The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-14

I know OF an instance where a fashion.
able dress-maker in New York urged an
economical young girl, about to be mar
ried. to buy of her costly trousseau, or
wedding outfit. f'But have not the
money" said the maiden. "No matter" Z"
said the complainant tempter, "I will
wait four years, and send in the bill to
your husband by degrees. Many ladies
do it." Fancy the position of pure
young girl. wishing innccently to make
herself beauriful in tho eyes Of her hus-
band, and persuaded to go into his house
with trick like this upon her con-
science.
A clergyman in Iowa has succeeded in
immortalizing himself by preaching the
following sermon at n funeral in Cedar
Rapids: 'The Bible snys, In the begin
ming was the word, and tho word was
with God, and the word was God;' but
it little, and say, In the beginning
was the devil, and the devil was with
whiskey, and the devil was whiskcy, >
and whiskey was the cause of this mans
death"
a buxom young lady of PeEin, illinois,
few days since, secured divorce from
dOA ohAto i1uoOnldJ ullNA III SCfCu
later had started on bridal tour to tho
East with her fourth husband. The
most remarkable circumstance connected
with the matter is that the counting, pro-
posal and marriage Of No. 4 wero accom-
plished within the time stated.
Michael Brown, resident Of Cam
bridge, Ind went to Connersville, in
that State, last week, for tho purpose of
being married e. \ Miss Catharine Fla.
negan. While thu preparations for the
ceremony were in progress, he suddenly
complained of illness, and died at 9
o'clock on the samo night Verify, Sin
the midst Of life we are in dcath!"
Why do you not admire my daughter?
said q proud mother to gentleman
Because, lie replied, 1 am no Judge OF
paintings. But surely. replied the lady,
not in the least disconnected by this rude
reflection, you never saw an angel that
was not painted.
Mrs. Lydia Ingalls,, of Lynn, Mass.
aeventy-one years old. while going into
tho cellar with kerosene lamp, acci-
SO badly burned that she lived but two
hours. She was very fesly, weighing
240 pounds.
On the day the news of the Prussian
victory arrived, it is said there were only
two Germans in America but were tight
on lager. One lives in Cincinnati, and
was arrested the day before for being
drunk, and the other lived in st. Louis.
He was buried that day.
A contemporary says: "To obtain q
good nights sleep, sponge the entire
length of the spine in hot water for ter
or fifteen minutes. This will reduce the
circulation. quiet the nervous system,
and induce sleep better than any drug .
The State debt of Louisiana has
! grown, under carpet-bag hands, from
Sl2, 100000 to S18,000,O0O, and the
taxes have increased to five aud half
per cent, touching tho limits of con.
| fiscation."
Two colored Nimrods on Bayou st.
John, the other day, shot at a bird
through tho bushes, and brought down
an unsuspecting fisherman, who was
fixing his lines for a days sport
The New York !Sun says the over.
whelming defeat of General Grants ad
! ministration in North Carolina fore.
shadows its downfall in all the former
slave holding States.
cage, containing twelve miners, was
precipitated to the bottom of q 200 feet
shaft in mine in Pottsville, Pa, on the
10th. Six were instantly killed and the
balance badly wounded.
Deaths in New York for the week end.
ing on Saturday, were 5,00O-an increase
of 1000 over the corresponding week OF
last year.
Tony Howell, laborer on tho plan to.
tion of Mr.. Jacob Stroman, in Orange
burg County. was killed by lightning, on
the 5th.
Nitro -glycerine has been in use but
five years, yet over 1,700 persons have
been killed or manned by it.
Greenville Female College.