The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-28
NEw sU M M A r Y.

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-so,d closed in New York yesterday at 4lt'
I'm Liverpool, last evening" Upianos "ef'
ouoted at 7ad.a7sd. Sales $4,000 bales.
Cotton closed in New York yesterday at lot
a1s1c.. the latter an extreme rate. Sales 'ooo
bales.
In summer the actual height Of the bridge
hetween Covington and Cincinnati ls t"o iee'
less than in the winter.
"A man in Warrington got ia billiard oan
t,,o b;a mouth ssfor the fun Of the thing, u
few days ago, and surgeon hso 10 aSS'S' III
getting 1t ont again.
-Aorionlture has assumed new pnsse III
Nahrsska. The farmers are all planting Tor
aata. which will bless future generations
not the present one. -. N.u,
Speaking Of leap-year. the Deseres news
..,o Il doesn't make much difference out tnefe'
a tbe Mormon ladies' have always the PRIV
lege Of popping the question to g marrissea0's
saint.
-The New York and New Haven Railroad
h.a now In operation telegraphio arrange
rnent by which engineers of approaching
tro,ns ara notified whether the drawbridges are
open or shut.
THE locomotives on the New York Central
RAILROAD are to be stripped Of all ornaments,
brass or otherwise, and to be painted . pa'e
brown color. This is done to save unnecessary
work In cleaning, and Will. no doubt, DO eppre-
oiated by the engineers.
ALLAN Pinkerton, Chicago detective, says
.hst 1Ymothy Webster, native OF Princeton,
NJ, who was subsequently executed as spy
IN 'Riohurond, Va, was the preserver OF Pres'-
dsus Iiuooln's life when he was on his way TO
Warrington after his election in 1851.
-As q striking illustration OF the scarcity Oh
employment in New York OF the present tme'
che fass NAV be mentioned that the superin-
tandant Of the Five Points House Of Industry
1tyes notice that he is ready to furnish employ
sra With lsborers-as many as they want-Who
VIM work till next spring merely for their
board.
"A West Point graduate says six months In
our great military school is enough to dobauch
,ny moral young man. BE also tells how the
sPlebesn are Hugged. put through all sorts OF
trials. such as working for the older cadets,
singing r;bald songs and making bad speeches
for their amusement, in fact, tagged most un-
meruifuly. a.
At SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts,, q gentle
nsn IL said to own machine which crts meat
and yeeetsbles, Sits -four, kneads bread, works
. orater. slices fruit, churns, works butter
better than it can be done BY hand, gEaaSsss ana
and has but four wheels. and yet does nearly
everything IN the housekeeping line e1csps
sooiding tho servants and waiting on the
table. o
A Houston (Texss) newspaper gives some
,..bar sersible advice to young men about to
,,,;t thst plsoe in search Of business situations.
II ssys s.stsy away; there are no vacancies
hara. STAY where you are; pull of your ooat'
tata hold of q plough. Stay away from the
cat,aa. Times are hard, tits true; they will ne
vss be flush unless We all learn 70 aepeno On
our own resources, and work out our own SAL
7Ition."S.
Late advices from Cuba report mortality
among the ashes Of the p orida coast and the
entf Of MEXICO, due perhaps to the emanatons
frors tho submarine volcanoes and other .dls-
turbanoes caused by the recent earthquakes.
Tbs water in the harbor OF st. Thomas is said
Co have become 20 fe.id as to render the sngnt-
eat asitation OF it painfully offensive.
The discussion Of Mr.. Thornton's merits
"A Minister from England to the United States
continues to great length in the foreign
napers. A correspondent Of the New York Iri-
buna writes that MIR. Thornton "has been
away from England for SCORE OF years, and
searas TO be about equally ignorant OF the ooun-
try he is 10 represent, and the country 70
which he goes"
...Thate are some signs Of retrenohment IN
Aha public expenditures. 1t is reported that
tha House Committee on Appropriations Will
,asuoe the estimates originally made Tor the
-nsy.l service some sac, ,0O0, ,000. This retrench-
mans win cut down the work largely In every
nayv yard in the country. The army eati-
mates, it is said, will not be rstrenched 80
much. owing to the vast expense OF keeping
troops in the Southern States.
John Taylor, Of Champagne, illinois, YES
tns,antly klled on Thursday Of last week, by
his wife Julia piercing his heart with pair OF
sc,s,nrs. He had ordered her to put Grape
mon the DOR, a. there would be corpse IN
the house petulo Qo 6oS eAAoe6AA "N~>> ~>~>' ~
them attacked her with CHAIR, and was him.
salf reduced to corpss as' stated. Julia was
arrested, but acquitted on the ground OF self
6afsnoe.
Tobacco chewers are not always aware of
ths character Of what they may put in their
months. II is reported that in the city Of New
Work over two hundred persons manage to earn
a livelihood these hard times by picking up the
ands Of segars that have been thrown away and
are found lying In the muddy streets and gut
tass. These again are sold to the penny deal
"a IN tobacco "bits," and afterwards are man
uisctured into fine cut chewing tobsooo, OF arc
turned into tho best imported Scotch and other
snnf6a.
in Nova Scotia, the immense coal interests
that were quite fourishing under tie opera
Hou Of reciprocity with the United States, are
now psostrated. The aggregate yield OF all
ths mines this year will probably not exceed
4oo.o00 tons, against more than 900, 600 tons in
tbs wear 1885. This condition OF things, in
eonnsction with the diminished profits Of the
Ashsr;eu VIRTUALLY abandoned to the Ameri-
sans,. and limited sphere Of employment now
~,.aaa =, +ba oold fields is the occasion Of