The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-12
Tbe Gbaflestpn aems
SATURDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1872.
NEWS OF TIE DIH.

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aoxssaR NEWS OF TIE DAP.
-Four English ladies assembled MOI
Blanc last month: -.
Louisiana. is scourged by the wors
drought since 1850.
The, Students of a Western agriculture
college turned out one day, recently, and Gu
twelve acres of corn for poor widow.
EIt d cersainapoint In q cesei 10 the YelloW
.tnna valley there Is visible the same phe
nonianaon that has made the spectre OF TN
Brocklen. 80 far-famed.
"A Spartan (Ga.) mother In one week re
GENTLY aid all The house work for q large family
including washing and ironing, MIXED the COW
twice day, went to market, and earned be
sides over eleven dollars with her needle.
Mstrpllers on the Bois de Boulogne nigh
hayo been reminded recently of the Birnau
Wooo 90 /. Mapbeth ny About1afty tall frs were
sekbetor Issue ffonfan alley and advance regu
IariS. leach one drawn by three horses har
nesssdatiop large carts. They came from the
forest cfasenofd,, and were to be transplanted
in.the, Bols de Boulogne.
--ANoman met her death In England re-
Gently under very singular circumstances
sha.Was cracking nus. by striking them with
aknifevRhan q small piece OF nutshell few
Into her eye She did not take much note OF
IL asshe time, ~bur,tsometime afterwards the
e~yeebscaraet very painful and Inflammation
set H. which was followed by sdelirium, and
the poor woman died: :.
Cadet Mfdshipman Conyers, the first col:
oredscadetstol be admitted to the Annapolis
Naval Academy, arrived there last week, and
was assigned his quarters. A letter to the
Baltrdf0ss Sum- fromAnnapolls, states that the
arrival of Conyers passed over without the
slightest demonstration ON. the part of the
Other Students. AJapanese student has also
arrived at the Academy, to pursue his Studies
asa cadet mldsbipman. ,,.a
"A New York correspondent Of the Phlls-
deiphls Telegraph comments a olulnn' worth
upon the opera. He says Lucca "ls the
artistic antipodes of Nilsson but he omils to
state just how many ~'Aantpodesn she Is. He
states further that .Nilsson was icicularly cold
and chaste,n but as she was born and reared
in an ..icicularly cold" place why shouldn't she
be-, To conclude, he Informs the public that
Lncca's success Is q 'temperamental colncl-
depce. r to which the public will hardly have
the cheek to reply.
-Itisssald that the Pope Is seriously affected
mentally by the death OF his older brother,
Count. Joseph aMsstai-Ferretti: The Holy
Father.himseif Is past eighty, and though he
springs from o long-lIved family he sees 10 the
desth-6 f bis brother aRd that OF Count Gabriel,
which occurred IN 1853, the warnings that. his
owl, departure cannot be far distant. There
has existed d GOODNESS between the Pope and
hia family ever aimee he vas elevated to the
P0ntlAcaae,s which is daermore to political than
topersonal feeling, and caused by the indie
pendence ofthe two Counts quite as much as
by any desire of Pho Mono that ther should be
q n,estfaagement. ssls
-Athickly-wooded island, known as Lo,lg
Islands1 ahonsa fourteen miles above Mu' sea-
une, In the lisslssippl, has turned.ou t to be a
Ieeuiasr TOT. Isrs' nest The discovery was
....aa 5II the police OF Davenport, Who. hay
ine lad ifhsGlrr suspicious aroused, visited the
spos,Tecenly, but, on reaching 1t, found that
the thieves had fed. Many evidences, how
eyeryuf occupation OF the island were strewn
around. Boxes OF all kinds and many sizes
were thick on the ground, with bits of paper
and, pieces Of twine and rope, here aud there
an old garment, aud many signs OF carpenter.
notwithstanding to; the report Of farmers
living near by, the island had been abandoned
by the Villains only the day before, when they
hadtsoaded a large yawl and a sklf with plum
der. and started southwark. None OF the
houses In the vicinity OF the island had beer
disturbed by the thieves, and tie farmers
tSouRht the people on the island were'a party
of sporrsmen, for they were often seen fishing
In he river, and starting of with guns or
their shoulders. as Il going off on q hunt. II
Is supposed tinat most OF the burglarles which
have been committed in Davenport, Musca'
tile, Wilton, West Liberty and other localities
In that section during the summer were the
work OF an organized band which Inhabited
the island, who used the secluded spot fol
sscreting thelr ill-gotten goods.
THE Lynchburg Republican gives the fol
lowing account OF the shooting ARRAY between
young Tardy. and Ward, q brief report o.
which was %telegraphed: at will be remem
bered that several months ago a difficulty oc
Cured, ibetwnen william d. Ward and VII!
liam, q. Tardy, two residents of this county,
In which Tardy. was Killed. Ward was sub
sequently arrested, and tried at Plttsylvanis
Courthouse, tthe shooting having occurred II
that county, and the jury brought in a YER
dict of not guilty. Last Tuesday, Charles Tar
dy, a son Of the deceased, met with Ward al
Churleso ford, on Stanton River, near the
scene of the first tragedy, and a rencontre en-
sued, In which Ward was shot three time.
and MORALLY wounded. Tardy's story Is tba
when he cameto the ford from the Pittsyl
,ysnia side OF the river, Ward was just ascend
Ing the bank of the Campbell side, and tina
.aftsra= riding 9a95 few PAGES from tn
river Ward stopped and turned hls hors
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