The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-24
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but prices were unchanged.
Scotch plaids are now manufactured II
this country. a.s;-'c9 5i'-- s.4 ''5'.
Fanny FERNS -s.iary from the Ledger If
five thousand dollars per annum.
"A o;rect European importation company
is talked OF in Richmond, Va. 'ao4
Next season short dresses are. to be Wort
on all occasions, with the exceptions Of balls.
Excessively bell-crowned hats are threat
ened in Paris next spring. - =
Brigham Young is reported to be paying
his addresses to q young GENTLE named An
nett Inoe, an actress. --.l-.,..<
-Sun-dried oysters, cured like beet, by hang
ing in the sun, are becoming an important
article Of traffic in California.
Matilda Heron has concluded to devote hel
entire attention to the instruction OF young Ia
dies for the highest rank Of the drama.
1t is feared that Gottschalk, the pianist,
was victim of the recent earthquake IL South
America.
-aBriok" Pomeroy is delivering temper
ance addresses in New York. He says he never
drank glass Of liquor nor was he ever in
bar-room.
New Orleane is yet in want of money, aud
note-shayers discount the certificates OF in
debtedness, in which poor school-teachers are
paid, at so per cent -. !. a5a
The New York Citizen, recently owned and
edited by Chss. q. Halpine, has been pur-
chased by number Of wealthy gentlemen OF
that city. It will remain Democratic.
IF. Shanahan, D. D., was installed on Sun
dsy as Bishop of the new Diocese Of Harris
burg, Pa. BE IVES inducted into Office by
Bishop O'Hara, of Scranton, assisted by six or
eight priests. -
- The Bostonians have discovered q method
by which the peculiar and not over pleasant
odor of goldfish can be extracted f.om the fish,
and people can enjoy cod minus q too highly
spiced aroma.
On the list Of May excavations we're COM
menccd for the foundation OF Mr. Stewarts
- DOW store in NsY York. and on the 1st Of No
to the public the largest retail dry goods estab-
liahment in the world. ~
The Baltimore SIN says: "Never in the
history of Baltimore has there been more rapid
progress in building than during the present
year. Buildings Of almost every description
have been sprineing up in every portion Of the
city, more particularly on some Of the outlying
Streets" -.; sa:..e
There is new fashion Of petticoats, made
with asuccession OF plaits folded one over an
other, and commencing at the waist, exactly
IN the same manner as kits are arranged. They
are made either Of toftan or Of q simple white
woollenmsterial, and requhe neither cage nor
crinofneto be worn beneath them. -.-1.- (.
A serious rupture has occurred between
Bishop Dugean, Of the Catholic diocese -of
Chicago, and some Of his clergy. The matter
; has BEEN referred to Rome for adjustment. In
the meantime, Rev. DIR. Dunn, Vicar General
OF the diocese, ReSs. dr., McGoyern, Father
RoilSs and DR.. McMuilen are suspended.
-The Fall River (Mass.) News says that,
owing to the continued decline Of cotton and
cotton goods, and to- the fact that the produc-
tion- Of print cloths exceeds the demand, and
the decline Of the price below the actual cost
Of production, the cotton mills in that city
win run but four days week for the present,
stopping Thursday nights for the remainder OF
the week. -
The will OF the late Edwin A. Stevens,
New Jersey, bequeaths nearly twenty millions
OF dollars. Two public school houses in Hobo
ken, built at his expense, are bequeathed to
that city, and $s5OOO0 for the erection and
maintenance Of another is donated. The
Stevens ba ttery, for the completion OF which
one million is donated, isto be presented to
the State Of New Jersey. Tho rest OF the
property falls to the widow and children. His
entire estate is estimatedat from fortyto fifty
millions Of dollars.
An excellent apparatus for the purpose OF
informing travellers as to the names OF sta
tions, is in use on the cars OF the OgdeDsburg
and Lake Champlain Railroad. 1t consists
externally Of box, surmounted by bell, ana
having glass plate in front, under which the
name Of q station appears in letters OF sbout
three inches in length; on arrival at the sta
tion named ON the indicator, the bell on the
top OF the box rings, and at the same moment
the name Of the next station on the line ap-
pears under the glass plate.
An immense fire is raging in the woods On
both sides of the Columbia River, in Oregon,
near the mouth OF the Willamette. The FIRE
covers an area Of two hundred square miles,
and the destruction Of property is very great.
The towns Of st. Helena and Astoria are
threatened with destruction by the confagra-
ton. Similar disasters in California have also
been reported. A tract Of five miles Of woods
near San Rafael, Marin County, California.
is ON fire, the smoke from which completely
enyeloped the harbor and city OF San Fran
cisco.
on his way to Washington, and Herald re-
porter had an interview with him, which is Of
interest, as it is probable he will assume the
Radical leadership in the House made vacant
by the death Of Thaddsus Stevens. The Beast
thinks that the present session will not devote
any time to Legislation; that Grant will GER
tainly be elected; that if Seymour should be
his Democratic adherents would assassinate
him to make room for Blair, and that the New
York Democrats do not wish for Seymour's
election provided they can carry the State
ticket. In regard to General Grants reported
conservatism he has no information.
The editor Of the Native lirginian, in a
Late letter rom the White Sulphur Springs,
w1;tes: When General Lee first came, he