The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-22
NEWS SUMMARY.

greos below zero on thursday morning, lOth 1nsI
HAM,u1, the oarsman, is to row two miles at |
Ptttsburg with WALTER Brown, Of Portland, for
$500 side.
At tho last accounts the effects Of twenty Pc |
troleum oil companies OF venango County, Penn |
pylvania we're sold at auction by the sheriff:
E1-Genersl BRADLEY T. JOHNSON has been
admitted to the bnr Of the Supreme Court Of tho
United Slater under the new rule resembling tho
test oath.
letter from some foreign official states that the
Empress CARLoTrA is at Miramar, "among her
flowers, sparkling in all the brilliancy Of full
health"
The newly born child Of the Infanta 11AR1A
ORR1sTrA DE BOURBON has been baptized at 1la-
drid The babe got twenty-seven names-the first
being A1pHoNso, and tho last ToDos LOS SANTOS
(au the Saints).
Messages are transmitted by telegraph between
London and India in twenty-one hours. Many
perple1ing uncertainties and bhlnders are occa-
eioned by the translators. The messages have to
pass through seven different countries.
Fifteen young ladies and gentlemen were poison
ed on Christmas night at Stephenson, Ky, by eat
ing cake in which too much cochineh used
All suffered e1oruciatingly, and several still
in very critical condition.
It is estimated that to furnish timber sufficient
to construct single seventy-rour gCnship rc1ures
he matured crop of forty-four acres OF wood land
or ZOO full-grown trees.
Tho liquor dealers Of Loconia, N. H., have
agreed to abandon the traffic, and sell for nothing
but medicinal and mechanical purposes, and the
hotels only to actual travelling guests, kooping no
open bars.
New York street corners are now adorned by
glass pavihons, the panes Of which are movable,
and boar the cards OF advertisers. Ono pane costs
$40 per yesr. The idea is borrowed from Paris
where $780, 900 in gold per year is realized by a
similar enterprise.
The stratford House, in Westnoreland county
Va, with $500 acres Of land, the colonial home
ateads Of the LEa family and the birthplace OK
General RoBnRr E. LEE has been recently pur-
chased by the Southern Orphan Association.
The population Of New York State by tho new
census is 3,e27 s1S, an increase Of S61 6G2 from
1885, which is almost wholly win the commercial
and manufacturing districts, the agricultural
counties remaining nearly stationary and seven Of
them showing an actual diminution.
A general advance has taken place in the wages
Of agricultural laborers in the Newmarket district
In England. In the parish Of Wodditton, on the
estate Of the Duke Of RUTLAND, some cottages,
fitted with every domestic convenience have been
erected.
Gambling continues to increase in Paris, and
recently heavy losses and gains the subject OF
much conversation. Among the witnesses is
KALI BEx, who, on Saturday evening, gained
million Of francs. A Viscount lost the sano even
ing one hundred and fifty thousand francs, which
he paid Immediately.
The Richmond IEnncs says parties from down
the river report that at City Point the ice is solid
from shore to shore. Near Jamestown there were
hea,y fields Of floating ice, and that there are
several coal-loaded sehooners and several oyster
boats bound to that port waiting for navigation to
be resumed.
NAPOLEON, since his accession to the French
throne, has added 81, $50 OOO, 900 to the debt Of
France which now amounts to s2,415, 900 900, sum
almost great as the total debt Of the United
States NAPoLEoN's wars have cost him about
A.. F-.,o,, -oxannea l,a. SOD eoo,ooo,UuV
me s1encn 8. noSdon Ig their segars with
new inyer tion called po,dre de e. 1t consists of
pyrophorus, which is preserved N small tin case.
with narrow orifce. When a small quantity OF
this dark powder is poured out on the end Of the
ssgar, and breathed on gently, it becomes moan
descent, and lights the pipe or segars.
The fastest time on record: mile pacing, Poca-
honlas, 2.172; mile, trotting, Dez:e,., 21s7; 2
miles, trotting, Flora Temple, 4.504 miles, trot-
ting, D,tchman, 1874; 10 miles, trotting, Prince,
s0.0Ol; 20 miles, trotting Capt. McGo,oan, So s54;
100 miles, hotting, C0nqueror s.53.53; 100 miles,
double, Aoster Burke and Robin, 1O.17.22; mile.
running, Gladiator, 1884; nailes, running Ler-
jngton, 7.194
Ina snow drift at Pittsfe1d, the other day, a
bag Of netting was found filed with moss and
har. local paper adds aThe bundle has been
identified; and proves to be a lady's waterfall.
How it became detached from the wearer is un-
known, but the conjecture is that the owner was
caught in the storm, and was obliged to throw
overheard her ballast in order to make headvay"
The Saa Francisco Times says: 'Quite crowd
OF people were collected in front O. the Bank of
California yesterday, watching the struggle Of
powerful team Of horses in their attempts to move
= wagon load Of silver bricks. The load was so
heavy that the wheels sunk into the cobb'e stones
nearly to the hubs. After long struggle, and the
assistance Of several Of the bystanders, the team
started the load which consisted OF about one hun
dred large silver bricks from the State of N5vada .
Everywhere at the North the storm has been
severe, and the trains delayed. In New England
several we're completely showed up, and at Boston
the snow drifts were in some places piled up ten
feet deep. In New York the cars on some Of tho
street railroads were entirely suspended, and in
one instance, on the river, ferry boat was securc
~ locked III an ice gorge for long time and was
halplessly Heated up in the flood tide, being in i'm
salnent peril Of being cut through.
AP@A6 . 4UsuIc pOucy Win regard to Chill and
her allies is said to be to carry on the war against
them by sending to tho Pacific feet rone
enough to blockade al their ports and starve them
Into submission. Spain is endeavoring to conclude
treaties with the adjacent countries, in which the
latter will prevent the transportation through their
territories OF any article contraband OF war intend
cd for Chill or hor allies. Chill and Peru have
equipped feet to operate against spnin, tho ves-
sells OF which are now reported to be in the neigh
borhood Of Cape Horn.
The Milwaukee Ne,os has an elaborate article on
3he wheat trade of that city, which, it seems has
been considerably larger during the last year than
It was in 1865, although the wheat crop Of Wiscou-
ain was partially failure last season. The wheat
receipts Of Milwaukee for 1896 amounted to 12 644
44S bushels, whilo these Of Chicago during the
same time wore but H. $50 991 bushels difference
in favor Of Milwaukee Of 71s,457 bushels Mil
vaukee may, therefore, still continue to make her
boast that she is the largest primary wheat depot
in the world.
The Eselchacht Mine at Kuttenbure, in Bohe-
mis-, now inaccessible, is the deepest mine in 4ba
world, being s77s feet below the surface. Tts
depth is only $50 feet less than the height Of
Mount Vesuvius, and it is eight times greater than
the height Of the pyramid Of Cheops. The bore Of
the salt works Of Mnden, in Prussia, is 2231 feet
deep, and 1893 feet below the level Of the sea.
Tho mine OF Valenciana, in Mexico, is 1886 feet