The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-08-12
COLUMBIA. S. {, SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST H. 1866

frlghtful manner. Their flesh was,
IN TACT, consumed on their backs.
md they had to be taken to the
champ de Mars to. be shot. The dis.
aster originated in the explosion of
portable gas, quantity of which was
kept in cellar below the stables.
Three men descended to this store.
when, by accident, one of the vessels
was broken, and an explosion took
place The lions which nightly per-
formed were removed in safety. The
son OF the concirque was also severely
injured.
An accident took place, a few days
ago, at Havre, on board ship ladinc
for Valparaiso. A case suddenly cx7
ploded, wounding three dock Tabor
ers. The case, though entered as
containing millinery and other Paris
fancyarticles, had, in reality, amongst
other things, toys made of fulminat-
ing powder, which, being acted on
by the movement, blew up. Happily,
the men have not been seriously
wounded.
During the terrible thunderstorm
which broke over Paris, n few davs
ago, young lad took refuge under
an archway. The lightning entered
the archway, running along the
ground like fiery serpent, and the
lad felt himself hit heavy blow on
the legs. Beyond this he was unhurt,
but, when about to leave the arch
way, he found that the soles had been
cut off as if by knife. leaving only
the upper feathers.
A short time ago, Norman pea
SAINT, being on his death-bed, called
his wife and said to her: "You know
| have little worldly goods to leave;
l have only my horse and my dog. AS
soon as I am dead, sell the horse and
give the produce of the sale to my
relations, aud keep the dog for Your
self. After the funeral was over, the
wife of the defunct went to a fair
with the horse and dog and offered
them for sale. She speedily found
bidder, who offered 500f. for the horse,
but would not buy the dog. The
woman refused, saying she would not
sell one without the other. The bid
der then offered five francs for the
dog. No, said she, but give me five
francs for the horse and 500 for the
dog, and they are yours. The bar
gain was struck, and, the next day,
the woman sent five francs to her hus-
bands relations, and kept the 500 for
herself.
The young Prince of Hohenzollern,
who was wounded Mt the battle of
Sadowa, has been obliged to have his
leg amputated. An articulatcd leo.
of silver, is at present being made for
him, at Paris. 1t is said that this
ilmb Will be of the most perfect and
life-like description.
\ trial trip took place, the other
day, at the Mont Anes, Of the new
railway, which is to cross the Alps
by winding along that mountain by
the side of the carriage-road This
trial has given the most satisfactory
results. The velocity gained in the
ascent was l25 kilometres (fifteen
miles) an hour, and the descent,
fifteen kilometres (nine milcs.) 1t is
hoped that the railway will be opened
IN its whole length, from Imschel
Savoy to Suza. in Italy, during the
month Of October next.
The celebrated engineer, NJ Hawk
shaw, has been commissioned to take
tho preliminary steps ncces ssary for
determining the line of direction to
be followed in boring the tunnel
under the English channel. The
impress will be very great Sound
lngs will be taken, during the sum
mer, in the middle of the channel. in
order to ascertain the nature of the
seas bottom, as we'll as the depth of
water. 1t is proposed to commence
tunneling both at Dover and Calais,
and, the same time, the tunnel will
unite the Northern Railway, in
France, to the Southeastern Rail
way, in England.
The lamplighter of one of the
small theatres, at Paris, is in the
habit of emptying the oil which re-
mains in the lamps into small can.
For some time past, he remarked that
this oil disappeared, every day, and
the can left empty, thieves having
entered the room. y few days ago.
he decided to hide himself, and to
watch what took place. He had not
been hidden more than an hour,
when, to his surprise, he saw an cnor-
nous rat come out Of a hole in the
wall, and then another, and so on,
till thirty or forty rats were assem-
Dled. These rats, mounting on the
backs of each other, reached the oil