The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-18
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

NEWS OF TIE DAY.
The fashion Of ornamentlng the walls Of
rooms with drapery of cloth, silk or stamped
leather has been revived.
-LBonnets are tending again to the old cy-
lindrlcal form, and revival of the coal scut.
tie shape is imminent.
Miss King, an English woman, was married
to the Mahometan sheriff OF Guazan, at Tan
gier, Morocco, on the l7th ultlmo. The sheriff
had already four wives.
"A bill Is before the New York State Leg
islatare prohibiting fraudulent or fictitious
bids at auction sales Of real estate, stocks or
bonds. Vs-
The Crown Prince of Prussia is president
of soclety in Berlin formed to enable de-
serving workmen to visit the Vienna Expoai-
ton.
There is no abatement In the "Black
Crook epidemic in New York. The Gotham
ties believe that mature unadorned Is
adorned the mosi."
The Empress Eugsnie's answer to King
williams message of coincidence was In the
following brief terms: II appreciate the
sentiments of your Majesty"
.-ItIs stated that &he Prince of T,'es is
shortly to visit Ireland, when he is to be 40
stalled president OF tie Order OF Chvalry, a
nswFrsde recently established or revived In
Masonry: =
Charlotte Cushman has returned North.
Her health is falling rapidly, and 1t Is proba-
BILE that she win never appear on the stage
again. Miss Cushman is nearly seventy
years of age. j; @
The steamer Florida, which at one time
was supposed to be Cuban prlvateer, aud as
such was selzed by the United States authori-
ties, has for some time been lying In New York
for:repalrs, and Is now rumored to have been
purchased BY the Spanish government.
An unsophisIlcated maiden In Illinois has
invented simple but ingenious device of BE-
curing by one operation both husband and
fortune. She offers herself as prize 10 be
rafaed for-l0o, 900 tickets to be issued, at 81
each, reserving to herself the right to reject
the holder Of the lucky number on payment Of
$500.
Vessels with the condemned Communists
continue to arrive at New Caledonia, and the
inhabitsnts are still debating as to whether,
II the new colonlsts continue to come 10 such
quantities, they will not In the end own the
lawful first tree citizens, and put them to
labor, and 30 reverse matters, as In the cele-
bfated case of the soldier who caught the
Tartar. The exled Communists have so far,
however, gone peacefully to work.
THE New York commissioners of charitie;
and corrections, when they make purchases
for their charitable uses, certainly perform
that duty upon q scale of .. ne magnitude
Late as it Is in the winter ne. have entered
into contract with certain dealers for two
thousand tons of coal, to be delivered at ar
average Of seventy.H five tons day. The new
contract Is said to be great relief to what Il
known as the "outsids poor" .o,-
The consolidation OF New York and Brook
lYh will meet with opposition, chiefly from the
voters Of the latter city. The advocates ol
the scheme urge inlts favor better local gov
eminent, q reduction In the rate of taxation
an Increase In the value of Brooklyn property
and the credit Of having Brooklyn known at
New York. The citizens of Brooklyn are emil
nently practical, however, and Ignore all these
reasons bnt the one relating to taxation, whicl
they meet with q general denial
New York's last sensation In the shooting
line is singular domestic broil. A lady, /
seems, went 10 an evening party Without the
knowledge, and possibly without the consent
OF her lord and master, and while at the en-
tertaInment met friend, married man ant
adoctor, who. when the party broke up, gal
lantly escorted her to her domlcile. For some
unexplained reason, when the lady reached
her home, she was afraid to "go up stairs" tt
meet her husband, and the doctor undertook
the delicate mission, and ''went up" to mee
and molliiy the irate master of the mansion.
It is evident that things did not work as pleas
aHtiy up stairs as was anticipated, for wber
the doctor came down he had o ball Ia his
groio, aud had left one In the hand of the
husband. The whole subject will now, ",
presume, undergo judicial investigation.
The ceremonies attending the inaugura
ton OF Lnnalilo as King of the Hawaiian Is
lands were the occasion OF high day Ii
Honolulu An immense concourse of peopl
fromall parts OF the barbaric Kingdom as
sembled to see the show OF inacguratng
new king, decked out in all the gaudy raj
ment that could be obtained. The church Il
which the ceremonies took place was richl
dressed with floral designs, chief among
them being an immense crown of flowers
Co ored mats, plumes of tropical feathers AM