The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-13

AZ" "SSAe,A Uo vPoAeu TO bne pubic.
VIM: f. Fair, of Newark, has been
fined 81, 900 for using cancelled United
States revenue stamp.
The new comet can be seen, on clear
nights, with the naked eye, in the North
west part of the heavens.
An exchange insists that elf all human
beings are but worms. as the pious folks
tell rs, Grant must be stiH-worm, and
Schenck ring-worm."
we are glad to announce that the fish
ing at Ausauauvuotansong
Lake, in Oxford County. Me-, is reported
as first-rate.
Some one observed the other day that
matches were made in Heaven" Eyes"
answered wag, ''and they are often
dipped in the other place"
Cant" is spoken ten times where
''can" is once. That is the proportion
and the direction in which the world
drifts.
In Charleston, whenever q man is pro-
posed as candidate for two or more Of
fees, his supporters say that they are
going to "Corbinize" him.
At Lee, New Hampshire, on Tuesday.
Mr.. Crawford struck his son with nm
axe. The latter retaliated by putting L
load of buck-shot in his parent, who fell
dead.
81 say, Pete, when my little boy git
his hair cut, why ort dat to be regarded
as great phenomenon" "I don't
know, Bill" "Coz it am de 'clipse of de
SUM-"
Pine apples arc being cultivated in the
peninsula of Florida with the greatest
success. They are larger than those
grown In the West Indies, and fully
equal to them in sweetness and flavor.
A. marriage took place in Leominster,
Mass, last week, in which the bride
groom was seventy-two years of age, and
had lost three wives, and the bride is
sixty'two, and had lost three husbands.
"Mary," said one girl to another, 'can
you make up your mind to marry that
odious Mr.. Snuff?" "Why, my dear
Julia" was the reply, "Idon't know, but
L might take him ut pinch"
The common notion that the Friends
are dwindling away is incorrect. During
the last year, the Orthodox branch Of
the society alone received about l. 500
new members, whilst large numbers nre
added to the Hicksites.
A Houston saloon-keeper was sur
prised to see u barrel of his whiskey ex-
plode when q burning match was thrown
near it the other day, blow his shop
to pieces, pitching him out, he win
dow and killing his son.
The man in the moon is a spiritual
medium. He takes four horns in the
course of month, and is full couple
of nights. By-the-way, talking of spirit
ual matters, when q man is "full. isn't
he generally foolish?
Another young girl isreported missing
In New York. Her name is Azein Pu-
trim, only seventeen, and very beautiful.
She left Montreal for New York on the
10Th of June, and has not since been
heard Of
Mary j. Anderson, an interesting
young lady OF eighteen years, died at
her fathers residence. Adams street,
Brooklyn, on Tuesday, from the effects
of injuries received while she was firing
u pistol on the 5th.
A gentleman who had drowned but
terhy IN whiskey, so as to preserve it,
was demonstrated with by young lady
for his cruelty. Another lady present
remarked that she did not think it was at
all cruel, for it had died in such good
spirits.
On certain occasion when DR.. Bald
win was in the act of baptizing a man,
the, latter's dog leaped into the stream,
and swan after him. At once the boys
set up shout. But the doctor silenced
them by saying. ooh, that we all would
be as faithful to our Master as this dog
is to his!''
Two colored girls, rather prepossesing,
both mistresses of the same man, hnd a
terrific fight with sticks near Dresden,
in Weakly County, Tennessee, in which
one killed the other. The survivor is in
o critical condition. The cause of the
disturbance. n young man named Go
bert, has been arrested.
"What is dollar?" asks the Chicago
Republican. Well, do you mean bond
holder 8 dollar or a common mans dol
lar? A bond holders dollar means, we
suppose. 100 cents; but the common
mans dollar, say sixty or sixty five
cents. Never forget, when you talk
about dollars, to say whose dollars you
mean. 1t will prevent confusion of lam
guage and ideas.