The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-14
FIRE IN THE COUNTY. gin house
used by Henry NJ. Smith and p. B. Nor
tyon npor tho Sro RI n N b,rp Road cbonf

used by Henry NJ. Smith and p B. Nor
gan, near the Spartanburg Road, about
eleven miles from Greenville G. H., on
the place formerly owned by n. Morgan,
deceased, was consumed by fire on Sun
day morning last. The house was dis
covered to be on fire about daybreak,
and was entirely consumed. The loss is
considerable, as there was quantity of
seed cotton and lot of bagging in the
gin. Nothing was saved, as it was too
late when found out. Smith and Nor
gan lost nearly their entire crops. it all
being hauled to the gin and not packed.
1t is thought to have been set on fire.
t GreemriRe Enterprise.
A painter, who fell in Milford, N. H.,
on the I'd instant, from n staging to the
ground, distance of sixty feet. struck
'npon his head with such force rs to
break fat stone, over an inch in thick
ness, into several pieces. fractured 'iis
skull, broke both legs above the knee,
dislocated one hip, and shivered the
bones of one of his elbows to atoms.
Nevertheless, he was conscious when
taken up, was still alive at last accounts,
and bis physicians think it possible that
he will recover.
A PRopHET. private letter received
~ Washington from q prominent Gov
erpment omcial in New York, contains
crash will OCCUR in Wall street, which
will equal in its disastrous consequences
the effects of the recent Fish Gould gold
conspiracy. The writer further says,
values generally have downward ten
dency, and thinks that specie payments
may be reached without difficulty before
the 1st OF July next.
PREMIUM LIST ENLARGED. CT
nouncement made last week that the
Farmers Association designed holding n
Fair ut this place on Thursday and Fri
day, the 25th and 26tb, has awakened
considerable interest upon the subject,
and through the grent libcrality of our
citizens, the Executive Committee are
enabled TO enlarge and extend the pre-
MUM list, SO rs to include nearly every
thing likely to be exhibited
anderson IntcHigence,.
A man named McGill, residing at Car
ter's Greek, Tennessee, got bcastly drunk
on Tuesday night, retired to bed, cover
ed his head over with blankets, md was
shortly smothered to death. He was
found dead "Wednesday morning, with
the blankets clinging clola''7rebout his
head. He was about thirty years of
age, finely educated, and tam LIT school
for livelihood.
Il Small pox has become epidemic among
the Gros Ventres Indians. and 500 have
died. The roads are strewn with bodies,
and some of the affected blow their
brains out with their revolvers. They
demand, it is said, that the Indian Agent
shall act as mediator for thom with the
Great Spirit
A mob at Richmond Ky, on Monday
morning took Frank Scarey, who some
days ago killed Mr.. Bergin, from the
Jail and hung him, putting q card on his
back, saying that he must hang there
until Z o'clock p. IN. The body was still
hanging when the stage left in the even
ing.
Grant is accused of smashing any
quantity of toes Mt the Philadelphia
wedding. He has got II foot like fiddle
box.
A child in Macon County, Ky, has
been born without II tongue, but sad to
relate, it is boy. But mistakes will
happen.
The Providence journal tells of IN nc
count recently filed in the city on sheet
Of paper los feet long. The filing was
done by rolling.