The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-12
SUMMARY OF NEWS. .

Jelly shot and mortally wounded DIR. J. T.
Watson, an old and respectable citizen. Jelly
had been visiting the doctors daughter, but
recently was told by the father to discontinue
his attentions. Jelly fed .... While the
steamer Mosel was preparing to sal for
America from Bremerhaven, few miles from
Bremen, . box OF dynamite exploded on the
wharf, killing sixty-eight persons and wound
ing many more. The steamer was uninjured,
and but two psssengers-the casualties falling
heaviest upon those who had come to the
wharf to see their friends sail It Is supposed
the dynamite (Which is the most explosive
substance known) was being smuggled aboard
the steamer. Edward Ssnderson, of Tenn
pleton, Mass, q member Of the last State
Legislature, committed suicide by hanging
himself in his barn. :. Mr.. Glover, Of St.
Louis, declined the appointment as special
counsel in the whisky cases, vice Henderson
removed, and Col. James o. Broadhead ac-
oopted it,. The Democrats in Congress
claim that Speaker Kerr stands first in success
sion to the Presidency in case Of vacancy.
DIR. Charles Dunham, prominent physician of
New Brunswick, N. j., left his home one
evening with the ostensible purpose Of visiting
an injured man on a canal boat near by. The
next day he was missing, and on dragging the
canal his dead body was found, uninjured,
although the pockets were turned inside out
and the shirt band and necktie torn of It is
supposed by many that he committed suicide,
rs he had been afflicted with meancholis for
some time.
The Mark Lane Express, in its review Of the
grain trade, says the markets in the French
provinces are improving, while the tone in
Paris was quiet and steady. The Belgian,
Dutch, German and Russian markets are
steady. The authorities of San Domingo
were unable to obtain loan in Europe.
China will not send an embassy to England
until next summer. :. The distress among
the miners aud their families at Cape Breton
is reported to be increasing. An immense
land swindle has just been unearthed in
southeastern Missouri. Fraudulent deeds for
land were prepared and put upon the market
In the East or in Europe, and found ready
purchasers. It is estimated that deeds to
twelve million acres have been disposed of.
The grand jury Of Shannon county has brought
indictments against three men for partlcipancy
In the frauds. 80. The belief gains ground in
New York that Tweed's flight was Influenced
by negotiations for the settlement of the ring
suits. -. Hereafter the government will not
pay express charges upon packages or notes
cent for redemption, when such notes are
s-zind to be in good condition, as is the case
n numerous instances. -. Commodore Van
derbilt has just made an additional donation
OF $780, 900 to the Vanderbilt university, Ten
nessee, which makes s7oO, 900 in all. -. New
York citys debt on Sept 80 was s1s1, ,ss2,-
$4,000 $500. While two seven-year-old boys
were playing with pistol in New York, it was
accidentally discharged while in the hands of
one Of them, and the other boy was shot and
killed. The boy holding the pistol was 90 hor-
rified that he fell in convulsions. The
government has sued the Chicago, Milwaukee
and 81 Paul railroad for $3.50, 900, alleged to
be due for taxes on earnings.
The attorney-general report to Congress
shows that the court of claims has rendered
judgments against the United States in favor
Of claimants, in the last four years, Of sums
aggregating Oil, ,553, ,047 and that claims rep
resenting S53 $50, ,249 are still before the court
The attorney-genera wants the jury system,
the treatment of government prisoners in
State prisons, and the abuses by marshals
looked into. he also condemns the recent
proceedings in the trial of Brigham Young for
bigamy.... .Advices from Matamoras, Mexico,
state that during the municipal election there
recently fighting occurred. Msssrs. Morgan
aud Feuentez, candidates for mayor, wore
wounded and three men and boy we're killed.
Senior Feuentez, Cortina's candidate, was elect
ed..... The loss Of the steamer Deutschland
was ascribed by the coroners Jury to the cap
tain losing his reckoning. =. The population of
New York State Is 4,704, ,8o4, and Of New
York city, 1,046. .037. "A coroner'g jury sit
ting on two men killed by q railway accident
In Buffalo, censured tho New York Central
railroad for Its "contemptible false economy
In not having sufficient employees :. The
Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine Com
pany's old shops at bridgeport, Conn, occu.
pied as storerooms and for cabinet work, were
destroyed by FIRE, involving o loss Of $500, 600.
Three hundred hands were thrown ont of en-
ployment. Avon, N. Y, lost several houses,
barns and dspots by fire, which win be hard
blow for the town, as 1t recently suffered
similar affiiotion. %. The Austrian embassa-
dor has eaked the grand vizier of Turkey TO
suspend hostilities and open negotiations in
tho insurgent districts. -. Three carloads
OF silk-worm eggs wero shipped from San
Francisco to New York. They wore valued at
e6,c00,000.
The Canadian lumber market is dull, with
plenty Of stock ON hand labor is scarce and
wages poor. The report Of the treasurer
OF tho Boston base ball club shows the total in
como OF the club for the past year to oe esq.,
767.06, and the total expenses S34, 609 90, leay-
Ing . balance Of %, ,257.07. =. :. The Mechanics
eayfu9a hank n Rnat<un baa rodr..d tt. -,k.
OF interest TO i've per cent. =. Thonessen,