The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-25
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1870
NEWS ,OFTHE DAY.
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Cotton closed higher atl73s for mtddling5. "
In Liverpool, yesterday, cotton closed active;
uplapis &C; Orleans 9sa9Sd; sales $500 oales'
The North German Confederation is now strtv-
ing f3r the establishment Of q uniform, insurance
code.
The Hon. T. Hughes, N. P, while at Corneil,
joned the boys In game Of foot ball, OF which ne
IA very fond, and the Students characterize nus
legs and his kicking as '.prodigious-H
the New York Tribune announces that since
the European war, began, 1t has received eaoie
teiegrams, the tolls on which amounted 70
$a6,oSs a. -.f.,..- 'sla. -: :. .. -, -
.Twenty.eieht German emigrants, the van
puard of quite colony to follow, have arrived ~
Savannah, en- route to Quincy, Fa., Wnere snsy a9y
nropose 20 engage In agricultural pursuits.
New Orleansis anticipating great pleasure
anring the comiug opera season, NJ. CalahresiSthe
AGENT of the aoera House Association. having en-
rared distinguished company In Pans, Wncnas
now on its way to New Orleans. ..aoJ
: -.-Tne, packing trade OF Baltimore Is enormous
The canning Of oysters, fruit and vegetables gives
annual PIupOytucutS w ooouS -1'~~~
600 cans are packed and the amount realized an
nually Is put down at s1o,ooo,ooo = , =
The census marshal has discovered in iowa, "a
family OF fa,her, mother and nineteen children
fhe latter all born within seven years. AT the
first birth there were four children born; al tae
second f4e; at the third, aye, and at the 1oaren'
hve-maxiug nineteen In all
-Anunicipsl notice has been issued, announe'
nu the openingo of eleven fresh depots for the sale
~ borse iesh In Paris. The daily consumption OF
botses which at the;beginning ofthe siege was
only twenty OF thirty Is now from one hundrea
and-fify to two hundred and fifty. -
s dLA1yery desirable article for druggists, house
Keepers and others has recently been invented.
AN adjustlb.e rubber lip for bowls, basins ana
CUPS. TT enables one to pour liquids from dishes
Without spillIng. aid thereby wasting the con-
rents and solline Other articles, such as table
covers, carpets, cloths, &c. 49,. bg5 ~
= The Atlanta Georgian says: "a smart chap Is
eoing arouud the city buying upaaA the empty
= goods boye he can. nnd, with view to renting
them oui as lodging places during the State Fatr.
he sxppcts TO provide; twelve hundred beds In
this way, and realize snug fortune out OF this
venture. EotaIle Ike enterprise
"a fashtonably-a,tired young ,gentiemap
.nSArned arRs has turned up in Chicago as dia-
paend. .smuggl-F.- he has consrived TO elude the
FiaHance Of the customhouse officers for several
ffi6nths by wearing number Of beautiful rings
made 70 contain several diamonds each. When
a6deraoingan inspsc, ion by the Off ;ers, he man.
saed toturn the rings on his fingers so as to con:
zeal the Jewels.
GA new form. OF envelope has recently become
Gaate popular In Germany. aud possesses the con.
Tsaieaee- OF enabling one to open letter when
c0npetely sealed up, without the ordinary dim.
Guilty Of, finding an entrance. The arrangement
eensisss iu -intreoucing q thread which projects
fron Aone of the corners, by pulling which the
lever edge OF the envelope IS cut through without
.siury to the enclosure; the address or the stamp
''!E.Ehe sister who. is nursing Marshal Mcmahon
says thaSS he, never uttered complaint during
tie dressing nt his wouads. No matter how they
cut and hacked In the ,frightrut wound, which
completely traversed his thigh, and in which g
bagteny years old might turn his list around, not
groan was heard whatever Is given him, what
ever is done for him, his reply is always, every
;wens5my good sister.n = -.
An Ingenious method, lately proposed for uti-
lfzng the residue and oal OF fish, consists in first
boddng It, together with one tenth OF its weight OF
cheap oil, beating it up tie from $50 to 800 fahren
helt,, It Is then treated with sulphide OF carbon,
whereby the oil naturally contained In the fish,
as well as that which was added, Is extracted,
and mass Is left quite dry, and containing from
fveto six percent Of nitrogen, and from twelve
toffteen per cent. Of phosphate OF lime,
Prussia carries he mo- military discipline
into the control of life insurance companies which
obtains IN every dem'r: m mt Of her government.
No policies can be Issued vi hout authority from
the government. The companies are bound to
show the amnu t Of their receipts and expendi-
lures, while tn. government reserves to itself the
right OF Withdrawing tile authority should it at
any time deem the company to be in an unsatis-
factory condition ,.zgcgy T's
The Louisville Courier says: ga prominent
merchant OF Cincinnati, who took too much Ca
tawba In his oysters at the commercial banquet
observed to his next neighbor, New Orleans
cotton broker: Now, isn't this splendid ISn't 1t
enormous? But it pays, SIR 1t pays There's at
least five hund ed people In town. They stay
five days. They drop fifty dollars apiece behind
them. That's twenty five thousand dollars. En- >
Well, this hire thing-grand as 1t is-didn't cost
but forty-two hundredp y"
President Grant, concurring in similar recon.
mendatlons from chief magistrates Of States, has
issued his proclamation recommending the observ.
ance of Thursdas, November "a, as a day OF
thanksgiving for the bounty of God during the
year about to clo.e aud prayer for Its contiuu
ance hereafter Iais recommendation Is prefaced
by the remark of the Executive that "the people
Of the United States, during the year now S2ou
to end have special cause to be thankful for gene
raj prosperity, abundant harvests, exemption IRON
pestlence Il IN foreign war and civil strife"
-On the lst instant the British Post0flce inau
M ,surated new and most important addition te
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