The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-13
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NEWS OF rHEDAK
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER ID, 1872.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1917
NEWS OF THEDAK.
Ohio boasts Of man who eloped with his
mother-in-law. ~.
San Francisco is talking of new hotel
..on q scale hitherto unequalled In the coun-
try.n.#-se. ,n
The incoming Legislature Of Georgia Will
be composed overwhelmingly of farmers anu
planters. o,r,
The salary of General Mcclellan as engl-
neer.in-chief of the department OIL aocno ano - -
New York has been reduced 1ron SIo'0O' ~
$4,000 a year, at bis own request.
The military organizations 10 Charleston
8: O., are preparing to have good old-fasnion-
ed celebration Of washingtsn's birthday next
February.
VERY moderate prices are realized Tor
Champaane wine this season In Rheims ana
other places In the Champagne district Oh
France, owing to the inferior condition OF Inc
wine. - ssss
,g-.owine to the fact that the cemeteries Of
Pere.larOhaise and Mont Parnasse are full, it ID
houeht that the dead Of the French capltal
will henceforth be buried In the plain OF sato-
rv where 90 many executions Of Communists
have taken place within the past year and
half.
.-Enefand seems to offer special induce
ments for despondent foreigners to come TO
her shores and kill themselves In .couplets.
1,sfore Paul May, the survivor Of that foolish
attsmpt at double suicide by two young Ger
mans. has become thoroughly convalescent,
this particular class of sensations Is refreshed
bFsLondon tragedy, In which very respect
at4e looking, middle-aged foreigner and his
wife were the actors and victims. But few
weeks ago this gentleman put In an appear
aiioe, Al. the residence Of Mrs. Cunningham,
who LET lodgings, and asked to see some OF ner
rooms. With q view to renting them II suited.
Heiooked them through, and agreed to take
twoif they proved satisfactory to hls wife;
WHO was occupying hotel near by, and IN
day or two they moved 10. They were
yery auiet" In their habits, 30 that 1t
wss' hardly known whether they were in or
not. A day or two after taking possession
Mrs. Cunningham wished TO take care OF their
rom 2aad knocked upon their door. There
bet5g no reply she entered, and saw the lady
sitting In an easy chair. Accosting her, sne
received no reply, and, looking further around
The room, saw the genlemaa lying on tne
fooer. Alarmed. at the discovery she ran for
hal, husband, and a doctor, and 1t was soon
prc7ed that the couple were dead. A note
wss left saying that they blamed no one for
their deaths, but had poisoned themselves
with. strychnine. Enough money was left to
bury them decently and cheaply, besides
tribe for their landlady's trouble. but anything
that could furnish any clue to their history or
explain their rash action had been carefully
burned In the CRATE.
.i-A;decIslon has been reached In case In
New York to which some interest attaches,
because of its peculiar features. Less tnan q
year ago Frenchmsn named Louis Bonard.
aneccentric person of somewhat economical
habits, died In that city, leaving real estate
. and personal property valued at three hun
dred thousand dollars to the American Society
forthe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, OF
which Mr.. Henry Bergh is president. Lega-
tees mentioned in q previous will, and resid-
ing, In France, contested this will, alleging
that n. Bonard was not Of sound mind, be-
cause he believed that his spirit would 60 Into
the body of an animal after his death. THUS
stated, the question Of metempsychos!s was
the real Issue before the surrogate who judged
the lease, and who has just decided
not only that the testator was of sound
mind when he bequeathed the legacy for the
benefit Of animals, but that the bequest of
the personal property To the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is valid. As
regards the real estate bequeathed, the will 10
this case Ia void, inssmuch as the society, by
It's charter, Is not authorized to- take real
estate By viii. But the effect of this decision
viii be that the society will receive the real
estate lefs by Bonard as well as the personal
property; Bonard having lett no heirs VINO
could inherit real estate In this country, the
property is escheated to the State, which has
since granted the property In question to the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to AMI
mails. The majority of the people will, doubt
Less, be pleased to know that the money goes
to benefit the animals which were the object
OF the late testator's solicltude.
Five Of the twelve survivors of the Mig
souri, disaster have arrived In New York. from
Hsyana. Their statements OF the origiR, pro-
gress and results of the fire that destroyed the
steamer, and with 1t seventy-seven out OF
eighty-ntne human beings who were aboard OF
her, are IL the main similar to those already
received ey telegraph. While all admit that
the conduct Of the officers Of the vessel was
praiseworthy, the facts indicate that the Mis-
souri, was in many respects not in condition
to pass In safety through such an ordeal as
that which assalled her. One OF the passen-
gers states in his affidavit that during the first
three days Of the voyage the engines appeared
10 be working very badly; they had to
be stopped repeatedly, which, he heard
Indirectly, was In consequence OF the
foaming of the water in the boiler.
However this may be- developments at
the time of the fire showed that all discipline
ma. leat and that the crew took early steps TO