The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-06-11

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lar and terrible disease. He first
complained of o severe pain in his
heel. Soon the flesh seemed to be-
come dead, and commenced to slough
Oh, and has continued until the
ankle bones and both bones of the
leg have become exposed, as well
as the cords and tendens. The dis
ease is still progressing. When the
boy is lying on his side, with no
support for the foot, the Joint will
fall open so that the whole inside of
the joint can be seen. This disease
is pronounced phlegmatic erysipelas.
A terrible hail storm occurred near
Dubuque, Iowa, on Friday last.
which is reported to have seriously
injured the crops. Hail stones of
immense size are said to have fallen.
One man picked up some as 'large
as his fist" another found one an
inch and half in diameter. and
plenty of them as large as hens eggs,
we're picked up. Poultry of all kinds
were killed by them, and pair of
horses were knocked down in the
road. The hail fell to an average
TheCovington Examiner states that
the farmers of that section have com
menced harvesting the wheat crop.
and the favorable anticipations here
tofore entertained of an abundant
yield will be fully realized. All con-
cur III the opinion that the wheat
crop of Middle Georgia is heavier
than 1t has been iD the past ten years.
This is n '&od- send" to the imno-
verishcd section, and will tend greatly
towards relieving the distressed con-
dition of the people.
At the negro celebration in Mem
phis, last Friday, there was a call for
Eaton, and the blacks somehow
fancied that Eaton was NEGRO. rs
we'll as the other speakers, and called
out vociferously for Eaton" cold
Eaton, "Old Bill Eaton.' When
Eaton came forward one intensely
black fellow, who had evidently cy-
pected to seea different looking man.
said Eaton was only one of "dem
white niggers;- after ALL"
The HIGHEST Observation-Disclosures
MIA and Oregon are disputing as to
which has the highest mountain in
the United States. The contest lies
between Mount Whitney, in Califor-
MIA, estimated at $4,000 feet high.
and Mount Hood, in Oregon. now
estimated at 1900 feet. California
claims that the measurement of
Mount Hood is only u, 900 feet. and
hence the dispute.
The New York World, of Friday.
says that a gang of thieves took pos
session of one Of the Third avenue
cars, night before last, attempted to
rob some OF the passengers, and bru-
tally maltreated, knocked down with
a slunG-shot, and robbed the con-
ductor. On the previous night. q
German was robbed in the same car
OF 5000 in greenbacks. "'No arrest,
were made"
Colored immigration is expected
III Arkansas the present year. Nearly
POO from Georgia will locate on Co
vernment land undcr the homestead
law, next Autumn. In Franklin
County, near the Arkansas River.
there Is colony OF twenty families,
located IL few months since. They
have about 500 acres in corn and cot
ton.
New POTATOES. The Charleston
NerS states that the steamer Cham
pion. which left that port on Sunday
for New York, took as part of her
freight within fraction of J, 1000 bar
reis OF new potatoes, all raised within
a short distance of Charleston. This
looks like reconstruction in earnest.
At New Castle, Del, last week. a
whitish black man, who had killed
his brother in Il drunken rage, was
publicly pilloried, then whipped with
sixty lashes, forced to pay fine of
-, 900, and then taken to prison. to
be confined for life.
Miss Eller, of Hamilton County.
Ind, after several days of horrible
suffering from hydrophobia, gradu-
ally became more tranquil under the
bromide of potassium" treatment
OF her physicians, and is now re-
ported to be convalescent.
a machine for destroying the DO
tato bug has been invented out West.
1t is very simple, and resembles a
sulky plow, having two wheels to
drive fan, which sucks Up the in
sects and dashes them againsta board.
which kills them.
The New York Gtsette says: "Pre.
sident Johnson complains bitterly of
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