The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-01
1iNVHS OF TEE DAY.


The eight wealthiest men In New Orleans
are retired butchers.
"A correspondent of the Liverpool Post
thinks the British wheat cropo 1873 will oa
the shortest one upon record. r.s q
The new Prnsslan army bill Hxes twelve
yeats as the term OF service, three with the
colors; four I'm the reserve and Ave In the
landwehr.t IT, 90
"A skeleton was lately found hanging from
abeam In an attic of the Albany, n. z, post
ONCE. No one knew how long 1t had been
there 20
"a British cousin says Xxx English ale is
the, most appropriate tIpple to promote the
harmony of the occasion, because Its Bass and
treble. you know.
-Mt. Nathan Appleton's property at New
port 3. II, is reported to have been attached
to satisfy the claims of party of Japanese
creditors Of Bowles Brothers & Go.
Guilty, but recommended to mercy on ac-
count Of ofextennsting circumstances, was the
verdict rendered by Pennsylvania jury In
recent breach Of promise case.
Queen Victoria has granted q pension Of
$3.50 year to the widow of Captain Knowles,
otithe Northfeet, who lost his own life In ex-
ertious to save others.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts, has
finally decided, after several years Of liuga-
tiou,, that the Orthodox Medical Society of
that state has right to exclude HON ceopathic
practitioners fromsits membership.
GAEe Bulletin, Of New York, says the ques-
tion OF founding -s.colony exclusively for Asa-
tiaps and Lorrstuera Js as yet but spoken of.
All statements as to location or building Of an
American city of Strasbourg therefore are pre-
mature. = .,glJ > -.
M. William Simpson and Mr.. Robert Lam
delles, two OF the special artists Of the Illus
trated Lnndon News, have recently received
from the Emperor OF Germany war medals as
tckens of distinction conferred upon them for
their artistic lsbors In the recent war.
Feeling is q much slower sense than sight.
Kaman had an arm long enough to reach the
sun; and were TO touch that body with the tip
this anger, he would never fnd out whether
itMere hot or cold, as he would be dead be-
fore the sensation arrived at headquarters,
which would require one hundred years.
Cincinnati is building huge sausage for
the Vienna exhibition, that will require the
Great Eastern to tow 1t across the ocean, after
ishaas been doated down the Ohio and Mlssis.
sippito the Gull. It was made in sections In
railroad tunnel, the hogs being drove in by
the hundred, and then subjected to hydraulic
pressure. uas.t = q
-onia New York Central Railroad train, re.
Gently, two old ladies sat on adjoining seats
In one OF the cars; one declared II the con-
duetof opened the window she would die, and
tHs other protested against It's being closed,
for she would cerlainlg smotherto death. The
conductor wsa I'm doubt, when venerable
gentleman exclaimed, "Open the window and
kill one Of them, and then close 1t and kill the
other, and then we shall have peace"
"A Bostonian Of magnificent possibilities
wishes to organize company with $l2, 600 600
capital 70 enclose tract of ssveral square
mles, ~ an immense glass structure, within
which inVaids may make their permanent
abode, having tropical climate with Its ap-
proptiate fruits and foliage, good hotels. pic
turesque drives, art galleries, an opera house,
and, In short, everything that consumptives
could wish for except ventilation.
l--5NoteEs 10. Massachusetts, are required t,
have, as a qualification for suffrage, the ability
to read and write. Recently an amendment
tothe Massachusetts, constitution was pro-
posed in. the State legislature striking out
this Provision, 80 that any one might be q
voter ghether he could read and write or not,
II he had; the other necessary qualifications.
This proposed amendment was defeated by
the. legislature, however, 80 that the Mas
sachusetts voter must sill be able to read and
wtits..o5a :, - :. -. T., 20 ~ = -
"A. miniature steamboat has Just been
built IN England tor navigating the shallow
streams of the Interior OF Brazil. It Is bnilt of
Steel is ninety feet long by eighteen feet
deep, and draws only twelve inches of water.
The IRON plates are one-eighth of an Inch In
thickness, and she Is propelled by patent
fssthesing floats. The boilers, though non,.
nally ct twenty five horse power, are capab,e
OF worklng:up to sixty. The bottom of the
boat is perfectly fat. She was constructed at
o cost oGsll, ,250, gold. Steamboats, as buoy.
ant'as this ought to be of great use upon the
extensive but shallow rivers which trayerse
the Uniteds States In all directions, but which
arehow almost useless for purposes OF navi-
sstion, aud transportation.
The practical business sense of the Penn
syivauiad Railroad Company has spared the
Legislature Of Pennsylvania an enduring hu. |
Tlliauon. 1t recalled from the hands of tha |