The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-15
The hotel and buildings at Bently

some thirty miles from the city, on
the Northern Central railway, caught
fire from some unknown cause earlyl
on Saturday morning. Being mostly
constructed of wood, they, together
with the furniture contained in them.
were In short time almost entirely
consumed.
Anew Hampshire editor who has
been keeping record of big beets,
announces at last that "the beet that
beat the beet that beat the other beet
is now beaten by beet that beats all
the beets, whether the original beet,
the beet that beat the beet, or the
beet that beat the beet that beat the
beet that beat the beet"
On Friday last, negro named
Thomas Ryan was hanged in Will
liamston. Mertin County, N. c., for
the brutal murder of young man
by the name of Legget, clerk ut
GAINESVILLE. The murdered mans
offence consisted in having refused to
sell the negro liquor.
PERSONAL. August Belmont, the
Chairman of the Democratic Nation
al Committee. spent election day in
this city, not even casting his vote
for Seymour and Blair. He probably
thought it was asking n little too
much of him to help Frank to the
Neutrality-suspicious. Ne,cs.
DECENTRALIZATION OF THE PApAL
ARMY.-A cable despatch from Lon
don informs us that tho Heterogeneous
gathering of men known as the Pope's
army in Rome is rapidly becoming
demoralized. Descrtions in large
numbers are becoming more and
more frequent.
Grant was great even in boyhood
at breaking horses. But Prentice
thinks that never before did he be-
stride so vicious nag as radicalism.
We will wait and see whether the
man breaks the nag or the nag the
man. or each the other.
Now that the election is over.
Southern papers are beginning to
serve up dishes of spice and fun.
The New York Herald thinks that is
the best way to take defeat and dis
appointment.
The city of Galena forms two town
ships, East and West, and General
Grants residence is on the East side.
This gives twenty-eight Republican
majority, while the West side gives
twenty Democratic majority.
The Memphis Appeal INDUCES in
big headlines over the election,
among other things circulating,
''Sound the Loud Timbrel DER all
Tennessee, Leftwichs elected, the
Eighth District is free
Brigham Young meaus to educate
the young Mormons to read only in
the .'Deseret Alphabet" so that their
minds may not be contaminated by
wicked books of Gentle authorship.
1t is said that, although the cleo
tion is over, Butler and Fitzpatrick
still cherish mutual and deadly hos
tility. The world would be none the
worse off if Xii. were to kill Butler,
and Butler were to kill Xii.
A man at Tillers, France, nearly
killed himself by drinking eighty
four cups of coffee for wager. A
cup of strong salt and water, poured
down his throat in time, saved his
life.
A justice in Buffalo recently de-
cided that umbrellas are property,
and sentenced man to the penitcn-
tiary for thirty days for stealing one
of those useful articles.
Every laboring man has 10 work
two and half days each week to pay
the taxes on what he eats and wears
during the time. The "bcst Govern
mcnt on earth.
A reverend gentleman in Wiscon-
sin has got into trouble with one of
the ewes of his flock, and an irate
husband is chasing him, not with
pistol, but with a warrant.
GREENvILIE. E.-Intendant-Dr. w.
Il. Jones. Wardens-Dr. s. S. Mar
shall, DIR. A. d. Hoke, DR.. j. II.
Dean, T. c. Cover, o. A. Pickle, N.
Whitmire.
The Hartford Post asks if it ought
not to "give God the glory for the
election. To which the Norwich
AdreriiSe7' responds: "No, no-'give
the devil his due"
a LONG TRAMr. Two men have
arrived in Richmond. who claim to
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