The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-23
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY %. 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.


ton Yesterday at New York, business being closed
in honor OF the day.
AT Liverpool cotton was armer; uplands llA
al1,1d; sales 10000 hales.
The TWO concluding volumes of Froude's
"History OF England'' will be published in this
country on the 1st Of March.
The postonlce at Tylersville, in Laurens DIS
trict has been re-established-A. B. Pool, post
master
The Governor has removed G. M: Girardeau,
magistrate OF Ncwberry County, and appointed
S. v. Jarvis Christophers, commissioner OF deeds,
New York.
Columbus, Miss, has received two hundred
and thirty-fvc white immigrants since the organ
ization OF its association to encourage immlgra-
tion some months ago.
"A Young gentleman OF Charles City, Iowa,
sent seventy five cents to New York, recently, ior
method OF writing without pen Or ink. He re-
ceiycd the following inscription in large type on
a card: "write with pencil"
AT the municipal election held in Salt Lake
City on the 1lth instant, the "Gentiles" (oppo-
nents of Mormonism, ran ticket, but the "or-
thodoxn or Brigham Young ticket succeeded by
large majority. Some few women voted, but we
are told by dispatch that the authorities dscoun-
fenanced it.
"A Missourlan tried to trick an insurance COM
many by drowning himself Immediately after
taking out policy. BY dying he escaped great
disappointment. for while his application for IN.
surauce went by mail, the news OF his death was
sent by telegraph, and the policy was not issued.
"A newly married lady in Chicago complained
to hcrsdk that on her reception day her card
basEet was overrun with circulars from lawyers
announcing terms for divorce. "So absurd,
Won know, ma, before our honeymoon is over"
sTrue, dear,n replied ma, twho had been twice
dlyorced,) but I'll put them In q safe place; you
may find them very useful in q year or two"
pnry By the side OF Mlss Henrietta -, COM
monty called Miss Hennie who had been cele-
brated for her beauty, but was then somewhat
past the meridian Of life. "They say you are a
great man for making puas," said Miss Hennie
to the wit, "could you make one on mer' "Ah,
Hennie," was the cruel rejoinder, Eye are no
chicken!n
1t has been proved beyond dispute that pain
can be felt for twenty minutes efter dccaptation,
by the following experiments, made by Paris
SURGEON: Two human heads we're placed in the
rays Of the sun, and the cyelids which had been
opened were Immediately shut; and the head OF
an assassin named Terrier, which was expert
mented upon more than quarter OF an hour
after having been separated from the body, turn
ed its eyes when called.
The rapid increase of Jefferson, Texas is the
sswonder OF wonders" Over one million Of dol
lars have been expended on public and private
buildings since the great fire. and structures to
the value OF two hundred thousand dollars are
now under contract and In course Of erection.
Fortunes have been made by the purchase OF real
estate within the corporate limits during the last
eighteen months. Its population is now l2,0Oo
The Minnesota House OF Representatives
passed recently, by vote Of 33 to 13, bill for an
amendment to the State Constitution providing
for female suffrage. The bill provides that women
NAV vote apen the proposition, their ballots to be
received in special boxes Several members sta
ted that although opposed to woman suffrage,
they voted for the measure in order to have 1t
submitted to the people OF the State. The Senate,
1t Is supposed, would concur.
"A resolution was offered in the Illinois Con-
stitutional Convention on the 10th In favor OF an
article in the amended constitution to prohibit
white and colored children from attending public
schools, and to provide separate schools for each,
and prohibit any appropriation OF the taxes paid
BY the colored people OF the State for the educa-
ton OF white people, and prohibit the appropria-
tion or any part OF the taxes paid by the white
people for the education Of colorcd people, and
that such article be submitted separately to the
people.
Queen Victoria is the richest widow in the
world. She has an income that is large enough
to render any man happy at her domestic fire.
side Her allowance from the British Govern
ment is f3S5, 900. to which must be added EDS, 900
from t. Duchy of Lancaster, making a total OF
$4,000 per annum, besides at least dozen rent
free castles, palaces and mansions AS she ac-
oepted legacy OF sa5Oooo from Mr.. Nee!d (who
passed over his relations to enrich her, as she
inherited 81, oeo from Prince Albert in 1851,
and rs she has not spent third OF her allowance
since his death, it is estimated that her Majestys
cash capital we'll invested is at least &C., 600 ooo
The New York Nation, usually so &C curate
and fastidious in the use Of language as to be
model for youthful WRITER'S speaks edtorlally this
week OF Congress 'donating mlionsn to rail-
roads, and thinks there were people who paid on
in paper during the war debts contracted in
gold, and "saved forty, fifty, or hundred De,
cent. ia the process" Mr. Micawber's l. o. US
lieve the greenback was never quite worthless.
The Nation also has, "When the time comes, If it
is going to conae.n-and otherwise shows that IL
is not quite infable in matters of literary ele-
gance, any more than hastily made up daily
papers.
"A company has recently been organized for
the purpose OF constructing pneumatic tube for
the transmission OF freight by means Of hollow
spheres. 1t is claimed that the products OF the
country can be transported to and from all parts
OF the country In few hours instead Of days, and
at trining cost. The new vehicle requires per.
feet road-bed or track on which 10 operate. This
road-bed has been prepared BY the invention Of
the pneumatic tube. On the bottom metallic
plate will be laid slightly concave, to adapt it to
the convexiiy Of the sphere The hollow globes. In
which freight Is to be placed, will be propelled by
the exhaustion OF air from the other end OF the |