The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-08

attorney at Omaha has brought suit against
John r. Baker, formerly Indian agent, to re-
cover the sum Of GIG, 400 due the government
The English Mercantile Shipping bill drawn
up by Sir Charles Adderley after MIR. Plimsolls
demonstration, and passed by the House of
Commons, has finally passed the House of
Lords 80. Intelligence from South America
is to the effect that the State Of Colombia was
on The brink Of a revolution. :. The funeral
Of Hans Christian Andersen, at Copenhagen,
Denmark, WAS attended by the king and royal
family, officers Of the government representa-
lives from all parts of the country aud mem
bers OF all kinds Of societies, forming an i'm
mense crowd. All business in the town was
suspended. tt. The army worm appeared in
immense numbers at Sussex, New Brunswick,
on the government railroad line east of st.
John, aud their ravages have created wide
spread alarm Fields of grain were attacked
and destroyed in a short time. Horse rollers
run over the road where they crossed, did not
perceptibly lessen their numbers. A telegram
from st. Andrews gays army worms invaded
that town few days since, covering the
streets, fields and lanes in every direction.
and devouring the grass and grain In spite
OF every opposition they are still advancing.
......Wm. Hobkirk, banker of Waupun,
Wis, has disappeared, having A31, 500 on bis
person at the time he was last seen. His
relatives think that he has been murdered.
but others do not hesitate to say he has de-
camped. ..... The Ohio crops have not suffered
as much as the first accounts led us to believe.
49,. AS freight train was passing through
Big Bend tunnel, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, Virginia, thirty feet of the roof fell
In crushing the engine, killing the fireman
instantly and fatally wounding the engineer.
1.-The revenue authorities are determined
to mako passengers arriving from foreign
countries pay the duty on their goods, and 80
effectually put stop to fashionable smuc-
Cling.
In accordance with the notice given the
Spanish government has ordered a lew OF
100000 men. The minister of finance il
to issue consolidated interior scrip for e6O-
600 O,O00... The Herzegovinian rebellion il
assuming formidable proportions. The Dali
matians and Montenegrins are aiding the in
surgents with money and provisions. After n
stubborn fight near Biletohie, the Turkish
troops were routed ...... A passenger, said to
be Spanish colonel, WAS taken from the
British mail steamer Elder at Porto Rico. bv
the Spanish authorities and soon afterward
shot. All tho foreign consuls protested.
A sailor recently arrived at Halifax, N. s.. has
reported terrible crime which WAS oonspm-
mated two years ago. Tho schooner Mary T.
Jones sailed from Clyde river for Boston. bav-
ing two sisters on board as passengers. Soon
after sailing tho captain and crew, with the
exception of the informer, outrages. Ala
women. They were then killed and their
bodies thrown overheard. The crew subse
quehtiy reported that the vessel was caught in
gale and thrown on her beam ends, the two
women being drowned in tho cabin There
are thirty-six cases of yellow fever In the town
OF Pascagonla, Miss, the disease having been
Drought from Havana. Duncan, Sherman
& Co.'s statement shows 1872, 12S 65 IiabIi.
ties and 80, 112, 740.61 assets The Sears
vile Mass reservoir dam was swept away by
the heavy rains and did much damage in tho
low lands creating intense excitement s;uouf-
tho inhabitants, as the flood followed the
track OF the destructive deluge few years
ago. The streets of williamsburg village were
badly washed, and one abutment of a new iron
bridge was washed away. " The rains of the
past few weeks raised the Delaware river so
that the lumbermen were able to get their
raIts down to tidewater-being the first time
this year. - -,'a. =. =