The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-28
" . SEMINARY oR NEWS.


Items OF intcrest from Boue and Abroad.
The loss OF life and ptoperty by the over
flowing. OF the river Siarolne, iffeRrApce is
altogether heavier than the reports hase1ed us
toJbelieve.sTIt is now estipateds that at least
one thousand persons periahed.l InsS Sulouse
eight hundred houses have. .fallent leaving
twenty thousand people homeless aud l&ishout
means Of subsistence, In the ST. lprien
quarter two hundred sspa sdfteencorpses have
already been found But Mo Koases wero left
standing OF the four hundred in the town of
Tumoullet, in the Department Of Arriege In
the district of Folk two villages were COM
pIetely covered with water, and many OF the
inhabitants perished. Crops OF ali kinds have
been completely destroyed in the districts in
undated. Subscriptions arc being raised in
different cities Tor the sufferers ...- "a hpry-
canepassed over Ottawa Canada, and did cohi
siderable damage BY Blowing down buildings
and taking off roofs. .Advices from Mendota,
Mimi, state that thattown was also visited by
tornado which demolished many buildings
4 child was blown from tia arms Of it's mother
and killed. :. The Lo",aon Times dispatches
from Burmali state that rebellion has broken
out in that country. Also that many people
have died from famine in the Karen country.
..... Six murderers were hanged in ono day
two in Maino, two in South Carolina ono in
Massachusetts, and one in Georgia. Ono OF
tho Maine murderers, Louis Wagner (known
as the Shoals murderer) killed two women and
severely injured another on Smutty Nose
Island, Off the coast Of Maine for the sum of
fifteen dollars. He died denying his guilt
John I. Gordon, the other Maine murderer
lnlled and manglod his brother Almon, together
with his wife and infant child, and cruelty
wounded another child, and then fired the
house to conceal his crime. The. cause Was
jealousy because his brothephad succeeded to
an estate which the murderer wanted. Gordon
succeeded in getting an old knife the morning
OF the execution and cut himself in the leg and
side in vain 'atternpt at suicide. T6ectwo
South Carolina men Nero negroes and met
their fate quietly. Tho assachusetts victim
Of the soadold was James III. 6ostley, convicted
OF killing Miss Julia Hawkeus, with wIum he
had been criminally intimate, for the purpose
Of getting her out Of the wayin order that he
might marry young lady with whom he had
fallen in love. The 'Georgiah was s-nogro
named Purifoy - ..NN
The government will cell 81, ,O0O, 600 in gold
each Thursday in July, at the sub-treasury in
New York.. The total sales WIN amount Ito
$4,000, 600. :. The forty-three cadets recently
graduated from West Point have been assigned
to their various positions in the army, with the
rank Of second lieutenant. :. The London
Naos places the loss Of life by tho floods in
France at two thousand It is believed that,
two thousand six hundred houses have been
swept away in Toulouse and its environs The
damage there is estimated at from Sl2, ,OO0, 600
to $15, OOO, 600 sterling. The Spanish frisate
Vittoria has bombarded, with destructive effect
the ports OF Matrico and Deva, ON the Guipuz-
coan coast, held by the Csllists . :. The scaf-
folding III shaft No. 2 Of tho Susquehanna Coal
Company, near Plymouth, Penn, gave way
while six men were upon it, and they fell dis
tance OF five hundred feet, causing instant
death. "a colored man named VIM. Keemer
attempted to rape q white woman at Rush-
vile, Ind, but was arrested and lodged in Jail
at Greenvile. The next night he was taken
out by mob OF one hundred and twenty-five
men and hanged in 3 stall of the fair ground.
..... Alfred, Frederick A., Charles, Edward,
and George Roe, who were formerly engaged
i'll the grocery business, were arrested at Chi
cago on the charge of defrauding Messrs. o. p.
Gregory, ]. n. Callinsworth, and S. A. Ellison,
Of Richmond, Va, out Of merchandise amount
ing to $3.50, 600, ',iI 49,. ...,...
Four white prisoners in the jail at Lawrence,
Kan, overpowered the guard, and taking all
the weapons on the premises, escaped. They
are all desperate characters and there is little
chance OF their rearrest 1t is believed
that after the Alabama claims commission has
completed its awards there will be balance of
nearly S1O,O00,000 Of the Geneva award re-
naming to the credit Of the government
Attorney-General Pierrepont has given de-
cision on a vexed question Of nationality. A
PrusslAnS Game To this country and after the
requisitef Number ofysars became naturalized.
He s'iHequently tetufhed to Prussia to 1--we,
taking with hlnf Ais son aged twenty years,
who had. been hafhsahd sbfought up in this
country. The Prussisn government claimed
his son for military duty, and the attorney
general says THAT government is entitled to his
services, az heS beings dior srafFaSss &c tie
status Of Ills Nfathers Hhs Dos rssupaI his
Prussian citizenship. When the son becomes
Of age, however, he no longer owes allegiance
to Prussia, and can return rto this country as
one of its citizens and even. be eligible to the
Presidency. 80. Investigations into the work
ings Of the Cincinnati water board has resulte cd
in the grand jury indiSting Thomas E. Baker,
present chief Of police formerly secretary Oh
the water works; Vim. Merk, city. editor Of
the poH:freud, ex-collector OF water rents