The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-05

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The weather has been SO fine in Minneso-
ia that the Legislature finds itself unable to
Keep quorum for more than an hour n
day. a--
handsome set Of plate has been pre-
sentcd to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln by the
admirers of her husband, ut Frankfort-op
the e-Main
Western farmer says he raises 400
bushels of potatoes to the acre, which would
be big thing if he didn't raise boys enough
to eat thcm all up.
man in st. Louis recently got married
on Tuesday, got the chills on "Wednesday,
wrote his will on Thursday, went mad on
Friday, and died on Saturday.
1t was wittily, but somewhat ungallantly
SAID, that woman is the very reverse of her
mlrror-the one reflects without talking,
and the other talks without rejecting
Francis [ having asked CASTELAR,, Bishop
OF Orleans, whether he was of noble extrac-
ton: "Sire," replied he, "Noah had three
sons IN the ark cannot say from which of
them l descended
Much excitement prevails ut the Oneida
community, in New York. on account of
the sudden disappearance of Eve of the
men and as many women, who are supposed
to have eloped together.
A Berkshire girl, says the Boston Post.
walked fourteen miles through the snow the
other day to marry q young man who
couldn't com, to her house for fear of six
shooter which the stern parent carried
The thriving city of San Francisco re-
Joices in six theatres, half dozen circuses
and about $50 dog fights nightly, not TO
mention the prize ring amusements which
are about as plentiful as blackberrics in the
month Of June.
In Huntsville, Ala, the other day, L sol
'lier by accident dropped set of silver
spoons from his pocket. He had confsca-
ted them that morning at his boarding
house. He admitted to having served in
the war under Butler.
MORE EARTHQUAKES. Slight shocks of
earthquakes have been disturbing the good
people of San Francisco for the last two or
three days The subtcrrancan powers over
there are perhaps getting ready for the
opening Of the Pacific Railroad.
Gen. Wade Hampton says: You cannot
go on to cotton plantation in Alabama,
now, without hearing the command, Sc
nator, start right smart to your cotton
picking, Judge, you go and bring my horse
around to the stoop;' or, Colonel. have Il
shoe put on that mule right along"
Sixty folio volumes are daily filled with
the accounts Of the Bank of England, and
eight book binders are constantly employed
in putting these volumes together The
number Of bank notes printed daily is
%, 900.
General Robert L. Lee has been elected
President of the Bible Society of Rock
bridge County, Virginia, and has issued
short address to tho citizens of that
County in behalf of the object of the So
InI, &c To E.,
County with copy of the Bible
A terrible warning to bachelors is the OK
perience of Henry Kincald, of Stafford
who having lived single to his fifty seventh
year, married girl of seventeen last fall,
and last week was consigned to the insane
asylum Mt Concord, N. 81.
A French chemist has invented a new way
OF preparing glass for mirrors. It is coated
With an exceedingly thin layer of platinum,
anu becomes, mysteriously, not only per-
feet mirror, but also remains so transparent
that it may still be used for windows.
General Rawlings recently dined with q
man who partook of wine rather freely, and
became talkative. Finally the latter said,
speaking of somebody: ooh, that mine en-.
emy would write n book" "Your enemy"
said Rawlings, pointing to the bottle. 'don't
write books"
midget of gold, worth $4,000, was re-
Gently mined out of tho bowels of the earth
in New South Wales. 1t was found near a
spot where, three weeks before, lump of
the auriferous, valued ut Sc, 900. was revealed
to the searchers. Let us go to New South
Wales.
lively vendetta is in progress in LaFay-
ettc County, Miss. The trouble arose about
the renewal of n note for $4,000, and now
half the whole neighborhood is hunting the
other Ealf, and three or four men have been
killed.
huge chiSnon saved ~ womans life in
Pittsburg, OH Wednesday. Some careless
boys were shooting pigeons, when bali