The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-30
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NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SlJ MMARY.
leo haIr ON inch thick forlnod In Wisconsin
last week.
There arc fifty miles OF police telegraph in Now
York-twenty-fo in Brooklyn.
A new stylu OF bonnet has mado it's appearance
in pariB, II ia twino with diamond sot in tho
top.
Earl RussELLs son, travelling in this
country is tho smallost man in Tho House 6f Conf
monB.
IL IL said that domestic affairs aro improving in
Chicago, the marriages are booming almost Us
humorous as divorces.
At rccont Wedding in Scran on, Pa, tho bride
received ten thousand dollars worth OF presents.
Good place to got married..
Tho Santa Fe trado ovor the plains Inns becomo |
vory large. Tho amount raid for freghtng on |
that route last year is estimated at $22, 600 900.
An ontorpriBng firm in Philadelphia has con-
structod private telegraph limo to Now York. for
the especial accommodation OF few largo business
establishments in that city.
Chcagoan refused 10 pay 1900 for a pair of
horses because they did not suit him, but after-
wards paid $4,000 for thom Mt n horse fair not
knowing that thoy waro tho same.
II is estimated that onet tonth Of tho entire num-
Dor Of prisoners and soldiers at tho Dry Tortugas
have died OF yellow fover, and tho plaguo has now
aHsumtd a more malignant form.
The HASTH AHABAH Synagogue, on Eleventh.
street, botween Marshall and Clay streots Rich
mond, having boon enlarged repaintod etc., was
reoonsccratcd OH Friday evening. Tho Rev. j.
wEousLEn, the new minister, preached his inaugu-
ration sermon.
Tho papers of tho Mexican Capital announce
that tho Minister Of Brazil oforcd to tho Fronch
and Austrian soldiers of the late Empire to take
them 1to tho Brazilian servioo, with thoir rospec
1.-Two grades. and that thoy have accepted. Steam
arc ready to take them to Rim do Jnuulro.
lie Louisiana tolls US that in the Parish Of St.
James, tract OF lovoo and batturo two arpents
long by half IN arpent in width, in front Of tho
dwelling Of Madame DossAr, lying botwoen tho
plantations OF Messrs. SHEr1IERD und DnunnET,
has fallen in, and that tho high road itsolf has
sunk below tho lcvol.
Tho Fronch Govornmont, says the Liberie, has
Just ordered eight hundred thousand wnist bolts,
each having attached to ii small medicine box.
Tho latter will contain whatoyor ia necessary TO
give, in rough way, first dressing to q wound,
OF to atop dycentory. Tho whole will cost about
100000 francs.
There is news to-day from Captain HALL, the
Arctic explorer. At last adv,os he was at Repulsc
Bay. A year ago last winter ho mado Journey to
Pelln Bay, about ono hundred and eighty miles
north. Next spring, in company with ak white
mon who have joined him from the whaling foot,
he intends to proceed to King Williams Land, and
will return home, if possible in 1868.
Thread spinning ia now conducted to an extent
which ID most astonishing. single pound OF
wool al Norwich, England, has been spun into 80 :
200 yards or oyor twenty-five miles of thread.
Hand-spinning, however, has boaten this for it is
announced that sixty yenrs ago Miss IVES, at
spsulding, England, spun Gs,O00 yards, or 9Sa
miles Of thread, from singlo pound CT wool.
HhloIlin is tho name of species OF blasting
powder, which rather cleaves than crushcs n vnlu-
ablo property r used in coal mncs It will neither
ignite spontaneously by friction nor by ncrcus-
sion, and its explosion gives rise neither to delete
riocs gases nor .moke. 1t is twice as bulky as
guupowdcI, but it is one-half moro powerful, md
is composed OF sawdust ninc parts, charcoal three
to fve parts, md nitro forty-Hvo parts.
The Inquirer, at Gonzales, Texas, says an old
freedman told his old master that his sablo high
ness was getting too feeble to work, and wanted to
bo elected County Judge. "But," snid his employ.
or, "you must know the law Of tho land before you
eau net as Judge and you can neither road no,
write." 'Oh, we'll, dat makos no difference, Mass
j., wants dc office, and den wants you for m,
clerk. You can do all tho writing"
Tho Galveston Ne,cs says: 'Wth regard TO thc
extent OF tho cott on CROP II ia thought it will bt
tne raoe as hborers in this country md oven this
seasons cotton will be, much OF it. allowed In RI,
on the stalk or beat to tho ground for the lack of
tno aporer to get 1t out who planted tho seod and
cultivated the plant"
Tho iron mines Of Marquette, on Lake superior.
yield mora hoavily every year. Tho product for
1856 amounted to nearly 4O0,O0 tons altbouph
aeAfcely ton years hayo elapsed since orc was arst
1nipped from that region. Tho iron is thrown
GOWN nom tho sides of cliff by blasta OF powder,
and sent into Marquette by rail cara. which morr
Gown 70 the water's side with little assistance from
ateam power. Tho depth OF tho bods has ucyor
been measured as inexhaustible supplios arr on
the surface.
Inc expectation OF grain, chiefly from Hungary
continues enormous, and tho railroad eompaDies
cannot furnish one-half tho transport rouured al
though they have borrowed many hundreds of
wagons from their neighbors, and arc construct
ing others as expeditiously as they can. The or
postation OF cattle, which usod formerly to be con-
siderable, has aufercd great deal from tho proys
ionco OF tho rinderpes which still RACES in soycn
counties and districts in Hungary, in somo parts
OF aalicia, and oven at two places in Lower Aus
tria.
The Nstohitoches Times, speaking OF tho coo;es
iatsiy imported from Ouba, 66ys they are a sorry
.nosttute Tor oilr former negro slaves At frat
piusn their ipefncienoy WAS attributed to change
OF enmate' and the want Of familiarity with our
agriculture Instruments and manner OF cultivation
the faot is become final and undeniablc that tbey
Ne incapable OF oultivating the soil proitaby, and
~ Ao' w 70 iohcu oH LII making q CROP. They
are lazy, mutinous. obstinate and thisyish. spcb
is tue verdict OF the planters who have employed
Chinese coolies IN Louisiana,
The Nov York World says s'Tho latest sonsa.
LION At Barnums Museum is 1.-Two gorilla can
tured In tho wilds Of Africa, nvo foot aud a laIr
hish and costing $4,000. The animal arrived on
IuesdAy, and sroat difficulty was experienced in
transferring it from the cage in which it had mads
the voyage TO the permanent oago in tho Museum,
During the operation the gorilla dispIayod its
great muscular strength by bending double a hugo |
wrought iron bar an inch and three-uuartera |
thick. It has face aud oyes like human being
ana its hand La as dolicate as that OF woman. n
1s now secure in Its cage, and held by an immense |
chain. This is tho only specimen of the gorilla
now on exhibition in this country.
st. Paul, minnesota, is aoon to bu connectcl NV
an unbrokon line of railway With tho lake cities
and the East. This will bo ofioctod by an oIten-
slon OF tho Milwaukee and Prairio du Chem Ro;,-
way from Mcdrogor, opposite Prairie du Ol,o;n o.
the Iowa side Of tho river, west to a point ;n,or-
sectins the Minnesota Central Railroad r,,rn,,
Funs in nearly north and south linz f-or, q.
Paul. The Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway vi,
soon complete o similar extension wost o, To
Crosse, intersect;ng with tho samo road. which