The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-23
The lai1g Nems+
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton closed in Now York nrrn, at 27c. for Mid
ding Uplands.
Gold closed at 800.
Tho centre OF tho United statos has boon defln-
itoly AIcd. II is Columbus, Nobrnskn, ninoty-six
miles west Of Omaha. t,
Tho body Of MAMMALIAN, aftor ho Was shot,
measured six foot threo inohos. His heart, it Ia
stated, was unusually largo.
Host OF tho gold now going to Europe is to pay
the oxpensca OF persons now travelling thero, and
u Is oatimatod that hoy will spond 80 900 this
season.
Tho consus report OF Mississippi shows popu-
l.on In 1866 Of s43 AGO whtos aud 9s1 25s blacks;
total 724,7ls. In 1860 thoro wero SIS, 800 whitos
and Al, ,404 blacks; total 601 ,SO3.
Tho annual loss by the wear OF coin Is estimated
ct ono-tenth Of per cont, and tho consumption
by tho arts and loss by fro and shipwrcok at ss,-
100000 year.
Tho railway companies centering in Pittsburg
have selected silful surgeons, uhose special duty
It will be to attond promptly and faithfully to ali
porBons who may be injured on or by tho oars in
the running or management Of thoir roads.
Tho American Watch Company at Watertown,
Mass, now fnish q watch every two half minutes
during tho working hours OF tho day. When
ROYAL f. RonBIrs, Esq, took hold Of this eatab-
ment thero were scarcely as many turned out in
day. 5lE?2: ~ - - T.
The interruption Of railroad traffic by tho slrko
Of tho Vorkmen Mt Logansport, Indiana, to whom
four or five months' wages woIo duo, which they
could not got, was finally cndod by tho business
men Of tho town paying tho claims Of tho mon, nt
. discount Of ton por cent.
HORACE GREELEY is to contribute his autobiog-
raphy to tho New York Ledger, In O Borios Of pa
pcrs with tho title "Recolleotions Of Busy Life"
The first three papers will appear in q fow weeks,
after tho last Of a series Of papers by College
Prosidents haP cen printed.
Chicago ia eating frogs voraciously this season,
and has already consumed 100, 900 with tho eIpee-
tAtion Of tfiplfng tho number nert yoar. At tho
Sherman House and leading hotels they arc rcgu-
larly announced tho bill Of faro, and readily nc
ceptod as . relief from tho deteaablo 'blue beof"
An American machinist in Paris-s blind mau-
makes, letter by letter, the mold for stereotype
plato for printing dispensing with typo altogether,
40 that ono need only have sort Of plano forte in
his atudy, and instead OF sending copy 10 the
printer, ho can send his stereotype mold9 TO the
foundors.' ''
The Jackson (hlississppi) Clarion suggests
General JAS. LoEosrnEEr for Congress sona-
tor from Louisiana. It makes this nomination
without tho knowledge Of that gentleman, hut
feeling that tho honor OF tho South would DO Sc
cure IL cohfided in council to tho keeping OF ono
who guarded II 30 well in tho field. ,l
Tho Colorado Tribune Of the 9Th says, notWith-
standing the grasshoppors had damaged tho crop
In the vi.inity Of Denver. considerably. in some
cas5a destroying entire fields. farmers are now
generally confident that no moro damage will be
sustained Tho wheat orops look vol, though
suffering in some localities from drouth.
Tho Texas papers spoak Of = general disposition
among the farmers Of that late to lesson tho guam
lily and improve tho quality Of the land thcy cul-
tivAte. This change Ia caused by tho scarcity Of
labor, which leads TO improved cultivation and an
increase Of production from q givon quantity OF
land. -..
A huge laundry is established In the suburbs Of
Paris, at which ia washed the soilod clothing Of
the guests Of tho principal hotels, at tho ratio OF
10000 pieces dny. The clothing Is boiled with
soap and soda, washcd in hollow Wheels dried by
centrifugal machines, and in hot-air oqenB and is
finally ironed botween polished rollers. This ea-
tabliahment employs three hundred work-people.
The Convention Of the I. o. D. D., Jewiah Or
der, compriaing Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Ten
nessee, Ilcsrna. Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Minnesota and K=Hsss, has been in session in Mil
waukee. The organization numbers ono hundred
lodges with ten Thousand members. Thor object
iB charity and the ameloration Of the condition oi
the Israelites.
Cincinnati has at last established street railroad
connection with tho top OF tho hill in the suburb
Mt. Auburne The Gazette says the ascent Of the
hill is very STOW and the return corrcapondingly
rapid, while tho highest part Of the route Affords
ono OF the finest views, they venture to say sever
Afforded on street railway. It La Of the Ohio Val
The entire track Of tho Florida Railroad, from
this city to Cedar Keys, is now laid. The trains
now run to the Fernandina Depot, or rather to the
spot whore the depot Ia to bo erected, In tho out.
SKIRTS Of the town. The huIt Job for the company
10 tho building OF its long dock, warehouse, &C.,
the work upon which will be commenced immo-
diately. in order that it may be completed In time
10 accommodate the Fan business.
Plans have been accepted for tho great bridge
over the hississppi River at 81. Louis, and tho
work will commence at once. Three ye,rs will be
required for building it, and the cost will BIO near
5000, 0o0 It will not interfere with navigation
will contain a double railroad track, street car
track, &c. It will be one Of tho must splendid
bridges in the world, so the papers Of 81. Louis
cay.
A San Francisco paper asnerts that the first
white explorers Of Oregon found tradition among
al the Indians OF that region that weasel which,
nom tho description, Is supposed to have boen
Chinese Junk, vas once found embedded in the
mud OF the Columbia River. Hero is chance for
Chinese antiquarles. Let them put in claim for
the earliest discovery Of tho continent and fght T.
out on that line with the Royal Society Of Copen-
hagen.
Tho banner given by the snngerfest as tho first
prize, at Philadelphia, for tho best singing, WAS
magnificent affair. Il cost two thousand dollars,
The Booiety to which It was awarded, the New
York Ioderkranz; Is composed mostly Of tho sons
OF wealthy merchants. The reception Of those
young men In Gotham Ia described as an affair OF
surpassing splonder: The sangsrfesL cost the
Philadelphia Musical socisties between forty and
hfty thousand dollars. The entire expenses Of tho
visiting delegates wero paid by them.
Tho New Orleans Tines protests with eront
esrnestness against the popular idea that Now
Orleans is sickly. It basos lis argument upon
official 6gures. Since tho lat OF January 1887 per-
sons have died In tho city. or those 72s were
children undor one year Of ago. or The 8l0desths
from consumption, probably the creator numbsr
were cases Of persons coming to the city as last
attempt for life Tho entire number Of fatal cases
OF fsvers was only 14s. Considering tho fact That
the city has been crowded with freedmen, q DEATH
rate OF ono In 1900 is certainly not very largo.
b. Louis correspondent says most Of the ffty
thousand Gsrmaps in that city arc FREQ thlnkera
They seldom, ever, trouble the churches, and
With them Sunday is splendid holiday. Tho
more aristocratic and wealthy throns tho club
rooms Beer gardens, and beer houses arc In full