The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-14
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Interesting Ttenas from Homo and Abroad.
Three children In boat were swept over
the rapids and drowned in the river Sault au
Recollet, Canada. -. The cholera is raging
fearfully in Msndalay among great numbers
OF people, who are erecting esrthworks for
the king OF Burmah. .Aristides won the
two-and-one-half-milo race at the Lexington
meeting, in 4271-being the fastest time by
one second ever recorded. -. Ellen jackson,
OF Brooklyn, N. Y, threw her husband aged
fifty years down fight Of stairs, breaking his
neck and killing him instantly ... The
Williamsport (Pa) incendiary was captured in
the act Of firing g lumber yard. His resistance
was 30 great as to neoessitate shooting him
three times. He appeared to be insane.
A colored church's delegates were denied ad-
mission to the South Carolina Episcopal con-
vention. The European steamship Rhein
struck fishing smack lying at anchor in the
fog of the banks Of Newfoundland, cutting
her completely in two. All the crew were
saved.
lightning struck a schoolhouse in Bond eau,
Canada, prostrating a dozen scholars one of
whom was killed, six severely injured and
three slightly wounded. :. "A quarrel between
the whites and blacks Of Laurel Hill, La,
terminated in regular engagement, resulting
in the killing Of four whites. Eight negroes
were also killed and four hanged. Further
trouble is spprehended, and the sheriff Of the
county has called for military .....A pro-
visionh government has been established in
Hayh, with Gen. Boisrond Canal at its head
..... Owing to the low price Of calicoes the
Manchester (N. H. print mills have closed
for an indefinite season, throwing five hun
dred hands ont Of employment IA military
excursion train was thrown from the track by
a broken rail near Richmond, Va, and q num-
ber Of passengers were killed or wounded
Two colored men, Paul Campbell and Prince
Robertson, were hanged at Springfield, Ga, in
the presence Of three thousand persons, for
the murder Of q mother and daughter. .. >. The
United States House passed the bill to allow
the khedive Of Egypts gift Of diamonds to
Cen. Shermans daughter to pa IS duty Free
Hon. VIM. n. Barnum has been elected
United States Senator by the Connecticut
Legislature to fill the unexpired term made
vacant by the death Of Senator Ferry.
An explosion in a " giant powder" mill near
Drakeville, N. j., blew twos men to atoms and
destroyed considerable property :. .... The
score OF the first game in the Philadelphia
billiard tournament stood: Slosson, 500; Ru-
dolphe, 266. The score of the second game
was Dsly, 500; Foster, $50. .... The Nevada
democrats, whiie they sent their delegates to
the national convention unpledged, strongly
lndorse MIR. Tilden. 80. A sudden squall upset
passenger steamboat near Hong Kong, and
two hundred Chinese were drowned. The
revenue authorities have seized twenty-five
distilleries. with forty thousand gallons of
mash and liquor, at different points in North
Carolina and Virginia. Eight children en-
barked in o lealy skin ON the Ohio river near
Vevay, Ind, for a row, but when in the center
OF the stream the boat filed and sunk. A
man went their their rescue, br. before he could
reach them Ave of the children-all Of one
family-had drowned.
After the burning Of Daniel Ming's house,
near Dresden, N. Y, the bodies of his three
children were found wrapped in each others
arms. ...A Philadelphia hotel clerk has been
fined $500 for refusing room to q colored
clergyman ...... Four deaths from trichina
have occurred at ssvonia, N. Y. The Ohio
Democracy instructed their delegates to the
national convention to work for VIM. Allen.
Their platform demands the immediate repeal
OF the resumption law, the substitution of
legal tenders for bank notes, and the issue of
legal tenders by the general government only;
that silver shall be legal nder in payment of
all debts, and in all sums opposes the con-
traction OF the currency. -. The New Jerpey
Republicans did not instruct their delegates
put most OF them are in favor of Blaine. The
platform OF the convention favors q speedy
return TO specie payments, Free non -sectarisn
public schools, and an economical administra
ton OF government looking to the protection
OF American industries. The Tepnessee
delegates to the Republican convention wore
uninstructed, but it Is understood the majority
are Tor Morton. -. The Alabama delegates
favor Bristow.. The Iowa Democrats send
their delegation uninstructed, and they are
divided between Iilden and Hendricks. Their
platform demands an early return 60 q gold
oasis, as 1t will place the business interests of
the country on sure and steady footing
at the came time 1t demands the repeal of the
Sherman resumption law as injurious to tho
prosperity OF the nation. Six CT the Salonics
assassiDs have been publicly executed in the
presence OF the French and German represen-
tatives.
The Kentucky Republican delegates are solid
Tor Bristow. .Deleware's Republican dele
gates have been instructed to vote for Blaine.
......The endeavor of one man to ride Sv6
miles In fifteen hours on thirty California mus
tsngs, on the Fleetwood course, New York
was pnsuccessful. The driver gave no blind
and exhausted after 226 miles, having been
In the saddle eleven hours and 28 minutes.
At that time he was but ten rninutes hebind