The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-02
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

winter fishing there is almost entirely failure.
Over sixty vessels are there, but none Of them
has cargo. There are no herring between
that port and Back bay. ...... The national rifle
association Of Great Britain have accepted the
challenge Of the New York association to take
part i'll the match for small-bores to be held in
the United States during the Centennial cele-
bration.. =. The Nez Perces Indians, tribe
Of about eighty warriors, having threatened
to drive the settlers from the Walla walla
valley in Oregon, Gen. Howard has ordered
his cavalry to protect the settlers JOS.
Bork, treasurer Of the city of Buffalo, is de-
faulter to the extent of $500, 900, and has fed
to Canada. A Jew named Minister, residing
in a New York tenement, shot and killed his
three-year-old daughter, fatally wounding his
reputed wife, and then blew his own brains
out. The couple lived unhappiy together and
wero extremely poor. 80. .Gustave Guski, q
New York German, after a discussion about
the recent hanging Of the three negroes, evil
IDENTITY experimented, as a rope was found
about his neck fastened over a hook in a
butcher shop where he was employed. He
carried his experiment too far, however, and
being unable to call for help, strangled to
death.
The Austrian note relative to the reforms
In Turkey has been approved by Russia -.
The Sonora (Mexioan) troops attacked the
main body Of Yaqui Indians at Pirtohalls and
routed them with q loss Of about two hundred
killed and wounded. The Mexican loss was
twenty wounded. .... The ship Itasca, from
Baltimore for San Francisco, met successive
gales, aud was 253 days in making the passage
Two seamen were swept overheard and three
died Of hardship on the voyage ...... Charles
r. Beckwith, from 1868 to 1878 confidential
clerk and cashier for B. T. Babbit,, the noted
soap and saleratus man Of New York city, has
been arrested for embezzlement while in the
above position. An examination of the books
shows the amount to be in the neighborhood
OF $500, 000.. 80. Christopher Van Slyke, of
Clerkville N. Y, Was firing New Year salute
while intoxicated. when he accidentally shot
AZ d killed his deaf and dumb daughter ...
Extensive floods occurred in Scotland, and the
Loeb Earn river was especially high Mary
stsbbing and shooting ARRAYS occurred in New
York city New Years day and night, as the re-
suit Of intemperance
The national debt increased 81, ,s15, ,O62. 10
during December. -. Archbishop Ledochow-
skis approaching release is to be celebrated
ov the Catholics in Germany. go. Vienna
dispatch reports that the Archduke Rudolph,
prince imperial Of Austria, will be crowned king
Of Hungary in July. :. The grand vizier Of
Turkey requested the Pope to use his good
offices with the Catholic insurgents in Herze-
govina with view to peace. The Pope ha
L.,
quire into the condition of affairs. Charles
d. Hubbard, prominent citizen and tax col
ieotor OF Bellows Falls, Vt, committed suicide
by hanging himself in barn at Saxton's
River village. Financial embarrassments were
probably the cause. -. The alleged embez-
element of Isaac rockingham, chief clerk
In the stamp department at the Boston post
Office, amounts to $4,000.
The southern tier poultry show opened at
Eimira, N. Y, with nearly five hundred en-
triee, and the quality of the fowls in harmony
with the number. Many prominent places
were represented. and the affair attracted
much interest. Russia advised the prince
OF Montenegro to preserve neutrality by all
means as regards the revolt. . The section
Of the Brazilian cable between Lisbon and
Madeira Is broken. ... An explosion occurred
In coal mine at Talke, Staffordshire, Eng,
and five persons were killed .. The report
Of the Erie railway officers shows the total re-
oeipts to have been 81, ,667, ,746.49, and the ex-
penditures $19, 030, oil. .26-lesving deficit of
81, 1853, ,164.77. The total cost Of road and
equipment is put down at S1l5, 995, 946.68. -. :.
Landis has been indicted for murder in the
first degree for the killing Of Carruth, the
Vineland IN. J.) editor, q year ago ..... The
Republican State convention Of New Hamp-
shire renominated P. G. Cheney for governor.
The resolutions adopted call for just gen.
erous, aud forbearing policy toward those
lately in arms against the integrity of the
Union, yet demanding a full recognition in
practice as well as in theory of the letter and
spirit Of constitutional amendments and all
laws Of Congress made in pursuance thereof ;
tariff for revenue; q currency based on coin,
and which shall be made redeemable In coin
regards as conclusive tho Presidents ds1i:ra-
ton that he is not candidate for renomina-
ton, and with profoundest gratitude for his
patriotic services, in both military and civic
life, reaffirms their unalterable opposition to
the election Of any President for third term.
The ninth resolution calls the free public
school system the bulwark of American liberty,
and approves Of Mr.. Blaine's amendment to
the constitution.
Gen. Meyer, chief Of the signal service, has
been awarded letter of distinction by the in
ternational congress Of geographical sciences,
held In Paris. New York city's debt is
S116, ,s7s, sos. 99. The gold and silye- yield of
the States and territories west of Missouri, in
cluding British Col olumbia, for 1875, was ESQ.,.
Ss9,0s7.... Counterfeit fifty-cent curreocy, OF
the issue previous to the last are In circular
ton ...... Minister Washburne writes letter
declining To run for tha Praaidaro4r Oh