The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-25
!. NEWS OF TIE DAH.

The Mayor of Memphis is under arrest 10
licensing gaming houses. 49,,
Recent trials In New York prove incl
,nost nowerful fre.englnes unable to throw
water;,o the top of their very high buildings
NILSSON writes to a Partisan friend tina
bar first night at st. Petersburg was an iowa
tion triumph to grow wild over"
There are seven hundred Japanese elu
dents ID, various schools and colleges IN 'ni
country 32..;;;.;;..z,, -.
Mr. Frederick: Hudson's work on "Jour
nalism in The United States tlcm 1890 to 1872,
Will issued by the let OF December.
::-.Ma,or M. j. Wicks has resigned the pres
idancy Of the Memphis and Charleston Aail
road. and John ]. Rather, Of Huntsville, Ala.
has been;elected to flll the vacancy.
sir John BowriDg, the English polltica
author and formerly editor Of the Westminster
Revlew; member OF Parliament and British
minister to China, Is dead.
-Aglycerine magazine In Venango County,
Pennsglvania, exploded on Saturday. Harry
J.:Wolfe. telegrapher, and DR.. r. A. A. Wright,
,oroedo agent, were blown to atoms.
The italian government is determined 10
suppress duelIing, and has sentenced TWO
noblemen to imprisonment, one for year
and 3the other for three months, for indulgng
lathe pasttme.
The Boston Post says that "Mr. G. A. Tren-
holm. of Charleston, 8. c., late secretary OF
the Southern nfederacy. has sent one hum
dred dollars for. the relief Of sufferers by the
fire, with kindly expressions of sympathy for
the afflicted"
They've got Frcude down to pretty fine
point In New York. A statistical student says
thatin the first twenty-five minutes OF re-
centlectnrs he put his hand In his pockets
twanty.one times, and lifted his coat-tail thir-
ty-tIve tin;es, by actual count.
Boston seems disposed to preserve the
direction Of the old streets in the burnt dis
trIct In all their diversity, but talks OF WIDEN
.,ngt them to fifty and sixty feet-just about
half enough If the object is to guard against
the spread of fire in the fnture.
M. Stanley, ,ithe dlscoverer OF Livingstone,
has arrived in New York. When he lectures
In this country this winter he will be dressed
in;iiis suit Of clothes made by Ujijl tailor.
combating OF q twine string wound around his
big toe, and q. straw hat cut low in the cor
sage.
-One ofthe novelties Of The American In
stitnte, ID New York, ls q saw with diamond
teeth. It eutsits way through all opposition
In rapidly slicing marble block Into >s'u
sheets Only a few of these precious stones
are set several inches apart, but steam force
drives them to and fro vigorously Without
wearIDgoff their sharp angles.
Dr. Grant, of the American mission at
Cairo. has found Hebrew manuscripts Of por-
tionsof the Bible in a synagogue reported to
have been built forty-hve years before the
second temple was destroyed. 1t was care
fully deposited in niche in the wall. ten feet
abovethe ground, and could be secured only
bytmeansof aladder.
They hadia fog go dense in London on the
22d as. to be made the subject of comment
insfhe newspaper. So many casualties oc-
CURED that the Pail Mall Gazette gives ad-
vice to wayfarers how to conduct themselves
30 TO guard against ''log accidepts." Deaf,
infrm, very old and very young people are
advised to stay at home.
Colonel Mcdaniel, the owner of the great
racer Harry Bassett, offers to match his stable
for. three races against any horse or horses In
the world, to. name at the post, two, three and
four mile heats, for ten or twenty thousand
dollars each race. The races to be run over
the Saratoga Course, New York, any time be-
tWeen.the last Of July and the first Of septem-
berlls7s.
-Atlengthlt is proved that q man has more
camsto pass: A curious Investigator watched
while sthonsand men passed a looking-glass
used as q Sign on the sidewalk In Broadway.
The result of bis observation showed that nine
hundred and ninety-nine n Ell glanced com.
placently at their image as tl"T passed. The
other man was blind. Four hundred and fifty
two women passed during the same hour and
: half, and none of them looked in the mirror
AL OF them being engaged intently exam
lining each others appearance and dress.
New York's accumulation Of unpublished
murderers is the subject Of much severe COM
ment, and talk Of lynch law is revived. Wit
nesses of the scene in Pine street at the time
of the arrest of King for killing O'Nell, say a
crowd composed OF well-dressed aud lntelll-
gent men was greatly inclined tolynch the
prisoner, and that ruse, by which King was
taken through an unoccupied building, was
all that saved him from summary justice.
Even the staid and conservative Journal oil
Commerce has an editorial headed "The
Omen In Pine street" !" In which the spirit dis.
played By the crowd of brokers, merchants,
and other business men, Ia considered indica-
tive Of vigilance committee, or some similar
organization, at no distant day.
Speaking of the effects Of the recent great
fire upon paper the Boston Advertiser says
Curious results have followed some Of the ex.
periments made upon charred papers and
documents, and the examinations of books In
safes which proved worthless In the great fire.
It has been found that what paper-makers call
poor paper, paper considerably "clayed,'
stood the best test. Parchment paper, used
for bonds and legal documents, shrivelled up