The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-28

CRuMBs.-It will be seen, by:Sa notice In
another collsmn, that the citizens of Ward NO.
g are invited to attend q meeting to be held at
Hibernian Hall tomorrow night, for the pur-
pose of organizinga Union Reform Club.
The South Carolina Baptist State Convention
meets to-day In Greenvflle.
Ii. Woolfe has been appointed deputy
State constable for the State at large.
The county tax of Christ Church Parish Is
said TO be eight times what TWAS in 1851.
" The city attorney says that he can do moth
Ing to prevent the sale Of city property by the
sheriff.
Governor Scott has appointed Charles a..
simonton, Berkeley Grimball and Theo. G.
Barker, notariss public for Charleston.
The launch the new schooner at the foot
of Calhoun street, which was to take place at
-ko'clock this morning, is postponed until 4
o'clock this evening.
1t is said that book will soon be in press
from the pen Of one Of Charlestons literary
daughters.
Betsy and Emma Brown were sent to the
warehouse for a. term Of twenty days each,
yesterday morning, under the vagrant Law.
The wife OF the man who presented his ser
.$ant girl with a handsome silk dress, contem-
plates visit to Indiana.
: Mrs. Donohue was given her option to pay
Ave dollars, OF go to jail for five days, yester-
day morning, for keeping disorderly house
in Church greet.
Gins Justice Chase and General John G.
BreckinrNge arrived at ST. Pauls. Minnesota,
last week, and announced their intention Of
& remaining some weeks.
ThSresidents of Percy street are left In total
darkness, except when the moon shines, Not
a lamp on the. street. Will not the committee
on lighting the streets come to the rescue
ana enable us to s'see light p
- The property y-nolders on the east side OF
East Bay. above Laurens street, complain Of
the condition Of the sidewalk. The attention
of the city inspector Is respectfully invited to
the matter.
The of1lcer on duty at the Upper Guardhouse
yesterday reported everything excessively
quiet. No. .Fows, no fights, no arrests, no
ward meetings, no nothing, that could raise
the spirits Of a hungry reporter.
The congregation OF the German Lutheran
Church held a meeting on Tuesday evening
In their church in Wentworth street. 1mpor-
tapt business connected with the welfare OIL
the congregation was transacted.
In the West and on the Atlantic coast the
heat is represented as being intense. In Chi
4cago the temperature has been the highest ever
known, the thermometer ranging from 81 to
l04 degrees Deaths from sunstroke are
numerous. -c.--g
Us6Sliys Is tthis; season there are very few
pSssenRers coming South on the New York
steamers, but the Champion, which reached
this port on Tuesday, brought quite large
list. Many Of them were farmers coming 70
prospect In South Carolina and Florida
N. Williams was sentenced at the Mayors
Court yesterday morning to pay q fine Of
five dollars, or so to the Workhouse tor hVe
days, using abusive, and Insulting language
towards Policeman Alston. while the latter
was on duty In King street. :,
1t issaid, that the Bowenites are indignant at
the treatment they received at Columbia, and
that . massImeef efingFiII soon be called to give
expression 10 ppbnelseAtime1t upon the sub
teot.s Bowan's 6ienas aEe pledgedto run him
as anindependspt candidate if he should not
get tie regular domination. !.
Thepolice and detectives are stillupon the
track Of those who undertake to evade the
license laws. Four parties were before the
Mayor yesterday morning, charged with carry.
ing on their business without paying for the
proper papers. One was fined IS, and the
others were discharged on the promise that
they would forthwith procure license.