The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.


IN recruit their ranks by sending out their
shlest men as missionaries. Sixty-iour auVo-
Gates of polygamy have reached -omana aao
scattered themselves through the country
within few days past, and forty GRITTY more
are expected to leave Salt Lake City soon.
1t is related that four murderers Id RUSSIA
we're recently placed, by way Of experiment,
in four beds in which cholera patents nau
lain. They did not know the character OF Tue
beds, ari did not take the disease. They were
than compelled to sleep In new and clean beds,
which thew were led to believe had peen
occupied by. persons who had died OF cholera,
when three of them died within four noars.
The Prince Of Wales is attended by three
honorary physicians, two physicians in ord'-
nary, two surgeons In ordinary, one surgeon
a,traordnsry, and one chemist in ordinary,
besides the twenty-ans additional honorary,
ordinary, and extraordinary physicians, sui-
oar geons. .spothecaries and chemists belonging TO
the household of his royal mother. wen may
tho people Of fEngland take alarm Tor the saety
of the royal heir! Thirty-two expert ana
scien,iao dosers against one poor prince!
Ugh! "a, -. tho Iaav
to whom General D. E. sickles was married on
isondav. In Madrid, 1t is stated, is twenty-five
wears Of fases She was born IN Spain, speaAs
English very imperfeetly, and is Represented
AZ yery beautiful and accomplished, put not
wealthy. Herfalher is assistant treasurer Oh
tho province of Andalusia. The family Is Oh
Irisb descent, has long been settled in Spain,
oond oecupies an enviable social position. MISS
creak was an intimate friend Of General
sIckless daughter, and accompanied ner as
eomsanion in o recent tour In Europe.
sl,! Smallpox is spreading in New YORK % C'ty
vvIth nit e alarming rapidity, and, In the opthion oi
-ss ssou.ia the city sanitary inspector, Is like
" 10 become epidemic. The heaTrn uePars-
n,ent IL unable to adopt preventive measures
because IL has no money at its command. Dr.
Morris says that a panic Is what they neeo.
people P.t, are allowing the disease to plant itsef
ARMY in their midst, and are too inert 10
make an effort to strange it. he is certain lam
thai VACCINATION is q sure safeguard ana all
who do not yaccinate are In mortal danger
The doctor exp, Aimed furthermore how tne ois-
ease might be carried about In embryo, when
there was fully asmuch danger as II were In
its advanced stages.
-lf,oe ortiie odd features about the famous
Tichborne case has been the Issue OF Donas
which have been offered to the puohc IKE
any other security, and the quotaoie value OIL
which has constantly fuctuated.. The bonds
we're sold to raise money to carry Oh Inc
PLAINTIFFS case. Rumors have been heard Oh
them before, but.we now get information In
definite shape. They were first ''placed" at
fs5. the price at redemption being flOo. They
engage, ON their face, that Sir Robert G. d.
rchborne, his heirs, and, ass gns, shall pay
the last named sum to the bearer, with nVe'
ner cent. interest, until paid. Naturally the
market value Of these securities has risen and
fallen with the apparent chances for success OF
the plaiutiff's suit. It is said that at one time
The bonds could be bought In Birmingham for
tan shillings each. They are now worth my
pounds. 49,
In Detroit, man named Dubois who had
sbeen a steady going mechanic, suddenly LOOK
to hard drinking, and was speedily transform
ed from hard-working man into drunken
sot, His good wife scolded, entreated, OUT
could make no change. One night Dubois ar
riyeC home and found that his wife ana MS
coat had changed places-the latter lay on the
floor and The former was suspended ftom the
hook. Up rushed Dubois to the rescue, TOOK
his wife down, and after much labor, brought
her to her senses. The attempt at suicide COM
pletely sobered him, and he turned oyer new.
leaf He promised never To- drink aga!n, ana
nrobably would have kept his word II his wife
had been able to keep her own counsel. But
she was just smart enough TO ictorm seVetai
other neghbors that the apparent hanging.
was put up Job, the rope being tied under
her arms, The knowledge of this little prac'i-
cal Joke coming 10 lDabois's ears. he frss
thrashed the whole family, then performed
some extraordinary feats Of furniture smash
ing, and finally left the premises, and has not
been seen since. FsE --s .~'
The Chicago commission to Investigate
the origin of the recent fire, and the respons:-
bility for It's extensive spread, has 50 far only
Developed the following facts That Mrs,
-OIeary went to bed at halfpast eight o'clock
on the niyht Of the fire, on account Of her
ssore lut;" that Pat Mclaughlin, the fiddler,
resides in the front part Of 0'Lesry's man
sion; that Mrs. O'Leary heard Mrs. White say
that Mclaughlin had party and the party
wanted oysters, aud the oysters wanted milk
to be .sshtewed" In, and that they went
out and MIXED her toLearys) COW. The
McLaughllDs admit that they were having a
little jolhfcalion over 'green horn" just ar
rived from Ireland, but deny the oyster
tshtews,n or having MIXED Mrs. oLearys
COW alter Mrs. o'Leary had gone TO bed All
ofthe witnesses seem agreed that there was q
pile OF sharings in the barn, and that the fire
was first observed on the side Of the barn
: where the shavings were stored; but none Of
them have any idea how 1t came there or how
one 1t burned before the engines got there.
The New York Tribune of Saturday says:
ut was reported at the time Of the ex-comp-
tro,ler's arrest, that the purpose of the prose-
eution in that summary proceeding was to
cum, ,.el m to urn States evidence and r.-