Richland beacon., 1875-11-06
News in Brief.

mornug at Fort jarvis.
American ship John PASCAL, from
Calcutta to New York, burned at sea.
Crew saved.
Steamer Katie ran upon snar at
Hudson ferry, Savannah river, last
Saturday and sunk.
Private kilograms from Montevideo.
dated the 2Sth ult., say the restoration
OF peace in Uruguay is confidently
expected, the revelation having
practically terminated in favor of the
Government.
Moody and Sankey are still ham
merinS away at the hearts of the
Brookiynitcs, and it is said Moody
actually brought tears from the eyes
OF some of them. Oh come down
this way and try it on some of our
people.
The Carleton cotton mills in Phila-
aelphia were totally destroyed last
Sunday. Loss SI5U,OO0, insured for
1853, 600.
The liabilities of the bankrupt DR..
Strousbcrge:, of Vienna, are only
S25 100000.
Sellers propose to deliver a. million
bushels Of corn in New Orleans at
Is cents per bushel.
On last Monday William White, an
operative at Ormand's paper mill
Atlanta, Ga, was caught in the shaft
ing aud his brains dashed out against
the ground.
In New Orleans last Monday
painters scaffolding gave way, the
workmen falling thirty feet, killing
one and fatally injuring another.
Lookout for tramps. The Hudson
River Railroad has discharged one
hundred track hands and more dis
charges are expected.
An adjourned session of the Arkan-
sas legislature assembled last Monday.
by Royal order of the Spanish
. Government, all vessels leaving New
= Orleans after the lst of September
are declared foul, the order stating
that yellow fever exists there, and
will be subject to quarantine On enter
ing any Spanish port.
The British expedition against the |
piratical natives on the Congo river,
on the west coast of Africa, sent
boats up the river. Many villages
were destroyed. and large numbers of
natives killed. The British lost one
killed and six wounded.
Massachusetts was visited by a
severe wind and rain storm on Satur-
day night, swelling the streams very
much and doing some damage to the
shipping along the coast.
Seventeen persons were drowned
at ST. Familie, Isle of Orleans, while
landing from vessel last Tuesday.
The Eastern Railroad was mulcted /
in STA, in Boston court, for refusing
ticket issued for passage in an oppo-
site direction.
Reports from Liverpool state that
Texas cotton for this year classes
much better than formerly.
Abbott, a farmer. near Ossipee, n.
". killed his wife in a heat of passion
aud then tried to hang himself, but
was cut down and arrested.
Every mail brings news of financial
and commercial failures in all parts of
the North and West.
Twenty-Five female clerks were dis
missed from the Patent Office on
Tuesday.
Ed. johnson. a negro, stabbed two
white men and killed two neg;oes on
tie Phil Allen, near Memphis, last
Tuesday.
The municipal election las, Monday
in Detroit for Mayor resulted in tho
election Of Lewis (democrat) by
majority of over 1000.
The election is close in Wisconsin
Taylor (democrat) probably elected
Governor, but heavy republican gains
are shown by the returns.
Earthquakes have occurred at
various places in the United States,
from the Pacific to the Atlantic, with
in the past len days.
The Louisiana State "melish" fired
one hundred guns in honor of the
republican victories, by order Of the
de facto" Governor.
The Mississippi State Fair opens
at Jackson next Monday and con-
tinues for week.
The news from Mississippi up to
Thursday evening was still favorable
10 the democrats Tho results in
other states about as reported under
head Of elections.
The First National Bank of Pittson, |
Pa, was entered on Tuesday night |
by burglars and robbed Of $4,000 in |
bonds aud money.