The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-13
NEWS OF THE DAP.

NEVIS OF THE DAY
The New York Herald Is very anxious for
q war with Spain.
Cedar River was frozen solid to the bot
tom at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Colonel York, Pomeroy's betrayer, led
regiment OF colored troops In the war. Since
then he has been editing newspaper In Mont
gomery County, Kansas.
Henry Ward Beecher is In no danger of
. bankruptcy. His salary as pastor Is s25,0O0;
as editor of the Christian Union $4,000, and
as lecturer, &C., say SO. 900 more.
Up to the middle Of January the present
winter was one of the mildest ever known In
France. At that date In the environs of Paris
and 10 the gardens OF the city the trees were
covered with leaves, and many spring flowers
had begun to bud. In the centre Of France
the raspberry bushes we're commencing to
bear iruit, and early asparagus was beginning
to appear.
"A New York auctloneer. who has been Sc.
verely tried by the uncertain whlms Of lady
oIaateuore,- -eoJo.--iAfftuv prc5cuUo OF InoSe VINO
attend merely to see the fun is endurable, but
the lady who bids certain article OF cloth up
to nine cents yard, and when 1t Is knocked
down to her decides to take one yard, he re-
CARDS as blot on the civilization OF the nine
teenth century"
One OF the latest, and certainly one Of the
most atrocious, murders on record was re-
Gently committed 10 Brooklyn. A hend In
human form, named Peter Yox, desired his
son, aged thirteen years, to bring him pot
OF beer, but, falling to furnish the money nec-
essary to pay for the same, the boy refuse to
20, and was promptly kicked to death by the
thirsty parent. As Peter apparently had not
funds enough to meet the trifing expense In
cident to the purchase Of the desired beVer-
age, It Is scarcely possible that he can COM
mand sufficient money to bafde justice when
the day Of trial comes, and therefore we in-
dulge the hope that In his case at least the
gallows will not be cheated.
The visit Of the sovereign OF Persia to the
principal capitals Of Europe this year will be
the occasion OF a genuine sensation, If report
is to be trusted. Preparations are making for
the journey already at the Persian capital, and
an immense purse is being filed to defray his
Majesty's travelling expenses. The Shah will
besccompanied on his visit by an imposing
retipue, consisting OF mollahs, astrologers,
councillors, interpreters and the like, and 1t
is expected that his suite will make more
gorgeous display than any royal retinue which
has hitherto visited the West. Although the
Persian monarch Ia not possessed OF un-
bounded wealth, he does not lack wardrobe
or regaiia. The crown jewels are said to be
the finest in the. world, and the display on
conrt days Is described as something unri-
vailed.
There ara some curious laws on Pennsyl-
vanla statute books. 1t was only the other
day that mention was made Of the law In the
State which authorized married man to re-
fuse his mother-in-lsw access to bis wife and
forbid als wife access to the church Of her
faith. A case In Philadelphia court on Sat-
urday last developed another quaint regula-
tlon In force In the land OF Penn, and this is
that, in addition to the ordinary duty OF man
to support his wife and children, If he have
any, the law Of Pennsylvania also requires
that where "poor person is not able to
work" and has parents or grandparents, chill.
6ren or grandchildren, such ancestral progen-
itors or descendant posterity, as the case may
be, t'shall relieve and maintain such poor
person" at the rate to be prescribed by the
court of quarter sessions.
The Boston Globe gives some Interesting
statistics OF the sewing machine trade. 1t
says: sit is estimated that the profits for the
last ten years on the sewing machines manu-.
factured In this country amount to 5000, ,0OO 900,
aud the estimated profits In 1871, $50, 600, 900.
In 1872 at least seven hundred thousand ma
chimes were made, and allowing that two hun
dred Thousand Of them were exported, the
several companies must have received at least
1000, 900 for the five hundred thousand,
SIS, 600, 900 covering the cost of manufacturing
and patent fees. 1t is we'll known that the
sewiDg- machine patents are about to expire.
and there Is formidable combination of In.
terests at Washington to lobby their extension
through Congress. There are about twenty
i've sewing machine companies In the United
States, fve of them manufacturing probably
three-iourths OF all the machines produced.
The nominal capital of these twenty-five COM
panles Is about $2e, 600, 900, and In addition 10
the profits on sales the leading ones divide a
royalty on the various patents used by the
tributary companies, as they are called"
Judge Ludlow, of Philadelphia, has es-
au important precedent by recent
worthy decision upon a case involving the
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