The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-06
NEWS OF TIE DAY.


NEWS OF TIE DAY.
The ex-Prlnce Imperial of France will at
tain his majority on the 10th Of March.
Among the foreign artlstes now singing
In Italy are two English tenors, bearing, res
pectiyely, the celebrated names of Shakespeare
and Byron.
"A bill "for the prohibition ef gilt enter
prlses In the District Of Columbia" was passed
by the House of Representatives on the 24th
ultimo. This is rough on Grant
Among the saddest episodes In the late
storm In Minnesota, according to Western
paper, was the freezing of the bands. nose,
forehead, everything except the cheek-of a
life assurance agent.
James W. Wallack, the father of Lester
Wa,lack, was 80 very anxious his funeral
should be private that he enjoined upon his
friends that they should not publish the date
of its occurrence.
The French census enumerates thirty-one
thousand five hundred and eghty-six more
married men than married women. How 10
this I, Do that number of French wives keep
swefs s--A.'-AAnAa' I or ''N- -lAo
The Princess of Wales set the fashion of
great simplicity In her boys toilette her
fair, pretty little princes are always costumed
with the neatness and qu.etness which are In
separable from elegance aud taste. Albright
colored bow at their necks is the nearest ap-
proach to ornament their dresses ever add 10
their simple tollettes for any public appear
ance.
-Calocaft, the English hangman, is ro-
bust, bsnevolent-looking old man, with q
slight s,oop and triae shaky In his gait, VINO
wears a clerically cut black suit and long
white hair and beard. His assistant, and
probable successor, is well-to-do Welshman,
OF thirty five, who has morbid fondness ior
witnessing last scenes. They both are anna
teur gardeners when not professionally en-
ployed.
III Spirituallsm ever becomes fashionable
In England, 1t will be difficult to tell how hrm
too,hold 1t may obtain Itappears that 1t
has, already enlisted in its ranks several
noblemen, among them an earl, who has now
solved all Ills doubts, as he Is dead; dowager
duchess, captain in the guard-Lord Dun
dreary, iprobably-a baroDet, several members
of Parliament, barrlster, doctor-there
really must be more than one-and mer-
chant or two. So says the London Times.
The Credit Mobiler, after having slaught-
cred number Of precious lives, recently
attempted to commit suicide in Philadelphia.
A petition was presented to the Court of Com
mon Pleas praying for decree Of dissolution,
on the ground that the petitioner was In
needy circumstances, and could not get any
more work, but Judge Allison promptly re-
fused the prayer, and compelled the corpora
tion still to live" Remorse is supposed to
have been the cause of the rash act.
The Boston Advertiser gives us picture
of, the streets of the districts devastated by
the fire, which very much resembles, on first
view, representation OF dlslocated hoop
skirt. White lines of this map show the pro-
posed widenings aud straightenIngs of the
thoroughfares. II finished as contemplated, q
fair, dsentanglement of this labyrinth of
streets, which, as the Irishman said, began
nowhere, and ended In the same place, may
beexpected.
The third annual meeting 10 favor of wo-
mans suffrage has been held In Boston.
There was nothing new In the proceedings.
In fact, they appear to have lacked spirit, SO
II the MASSACHUSETTS, women had got tired OF
abusing man In general, marriage, Christlani.
ty aud morality, and had about run out Of
stock In trade In the way OF exciting "lsms."
Mrs. Lucy Stone wanted ten thousand dollars
for! the coming year, and sent her bonnet
around, accompanied by Miss Lords hat, but
with what result we have not learned.
"A curious affidavit has been presented to
the court By the counsel of Stokes In their bill
ofexceptions. Mary Bean swears that imme
dlately before the murder of Fisk she saw him
AT the entrance of the Grand Central Hotel
with pistol In his hand; but, being about to
enter into the bonds of wedlock, she was
persuaded not to tell what she saw. for fear
OF being locked up as a witness. Just ,.oont
that period Mary's desire for a husban;. was
evidently greater than her love for justice:
but having enjoyed that luxury for some time
she is now willing to become witness, even
al the cost of being temporarily separate.
from her lord and master. Mary's prese Il
ambition TO sacrifice herself on the altar o
Justice is highly commendable, particularly If
indoing so, she succeeds In securing little
exemption from marital restraint by being
locked up in the Tombs.
Mr.. George Torrey, respectable cottoE
planter CT Mississippi, recently went to Eng
land to induce farm and household servants
to come hither with view of permanent set