The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-19

& FuLH1nLINa AN AWFUL FAMILY DESTINY.
|. Me Henry johnson committed suicide
IAs Colebrook- Conn, on, Saturday.
| by shooting himself thrpugha the head
witha rifle, it is sssupposed while under
Ian alteration ofgmind. DO which heywas
| subject, and which seems to have bpen q
family inheritance. "a His grand. father,
father, mother, uncle, and brother, it
is said, were suicides, aud his wife, who
recently died, was subject to insanity.
He was about forty years of age, and
leaves one daughter.
INQUEST Coroner Whiting, on Satur-
day, held an inquest on the body of JAS.
7. Carroll, who was found dead at his
window. A post morten, examination by
DIR. R. Lebby, Jr., proved that he came
to his death from the effects of disease
of the heart, and verdict in accordance
with that fact was returned. Deceased
was. ut the time of his death, seventy
years of Charleston Courier.
DROWNED Saturday forenoon, two
colored laborers, at Rudisill's Mine, near
this city, Daniel Henderson and -
McCrea, were drowned. They were at
work in shaft which extended beneath
a former one which had been excavated,
when the water broke through from the
upper shaft into the one in which they
were engaged, submerging them almost
instantly. Charlotte Nv. C) Observer.
Ayouth named Jacob Harnish, seven
teen years old, deliberately out off his
foot, on Saturday last, in Lampeter
Township, Penn, and. when asked why
he did it, replied that we are told if our
hand or our foot offend us, we should cut
it of. He had struck three blows, and,
picking up the foot, hurled it some dis
lance from him. The mutilation proved
fatal.
A young man in Kentucky, who
couldn't raise money enough to get
married on the day appointed, stole q
horse, took it to Louisville, and traded
it off for clothes, and had the knot tied.
He has been in Jail ever since, having
been arrested just after the ceremony
was performed. he said it was just his
luck. Henever did succeed in the live
stock business.
In order that the merits of the sOld
Carolina Bitters" shall be fully tested,
and every person be benefited by them;
Mr.. Solomon will give it gratuitously
to such persons in ill health as are una
ble,.. from INDECENT circumstances, SC
purchase them.
LOSING POPULATION. N.-Cannda is losing
its population. The Canadian Govern
ment takes measures to encourage immi-
grafton to supply the deficiency, bnt the
i'm migrants do not remain there. Of the
53, 600 who landed there last year, only
13, 600 remain.
AN OLD CoNFEDERATR DEAD A Nom
phis despatch announces the death, on
the 4th inst, Of General Albert Rust, Of
Arkansas. He was o member of the
Confederate Congress-, and General in
the Confederate army.
An accidental fire destroyed the store
of Mr.. M. Kempner, "a merchant of
Augusta at Saw Dnst, on the Georgia
Railroad, on Friday last. Loss about
Sc, 600 on stock.
A young man at st. Louis neatly ampu-
tated his head with razor. lately, as a
remedy for the jim jams. It was effect
ual.
The Mayor of Fernandina, Fla.-who
is in the lumber business-was accident
ally caught by circular saw, a few days
ago, and killed.
The prohibitory liquor-law in New
York ie dead. On Sunday lager was sold
in the greatest abundance.
''Just the thingp' Such is the excla-
nation of the Dyspeptics who use Solo
MONS BIrTERs. MOI
The weak and emaciated mother SAYS
my health and strength is restored + 9
the use of" SoLoMoNs' BrrTEpe. N21
81 am strong and healthy, yet to pre-
serve my good condition." I use Solo
MONS BITTERs. N2l
ooh! what an excellent Tonic" ia the
langu age of the invalid who uses Solo
Mons BrrTERs. MI
FOUNTAIN OF HEALTH AND BEATTY -Pnrifa