The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-07
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m returns q income Of $14. 500.
"A new ministry is wanted in Spain by the
majority ei the delegates in the Cortes.
M. John waddle, OF SpsrtanSurg, died on
{ ,e 24th Of April, in the 10Sd year OF bis age.
The liquor dealers of Boston are orgsniz-
ing political resistance TO the prohibitionists.
Senator Pomeroy is going TO preach femal.
sa y-age IN Brigham Youus's tabernacle at Salt
Boston il 10 put up twenty drinking foun.
t.ins to aid the enforcement Of the Prohioitory
fquor law. ,,snl.a:. y,
The estate Of the late Baron Rothschild
has lust been settled. It amounts To ZOO ,0o0,
600 francs. - :
About seventy telegraph wires have been
run through the Chicago river tunnel SINCE 1t
y.i"
The New York Police Commissioners,
being paid only $1,000 each year, want an IN
crease Of salary.
4-Hen-j Ward Beecher WAS prominent among
the speakers at Cuban sympathy meeting In
:. " York last week. i1s
-Philadslphia enacts that the stopping OF
sidewalks by cleanly servant girls must stop at
sven in the morning.
Tho London Common Council has declined
TO spen any more money on statues and me-
morals oi Prince Albert. -
They still have sleighing at Bethel, Maine,
and have enjoyed it continuously sor the last
five months and twenty days.
House rents are reported to have declined
one-thirdin Brooklyn, the supply OF dwellings
being in excess Of the demand.
Fowler is lecturing in Missouri on tree
schools, and paper in Detroit says that ne ls
thus doubly free-knowledgist.
The "o!dest Mason" has now turned up IN
Canada, in the person Of Charles McKewen,
Who vas raised in Ireland in 1776.
White Feather, an Indian Chief is tectur-
inr in the West ON ''The American Indians" "
and dresses and sings in Illustration.
>.a. &.all saaees tid1
city contains rully one-third Of water.
For Aty-eight representations Of "Romeo
and Juliet, q at'Boeths theatre, New York, the
gross receipts we're nearly sky -ave thousand
dollars. 20 q - i1nc - -...'. !;
The Hoosac tnnnel Il is asserted. viii,
whom oompleted, ,'oost the State Of Massachu1
setH Yhe large amount Of sixteen millions OF
dollsrs. ~ 0.E<,, -; =
lfhe Anes Brothers, Of North Easton,
Massachusetts, lave 3st bailti,a fne school::-
house, at the cost Of $4,000, and presented it
toAAat town. So. En-. os4.i.I.z u;
EThe Geographical Society OF Paris have de-
creed Q gold medal to DR.. Hayes, the American
Arctic explorer, acknowledgement OF his ser
vicea toIscience. r.!E1--f- go f.trs
. Secretary Boutwell, is q reformer. He in
tends 10 prohibit smoking. chatting, visiting
and drinking among the. Treasury clerks dur
Ing business hours. ii ei.I.L&oI -
Thslsst tis4obe idson tha Central Pa-
cdAe Railroad is made Of California laurel,
irUpnted With. silver, and It will be aocompa-
MED by spike Of solid gc'L 500. VA
boz selshtiAc men say that he time OF diurnal
revolution of the earth is gradually being
shortened; on account OF the shrinkage OF the
earth by cooling infhe interior.
q ..azMy, Christopher Townsend, OF Newport,
RsL,YhSs' purchased. ct . cost iaf t26.ooo. .
building in that place, which he proposes to
convert into "Peopies Free Library
a1azR 1@azR Bit Is to be introduced il English
House Of Commons to prevent1the Mayor OF
Cossf, aSm hoIaing any office connected With
ttsA Manifestation q 3justice in Irelsdds : $
.s4-A fusger, known ias Bent Drake alias BEN
tShehWSs arrested at Worcester, Mass., yestsr-
daS,sa MA charge S kioniously obtaining y12.-
700 fron the sR East sf Nrfion Bank at b. oia'Fs-
VaesGN nois eif! .c:.ph &.
The National Board Of Underwriters al
New! !Ysek enjoyed Stso0 dinner at belmont
oo's ON Thursday, Satef they had decided to
astap tie tasif rates md eurtail commissions
tOAxSSts. .Nsf ~ = -.e,.-2s' a.
os1Wlliam B. Tsssmore. Of Christians Hun
drSd, Delaware. lost five fine pigs, worth s125,
few, ,dSys Gnce, In consequence Of throwing
NJ trimminss Of some rhubarb or pie plant
<@.sShsarpen. -
A revolution has occurred in the Internal
Revenue Bureau at Washington. The promi-
nsut officials, with but one execution, con-
hected with the Commissioner g Office during
Hr. Rollins administration, have been re-
moved. - - .e... ',---
james. Madigxn, the celebrated circus
rider, was instantly killed while attempting to
throw double somersault al Paris, Ky., on
Wednesday last. he fell and broke his neck.
Mr.. Msdigsu wss native Of Albany; ind was
-the son Of Mr.. Harry Madigsn.
An ine1hsustible bed OF plaster, such as is
ground and used for fertIhzing purposes, has
been discovered about six miles from Fairfax
Courthouse. II it turns out TO be as repre-.
sented, it will be q great source Of wealth for
those who have the good fortune to own it.
d, The Arizona Cotton Factory, established
in Claiborne Parish, Louisisns, since the war,
Is now paying net profit Of twenty-,our per
cent. Der snnum. This income is realized on
q capital OF $4,000, and with a part Of the
tmsohinery counted in the capital, not yet at
Mork.
The Canadian House Of Commons has
syreed to impose heavier restrictions upon
American fshermen in Canadian waters than
heretofore, to meet the exactions imposed on
Canadian trade, and at the same time secure
something like . fair quid pro quo for the
privilege.
The money editor OF the New York Times
is in trouble for having asserted that all the
receipts Of the Erie and its leased lines are
grabbed for speculative purposes, ''by Gould,
Fiske and Lane" Lane, Frederick A., a d.