The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-06-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.
ltem. of Interest from Homo and Abroad.


Father McGlew, of tho Catholic church in
Chelsea, Mass, has been sued for $4,000 by a
member OF the church for denouncing him to
the congregation on account Of his marriage
by magistrate. -. Gray Beard, ono OF the
most troublesome of the Indian prisoners,
jumped from a train going at the rate Of
twenty-five miles an hour while en- route for
St Augustine Fla. The train was stopped,
when Gray Beard. got up from the ground and
ran. The guard shot at and killed him
Josiah Mower, Of Jaffrey, N. H., ninety-five
years old and deacon Of the Baptist church,
rose in the night and set fire to his house. then
called his wife and idiotic son, the only occu-
pants, who went to a neighbors. Mr.. Mower
meanwhile went to an unoccupied house half
mile distant, where he committed suicide by
cutting his throat. 1t is thought he was in
sane. 1t is estimated that Abraham Jack
son, the defaulting lawyer Of Boston, got away
with $500, 600. A fire in South Norwalk, Ct,
destroyed property to the amount Of Sl25,OO0,
on which there was an insurance Of 375, 600.
The notorious counterfeiter, Pete McCsrty,
has again escaped from custody while being
conveyed by United States Marshal Purnell
from Tyler to Austin. =. The italian govern
mont has ordered the removal Of all bishops
who have not received tho royal erequatur
approving their appointments. The archbishop
OF Palermo has already been warned to leave
his see ...... President Grant and family
Will leave for Long Branch about the third or
fourth OF June. having abandoned the idea of
visiting his farm near st. Louis for the present.
..... The st. Paul Pioneer. Press publishes
dispatches from all parts Of Minnesota show
ing that there are grasshoppers in only a very
small portion Of the State. ..... "A case has
just been decided by New York court which
settles long-vexed question in regard to saw
-ngs banks o1saac Allen, Of Brooklyn, had
$4,000 In 4 savings bank. In his absence his
wife took his book from q chest by means Of
false keys, and drawing check Tor 50. $50,
took it to the bank, where it was cashed. When
MIR. Allen subsequently took his book to be
written up the cashier announced that his
wife had drawn the above amount Mr.. Allen
denied their right to pay the money and
brought suit against the bank to recover The
jury gave the full amount claimed.
A notorious character known as Chicken
Forbes,' OF Rochester, N. Y, beat his wife
severely, and when he saw an officer approach.
ing to arrest him, he struck his wife a last
blow and started to run from the house. Be-
fore he had proceeded far, however, he burst
blood vessel and fell dead. Rev. J. J.
kain was consecrated as bishop OF the Roman
Catholic diocese Of Wheeling, Va. :. A fire at
Lexington, KY, destroyed property valued at
100000. Patrick Kehoe, blacksmith of
Jersey City, brutaIly kicked his wife to death,
..... The sheriff Of Hickory county, Mo, has
called on the Governor Of the State for aid In
preserving order, there being an armed resist
ance to his authority. The trouble grew out
OF a deputy-sheriff shooting a man who re-
sisted arrest. =. Another Of those horrible
murders for which Boston seerrs 9 noted ia now
reported. little girl five years Of age, named
Mabel II. Young, attended sunday-school
anniversary at the Warren avepue Baptist
church In that city, and after leaving the
church was missed by her attendants, who
Thought she had preceded them home. Not
finding her there they became alarmed, and
search was made. Some ladies living opposite
the church at this time heard screams coming
from the belfry. and on the searchers going
there they found Mabel's body covered with
blood, and her head crushed in from two
blows. The sexton was arrested on suspicion.
The Spanish authorities have sa5psnded the
MADRID Impdrctdt newspaper for two weeks for
an offense against press laws. "A Vienna paper
states that the Emperors Of Austria Russia
and Germany are to have another meeting,
and the place will probably be Ems. A
special telegram to the London Standard saws
that the Pope is seriously i'll The London
Times special dispatches from Vienna say q
dreadful accident has occurred on the River
Muir, at the town of Judenburg province of
Styria. ferryboat having on board number
Of Catholic pilgrims en- route to visit the shrines
on the ether side Of the Muir from Judenburg
sunk in the middle of the stream. Fifty-nine
of the pilgrims are known to have been saved
but seventy-six are missing, all of whom are
believed to be drowned. Two more large
rectifying establishments ia Cincinnati have
been seized by the revenue authorities for
alleged violation Of the laws. :. sBusiness was
generally suspended in MsmphiS Tenn, dur
ing the decoration Of the graves of Federal
and Confederate soldiers. The procession was
one OF the largest ever seen there, comprising
Northerners and southerners, with the tattered
battle flags Of both armies. Numerous crowds
continue to attend the revival meetings of
Moody and Sankey in London Another plot
to assassinate Prince Bismarck ia said to have
been discovered.
AS there was no choice for Governor or
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Rhode Islasd at the
late election, the first act of the Legislature ON
conyening was to elect Henry Lippitt and
Henry I. Sisson to those offices. They both
ran on the regular Republican ticket.
Cerebro spinal meningitis prevails to some
extent among the horses of st. Louis but
yields readily to treatment. The upper
house of the Prussian Diet has passed tho bills