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

giraffe belonging to Forepsugh's circus
died ut Syracuse from exposure. 1t was valued
at $1,000. While the rhinoceros, belonging to
the same establishment was being carried
from Philadelphia, the wagon broke through
bridge and the animal was fatally injured. 1t
was valued at $20, 600. -. The percentages Of
the condition Of the cotton crop, Oct. /, were
as follows: North Carolina, eighty-fve South
Carolina, seventy-seven; Florida, seventy,
Georgia, seventy -one Alabama, ninety -four
Mississippi ninety-six; Louisiana, ninety
Texas, eighty-eight; Arkansas, one hundred
and three; Tennessee, ninety Two negroes,
named jackson and Thompson, were murdered
by rufhans In Brooklyn, N. Y. There had been
some trouble on account Of the white men in
terfering with the dancing ut negro picnic
and on the negroes starting for home they
were attacked and killed with paving stones
John Mcclure Matthew Dowden, and James
Thornton were held for the crime w There
have been..heavy gales around the coasts Of
Great Britain, and the telegraph annouu ces
the wreck Of several coasters and the loss OF a
number Of lives. :. Information has been
received at the State department that Russia
has decided to be represented at the Centen-
nial exhibition. -. The Spanish ministry was
unyielding to the claims of the Vatican ......
Postmaster Durham, OF Bridgeport Conn.,,
was dismissed for selling appointments .....
, The Times Of India says twenty thousand
people have been rendered homeless by the
floods In the neighborhood Of Ahmedabad, in
the province Of Guzerat. :. Minnie Germans,
little girl, nine years Of age, was outraged in
Binghamton, N. Y, by q young man named
Lovert The latter was captured and locked
up. Mimic will probably die.
It is said that Russia has comn,an led the
Polish proprietors in the provinces of wilma,
Grodna, Koona, Minsk and Viteppk to sell
their farms to Russian tenants, the govern
ment liking the price ...... The steamer Pam
dora, fitted out by Lady Jane Franklin, has re-
turned from an Arctic voyage, in fear Of being
frozen in the ice. The graves of three of Sir
Johns men were discovered ON Beachey island
..... Rev. Joshua Day, of Newark, N. J., was
stricken with apoplexy while preaching to his
congregation ...... At the regatta of the Yale
College navy, held near New Haven, the law
school crew won three-mile shell race with
crew Of class II, in nineteen minutes and
twenty-eeven seconds. A barge race Of two
miles between the freshmen crews of the
academic and scientific departments, was won
by the academies in thirteen minutes and
thirty-three and one quarter seconds. A two
mile race between crews Of the law densrtmept
and the claas Of II and 49, resulted in a vic
tory for II in thirteen minutes and eichteen
and three-quarter seconds. The revenue au
thorities OF St Louis have instituted suits
against five parties Tor nearly one million dol
lars ON account Of their removing spirits on
which the tax had not been paid. ;. Don
Carlos has dismissed from his service Gems.
dorregaray, Mendic Velasco and Mogroveio.
......A hve-mile single-scull race for 81 900
and the championship Of America, between
Evan Morris and Henry Coulter, was rowed
over the Hutton course, Pittsburgh Pa The
race was won by Morris by one length, in
thirty-fve minutes and twenty seconds, which
is claimed to be the best time on record
at the sale Of short horns at Vinewood, Ky..
forty-four native cows and heifers brought
S5s,2 and twenty imported ones s51. .225,
total for cows of $109, 1875 Four native
bulls sold for 81 ,715, and five imported ones
for 81, 800, total for bulls of S10,O15. The
total for seventy three animals was sI23,45O
The Emperor William, accompanied by Won
moltke and Won Bulow, reached Milan, and
was received by Victor Emmanuel. There was
great enthusiasm among the people. .... The
Picking (China) Gazette has published an edict
In regard to the death of N. Margary which is
considered satisfactory, and apprehensions OF
war between England and China are dissipated
Tor the present. 80. .Ex-President Theirs made
sspeech at banquet rendered him, in which
Ne said the republic must be maintained, and
denied that that form of government would
isolate France from Europe. The commits
tioner OF revenue has instructed his officers not
to seize cigars packed in paper or tin boxes nm.
lees certain they hsve net had duty paid on
'hem. He will recommend to Congress- to
modify the law 80 that such boxes can be used.
.....Clark Edmondson, q negro charged with
outraging white woman, was Iynched at
Atlanta, Ga, ON Sunday morning.. :. Bishop
Bourget has had letter read in all the Cana
dian Catholic churches warning his people not
to interfere withrthe burial Of Guibord, and
stating that the ground will be cursed as soon
as the bodyis deposited there .... The draft
OF cavalry horses in Cuba for the use Of the
army has been abolished, and tar of $40 for
every horse that would have been drafted has
been instituted in it's stead.
The board Of charities of Utica, N. Y, is
attempting the solution Of the tramp question
by requiring all able-bodied stragglers apply
ing for relief to break stones upon the public
streets. There is q peroeptible diminution of
the number Of applicants already. =. The
New York Produce Exchange has fixed five
grades for oats, viz: White, high mixed, No.
2, No. 8, no grade. White oats shall be bright,
sound, clean, free from other grain, and shall
weigh not less than thirty-two pounds to the
measured bushel High mixed oats shall be
tNo-&hirda Uhifa and ann.I 10 No q l. IN