The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-31
The 1ailg Minus.
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton was quoto,d in Liverpool nt 10id. for
Uplands.
Tho LAMB BRorIIgRs, extensive woolon manu-
facturors at Fort Ann, Now York, have failed for
$4,000.
Salt Lake City has lad the grasshoppcra badly.
Apple, pear and plum trees aro stripped baro,
and tho corn sud potato crops sro much injured.
MARCO PAcHA, Physician ill Chief to tho Sultan,
and Director tiencraI Of tho Medical Department
OF tho Turkish army, ID a 0reet, educated IN
France
Tho propriotors Of London suburban cemetery
adyortisus that theirs is tho only ono uhcro the
dead Of the modern Babylon can find complete rs-
poso.
Quitc number or gontenlen, Interested in iron
manufacturing, hnvo recently visited tho iron re-
Ei0ns Of Dade County, Georgia, near Trenton,
with Wow to putting up blast furnaces.
hail storm, which lasted five minutes broke
between GtO0 and 1000 palles OF glass in the rail-
road shops Mt Srsluchanna, on tho afternoon of
tho 18Th instant.
Madame LEFEnr is suffering extremely just now
from an accident. CHING down tho stairway to
cross tho bridge over tho rapids ut Niagara Falls,
she spranod her ankle severely. and has boon u
prisoner in her apartments over since.
G. WALL, cOmpositor in the Leavenworth fKas J
Commercial office, on Wednesday, last "set," on n
wager, over two thousand ems, burGeos type, hnlf
loaded, half solid, manuscript copy, within ono
hour.
II appears from statistics kept in Franco that
during the last thirty years moro than ton thou
slnd people were struck by lightning, of whom two
thou'Innd two hundred and thirty-two wore killed
outright.
Tho publishers of tho Loarenworlh tKas) Com
facrctat challenge the publisher or publishers %.
IN pnnr i'm Ia,y -
points up, each party 10 furnish their own pins
and wliskey.
man in Flint, Michigan, q fow days since. sold
his wife to old bachelor for ono dollar. whore
upon tho Globe, OF that place, lamonts that
lair and buIon woman in discounted fifty dollars
below tho price of all ordinary cow
Ibe priRcipnl excitement Just now in Wisconsin
is IN hops. An increase OF 5000 acres for tho
present year is reported, and tho culture OF hops
has pnd tho farmer better thnn any crop known
in Wisconsin h.Bhnndry.
Tho new hng OF Nicaragua is thus described !:
It has = bluo stripe above and below, ON which is
represented volcano surrounded by smaller
mountains, tho sunburst appearing over tho tall
ost summit.
MIILARD FILLMORE lives in very delightful
way in buffalo. lie has MI elegant home whore
ho spends portion Of tho day III roaling Sew
crsl honrs Of each dny ho spends most faithfully
mt his Office, engaged in tho study of tho classics
Among the now aud costly buildings in New
York is thai owned by JAMES DRows and situated
in Wall street. 1t IL Of marble, with frontage OF
about forty feet, md cost million of dollars Tho
entire rental Of tho building iB 900 Der an
mum.
Tho hugs took possession of tho Dos AIoines
Register oiice Inst Monday night, forcing ovcry-
body to leave tho premises. On account of their
visit 10 the capital all tho stores and places of bns-
ncss wcro closed. A similar occurrence trnnspircd
At MuscRtine few weeks since.
Tho entire Southern Reliof Fund amounts to
s267G, 300. or this amount 100000 comes from
Louisville; 1921 900 from Now York; H. 0OO 900 from
the Slate Of Maryland: B.ston, $40, ,127; st. Louis
tS47,975; Philadelphia $4,000 and Chicago
sl1 BOG.
Houston WAS illuminated by bonflres OIL tho
9th, to keep yelluw fever away. Tho Houston
Journal snys, iii llo tYoow Jack) docs ccmc, wc
will give him such q ronser MS to drive him nwny
again." The Telegraph OF The 23l, snys tho city is
ns healthy az it ever has been.
Tho American Minister at Paraguay is on short
rations, tho authorities having refused to pass his
supplies, on the ground that thcro was enough to
SET up small grocery. Minister WAsununsR, mt
least will be glad when tho little rebellion down
there comes to end.
Tho foreign imports of New York for last week
foot up si,276 5o4 Of which s2 G92 were for Iry
goods Among tho general merchandise iteu,,
wero Tho following "lu1urics:" Toys, s14G00: per.
fumory, s32s3; scgarH, s3Sls; fancy goods, 9l7
jowclry, s6l,7G2; watches, sG0,G9G; champagne
1880; winos, s10821.
Fifteen thousand men arc steadily ,t uorL ,,o,
tho Pacific Railroad line, and tho mopoy ALREADY
expended has reached tho round aum OF thirty-tiye
million dollars. OF this amount about ten mil
l!onH havo been paid in by private stockholders.
about twelve millions have beon furnished by Tho
United States Government, and the balance bor
rowcd by the company.
The American Association for tho Advancement |
or cienco was in session at Burlington. W.. Iast
week. Among tho papers rend WAS ono l,y
CHARLES wilTTLEsEY, OF Cleveland, Ohio, OH the |
distribution Of precious metals in tho Initial |
States by means Of c0ored maps He represeni- !
cd the gold and silver regions OF tho West in a,
atuactiye manner |
itliBslan war steamer, while rcscuing nun,- |
sIer Of Gretan refugees from Turkish brutality
was hear being involved in fight with the 1urka
Who tried to proyent the emrarkAtiop. Tho two
vessels ran out their guns but tho timely ntoryen.
Ton OF OMAN PAsuA prevented ali engagement.
Hau tho Turk fired OH tho Russian. tho Cretans
would have been free.
The relative strength Of gas in several cities OF
England anu Scotland differs materially. In Lon
aon one burner glres tho light Of twelve candies
IN Liverpool OF twenty-five candles IN Edinbnrg
twenty-cight, and in Aberdeen tllirty-fiye. Tho
quality OF tho candles is not specified Possibly
thoso used in tho Scotch cities wore "baubce
dips"
during tho past twenty years, according to a re-
cent Parliamentary return. the sum OF $776 900 has
bo.n expended by different dioccses in England In
purchAsing erecting, repairing and furnishing tho
palaces OF sI Bishops. namely Gloucester and
bristol, Gloucester, Lincoln, Manchester, Ripon
and Rochester. Twelve Other episcopal palaces |
hgure in tho return for smaller amounts
Brown University has had five presidents. and
hhs graduated 22C7 students. or tIlaso 165 wero
graduated under DR.. MAHNrRo,s administration .
~ under that of DR.. NANCY; G93 uutler tbel n,
Dr. MEssEn; Sl8 under DR.. WAY1asp. anil aGn
under DIR. SEAils. OF these 5s3 have bcm or,lo;n-
GU as p1cachora. Ono hunilrod and thirty n, ,,,o
students entered tho Union army. l,hodo Is,ond
is proud OF tho University, and woll NAV ,o Co. -
is tho boHt possession slo has
tis estimated that Parisians expcnd snnr.,,
oght millions OF francs for corsots. f3fcor MI;
lions for gloves, twenty millions for hat, and ho
nots, eighteen millions for false diamonds. mil
lion and half for false tectlI, ciphtyrour tho,,
sand for glass eyes, sovon hundred and thirty-
Thousand Tor masquerade drcssoS, twonty-Lwo mil
lions for perfnmery and cosmetics five millions
for fans, twsnty-cight millions for artificial flower.
and fifteen millions for buttons
den. BUTLER III building now and aolil mnu