The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-10-27

tower, adtournlng the new Surrey chapel In
4 London, England. The tower is designed as
Q memorial for the abolition Of slavery, and q
bond OF brothe erhood between England and
America ...... Accounts from Scotland and
| Ireland are to the effect that the great autumn
| storm caused inundations and much damage
to property. The city Of Cork was partially
under water. -. Nova Scotis was also vi-ted
by the gales which occasioned such heavy
losses elsewhere, and numerous vessels went
ashore. An old man named Welsh, resid-
ing at Knowlton. Quebec, attempted to murder
his wife with an Ak, when, seeing his son COM
ing in, he turned and shot at him. The son
then, in self-defense, thot his father dead.
The old man Is not expected to live The
Indians want ss, soc, 900 per year for an indea-
mite period for the Black Hills. The commits
sioners would not listen to such aproposition,
and the council has broken up $50. The New
York State assessors fixed the assessment of
New York city ct $1, ,205, 5s1, $50 and It's State
tax, 81, ,23S 315, the rest of the State tax being
s5. 7s2, ,532. .... The Porte hrs addressed
circular to the foreign powers declaring that
the present statesof things renders it neces-
sary to keep one hundred thousand men under
arms between Mostar and Widdin to watch
trespassers, and that Turkey is unable to con-
tinue this for an indefinite time. -. The
Chicago board Of education has discarded the
Bible from the public schools. sg.. ..n-
The court-martiL in the case of the British
ram Vanguard, which was sunk by vessel of
the same squadron, have reprimanded Captain
Dawkins, of the vessel. and dismissed him
from command Of the vessel The floods
ot,oa a Il
and Tipperary, Ireland. -. While locomotive
was pushing half q dozen platform cars con-
tanning seventy laborers, near Yamaska, Cana
da an obstruction ON the track threw or three
Of the cars, and eleven men were killed and
twenty-five wounded. 1t is thought the OBJ
struction was purposely placed Three
men stealing q ride on q sleeping car near
Hamilton, Ohio, were killed by the train COL
liding with freight car. -. There. are still
over Sc, 600 cattle in England affected by the
foot and mouth disease. 80. President Grant,
Gems. Sherman, Pope, McCook, Marshall Vim
cent, Macarthur and Belknap took part in the
| exercises OF the reunion Of the Army Of the
Tennessee, at Des Moines, Iowa. -. Nicolls,
the defaultipg teller Of the Montreal bank,
has been arrested in st. Augustine, Fla ......
Ned OBaldwin, the pugilist familiarly known
as the - Irish Giant" was shot by his business
partner, and died two days afterward. He
was six feet seven and one-half inches in
height, and his arm three feet four inches
long. In heavy typhoon at Che-Foo,.
Ohina, three Europesn aud many Chinese
vesssls were wrecked and thirty. lives were
lost ...... Richard Robinson the murderer Of
Mrs. Dixon at Norwichtown, died in Jail in
Norwich, Conn.,, from the effects of poison
taken after his arrest. ,
The Massachusetts, Republican State csnven-
ton at Worcester nominated Alexander II. Rice
for Governor, over Charles Francis Adams :;
| Fl. G. Knight for Lieutenant Governor; Henry
B. Pierce tfpr, Secretary Of State Charles En-
dicott for State Treasurer; Julius L. Clark for
Auditor; Charles r. Train for Attorney-0en-
eral. The platform calls for civil service re-
form indorses President Grant - hails With
exceeding joyithe many evidences Of reconcili-
atom; disapproves OF more than two Presi-
Dental terms demands the rpeediest possible
return to specie payment, and considers an ir-
redeemable currency national evil.
Cardinal McCloskey took possession of his
title in the Church of Sancta Maria Supra
Minervan at Rome. Many Italians and for
eigners, especially Americans, witnessed the
ceremony -. - The price Of cable messages
between this country and England is now fixed
at one dollar per word ...... President Grant
made speech at the meeting OF the Army of
the Tennessee, in which he spoke highly Of
his comrades in arms Of ten years ago asked
his auditors to encsurage free schools, and not
vote a dollar to the support of seotarian
schools advised them to keep the church and
State forever separate. -. The Crow Butte
council for the sale Of the Black Hills is ended,
and nothing accomplished =. John Crini-
mans, yoapg man employed in W. r. Park q
lumber mill at Warren Summit, N. H, on
attempting to oil the machinery was caught
and fearful1y mangled, both arms being torn
from their sockets and his neck and back
broken. He died instantly The SINGLE
scull match between Denmarsh, Of Pittsburgh,
and Redgrift, Of Chicago, was decided to be a
draw on account Of q foul. Denmark rowed
over the mile and u half and return inle 385f
being the fastest time on record The
raco between the stallions Smuggler and
Thomas Jefferson for the championship and
$4,000, was won by Smugglsr inH2.251f, 2.28,
2.40. The judges allowed Jefferson 20 withdraw
from the third heat, as he was badly famed.
! ......By an explosion Of gas in the Anchor
colliery, at HeokscheryilIe, Pa, two men were
killed, and one severely injured. They were
ordered to leave by the fre-boss, who began to
clear the mine Of the gas, but refused, to
go out. The gas exploded from the miners
lamps. - The stockholders are endeavorine
TO revive the Northern Pacific railroad, and
have elected new officers. -. An examination
Of the books Of the Planters National bank, OF
Louisville, KY, reveals q defslcation OF $685..