The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-31
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NEWS SUMMARY.
,o,,on o,osed in New York at a7c for Mid

UplRnos.
The LAMB BROTHERS, extensive woollen manu-
facturers at Fort Ann, New York, have failed for
$4,000.
Salt Lake City has had the grasshoppers badly.
Apple, pear and plum trees are stripped bare,
and the corn and potato crops are much injured.
MARCO PAcHA, Physician-in-Ch Chief to the Sultan,
and Director-General Of the Medical Department
Of the Turkish army, is Greek, educated IN
France.
The proprietors of London suburban cemetery
advertises that theirs is the only one where the
dead Of the modern Babylon can find complete re-
pose.
Quite number OF gentlemen, Interested in iron
manufacturing, have recently visited the iron re-
gions Of Dade County, Georgia, near Trenton,
with view to putting up blast furnaces.
A hail storm, which lasted five minutes, broke
between eCOO and 1000 panes Of glass in the rail-
road shops at susquehanna, on the afternoon OF
the 18th instant.
Madame LEVHRT is suffering extremely just now
hom an accident. Going down the stairway to
cross the bridge over the rapids at Niagara Fals'
abe sprained her ankle severely, and has been a
prisoner in her apartments ever since.
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Commercial office, on Wednesday last 'set, on q
wager, over two thousand ems. burgeois type, hall
loaded, half solid, manuscript copy, within one
hour.
II appears from statistics kept in France that
during the last thirty years more than ten thou
sand people were struck by lightning, Of whom, two
thousand two hundred and thirty-two were killed
outright. .... ..-...,r...
The publishers Of the Leavenworlh (Kas.) Com
n,erciai challenge the publisher OF publishers Of
any newspsper in lawrence to game OF pins,
points up each party to furnish their own pins
and whisksy. ,a. a,,.
A man in Flint, Michigan, 9 few days since, sold
his wife to An old bachelor for ono dollar, where
upon the Globe, Of that place, laments that
fair and bu1om woman is discounted fifty dollars
below the price Of an ordinary COW.
The principal excitement just now in Wisconsin
is in hops.' An increase OF 5000 acres for the
present year is reported, and the culture Of hops
has paid the farmer better than any crop known
in Wisconsin husbandry.
The new flag Of Nicaragua is thus described
It has blue stripe above and below, on which is
represented . volcano surrounded by smaller
mountains, the sunburst appearing over the tall
est summit. iYT { :.
MnLARD, FnLMoRB lives in q very delightful
way in. Buffalo. He has an elegant home, where
he spends portion Of the day In reading. Sew
ersl hours OF each day he spends most faithfully
at his Office engaged in the study Of the classics.
Among the. new and costly buildings in New
York is that owned BY JAMES BRowN, and situated
in Wall street. Itis Of marble, with frontage Of
about forty feet, and cost million ofdoflars The
entire rental Of the building is $780, 900 per an
mum.
The bugs took possession Of the Des Moines
Register Office last Monday night, forcing every
body to leave the premises. On account Of their
visit to the capital al the stores and places Of bus
st Muscatine few weeks since.
The entire Southern Relief Fund amounts to
$2,s76,sos OF this amount $50, 900 comes from
Louisville; $S21 900 from New York; 81 600 600 from
the State Of Maryland; Boston, $49, ,127; st. Louis,
1875; Philadelphia, $4,000, and Chicago,
$11, ,3O6. az iit.A.l EWa
Houston was, illuminated by bonfres on the
25th, to keep yellow fever away. Tbs Houston
Journal says, 'I he yellow Jachl does come, we
will give him such d rouser as to drive him away
again." The Telegraph OF the 23d says the city is
a. healthy as It ever has been.
The American Minister at Paraguay is on short
rstions, the authorities having refused to pass his
supplies, on the gfound that there was enough to
set up small grocery. Minister WAszBURNE, at
least, will be glad when the little rebellion down
there comes TO an end. =, 20 -.
The foreign imports Of New York rlast week
foot up a. 276, ,5s4 OF which 81 s1S 6s2 we're for dry
goods Among the general merchandise items
we're the following sln1aries:" Toys, $14 600; per-
fumery, ss2ss; segars sss1s; fancy goods, $s9,s17
jewelry, 81, ,762; watches, s6O,6s6; champagne,
$500; wines, Ho,s1.
Fifteen thousand men are steadily ct work upon
tho Pacifc Railroad line, and the money already
expended has reached the round sum Of thirty-ave
lions have been paid in by private stockholders,
about twelve millions have been furnished by the
United States Government, and the balance bor-
rowed by the company.
TheAmeiean Association for the Advancement
Of cience was in session st Burlington, Vt, last
week. Among the, papers read was one by
CHARIEs WHrrTIIsKY, Of Cleveland Ohio, on the
distribution OF precious metals in the United
States by means Of colored maps. BE represent
ed the gold md silver regions Of the West in On
attractive manner. s.-.,gu}t Afs, Uh.;
A Russian war steamer, while rescuing num-
ber Of Cretan refugees from Turkish brutality,
was near being involved in fight With the Turks,
who tried to prevent ths ernbarkation. The two
vessels ran out their guna but the timely interven
ton of Onx8 PAsHA prevented an engagement.
Had the Turk fred On the Russian, the Cretaus
would have been free. s...- 10
The rsAtiys strength of gas,in several cities Of
England and Scotland differs materially. In Lon
don one burner gives the light Of twelve candles
in Liverpool Of TWENTY-FIVE candles in Edinburg
twentyreigit, and ii Aberdeen thirtytAvs. The
quality Of the candles 10 not specified. Possibly
those used in the Scotch cities were "baubee
Dips" ,isi5 :sIa.A !, f.,sss, ,:is.a
During the past twenty years, according to re-
cent Parliamentary return, the sum Of SITS 600 has
been expended by different dioceses in England in
purchasing, erecting, repairing and furnishing the
palaces of hx Bishsfa nazneiy, Gioucester and
Bristol, Gloucester, Lincoln, Manchester, Ripon
and Rochester. Twelve other episcopal palaces
figure in the return fop smaller amounts.
Brown University has had FIVE presidents, and
has graduated 29s7 students, Of these 1s5 were
graduated under Dr. MAiNINa,s administration !;
227 under that Of Dr.. MAxoY : 6s3 under that of
Dr.. Mssa; sis under Dr. WArrAsp, and Sss
under DIR. sxkRs.. OF these 5ss have been ordain-
ed as preachers One hundred and thirty Of the
students entered the Union army. Rhode Island
ia proud Of the University, and well may be, for it
is the best possession she has. Gts
Il il estimated that Parisians e1pend annually
eight millions Of francs for oorsets. fifteen mil
lions for gloves, twenty millions for hats and bon
nets, eighteen millions for false diamonds, a mil
lion and half for false teeth, eighty-four thou
sand for glass eyes, seven hundred and thirty
thousand for masquerade dresses, twenty-five mil
lions for perfumery and cosmetics, five millions
for FANS twsnty-eight millions for artificial flowers,
and fifteen millions FOX buttons.