The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-23
Ho,1nIITlrssLr DEArH.-Mr. John Brsm.

HoHHrsLE DEATH Mr.. John Bran.
lftfe was thrown, from mule, in. q field
rear Okolona, Mississippi, Saturday.
Eis leg was entangled in D trace chain,
dragging him distance of about half q
mile: tearing out his tongue andtwo ribs
he died the next day. ~
TiR Bear, the most venerable Of the
Comanche chiefs, having lived on buffalo
meat all his life. can't make up his mind
to eat corn meal. He is, therefore, teach
ing his people to cut their hoes into ar
row heads. ..---.-. ........-.-
The present Duke OF Wellington is said
to be one OF the most dissipated men in
England, prematureIy old and broken
down, without the ability of an ordinary
workman, and who has never in his life,
apparently accomplished anything.
A party of French journalists went out
to fight duel with pistols, the other day,
when friend kindly proposed that some
explosive ball of his invention should be
tried by the principals. This kind offer
was gratefully declined.
The steamboat Mary Powell reached
Poughkeepsie Friday evening" Mt 7:lO,
her time being three hours and forty
minutes from New York, including six
landings. This is the fastest seventy-
five mile run on record.
home missionary was askeI the
cause of his poverty. "Principally, +"
said he, with twinkle of the eye, ''be-
cause l have preached so much without
notes."
~ The Indians are reported to be down
on Grants Quakers. UNI cried Hole
in-the-Bottle, chief of the Arnpahoes,
"Quakers 40 good; bring water; no whis-
key"
The correspondence between Catharine
of Russia and Joseph II has recently
been published, at Vienna, and throws
new light upon the remarkable political
genius of the famous she-Csar. "a.
a young man named VIM. J, Hutch
inson died in Boston, on Friday Inst,
from the effects Of blow on the head
from base ball, which he received at n
picnic the previous day.
No less than twenty-four persons have
s'mysteriously disappeared" from New
during the past two weeks. One of these
is young lady of beauty and wealth.
The King Of Denmark attended a
meeting of the National Rifemen, in
Copenhagen, on Thursday, and express
ed his hope that soon the country would
be again reunited.
won't that boa-constrictor bite - ."
said little urchin to a Snowman
no, boy, he never bites, he swallers his
wittles whole"
Why is the Bank of England like
Windsor Castle? Because it has for a
long time been the abode of many Eng.
lish sovereigns.
The rush of immigrants into Kansas is
on the increase. Eighty thousand acres
of Potawatamie reservatit N lands have
been sold to actual settlers recently.
Freight cars laden in the. East were
yesterday. for the first time, trans.
ported across the MississippiRive at ST.
Louis, bound for points in the West
A Catholic priest has married in Cir
cleville, Ohio. He was promptly e1com-
municated.
The Southern Methodist Church has
SOB, 500 white and 2,OS5 colored mem
bers. " @:tr
Why should womankind in France be
considered insane? Because they are all
mad d-dames
Everybody complains Of his gas bill,
and yet it is light expense.
Williamsburg, L. l., has an "oldest in
habitant" aged 127.
How to meet man of doubtful credit,
tnke no note Of him.
Paper petticoats are made in London,
and sold for l2l. cents each.
Chicago has loafng population of
twenty-five thousand.
High words-Conversation on Mont
Blanc.
The largest ants in the world-Ele-
plants. .iag
Objects of interest-Seven-t -thirties.
Sisters of Charity-Faith and Hope.
Human progress-From pap to papa.