The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-17


the confinement, Of a girl under
eleven years OF age. The mother
and infant we're both we'll. The
dcctoE verified the age OF ths girl by
an inspection of the register of her
birth. This is probably the youngest
example on record, and we earnestly
hope it may continue to be so, for it
manifests q depraved precocity truly
tIamsntable. IS l,E
II Tm DEAD sLETTRRs. The Post
tmastere Generals report shows that
the number Of dead letters received
during the year was 4, 1914. Of
these 3. 995, ,066 were domestic letters,
and 1e7,G73 were foreign, and were
returned unopened to countries
whence they came; sos, ,169, in sums
from 81 upward, were found in
s18, $40 letters, most of which was re-
turned to the, owners. 'lr7 e
'FYe local. Of the Columbus Sun, in
reporting the recent early ina 1gura-
sti0n Sf Christmas sports in that burg,
says: Wo, dislike to acknowledge de-
feat even in q chicken fight, but the
truth of history must be vindicated.
South Carolina came off victorious,
and several Georgia roosters will
never again announce the dawning of
day. oE
Ia Clergyman having preached dur.
ing Lent, in small town in which he
had not once been invited to dinner,
said, in a sermon exhorting his
parishioners against being seduced
by the prevailing vices of the age,
81 have preached against every vice
but luxurious living, having had no
opportunity of observing to what ex-
tent it is carried on in this townr'
Thad. Stevens seat in the House
has been regularly assigned to Gen.
Butler The latter occupied it by
sufferance all of last session, for Mr..
Stevens always occupied seat near
the Speakers desk, but it is said that
Mr.. Stevens on his death bed, re-
quested that Mr.. Butler might retain
the seat, and his wishes have been
respected ~
Great Britain's population, accord
ing to the Registrar Generals re-
port, numbers 80, 369. 815, divided
thus: England, over 81, 600, 600; Scot
land, over 8, 600, 600; Ireland, over
5,000,0 900. The average daily increase
in England is 672, but from this is to
be deducted 217 day for emigra.
lion. * v g - ~
The Vicar of Windsor told all his
female practitioners and non-electors
to stay away from church the Sunday
Z before the election, so that there
might be room for the voters. to
whom he was to preach political
Q sermon. 1t would seem from this
that the electors were not in the ha-
bit of attending church regularly,
"A new use for wine was found in
the late fire at Navasota, Texas. Mr..
Gouvea, the famous Texas wine
maker, had So, 800 gallons in one of
his buildings, and it was used sue
cessfully in place of water to stop the
progress Of the fire.
A Montgomery County, Ohio, far
nner, who wished to give a lot for q
church ind burial ground, had the
deed made out 'to God Almighty,
His heir and assigns forever" and
the deed is 80 recorded.
A young German. of Milwaukee,
shot himself on Saturday, because an
expected remittance from "Father-
land" did not come. The remittance
came on Monday, in time to meet
the expenses of his burial.
The Major says the reason that the
young lady gave who first introduced
the Grecian bend at Saratoga, was
that she wished to have place on
which to rest her poodle dog, when
the dear little creature got tired.
1t being mentioned that members
of Congress, in order to ''retrench, "
intend giving up the franking privi-
lege, an exchange says, 'then the
millennium must be approaching"
The Southern Hotel, better kp own,
perhaps, as the Lafarge House, on
Brosdway, New York, was sold re-
Gently, in sections, realizing the ag-
gregate sum of 1868, 900.
A Kentuckian advertises for the
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