The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-08

utbb6AY prepare lOr Sea.
Suits In eieotment have been brought
in the Sumter District Court for the An
dersonviIle Cemetery property. Judge
ed by the Government to defend these
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,i'E ''tiNL afiDomestic News.
SAGaKiv1I11fE, : N. B., October 1.-The
storml Monday might was tremendous.
The tidal wave flooded the low grounds.
Thousands OF cattle were destroyed. The
dykes on the marshes are all gone. The
bridges throughout the country have
been destroyed. The damage to this
small parish is estimated at $1,000, ,000.
BANGOR, Me, October IA letter
from the telegraph manager at Calais,
Me-, says, eve are in terrible state
here. The lines, both ways, are flat on
the ground and covered with trees and
buildings. The damage to vessels and
buildings is very great. Eastport is re-
ported to have been nearly demolished
The water in the Penobscot has risen to
the high spring mark. The booms are
broken and millions of feet of logs have
gone by the city. A large gang of men
having been sent down after them, it is
hoped that most Of them will be picked
up"
New YORK, October 1.-THE Tribune
Eldridge's friends will favor delay, as
his chances are improving daily. John
sons friends are working hard, and feel
confident.
BALTIMORE, October THE Democra-
tic Convention assembled to-day. No
thing done beyond considering creden-
tials. .,
RICHMOND, October THE Legisla-
ture adjourned, after reading the Go
vernor's message. The Governor, in his
message, expressed his conviction that
the Legislature would ratify the fifteenth
amendment voluntarily, and even if it
were not q requisite to admission. He
recommended the appointment at this
session of the standing committees, in
view of the fact that our educational and
judiciary system must be remodeled and
placed in harmony with the Constitution !;
and that internal improvement demands
the gravest consideration.
ALEXANDRIA, October 7.-Grabcolta
shot his wife dead, to-day-cause jeal-
ousy.
CHARLESTON, October 7.-Arrived-
steamer J. w. Everman, Philadelphia;
bark Inventa, Stockholm; brig NJ. NJ.
Francis, New York; schooners Thomas
Booze, Philadelphia; Grace Girdlur,
Boston; Wenonah, Baltimore. Sailed
steamer Charleston, New York.
Lucy Stone said good thing in the
Woman's Convention at Chicago, to wit:
''Some mean coward says if women vote
they should fight. Now, she would ask,
who perils her life when the soldier is
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until he is capable of finding his own ra-
TONS"
A baggage master at Cleveland, while
enjoying himself jamming up trunks, had
a hole bored in his leg by gun in one of
the trunks he had tossed overheard
They handle baggage mighty careful
there now.
Another use has been found for dead
dogs. A seven year old boy fell over
board from n canal boat last Wednesday,
but saved his life by clinging to the car
cass of dead dog which was floating on
the water until help arrived.
The Richmond JFAig says: A large Sc
cret society of colored voters, bound to-
gether by an oath that they will vote for
no one for Office except colorcd men, is,
we hear, in existence in this city, and it's
membership is rapidly increasing.
At Stockholm, Sweden, when sewer
was dug recently, the hull of vessel was
found eleven feet under ground, which is
estimated TO have been there about 300
years.
."This world is all q feeting show" "
said sheriff to n culprit on the eallows "
eyes," was the prompt reply. "but If
you have no objection, I'd rather see the
show little longer"
A German lady in Chicago claims to
have the largest pearl in the world. It ia
said to be oval, about two inches long.
and 80 valuable that no one in the coun.
ry can purchase it.
Mrs. Myra Bradwell, of Chicago, who
edits q law journal there, is about to be
admitted to the bar. She will practice
law in partnership with her husband.
Only fifteen dollars for a divorce in