The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-26
NEWS OF TEE DAY.

notices.
NEWS OF TEE DAY.
A son of Mr.. Walter, of the London Times,
was recently married to niece Of the Earl Oh
Lltchfeld.
Five hundred and thirty women In tne
United Sta,es are doctors, twenty-iour are
dentists, five lawyers and sixty-eight preacn-
ers. 7.
The bakers of Stuttgart, Germany, have
notified their employers that they Will unite
In strike unless they have an increase oi
pay and reduction OF hours OF labor.
The Virginia Legislature has passed the
bill entitled an act for the protection OF oysters,
and to obtain revenue for the privilege OF
taking them within the waters OF the COM
monwealth.
The Alta California has this among Its
answers to correspondents: "Dlscontented
Wlfe-Whether yon can safely sweeten your
bnsband's coffee with sugar Of lead will depend
d good deal on the Intimacy of your acqnaint-
ance with the attendln- physician"
The appeal OF Edwin James for readmia-
slo,, to the English bar has been refused.
James was dismissed from the English oar
some years ago for alleged dlshonoraole con-
duct, emlgrated to New York, where ne re-
sided for some time, published several BOOKS,
and returned to London recently.
1T Is stated that Connecticut railroad is
about to make trial of the so-called paper
car wheels. These wheels are costly, but run
safely and easily. They have been known
some time to car builders. but their introduce
ton into general use has been prevented oy
the expense. Sheets OF common straw paper
are forced Into compact mass by pressure
of.three hundred and 6fty tons. The mass OF
paper. is turned perfectly round, and oy
pressure Of twenty-five tons, hub is forced
into q hole 10 the centre. This paper wheel,
by pressure of two hundred and fly tons.
isnext forced into steel tire with one-fonrth
inch bevel upon Its inner clrcu inference. Two
circular plates are then bolted on to the tire
10 keep the paper filling In place. By this ar
rangement the steel tire rests upon the paper
only, and partakes OF Its elasticity. II is
claimed that these wheels wear longer than
those of any other description, iujure the
tracks less. and run with less noise. Or
An uupleasantness threatens the Samana
Bay Company before they have had a chance
TO pisnt their banrer In the, soil of their new
sequisItion. A menace, more than speck OF
war, ,.confronts the colony, so rich In resources
and opportunities, according to the prospec-
tus, before 1t can be dedicated to the peaceful
pursuits of commerce. The rumored recon-
Citation of Cabral and Lnperon, the revolu-
tionarY generals Of the island, seems to be
confirmed, and the fact bodies Iii for the in
tant enterprise. Whatever may be said OF
thes revolutionary talents of the insurgent
chIeftaius, their zeal and courage are un-
DOUBTED, end they object to this pedd!lng away
Of q stslics of their island upon which their
eyes and hearts have long been fastened. The
recalld Lnperon from Hayu by Cabral, and
the Issue Of o. proclamation summonlng tho
DomtnIcsns 70 arms, Indicate that operations
are sbout begin, and the colonists may soon
ind themselves at very different work from
what they counted upon when they set sail in
the ''good Tybee." That hotel In sections
will have TO be converted into barracks, and
the surveyors, engineers, &C., will need to
postpone their labor5 for the city of the
future, and turn their talents to the construc-
ton OF Notifications.
Some headstrong e1 plorers of the myste-
ries OF Vesuvius recently undertook to satisfy
their curiosity regarding the burning mouH-
tain by entering the crater, and in doing 80
disappeared forever In the gloomy void, in
which they are supposed to have suffered
terrible death. The victims of this frightful
disaster were Jean lie Mleux, a Belgian, and
Louis Schmidt, Of Berne, Switzerland. They
LEFT their. boarding-houses early In the morn.
Ing 10 company with an exploring party, and
having reached the summit OF the volcano, LIE
Nieax called upon any one OF the company to
join him In going down the crater. Schmidt
agreed to accompany him, and despite the re-
nonstrances of their friends, each took hold
OF the loops carried by The guides and we're
lowered down to firm ground. Contrary to
the advice ofthe practiced guides they let 20
their hold Of the looped ropes and venlured
into the darkness Of the crater's recesses.
Whether they were smothered with fumes of
sulphur, or missing step were hurled into
the unknown abyss of the volcano, can never
be known, for the friends OF the unfortunate
men waited In vain tor their comrades, and
were finally compelled 10 abandon all hope of
their reappearance. The guides were lower
ed down repeatedly, and several Of the ex-
cursIonists went down as lar as the ropes
would allow in search OF the men, but nothing
conld be seen or heard CT them, and they
were given up as lost
The following gossip about the approach
Ing Inauguration comes to us In Washington