The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-09

People who go about with subscription lists
making collections for charitable purposes are
often placed in most embarrassing positions, being
subjected not only to unpleasant refusals but to
still more disagreeable snubbing. holy man-a
clergyman who halls from the city of Brotherly
Love-has adopted new plan for taking up these
collections, which remedies these evils most effect
ually. The man Of faith, whose name is WILLIAMS,
wishing to collect funds to be appropriated towards
the erection of school house (?) took ride yes
terday in Fourth Avenue car, and also took o
ladys portemonnaie from hor pocket An ire
ligious detective arrested the religious man, who
is now held in durance vile.
The ladies here wear new style OF hat that caps
The climax Of fashionable folly much better than it
caps their heads. The hat is perfectly flat and
shaped like the cover of an octave volume. It has
no front and no back and has been appropriately
called 30 cross between snap-turtle and q wash
basin" Are such contrivanoes in vogue in Charles
tonp II so, I take back all have said and crave
pardon Of the ladies.
A trustee Of ono Of tho public schools offers a
valuable prize to whatsoever Of the young ladies
in the female department Of one of the grammar
schools here shall write the best poem on The loss
of the steamship Euening Star The subject is o
good one and SO is the remuneration offered.
It is natural consequence that bread must rise
when -four rises, at least so think tho French
bakers of this city, who have conspired together
against the roll-devouring public, who will hcnce-
forth have to pay higher price for French rolls
Of American make. Tho bakors say TINT fine flour
costs them seventeen dollars per BARREL therefore
they must in future charge two cents per roll in
stoad of one, as heretofore.
Music, which hath charms to soothe the savage,
will not soothe any Of tho visitorsof tho Central
Park again till next spring or summer. Tho win
ter of our discomfort being upon us, the Park
Commissioners have announced that the regular
Saturday concerts will be discontinued from to-
day. 5=z=z===s.
When CHARLES READE's new novel, ,"Grifith.
Gaunt," first appered here, few persons read it
save the critics. they however, have made all classes
anxious to read work which they have declared to
be an Indecent publication" READE's letter on
prurient prudes enhanced the curiosity, and now
the said curiosity will be doubly gratfed by the
manager of the New York Theatre, who has had
the story hastily dramatized and will produce it
soon in the form Of o play. -.-zz=
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rome Park, in which the riders will be the owners
Of the horses gentlemen who are willing to risk
their necks for the sake Of little sport Hurdle rae
ing is dangerous species Of amusement, and oan be
indulgod III with much more sefety by experienced
little negro Jockeys than by inexperienced amateur
riders. The gentlomen, however, are determined
to risk their necks on the 9th instant, Whnn the
affair viii duly como of.
A College of Dentistry has just been established
hero, and tho opening exercises will take place on
Monday next. The address viii bo delivered by
Prot. WM Fl. Dw1NNE1l.E, who stands at the head
of the dental fraternity in New York. The Innrma-
nv will then be opened for patients in the manner
of q regular medical college. 5
Tho theatre goers (and all Of the people here are
theatro-goers) are anxiously awaiting the return
Of R1sTon1, who il announced to ro-appoar on
Monday noxt in the great role Of "Adrienne Lo-
oouweur." BY the time her agemont closes we
wilt have the pleasure of seeing EDWIN Booru, who
is, beyond all doubt, the greatest "Hanet' living,
or who ever ivod and ut present the greatest actor
il tho world. Boo1H will open on tho 26tll in the
'shIorohalt Of Venice" at the Winter Garden. The
ssDlack Orools' continues to draw $4,000 pcr night,
and there is no telling how long it may continue
to do so. WA1LAoK is about to reyivo tho old
standard comedies; "Faust" will DO given in
l3roolilyn next Monday, by MARErzEK's Italian
Opera Troupe; MAGGIE MITCHELL at tho Broadway,
ssNar to the Knife" at the Now York; and Griffith
Gaunt" in rohorsal JIM ROBINSON the greatest
baro- backed stooplc-chahe rider in the world at
tho New York Circus; concerts, wizards, lectures,
mnstros, balls, pretty waiter girl saloons, billiards,
bowling alleys, faro banks, &C., all doing ivoly
husinoas. MOULTRIE.