by taking strychnine 49,.
Mrs. Mason, aged seventy, hanged herself at
Providence, R. L, and Mrs. Irwin, described as
= respectable young widow, drowned herself
and child at Hannibal, No., 49,. The Chipaan
silver mine at Newburyport, Mass, was sold
for 100000 to joint stock company Or
ganized in New York for the working of the
mine. The same parties paid S41 900 for
other parcels of land in the vicinity. =. John
Hunter, OF Collingwood, Canada, has been
sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment for
incendiarism with intent to defraud the Hart
ford Insurance Company. A party Of three
persons assembled in the balloon Zenith at
Paris to make scientific observations. The
balloon attained the extraordinary height of
5000 metres (oyer 26, 900 feet). Two Of the
eronauts were sunocatsd to death, and when
the balloon reached the ground the third was
almost insensible and has since been 30 i'll that
his recovery is doubtful. Three thousand
bales Of cotton were destroyed by fire at
Charlotte, N. @ 80. Two women and two men
have been recently sent from Washington to
the asylum for the insane, having gone crazy
over the Beecher trial. =. The American re-
vivalists in England are meeting with great
success, their meetings being attended by thou
sands Of people.
Marcus L. Dean committed suicide at Paw
tucket, r l.. F. "A drunken husband in Williams
burgh, N. Y, nearly succeeded in numbering
his wife, sister-in-law, and q fellow laborer,
with q shovel. The parties were severely in
jured by blows from the weapon. -. Joseph
Eads was murdered by Dan McAllister at
Peoria, H.. "A thief seized package con-
tanning $500 from q bank messenger in the
Boston post Office and escaped. -. "A family
at Dutch Hollow, Ill, were poisoned from eat
ing Holsters q child died, and tSo Of the men
are not expected to live..... Twenty-Five lives
have been lost in the Canada Pacific railway
survey, and steps have been taken in Ottawa
to raise o memorial to the victims. . John
Donohue had his head blown off by an explo-
sion Of Illuminating powder at New Haven,
Conn. .Abram J. Buckles, auditor Of Della
ware county, Ind, is declared defaulter to
the amount OF S15, 5,000.. .. Urgent steps are
being taken by the New jersey farmers clubs
to prevent the spread Of cattle disease there.
Serious and damaging floods hsve occurred
along the line Of the Union Pacific railroad.
mischievous boy in New York while throwing
stones accidentally killed little girl ten years
OF age-.....A plot has been discovered in
Uruguay to assassinsts the President and his
Cabinet. Seven persons are implicated in
the Washington post-office contract frauds.
receiver has been appointed for the Northern
Pacific railroad. 49,. Indians surrounded the
miners in the Black Hills, and endeavored to
bum their stockade, but were unsuccessful.
They killed and scalped one miner, who was
away from the stockade. Government troops
arrived, rescued the party, and took them from
the hills.
The Indian agent at San Carlos agency, Ari.,
has disarmed the Verde Indians, and located
the Apaches, Yumas, Mojaves and Tonic
Apaches on reservations. The recent severe
spell Of cold weather has greatly damaged the
fruit crops in Virginia and the Canadian wheat
crop. More trouble is threatened in Louisi-
ana The Conservatives in the House of
Representatives have determined to seat those
members returned by the returning board
whose seats were filed by the Hahn Legislature
after the withdrawal Of Speaker wiltz and the
Conservatives. This action will give the Con-
servatives majority on joint ballot, and the
Republican Senate opposes it. .. The Occi-
dental and Oriental Steamship line has char
tered the White Star line steamers for service
between San francisco, China and Japan.
Earl Derby stated in the British House of
Lords that the government did not think that
tho peace Of Europe or the independence of
Belgium were endangered by the Prussian note
to the Belgium government. . The Khediye
OF Egypt has been organizing q court like our
United States Supreme Court, under the aus
pices Of the great civilized powers, and General
George 8. Batcheller, Of Saratoga, has been
designated by the United States government as
member Of it. The appointment is for five
years. Gen. Batcheller has accepted it.
Charies L. Wightman, q respectable farmer of
North Kingston, r. L, hanged himself in his
Darn. sleeplessness, caused by disease of the
head, was the probable cause A rejected
suitor in New York fatally shot the object Of
his affections, young girl Of twenty years.
The Adventista,in Chicago assembled on the
twentieth Of April in a private way and waited
ill nearly morning with their white robes.
In readiness for the expected coming of Christ.
They finally dispersed quietly. :. The bill
providing for thejexclusiol of lager beer from
the Interpretation Of an statutes relating To
liquor selling, land would result In permitting
the sale OF lager beer on Sunday In New York
State, was killed in the Legislature. Reports
from all parts Of Kentucky say that great dam
age has been done to the fruit and tobacco
plants by the unreasonable frosts and snow. In
the Southern and Western States the same
complaints are made. a.. One Of the lates
eHploiis reported Of strolling nnandicants is the
turning Of an elevator for amusement BY a
couple OF tramps In indianapolis. This cost
the owners of the property $4,000. :. If
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