The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-14

any confidence in women, and be has
presented bill for removing furniture.
It is curious fact among our hat and
cap manufacturers that different locali-
ties use different sizes of hats and caps
| as standard sizes. Boston and the East
ern States use the smallest Sizes, New
York and the Middle States use the me-
dunn to largest sizes, and Chicago and
! the Western States require the largest
sizes. Goods manufactured for one mar
ket cannot be sold for the other, only in
exceptional casce The South use a
shape peculiar to themselves and Of
large size.
Brick Pomefoy and Mr.. Purcey Allen
Leonard are now about the only nyaila-
bic Presidential candidates left to the
Republican party. It's true that Brick
Poneroy has nude more Republican
votes than any man living. but, then.
Purcey Allen Leonard shoots his bro
thers-in-law
J. J. Dickinson, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Marianna County, Florida, was
murdered on the night Of the Sd. A CO.
lored man has been arrested on suspi-
cion. The deceased had made himself
particularly unpleasant to ono and nll.
He was native Of Vermont.
A jury of inqnest was held, last Sun
dny, over the body of an infant, found
dead on tho plantation of NInjor z. a.
Drake, near Purnnssus Church, in this
County. It's throut wns cut, the head
being nearly severed from tho body.
The mother Of the child, according to
her own confession. wns the perpetrntor
of the foul deed Marlboro Times.
Expensive tennis nre now the fashion
able agouy in New York. a man il no
longer satisfied with driving one horse
or two, but must strain his nerves and
ruffle his temper with three, four, or half
dozen.
G. D. Hnyne, Commissioners Of Elec-
tions for Barnwel County, has been
turned over to tue May term of tho
court, on the charge Of tampcring with
the ballots at the recent Congressional
elections.
On Tuesday of last week. Miss Gnssie
Henry. danghter of DR.. N. Henry, Of
Due West, died of an attack of congcs.
tion. About 8 o'clock p. NJ, she was
taken suddenly i'll, and suffered greatly
for just twenty-four hours.
Tie election for Intendant and War
dens Of the town of Sumter resulted as
follows: Intendant-E. G. Green. War
dens-L. P. Lorin, A. w. Suder, G..
Richardson, J. Z. Suares.
The following is the result OF the
election for town officers of Yorkyille:
1ntendant- G. Harris. Wardens
Jonathan B. Williams, Col. Robert NJ.
Kerr, William P. Hobbs, Richard J.
Withers.
VERY TRUE. A negro orator in New
York. in eulogizing the colored troops
who fought in the late war, declared
proudly that they were never known to
lose their colors. We should say not.
No matter what the terror in their hearts,
they never blanched. No, sir.
A house older than the State OF Ten
ncssee was blown down by recent storm
at Nashville. It was built of cedar logs,
and had numerous loop-holes for the
protection of it's pioneer inmates against
the savages. The timber vas found to
be as sound as when first cut down.
Edgefield is again in Democratic
hands. The following town officers were
chosen at the election on Monday last:
Intendant-B. G. Bryan; Wardens-A.
A. Glover, w. F. Durisoe, Jr., A. ).
Norris, ". II. Brunson.
''Solidified beer" is the latest thing.
It is lager concentrated in the way they
do it to milk, so that man can carry
enough in his vest pocket to ruin tenn
perance society.
Another horrible murder is reported
in Ulster County. n. Y. man named
Terwilliger murdered his mother on Sat
urdny, by choking her TO death, and,
having hidden her body in his cellar,
burned his house to conceal his crime.
The post Office nt McConnellsville, OH
the Kings Mountain Railroad, has been
re-opened by order of the Post Office
Department, and Mr.. a. T. Lindsay ap-
pointed postmaster.
Orlando T. Irving, printer employed
on the Louisville Courier Journal, com
mitted suicide in that city on the 2Sth
ult., by taking hydrate OF chloral
Mr.. John Markley, OF Greenville, died
at that place on tho 9Th Of April, after
lingering illness.
c. W. WIECKING,
CORNER KING AND SOCIETY SIS,
CHARLESTON. s. c..