The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-07
NEWS OF THE DAK.

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NEWS OF THE DAY.
Mary Ralston, an Iowa girl, is fascinating
all Washington with her hair, which 10 sixty
two inches long.
1t LIS stated that Samuel Sinclair, late pub
Usher Of the New York Tribune, has gone In
to bankruptcy.
1t is said that the late William Cassidy, OF
the Albany IN. Y. Argus, short time before
his death settled 900 upon his wife.
Helen Josephine Mansfeld-Lawlor has
dlsgusted American society in Paris, by taking
apew In the American Episcopal church.
"A change in the proprietor Of the Rich
uond Enquirer has taken place, and Major
Baker P. Lee is announced as its editor.
"A new kind of cotton, known as Nankin'
having natural pink tint, has been success
fully raised In Texas.
"A man In Kentucky has been married tour
times, each time having been married by the
same minister, In the same house, to four sls-
ters Of the same family.
-Garibaldrs second wife is thirty-fve years
old; and is described as q dark, handsome
woman, with fierce eyes and thick hair parted
at the side Of the head.
"A female clerk in candy store In Kan
sas City heard she had fallen heiress to
fortune In England, Immediately refused to
attend customers, but perched herself on the
counter and chewed gum drops the rest OF
the day.
The main point upon which the counse-
for Stokes seem to rely, Is not only the un-
constitutionality of the new jury law OF New
York, but that 1t, II constitutional, must be
prospective and not retrospective, alleging
that the law upon which the jury In the case
was impaneled was passed after the killing OF
Flax.
During the past year seven hundred
thousand tons OF shipping have passed through
tha great suez Cana, ooapsing such rival
rgin the freight and passefger traffic between
England and India that the Peninsular and
Oriental Steamship Company, whose steamers
are the principal rivals of the canal route, has
been obliged to greatly reduce prices.
The extension of railroads in the United
States during the past year has been less than
was anticipated. In 1872 there were 1918
miles of new roads built against 1878 In 1871,
and 74aS in 1870. The total lengthj OF the
railroads in the United States amounts to
Y0,17s miles, with $4,000 miles in progress,
making the entlre length 1l3,l7s miles when
ali are completed. In the United States and
Territories, there is one mile OF railroad to
every lA2l square miles, to every 650.S in
habitants, and to every $2O2, Sal of property
valuation. In the United States proper there
Is one mile of railroad to every 2s.6 square
miles. The progress of railroad building,
which has never been very rapid since lS4s, fell
of greatly during the rebellion, when the in
crease was only about one thousand miles per
annu1n. After the war the progress OF this
system was revived, and has since then ad-
vanced with great swittness. The mileage is
now more than four times that of Great
Britain, and more than FIVE times as large as
that OF France or Germany.
Some Interesting details concerning the
speed of railway trains In England have re-
Gently been published. The average rate OF
speed at which The quickest express trains
traveils forty-seven and three quarter miles
an hour. But there are two lines on which
thispace is exceeded. The ten O'Clock train
on the Great Northern Road reaches Peters,
borough at hsltpast eleven; the distance is
seventy six and a quarter miles, and the pace
fIty-one miles an hour. The quarter to twelve
train on the Great Western makes the run
to tswinton, seventy-seven and quarter
miles, without stopping, and does 1t in one
nfu- OF 40
rate Of ffty-three and quarter miles an hour.
There are q number of other roads which
ma ke rams att rate OF from forty-1ve to
afty-two miles an hour; but the journey from
Londnn-to Bath by the quarter to twelve
train is the quickest in the world. The dis
tance is one hundred and seven miles, and 1t
10 done in two hours and thirteen minutes,
Including a stoppage Of ten minutes at Swim.
ton. The actual time In travelling is TWO
hours and three minutes, something over
flGy.two miles an hour.
Bose Porro, the circumstances of whose
arrest for child numbering, In Naples, have
already been given, has made statement to
the authorities coniesslng the crimes OF which
she was accused, the details of which surpass
In theic evidences OF cruelty and inhumanity
anything hitherto revealed. She confessed to
having caused advertisements to be published
In the Neapolitan journals, stating that any
peraon deslrous of ridding themselves of their
children could procure relief by calling upon
her and paying her q certain sum to take full
cnarge OF the infant. As far as the
woman was capable of remembering,
sne had wilfully starved to death about