The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-06

night last, while o party Of young
people were celebrating All-HalloW
Eve with games. the girlsyent into a
neighboring field to procure cabbage.
and were hfed upon by the owner.
holomew o O'Donneli, maj, abont
sixty years of ago. and Miss Bridget
l.-. ~ -.a.rs.gs, ..s, 5es Boston, WIS killed, the
ball passing through her head and
causing death in an honr. O'Don-
nell. when arrested, had on q large
cavalry sabre and large navy re-
volver, with two barrels discharged.
A remarkable longevity in the Stet-
son family at Durham, Mass, is
noted. They arc six brothers, Elisha
Stetson. 80 years old; Stephen, IT;
Isaac, rs; David, 20; Charles, 66: and
Nathaniel. Ga. This gives an aggregate
age for the six of 432 years, or an ave
re ge of ~ years. All are we'll. They
were all born in Durham. Their father
lived t" be SS years old, and their
mother 80 years.
The wife of Democratic aspirant
for some local Office at Trenton, N. j.,
IS busily canvassing in his behalf, and
as she Is ''fnt. fair and forty" she OBJ
tains many promises of votes. An
other lady, out in Wisconsin, delivers
street addresses in behalf of her hus-
band and the Republi ,an party, and
closes her performances with q cam
paign song.
A German artisan, upon his sign,
thus describes in single word, his
business-namely: "Hinterindung
svertterliegewehrpatronenhilsmfabri
canterbeitenchef." Rendered into
English, he is "Manufacturer-in-
chief of cartridge-rockets for the Vet
teril breech- loading rifle"
The little son of Brooklyn tailor
was saved from drowning by work
man, at the risk of his life. While
tho dripping preserver placed the boy
IN his parents arms, in II gush of gra-
titnde the father offered to ''iron out
his clothes if he would send them
along"
Correspondence from Rome sug-
gests that the fall of Queen Isabella
will be a sad blow to the Papal Gov
ernment, considering that under her
reign $1,000 were sent to Rome daily
as st. Peters pence. In these hard
times, even Government cannot
well miss such contribution.
A lady. in crowd of children in
France, being bitten by a mad dog,
held on to the animal till he could
bc secured. and thus saved the lives
of the others. For this bravery, the
government has given her q gold
medal, her life happily being spared.
At recent baptism in the Platte
River, near Rochester, Missouri, q
man named Stephens died suddenly,
as he was being carried up the bank.
1t is supposed that he had the heart
disease, and was fatally chilled by
the complete immersion.
The London streets, placed in q
single straight line, would reach as
far rs from Liverpool to New York.
It takes 100000 street lamps to
illumine the city at night.
The Pacific Railroad is employing
an army of fence-builders, fences
being necessary to keep the animals
off the track.
40 ~ SoPPSi LhldO III oHCocu
so valuable that its owner has recent
ly refused an offer of $4,000, 900 for
it.
Herds Of buffalo, according to let
ter: writer's. dispute the passage of
trains on the Kansas Pacific Rail
road.
Three girls joined hands and Jump
ed off London bridge recently,
committed suicide in company.
Christian G. Gunther, one of the
Oldest merchants in New York, died
on Saturday.
At Canton, China, the Catholics
are building cathedral which will
cost 100000.
The conscience fund of the United
States now amounts to more than
one hundred thousand dollars.
There were $50 marriages and 213
births in New York city, last week.
Watering places that remain open
all winter-the mouths Of milk-cans.
FINE NORTHERN APPLES
lust received and for sale at McKEN-
~ ZlES Confectionery, Greenfeld's
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