The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-06
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persons to ths Police Court in the district where
the arrest was. made. II
GheSoohntraetoraforb building the Chicago Lake
Tunnel cleared 900 after deducting the inter-
est on the money invested and allowing for travel
ing expenses. Not q bad job. S.i II
: The largest paper mill in the world, is about to
30 into iqperatione at Greenyiue, Conn; It VIII
turn out s., 900 pounds Of printing paper per day,
and is expected to produce decline in price. 2 4
United States Treasurer SPINNER received two
letters on Saturday, postmarked Cincinnati, con
tanning thirty We hundred dollars in conscience
money. =Gs.S Fl: "A
twill be year on the first Of May since GsoRaE
PEABODY arrived in the Scotia i Now York. With
the closest economy it must have cost him four
million dollars during his twelve months stay
!, with us. : . y, -l.:. ..t34 4sg.si.
The State Treasurer of New Hampshire receives
salary of only $500, and is obliged to give bonds
ofs2e0, 900. There must be either extraordina~
ry amount Of honor or stealing connected with the
Office. q s:ES' Ats4 &.%' &'it .
NEWEST thing. out" comes from Jamaica
firm there prints at the head Of it's letter paper
Excuses for non-payment Of money due must be
prepaid: or postage will be charged to the ac-
count" .~5sa1$$a
The Bostpn Herald, estimates that over two
Thousand men have been thrown out Of employ
",
and at least Eve hundred stores in the city proper
and East and South Boston, have ssto let"
placed on the shutters. 5
= The Commission on life-saving Inventions held
their sixteenth session yesterday, st the rooms Of
the Board of Underwriters, Wall street, whence, at
ter the reading ofcommuni ations, they adjourned
to the Novelty WORKS.; where several experiments
,oos - interesting kind wero made. ,.,s s u
}. Indiana is making progress. as manufacturing
Etaee. sc s recent meeting OF her manufacturers,
held at Indianapolis, it was stated that there were
over five hundred dusI ial establishments in the
State several Of over $500 900: capital
EACH -s:tl. N
While chip heavy iaaenwi corn was lately
being discharged in the port Of Antwerp an i'm
1mense swarm sof ratsot Enormous size rushed from
tho hold and invaded the neighboring vessels,
warehouses and ;habitations! The workmen we're
obliged to retreat to give passage to those unwel-
come strangers. ;,;iYt}g ~ J.,
"a, The Haryard College Faculty refused, on Mon
day evening, to allow their boating students leave
ofabsence TO participate in the proposed INTERIM
.:tional regatta between the English and American
Universities at Paris The race is therefore given
mp. Yale had previously signifed her intention Of
proposed Tace ware roe aa1sasJt5}fS Jt5}S tAr"a nf the
At the latest advces some 10 900 OF the tailors Of
Paris we're on strike: They absolutely. refuse to
work except for considerable advance Of wages
The master tanors were also in consultation as to
the best means Of meeting this 'menacing move
ment Unless something lis speedily done. .tl1e
sans culoues party III the French capital must be-
come numerous and formidable.
The celebrated Dragon-tree Of Oratavo, in the
Canary Islands, which has been known and used
as landmark for centuries by seamen Of all ma
tions, exists no longer. The hurricane Of the 8th
ult., which caused considerable damage in those
islands, uprooted it. The tree had very recu-
liar shape, and its age was estimated at over one
thousand years. 5.5. 49,
@THoMAs,and FANNIE B1AcKBuRN of Columbus,
Ohio, who were arrested time since for cruel
beating and torturing their little child and were
indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill
pleaded guilty. on the 26th ultimo, to assault and
battery, and were sentenced, respectively to three
and four months imprisonment, on bread and
water. in tho County jail :. . Z. 1i si :s4@E
+: Vermont has prohibitory Law, and boasts that
tits we'll enforced; but those who want liquor find
means to obtain it in the villages; and lately an en-
tirey new source Of supply has been opened.
DisiIenes care established, and the man who
wants rum takes quantity Of molasses to the dis
tier who converts it, reserving certain portion
as toll. This business is done openly, and there
is no law forbidding it. %
a paragraph going the rounds Of the American
newspapers speaks Of the RogHscHuDs' palace as
being seven stories high. The RoTHsoHmps' pal
ace is only two stories high, but it bull Of mar
BILE, and it has "a the heart Of Paris lbetween the
Rues Lafftte and Taithont two or three minutes
from Tortoni's corner on the Boulevard des
1taians) . garden worth Eve >seven-storied pal
nces. .> s
A barrel containing ashes, in the basement Of q.
building on the corner Of State and Congress
streets, Boston, took fire on Friday evening, and
melted gas meter fixed to the wall nearit The
consequence was tremendous explosion, which
threw up the sidewalks along both fronts OF tile
building, and hurled the fragments through win
dows on the opposite side Of the street. Fortu-
1aately no person was injured. + 1s 49,
.s.A new Telegraph Company, to be named the
Southern Telegraph Company, and Gen. f. K1RRy
SAnTH, as its President, has been organized. with
capital of $500, 900, nnd is pushing ahead with
considerable vigor. tt VIII connect Cincinnati and
st. Lonis with New Orleans and Mobile At Cincin-
natl it VIII connect with the Atlantic and Pacific
Telegraph Company, and with the insulated line
will make q continued line from Canada to the
'crR OF Mexico, competing so far with the Western
Union. Over $50, GOO Of the stock has been taken
by merchants of Louisville and Cincinnati inter
ested in the completion Of this line, which has se
cured the right Of way, and is beyond consoida-
ion. = t' ss V. r'st. %t.
Ar Ar American :emale, called by the romantic
name of Miss KATE IavmE, has commenced at
Sheffield, in England, the arduous task Of walking
800 miles in as many consecutive hours for. ii is
said, a bet Of s50o. The lady Pedestrian ia de-
acribed to be about thirty years of age, tall and Of
,1Hther prepossessing appearance. Her carriage ia
remarkably erect. She wears the Bloomer coa.
tume-a straw hat, jacket OF thin black material
light vest, with bright buttons, tunio silk s,;rt
and light boo She started for the first mile At
O'Clock inf g ening, and accomplished it in la
minutes. The av arage time Of each mile varied
from 12i to As minutes which, FOR woman. NAV
sbe considered reaD = wonderful. Nearly eight bnn.
fed peEsons paid visit to the Aeet-sooted Ameri-
can.the. first day Is. ,sss a
IA party 81 young people last Sunday had assem-
bled IN St Louis, and were enjoying themselves in
the usual manner. The day was pleasant, and q |
pQrtiqns Of; the company we're playing about the
grounds. Among them W5re Miss L1zEr1rx L1. Bnrsx-
2Gix, young 1ady o. about twenty years. and Mr.
AuousT sBnAHKE, ssyoung man Of twenty 1--WE. Ii
the sport Miss Bnn4xntAa threw missile OF some
kind. ct Mr.. BIANKE, who had q double -barreled |
shot: gnn ID his hard, not dreaming thst 1t was
loaded. Whenshe throw at him B1ArxE playfn1fv.
The gun ct her, g. 8 mi shoot You,
and to his utter astonishment the gun went Cd. |
IIis7 ts1 w;.:e lodged IN the face OF
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