The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-23
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FRIDAY, AUGUST, %, 1872.
NEWS oFsTHE DAY.

The marriage of two dwarfs took place o.
Springfield, Ohio, lately. The bridegroom
stands three feet ten inches high, anu lhe
bride nearly an inch taller. %
Miss Grundy writes from Saratoga tha'
gentlemen are 80 scarce there that she re-
Gently made one of bevy of eight ladies, to
be escorted by single beau. -
g !GGThs New York Herald proposes as neat
courtesy that the Wabash, our, finest national
ship;be dispatched to bring the Miiado across
the Atlantic. 80 ~ = IL: III :ss"i. - :.
!. 'ss.LThere are. soldiers enough, In the royal
.family;of Prussia, 80 Friiz's eldest is going to
play Peter the Great, and beIake himself 10
tie cultivation OF naval arts. 49,
"A bridal couple visiting some mountain
wondersi i1 West Virginia recently approached
too near the edge of cliff and were precipl-
sated over it both being Instantly Killed.
Ge.lAfcuestion: has arisen 10 New York, re-
gardipg the legality of banners, which Ile { are
tenssEetched across the streets for mercan-
tile or orspolilIcai purposes. They cannot be
called an obstruction Of the highway, yet JUS
nce Koch has decided them 80 to be, on The
ground thatthey obstruct light and air.
Among the remarkable mineral discoVe-
rIes recently made In Utah is that of bis.
muth. mine the only real bismuth mine, 30
far as Is known, In the country. 1t has here
toicre been almost exclusively found In Sax
ory. and Its production has been held as o
monopoly BY the Saxon government. =.
rig careful anaiysis OF Professor Chandler,
Of Columbia College, New York, made by re-
quest OF the postmaster-geseral, aets at rest
the currentstory that there is anything pol
soaous ot hnrtt,l In the several ingredients
or,processes used, in the tps per, printing or
cumming of postage stamps ~
-One Of the features OF o London theatre Is
q woman styling herself the Mexican athlete.
She holds suspended by a cord from her teeth
two one hundred and eghty-pounG balls, and
at the same time ohs-hundred-pound ball In
each hand. She also shoulders five hundred
4 ynyruds cannon and holds 1t while round Is
being fred. -. l..,s,,,..,.-
The financial failure of the Boston jubilee
was The result of downright swindling. II Ia
estimated on reliable data that enough per-
sons, wi,. aot the slightest claim for free ad-
n;Isslon; got into the Coliseum on chorus
tickets, season passes, press admissions, &C.,
10. ,hayes made the deficit good, leaving
handsome sum in The jubilee cash box had
they paid the regular price of admission.
..s.-Dupont, one of the Communists now
lying In the prison at Satory under sentence
of death, lately attempted to- commit suicide
by beating out his brains against the prison
walls, and he very nearly succeeded. Itis
one OF the worst features connected With these
executions sthat those sentenced to death
never know till they are called out when they
swilLbe shot, and they live, consequently, in
daily fear. " '.'..- - -.
speaking of the dances at Saratoga, Miss
Grundy says that The "Boston" has taken the
place of everything else almost, and iurouna
dances the style of holding the lady has
altered slIghtly, being now about rs affection.
ate as is possible. the lady sticks her nose
into the gentleman's coat sleeve where it joins
at the shoulder, and he rests his check against
her fair hair, feeling The pulse Of her right
wrist while she encircles his neck with her
arm.
There is said to be q man living In Waco.
Texas, who has been married five times, and
Is the father OF fifty legitimate children thir-
teen boys by his first vile; eighteen Children,
boys and girls, by his second wife; ten by his
third wife; sl1 by his fourth, and three oy his
ffth wife. Twenty of his sons served in the
Confederate army, eight OF whom were killed;
seven died natural deaths, and the remainder
are still living.
The iron steamship Vibilia, recently built
at Newcastle .on-Tyne, tor new line to run
between London and the East Indian ports,
Via the suez canal, has arrived In New York
on trial trip. She is 3O2 feet In length, &c
feet breadth Of beam aud 26 feet depth OF
hold, of 1910 tons register and 2240 tons car.
rylng capacity. There are five bathrooms
on board and large ice-houses. The cabins
and state.rooms are large and we'll ventila-
ted, and handsomely furnished.
The German authorities closed the church
of the JesuIts at Posen on August l. 1t was
intimated to the fathers, that, no longer being
recognized religious community, they will
have to abstain from every ecclesiastical act
notably from saying mass, teaching, preach
Ing, contessing aud visiting the sick. They
are allowed to reside at the convent until they
declare, within Fixed day, whether they
wish to remain in Prussia or to emigrate.
Similar measures have been taken at Pader.
born, Schrimm, and Munster.
= The arrival of the Duke Of SAKE at New
York on Monday, from Brazil, has been an
nounced, and, as stated heretofore, his visit ,c
the United States is for the purpose of obtain
,tsing practical knowledge OF the institution:
and people OF the United States. 1t is stated
that the programme of his tour will include
some weeks sojourn In the Eastern States and
at several of the Northern watering places, ar
autumn trip through the West, buffalo hunt
and journe:7 through California, whence ht
goes to Australia, Japan, China, India, ant
thence through Egypt to Europe. Prince
PniiIppe of SAKE, brother Of the Duke, or
rived at New York on Tuesday, ftom Europe
and will Join him in his tour.
Although General Grants friends insis
that there has been undue prominence givel