AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 200, 24 August 1874, Page 2

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

San Pit-HOisoo, July 28. ship Warrior Queen, from t 'tago, went Hfi^Sf? at * p,nL cn Ju,y 20 » foar mi,eß JVorlh Sl# 9 £ Point Heys. lhe boats were got out g|^itmneJiitiely, t><>t the captain remained aboard ll^.altnieht, aud at 4 ajn. on the foliowir-g day g4 all bauds left the wreck, i_he was sold on { pyjtheflMlpwing day for 760 dollars, but up to IpTO prestnt time nothing has bten done Wk*ti**&* saving the property in consequtnce ||^of tithe state of the weather The accident -cy 7 occurred during a cense fog. pyfeßenuu'ki'We charges have been made by P||flfe'Jheodore_--iton ag_ia»t the Bev Henry gpsWa_4,J*"eecher, the celebrated pastor of the Church, brother to Harriett Beechcr fpfitewe/ Mr Filton chaigts him with criminal |< connection with Mrs Fiiton, the feme and g^piaces being specifled. Mrs Filton hss fe^Vtyfahad » C * UC *J denying the thi. g intoto. S:7Mr Betchcr,is preparing a statement aelendjpgJnlS himkeit tie totally denies the charges. gg-the whole matter U befoie a Committee of ||feMr Beechei's friends, who are investigating jjlpt-ie th-rges. 02[}^ Since the Tartu arrived at han Francisco, ||Ijt|».ahenffs officers have been on board,. J g|E C; Meckle and Co. having sued the agents of Wo^'fiaa Wr 19,554 dollars, the amount-er-|pl**-* M kd "J* them as agents. Mutters were |g! arranged to lar as the steamer was concerned m&aiuw Williams, 81-nchard and a., the g^gentelbrtbeowersof the Tartar, to send PJJr.her with the maiis and passengers. great confUgratiou has devasted KQucago. 'lhe fire broke cut at 5 p.m. on Hp*)!** »*!, «od continue with unabated fury ||ffgnEuit 2 a.m. on the 15th, during which time it m&jnepl Atwa some ot thu tin c .i buil_ings in tbe |gggs&fy Abbot sixteeeu blocks were bur_e,i, the . estimated ut 3,000,000 dollar., by about Buo,ouo dollars insurance. : 'texrii>le *uspa^VKk» over Eastern the toirnyKuraka ex^erieucing iisfuU |||p^^^ addition to ibio, a waterspout, Mvbkh m^Jkm\ gathering 'or hours, burst

to_ J ddUged *• town * Tweß *" r ,iv " were Fearful flosds in, Pennysylvania have deluged several towns, and 22 miiea of country have been submerged. Two hundred lives were lost, and a million dollars worth of property destroyed. The accounts flil several columns of the newspapers. In Alleghany city, the .ewers burrt, and the water rushed down tbe streets to a depth of ten feet in currents, sweeping away houses and drowning many person.. Pitsburgh suffered greatly. The Government intend to prosecute all Mormons in Salt Lake who have gone into polygamy since thepasiing of the Poland bill, i |Eleven persons were murdered in a house in Spencer County by persons who entered to rob it.