The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-06
LOCAL LACONICS.

The Planters and Mechanics Bank o-day
aoc,ares a seml-annuel dividend OF four per
cent, free Of taxes.
Mrs. Barbot will commence solfege class
at her residence, corner Smith and Monta'
aue streets, this afternoon, at four O'CLOCK.
George Jones, colored, deserted rom Inc
bark Jerome. Jones Tas arrested oy ponce
man and taken to the main Guardhouse yes
terdsy afternoon.
Congressman B. B. Elliott (colored) and
Mr.. James D. Tradewell have formed law
partnership In Columbia. The style is to be
Elliott 4 Tradewell.
Mr.. n. q. Nathan has associated hls son,
Mr.. d. b. Nathan, with him in copartnershipi
and they will conduct the carriage business,
IN fptnre. as N. q. Nathan & Bon.
The inclemency Of the weather yesterday
nreyentsd full attendance at the morn
inp and afternoon services Of the various
churches. The evening services held in seve-
raj churches were generally better attended.
The steamship Cult Stream, from fAila-
delphia, was greatly delayed In the Delaware
by the Ice blockade, and arrived here only on
Saturday, and will leave this evening irom
Browns Wharves.
The steamship South Carolina arrived at
.EsE York on Saturday, having experienced
dense fogs and bad weather, and the Georgia,
CT the same line, was detained on these ae-
counts. and did not sail until Saturday.
4. The Beaufort folks are delighted with the
trim little Charleston yacht Louly, which ar
rived at Bull River on Monday last, having
BEEN purchased by q combination of several
phosphate companies to take the place OF the
lost Racer IS pilot boat.
:. .-Messrs. J. P. Harbsson and n. Harbesop,
have formed copartnership for carrying on
a retail dry goods business, under the name
of Hsrbeson & Co. These gentlemen will
open the store No. 2e4 King street, about the
2oth instant.
The office of Trial Justice o. r. Levy was
broken into on Friday night last, by an an
known individual of seemingly legal tostee,
who literally took the law into his own hands
by carrying OF about sixty dollars worth Of
law books.
Mr.. L. 8. Aveilhe kindly sends TIE NEWS,
from his plantation, "Sunnyside," on the st.
Johns Rlver, Florida, specimen of the
lemons grown there, which, In size, color and
favor, are ahead Of any lemons we have
Seen.
Jacob Bisher, coored, was sent to jail on
Saturday by Trial Justice Levy for trial at the
present term Of the Inferior Court, on
charge Of stealing forty dollars from Prince
s;sIllard, also colored. Fisher was arrested
BY the detectives and twenty-eight dollars
were recovered.
Joseph Poznanski, Esq, formerly OF
Charleston, but now resident OF New York,
has composed plano piece entitled I'm Ne.
mo-iam-.It Is Done.'" This piece Is a reli.
gious meditation on the dying words Of Hor-
ace Greeley, and Is well thought Of In New
York musical circles.
"A party of rufians on King street Satur-
day evening amused themselves by delibe-
rstely splitting upon the dresses Of ladies
walking in front OF them, dlsnguring the
promenade toilets 30 outrageously that the
ladies, in some cases, were compelled to take
refuge In stores and invoke the aid OF the
clerks to render their appearance presentable.
''Pollce ?"
-Aleck Dick, the negro who was stabbed
on the night Of December 2sth, In Church
street saloon, by Blantord Galllard, colored,
died on Friday evening last, at the City Hos
pitsl, from the wound Inflicted. A jury Of In
quest was empanelled by Trial Justice Nc
KInlsy In the absence Of Coroner Logan. The
jury adjourned to meet at the coroner's office
at II A. n. Tomorrow.