The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-26
SUMMARY OF NEWS,

Interesting Items from Homo and Abroad.
The freight rates west from Philadelphia
have been reduced nearly fifty per cent. ..
The United States supreme court at St. Paul,
Minn., has given q verdict for the Green Bay
and Minnesota railway company for $35, 900,
with interest, against the town Of Winona,
which had subscribed that amount in favor of
the company, and then would not pay on the
ground that the railway company had not COM
piled with the agreement. -. The committee
appointed to examine into tho distress of
Cape Breton report 1855 persons requiring
assistance In tho various mining districts. 49,.
Anarchy prevails throughout Sonora, Mexico,
the bandits being under command of Cruz
lopez. The Khedivo is negotiating for
the sale Of Egypt's founders shares in the
Suez canal The government of Great Britain,
and NJ. de Lesseps, representing a combina-
ton of French capital, are tho bidders. The
latter has offered $4,000, 600 for the shares.
..... The Prince Of Wales had magnificent
reception at Calcutta .... The destitute work.
men OF Montreal, Can, have had work pro-
vided by the city, for which they receive seven
cents an hour. The Russians have suo.
ceede: IN suppressing the insurrection in
ASIA. The earthquake was distinctly felt
over most Of Virginia. =. The grand jury of
the Louisville city court have returned ten in
dictments against various persons for betting
on the late election. Among them are two
members Of the common council
difficulty having occurred at Freetown.
opposite New Orleans, between some whites
and colored men, resulted in the shooting of
three white men by negroes as they were
drinking ut bar. The Journals review of
the shipping interests Of Maine gives the toll
mage built in 1875 at 75,O60.45, against 1872
64S.74 slast year-a decrease Of 47,4S3 90
A tornado visited the Bermudas, DESTROYING
considerable property and few lives 80.
VIM. II. butcher walked the distance of one
hundred and fifty miles in thirty-six hours in
Hartford Conn. -. The royal palace at Bar
celona, Spain, was entirely destroyed by fire.
The business portion Of Avon. N. Y, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, go, 900. .Informa-
ton has been received that the disorders in
| northern Khokand will soon be made the occa-
sion by Russia for the annexation of the re-
mainder of the country.
A coroner's jury at Westerly, r l., In tho
case Of tho child who was killed by the kicks
OF drunken father while in its mothers
arms, have returned verdict "That the per-
son from whom the father purchased the
liquor which made him drunk is guilty Of
murder The father, Philip Gallagher, WAS
held in $1,000 bail to answer before the
supreme court. Christmas festivities we're
being celebrated in the schoolhouse in the
village Of Hellikon, Canton of Aargau, Swift
zerland, when the flooring gave way. Eighty
persons were killed, and fifty more or less
wounded ...... The statue Of Napoleon has
been replaced upon the Column Vendome, at
Paris, without any ceremony 80. .Ex-Queen
ISABELLA of Spain Is iii of the measles. The
Iloss by the burning Of the Hudson Rive,
Sugar Refinery at Hastings, N. Y, was over
$500 600 while workmen were repairing
the tunnel on the Eastern Kentucky railroad,
near Rivertoh, KY, mass of rock weighing
several tons fell, instantly killingJ W. Bauer,
roadmaster, and Robert Allen aud Jack Thomp-
son, sectionmen.
Intelligence has just been received from the
Philippine islands giving the details of q dread
full hurricane which occurred there on Noyem-
ber 80. The storm was particularly severe In
the provinces Of Albay and Camafines, which
form the southwestern part Of the leland of
Luzon. Two hundred and fifty lives were lost
and $500 dwelling houses destroyed. Many
cattle perished, and the crops in all directions
were ruined "A night express train on the
Vermont Central ran OF the track at Middle
sex, and threw several cars down q ten-foot
embankment, injuring nine Of the passengers.
1.-The commission to examine Canal Auditor
Thayer, OF New York, recommended his re-
moval, and Gov. Tlden Immediately did so.
......T The British now hold. all the important
positions in Mslaoca. The Msharajah Leila
has fed and taken refuge in siamese territorv.
The British power is supreme at Perak, only
the murderers Of Mr. Birch, the resident be-
ing in arms 49,. The New York city board of
spportionment have agreed upon the financial
budget for 1876. The estimates amount to
s84, 8s8, 2e6.64. 80. Francis d. Moulton has
sued Mr.. Beeohsr for $4,000 for malicious
prosecution. Nearly the whole of the busi-
ness part Of Jasper, Fla, has been burned.
The fall cod fishery at Cape Breton has been
successful. z. L. Pierson, Republican
member OF the Legislature from Natchitoches.
La, was shot and instantly killed by Mr.. Cos
grove, editor Of the Vindioator. Abuse of
Pierson by Cosgrove In his paper csused the
fght.
Z. g. Foster and Celia Toole, who were
married recently, were found dead on public
street In Los Angeles, Gal, clAsped In each
others arms. They had taken strychnine
Another man had claimed the woman % his
wife, and 1t 10 supposed that this was the cause
OF the ct......A fight took place between the
stase troops and revolutioniats f,, co....