The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-30
NEWS OF TIE DAP.


Venango County, Pa.
The Mississippi State Fair Is pronounced
great success py the local press.
--Twenty-nine divorces were granted o!
.the 81. Louis courts on the ed instant.
Bishop Coke, OF New York, has gone t
Hsytl, there to organize a diocese OF Tue FRO
testant Episcopal Church.
The New Orleans Plcayune reports tina
the recent cold spell has done great damage
to the sugar crop.
The dlstllation of alcohol from moses ane
l~ltohsnsts becoming an important soranch OF
industry In Russia.
governor Hoffman, of New York, intends
to pass the next two years in Europe. He
Will 60 in January.
The country seat Of the late James Cor
don. Bennett, at Fort Washington, ID adVer
tised to let.
ST Louis annually brews 35l, 257 barrels Of
lager beer, requiring the consumption Of
l,0OI, 900 bushels of barley.
Too many cotton mills have recently been
bullt In Fall Rlver, Mass, and stocks are re-
ported to be selling below par.
Mr.. Proudfoot, an American merchant, Is
reported TO have paid $500 600 for an estate IN
the. envirops OF Glasgow, Scotland.
M. Thomas W. Keesee, the well-knoWn
~auctioneer, and q highly-esteemed old citizen
of Richmond, died on Monday night, aged
sixty years.
"A younx woman In Louisville, Ky, has
lust recovered damages from the landlord OF
. hotel for having turned her away because
she was unsccompsnled by a gentleman.
The English Secretary Of War has con-
cluded to let the soldiers play cards In their
recreation rooms, and see If 1t won't keep
them out Of the grog.shops.
The fatigue Of the limbs incident to rail-
a travel Is occasloped mainly by the trem-
bling motion Of the floor under the feet. In
valIis will find great relief BY the use OF an
air cushion for a footstool.
The celebrated, Marye's Heights, near
Fredericksburg, Virginia, is offered for SALE.
The farm contains two hundred and eighty
acres, and was the scene oil one or more
bloody battles during the last war.
The cultivation OF the white poppy for the
production OF opium Is said to be meeting
with marked success In Tennessee. The
plants are larger and more vigorous. and the
capsules from two to ten times as large as
those from the Imported seed.
Sir Sidney Waterlow, the new lord-mayor
Of London, began life as an apprentice IN q
printing Office, went to Paris to seek work as
a compositor, and was for some time employed
at Garenanrs. Then he returned to London
and Iolned his father aud brother 10 q little
shop, which gradually grew INFO a huge and
wealthy establishment.
John 8. Livingstone, q brother of DR..
livingstone, the explorer, has q spacious store
in Listowell. Canada, aud hangs out a sign,
Drugs and Patent Medicines, Toilet Goods,
&c.' He Is q cultured and highly Intelligent
gentleman, and believes implicitly In the cor.
rectness OF stanley's representations In regard
to his brother.
The strange spectacle Is now presented Of
dual governments In no less than three 8 ates,
Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana. In Ar
kansas they have elected two governors, or at
least both candidates claim to be elected, and
both Intend to act as governor. In Alabama
there are two bodies in session, each claiming
to be the lawfully elected Legislature. In
Louisiana there are two boards of canvassers
IN session, each intending to declare different
persons to have been elected governor, State
officers and Legislature.
1t Is understood that q school of art for
tbs practical instruction of students and anna
teurs will be established in Washington 10 con-
neetion with Mr.. Corcoran's munldcent gilt to
the clty-the Corcoran Art Gallery. The best
professors will be engaged, and thus the gal
lery will be- an Institution of drawing, paint
ing, sculpture, DC. The original design was
to make it simply q depository of paintings
where the people might pass an hour or two
pleasantly, but this failed to fully realize the
benevolent design OF Mr. Corcoran, and he
determined to vitaliEe and utilize the gallery
by making 1t a positive Instructor In matters
Of art.
The Washington people are making ar.
rangements for an appropriate celebration of
the second Inauguration Of President Grant.
It ia designed to make the ceremonies upon
the occasion unusually imposing. As has al
kAS
ready been mentioned, a great feature OF the
occasion will be the review offs large body Of
the uniformed militia which is expected to
assemble here at that time. The inaugural
ball will have an entirely new feature In the
presence of the elite of colored society In
Washington. The social idea of civil rights
was fully developed in 1869 at the first inau-
guration Of President Grant. 1t required all
the strategy and pleading of the influential
members Of the committee of arrangements
to keep the imam and brother from indicat-
ing his rights by attending, but things will be
different this time, 1t is expected.
"A national convention of swine breeders
was held at Indianapolis, Indiana, last week,
when the following standard as to what con-
stltutes the most perfect hog was adopted: 1t
must have q small, short head; heavy jowl;