The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-14
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Alice Kingsbury, well known "a couple O
years back as an actress, now manages a farm
near Aurora, Ind.
Western contemporary announces tha
Senator Sprague inherited one-half of til,
State of Rhode Island from his father, ant
the other half he ha sacquired since
During the last year the Chicago polio,
arrested nineteen constables. and then failet
10 capture all the rogues there ale among
them. ~
st. Louis despatch states that the repor
is untrue that Gen. Blair is engaged in fit
ting out q Cuban fiibnstering expedition, a.
he is spending 'qniet time" in his home il
that city.
Gen. Spinner, the Treasurer of tho United
States, Is said to handle moro money annual
ly than the banks Of England and France
combined.
Cleveland Ans woman who has been
married seven times in eight years Two OF
her husbands are dead. The other five
from four OF whom she was divorced, still
hive. Her daughter, now seventeen, has
been twice married and twice divorced
In Horry, on saes-duy, the Sheriff sold
several tracts OF land. ranging from five
cents to one dollar and half per acre. Some
Virginia and North Carolina traders were
present.
The carrying tratse on the lakes has be-
come immense. By statistics given in tho
Detroit Postit appears that during the year
1868 there we're 13l steamers, 172 propellers,
267 tugs, 1,GA2 sailing vessels, and 81 barges
plying on the lakes. The aggregate tonnage
WINS 689, ,3a3, and the total value was $s23, ,O33,-
0O0 OF this fleet ratker more than fifth
In number of sail and in value, but less than
n fifth of the tonnage, was Canadian.
''Jennio June" the fashion correspondent
otherwise Mrs. Croly-says that when re-
quested to respond at q Sorosis- Press dianer,
she told her husband that she was afraid she
wonid break down but he replied, ,"When
you blow me up you never break down, {"
and she was thus encouraged to mako the
required response
Sir Nenelm Digby of England wrote to
Gov. Winthrop, the second, of Massachu-
setts, In the eighteenth century, and recon-
mended the following cure for the agne ::
Pare the patients nails, put the parings in
n little bag round the neck Of live eel, and
pct him IN a tub of water the eel will die
and the putient will recover
The New York Sun learns that Comno-
dore Vanderbilt recently hada "a narrow escape
from death. Going to closet he seized a
bottle and drank portion of its contents,
without examining it. TIE liquid burned
his mouth and he spit it out. 1t turned out
to be II deadly bedbug poison. The Com
modorc's face was severely lsurned, but be-
you'd this no injury WAS received
1t is stated that one inch in depth of r,>in
falling on an acre of ground will amount in
all to 226. eos imperial gallons, or about 100
toEs in weight. The quantity of rain under
consideration is 6,272, $40 cubic inches, and
the imperial gallon weighs ten pounds avor-
dupois, and is of the capacity of 277, sT4
cubic inches.
Tho Lansensville Herald! soys: 'sOn Mon
day last, the following real estate sales oc-
CURED: Assignee of Aaron Wells sold lot Mt
Cross Hill, containing eleven acres, with
store and dwelling, for $3.50 cash. Colonel
Jones, Sheriff, sold for United States Mar
shal, three locomotives, two coaches. five
box cars, &c, the rolling stock of the Lau-
rens Railroad Company, foE $S, SOO at the
suit of A. M. Rrodie and Johu ". ii Ar
mold; his Excellency Governor r. X. Scott,
the purchaser, and Mr.. Joseph Crews, the
bidder. Captain Richardson, Clerk of the
Court, sold as follows: Estate of - Jones,
tract continuing 32o acres, $1,000; 425
acres, $3.50; 164 acres; $4,000; terms, one
and two years. Estate Of Hosea Mahaffey,
100 acres, $400; six months time. Estate
of Samuel Spakes. forty acres, S155, cash. +"
In the House of Commons, Hon. Robert
Lowe, chancellor of the exchequer submit
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