The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-03
Gbe Gbaslestot, 9ems,
MONDAY, MARCH s, 1873.
NRHy OF TEE DAY.

NRHg OF TEE DAY
-Rochefort has written novel during his
imprisonment.
worth, the milllner, is getting out OF vogue
In Paris:
-Lucca receives one thousand dollars tor
each performance, and half the gross receipts
over four thousand dollars.
Germany will expend sixty-seven millions
OF dellars In renewing and completing her
Bystem of fortresses.
Commodore John P. Gillis, OF the United
States navy, died In Wilmington, Delaware,
on Monday night, aged about seventy years.
The Emperor OF Austria has offered prize
of Eve thousand forms to the Journalist who
Will write the best paper on Austrian affairs.
The widow of ex-President Polk recently
gave public reception to the members OF the
Tanpessee Legislature at her residence IN
Nashville.
The Midland railway, In Eogland. having
made contract for q number OF American
sleeping and palace cars, travellers will soon
have an opportunity of uslng them.
LII Is said that number of Mormon girls
at Salt Lake City have entered into union
never to marry unless the man promises TO be
content with one wife.
Captain Jack, the Modoc chief, has Invited
tie peace commissioners to conference, but
won't have any soldiers present except Gene
raloanby.
There has recently been sudden and
IL DATE
burg. Va. Peanuts which commanded 81 26
70 81 so readily during the season are now
dull at rs cents, and the highest price paid on
Monday was 81 05 per bushel for o strictly
prime lot.0ag
The panic In the New York money market
on last Wednesday was caused by the fall OF
the stock of the Pacific Nail and Panama Ball.
road Company, growing out OF the fear that
the Investigation by Congress into the Pacific
Mall subsidy will cause the withdrawal Of the
subsidy. The Paname being bound up as CO.
lsterals for the Pacific Mail, shared Its fate.
iH-Women's rights have at length been re-
cognised iu high quarters In England. de-
partment of the civil service, known as the
local government board, has just appointed
l6uy pOUf-tdW luopOSLOt ~ lilo 'SAJ heA~SSN~S
salasy,. OF $4,000 a year, to report upon the
domicies and the treatment OF children who
are ssboarded out" after the system whichis
generally adopted In Scotland.
Counsel for Stokes, OF New York. who
killed Fisk, Jr., on Tuesday served on me
sheriff for the first time the official notice of
Judge Davls's stay Of proceedings. By some
hot In hnru xua fnrnnf.
ten; and go the sheriff had gone to work to
prepare for the execu,ion-servlng out the
usual notices for witnesses to be present. The
fact is not one to add to the prisoners present
reflections.
The Bang of England covers Eve acres of
ground and employs nine hundred clerks.
Light 10 admitted through open courts. and
no mob could take the bank, therefore, with
out cannon to batter the Immense walls. The
CLOCK In the centre OF the bank has fifty dials
attached to 1t. Large oisterna are sunk in the
court, and engines, In perfect order, are al
wsys In readiness In case of fire. The bank
was incorporstedin 1894. Capital 500, 900, 600.
Twelve iron enterprises are in operation
or projected in Rome, Ga. Five Of these are
In operation, yielding forty tons per day. All
OF them will be- in operation within six
months, and the probable yield will be one
hundred and twenty tons per day, or over
two millions OF dollars per annum in the value
Of heir products. and giving employment to
ovsg one thousand men. At the present rate,
the net profls from these twelve furnaces
win not be less than one million Of dollars
per ;annnm.
"A large fire occurred In New Orleans on
Thursday afternoon, destroying nearly six
squares, bounded by Clanie, Dauphine and
Vaudeville streets and Washington avenue.
About TWO hundred houses, mostly small
frame dwellings, and their contents were con-
sumed. The De Soto schoof-house was also
burnt. Scarcity of water prevented the fire.
men from doing effective service. A high
wind prevailed. The loss is estimated at two
S2odred and fifty thousand dollars; Insurance
unknown. About TWO hundred families are
lefL homeless.
1t is pretty generally understood by
those In the confidence Of sporting circles
t,nt the clans are gathering In Pittsburg, Pa,
for the purpose of witnessing the prize fight
which. it has already been etated, is expected to
come Off on the Ath of March somewhere with
10 fifty miles Of that city. The principals are
Harry Hicken. Of Philadelphia, and Byron
Campbell, oil, ,Wikesbarre, the former being
of Irish and the latter of Welsh birth. The
match Is for q purse of two thousand dollars.
and the fighting weight OF the men Is to be
one hundred and thirty pounds.
"A large and influential meeting was held
on Thursday night at the Grand Central Hotel
OF the Southern Association of New York,
composed of members of the leading South
ern firms doing business In that city, together
with delegates from every Southern State, ex.
cept Missouri. The association, which came