The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-11

EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF A
CoIr. Robert Bonner's Bogart colt,
Eve years old, by ''Major Winefeld," has
just made, to a road wagon. half mile
in 1.11}eep> To light sulky, with John
Murphy, the well-known horseman, he
made o mile in 2.191a, which is the best
time on record for five-year old. The
colt is blood bay, fifteen and a-half
hands high; is grandson of 'Hamble-
tonian," out of high bred Kentucky
mare. Bonner paid $4,000 for him,
after many good judges of horses had
refused to take him on account of his
heing "over" in the knees.
sSANTANTA Our AaA1N.-It turns out
that Santanta, Chief of the Kiowas and
the terror OF the white settlers on the
plains, is not dead after all, as reported
q few days ago, but is alive and on the
war-path against the whites. This fellow
is regarded by the military officers on the
frontier as the greatest devil of all the
warriors in that region. Years ngo, he
was doomed to such mercy only rs the
wolf should receive.
Last Wednesday night man by the
name of Sidener, was beset by two men
with loaded pistols, who took him out of
Fayette County into Scott, KY, where
they attemptedsto force him to marry a
young lady, whose name he did not learn.
They threatened to kill him if lie did
not marry her. Sidener said he would
die,frst, After that decided declaration
he was released.
The Right Rev. Bishop Lynch left
here yesterday morning. for Rome, with
the best wishes of his own flock, and his
other numerous friends in Charleston.
The Very Rev, DIR. Birmingham, Vicar
General, is Administrator of the Diocese,
during his absence. Charleston Courier.
ACCIDENT ON THE RAILROAD. the
up-frain was passing near Mr.. Gist's,
q colored woman in attempting to pull n
child off the track, was struck by the
engine, and 30 much injured that there
was little hope of her recovery when the
train left her. .-Spartanburg Spartan.
The concession for the proposed cable
between Belgium and the United States,
was'signed in Paris Saturday by the Bel
gian Minister. The cable is to be laid
between Ostend and ''some point be-
tween Maine and Georgia" by m Ame-
rican company.
Otis Tufts, prominent and wealthy
citizen of Boston, the inventor of the
oloVhtoI, now SO BcucEuilG III USE, uEOp-
ped dead in that city on Friday night, OF
heart disease. and was found lying on the
sidewalk.
There were two suicides in Philadel-
phia, yesterday. viz: John Smith, aged
twenty-seven, by hanging, and Cathe-
rine Sullivan, aged thirty-live, by lau-
danum.
DEATH FROM CHAMBERS. s.-Mr. Thomas
b. Eubank, worthy young citizen of
Amherst County, Va, died on Friday
last, of glanders. The disease was COM
municated by horses OH his plantation,
near Peaiar Mills.
Famine is again making fearful havoc
in India. In the Punjaub, deaths from
starvation are frequent; in Delhi, food
has risen TO four times its usual price; in
Ajmere and some OF the States of Raj
pootana, the suffering is dreadful, 1000
deaths being reported in ak weeks in
GwaIioralove.
An Englishman has memorializcd the
British Museum, soliciting funds for the
exploration of Mount Ararat. AS an in
auoement TO the Museum to comply with
his request, he exploits the probability
of the recovery of portions of the ark.
Charles Nolan. residing in Carrollton,
Michigan, who had separated from his
wife, paid her a~visit on Sunday, aud
shot her dead. He then shot himself in
the head, but ut the last account WIS
alive, though he will probably die.
If you have Dyspepsia, use "Solomons'
Strengthening and Invigorating Bitters. !"