The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-14


Secunderss sad-a hot place always-marking
occasionally LOT deg, and 103 deg. for fifteen
continuous days. In Paris old residents de-
clare that they are grllling, and can only live
by bathing; from Brussels we hear OF s5 deg.
In the shade, aud in London 1t has been 80
deg, while the water In the public baths, with
ont say aid from furnaces, has been 76 deg.
The freaks Of lightning grow more and
more remarkable every year. In Alabama it
struck and Killed lady, leaving uniDjured a
child In her arms. In the same State two
buzzards high Cup In the air we're struck.
and their flight peremptorlly arrested. But
the greatest achievement In this line yet
reported occurred 10 Tennessee, where q
man was struck by lightning and driven into
the ground up to his neck, without being ma
terially Injured. Perhaps, The electric f1id
Will open an air line to Chlns yet in this way.
- new metallic compound, which bears
the somewhat fanclful name Of Abyssnian, or
sTalmi Gold, has lately been manufactured in
large quantity in Germany, for the purpose of
labrfcatIng Imitation gold jewelry and other
objects. This is brass composed Of about
ninety zone part OF copper aud eight of Zinc.
The appearance Of goldis obtained by causing
very thin sheet OF gold to adhere BY passing
It Through rollers. This gllded sheet Is then
cut and formed into ornamental articles by
means OF ingeniously constructed steel instru-
ments. 2a
There is horrld thing In Nashville. 1t is
awhile 'tsomshing,n which gldes through q
certain ravlne near the city from nine P. NJ. to
early morning. 1t has been repeatedly chased,
both by boys and policemen, but manages to
selude capture-how we are not told. The ne
groes are greatly excited BY its appearance.
They declare 1t to be the ghost of q. colored
woman who was burned to death last fall. A
cnegress living near the ravine says that two
headless persons come to her house repeated!
" add dance demoniac waltz, which results
I'm overturning all her furniture. Two colored
women who went by the haunted spot about
midnight saw the ghost, and were SO terrified
Hnht they run haff a mile. One of them is not
,Xkpected to survive the fright.
The criminal authorities Of Jackson, Miss.
,smade an important discovery and arrest last
Saturday morning, by which it is supposed
That gigantic swindle upon the State Of
Mississippi hes been prevented. A deputy
United States marshal, ]. F. Cunningham by
name, having been suspected of some fnan.
.cial conspiracy, was arrested just as he had
received a large box by express from New
York. The box being selzed, was ionnd to
contain two large books of counterfeit State
S.Yarrants, copper cut fac slmile of the State
4 1itor'5 signature, AID fac smile OF the
Sfeat seal OF the STATE. The plates and securi-
ties were all engraved in the best style by a
{ bank note company in New York, and if the
bonds had been put upon the market, the
fraud would have been exceedingly difficult to
detect. 1t is thought that this discovery may
throw some light upon the history OF the mil
/. lions of spurious bonds of Georgia, South Caro-.
lima and other Southern States that are now
nanoat upon the market.
The escape of the Philadelphia rufian,
Maria, who shot Alderman McMullen, has been
Z a remarkable and adventurous one, end it ls
now improbable that he will ever be captured.
He has been at large about fortnight, and,
allSocgh his whereabouts have been from
time to time discovered, no one seems able or
man McMullen, he plunged southwark into
Maryland, and, while in swamp near Havre-
willing to touch him. After shooting Alder
.de-Grace, was spied by some citizens, who
publlc.spirltedly undertook to arrest aim and
secure the $500 reward. Fully armed and pro-
Yisloned, they marched to the swamp about one