The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-05
NEWS OF TEE DAT.

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NEWS OF TEE DAE.
Six members of the German royal family
make up an aggregate stature Of thirty-slx
, feet and two inches.
New Orleans newsboys increase their
profits by selling old newspapers to colored
members of the Legislature without being de-
tected.
Chief Justice Chase has bought an old
homestead near Washington, and s spending
= considerable care and cost In It's embellish-
ment.
Mrs. Alice G. Clymer, the favorite niece
; and principal legatee of the Cary sisters, died
recently at Jacksonville, Fla. She was one OF
the last surviving members of the family.
"A subscription Of $500, In pennies, has
been taken up, for the relief OF Mr.. John
King, said TO be the first Euglishman that
signed the total abstinence pledge.
An action has been commenced against
8. the owners of the Murillo by the proprietors
Of the Nortbfeet to recover $lA, 600 for dam
ages sustained by the collision Of the two YES
eels. :
Mr.. Dlsraell has given up his house In
London, and during the session ls to reoido In
-oso.of tho wees End hotets. he ls TO live IN
the Btrictess secluslen, taking no part In any.
thing except the work Of his party.
The Municipality Of Paris has refused
s8l 900 Lett 10 the city by the will Of one Schu-
. Ter on condition that the sum be devoted to
the. building of German hospital and to
other purposes for the benefit of the German
/? poor Of Paris. The beguest Of $1,000 by the
same tesiator to the Protestant Consistory
was accepted. ed
Texas letter writer's state that Dennlson,
Texas, was wilderness FIVE months ago.
Nowit has o population oftorty-fve hundred;
houses are going up In all directions; Its
! streets are one hundred feet Wide; hotel
z containing one hundred rooms is nearly Gem
pleted, and there are three banks, an opera
house, and an immense freight depot.
The marriage OF Miss Rothschild, daughter
OF SIr Anthony Rothschild, and the Hon. Eliot
yorke, son OF The Earl of Hardwlcke, has
created some sensation In England, IN conae-
quence of q section of the clergy Of the
Church of England lodging caveat In the
. diocese court at Ely agaipstth the wedding being
allowed to proceed In the parish church at
:, ,Wimpole, the brida being Jewcss. The
court, however, wisely declined to interfere,
aud after civil marriage before the registrar
general the second ceremony took place at the
. Wimpole Church, In the presence OF crowded
congregation.
=. recent demand for 1000, 900
from the war. indemnity Is. for the following
purposes: Spsndau to be much enlarged and
strengthened; Kustrin to be raised to Sec
fond-class fortress; the Notifications OF s'ettin,
o Kosel, Eripurt, Grandenz, Munden ar Wit
tenberg to lose their lanG defences, and be
) strengthened towards the coast; Rugen to be
strengthened, and Mayence to be materially
enlarged as soon as the outlying forts OF Metz
and Btrasbourg shall be flushed and armed.
In eighteen Eonths, when the above pur-
: poses shall be completed, the land offensive
and, defensive strength of Germany will be
double what 1t was when the war with France
broke ont in 1870, and most of the strategic
railways Will then be nearly completed.
Tiger hunting In New York ls usually an
s euphemism for gambling. The real sport Is
not often afforded the citizens, and they do
:. not enjoy 1t when 1t ls. We notice the escape
Of tiger belonging to Forepaugh's mena-
Rerle, and the excitement 1t caused, merely
to commend the brave act Of a police officer.
The ship Sparta recently arrived at New York
With four Aslatic elephants, horned horse,
three black tigers, mongocse, black Suma-
tran rhinoceros and other rare animals, aRd
many curious birds. The rhlnoceros bad just
been landed with difficulty, when plank In
the bottom Of The tigers cage broke, and one
Of the beasts fell through. An exciting scene
then took place. The elephants, who were
standing quietly in the street, were seized with
frenzy, and began stampede. Chains we're
snapped asunder as If mere threads, end the
animals moved away at the utmost speed.
Tie tiger In the meanwhile had fastened on q
horse standing In the street, had killed him,
and was growing over its repsst. Policeman
Monroe then walked quietly up to the beast
and killed 1t by q shot In q vital part from his
revolver. It was brave act, and deserves
passing mention.
AS the case of Dr.. Hessel has attracted
considerable attention in England, and has
been severely commented on by the papers,
We give short account of it's most salient
points. A woman was found murdered In her
lcdgipg.room In London. She was seen the
night Of the murder 10 speak to man with
foreign accent. Beyond this nothing was
known. a man named Wohlebe, q passenger
on The German snip Wangerland about to put
70 sea from Ramsgate, was arrested. Dr..