The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-27

a handsome young woman, an alleged
widow, is Euoch Ardening New Yurk
with SUCCESS She gets q mau to Gu
gage 10 marry her aud settle on herlin
adVance 80 much money; then her first
husband rushes In, with long beard and
revolver. aud that ia the last Philip
Sny ever sees of the widow and the set,
tlement.
Ayonng theological student, not for
from Boston, recently invited yonGg
answer to the in vitation was in this wise:
III you come as q temporary supply,'
l must decline the invitation. I ain
only heariug regular cnndidates.'" He
didu't supply.
Some Of the people up in Michigan
can't see Why it is that they. don't get
their mail matter regularly. Six towns
IN the State are named Sherman, Ave
Grant, i've Sheridan. four Colfax aud
thirty two more have but sixteen names
among them.
The most popular man in Vienna, is
said to be the Turkish nabob KuIilpu.
cha. This is accounted for by the fact
that recently ut fete which cost $40. 900,
numbers of cold pheasants we're served
ut supper. Servants picked out the
birds eyes and laid them on ladies' nap
kins-they were emeralds.
A candidate for constable. on the tenn.
perance ticket, in an interior city of
Massachusetts, ruined his reputation for
sobriety and his chances for political
promotion, by attempting to step on a
load of hay. which he rnistook for
sire ct Car.
Two young girls, sisters, OF Lynch
burg, Va, gave birth, almost simnltane-
onsly. the other day, to children, fruits
Of illicit love- Both died in nhild-birtb,
and in their dying statements implicated
two prominent c,rIzsus III lnoir seduc-
ton. Both men were arrested.
Two men having arranged 10 6ght
duel i'll Rhode Island, the Governor
i4suel proclamation forbidling it.
whereupon ono of tho parties sent him
note ga, ing that one OF them would
stand in Connecticut and the other in
Massachusetts, aud shoot over his mis-
ernble little State.
A gentleman from London lately. in
making IL return of his income to the tax
commissioners, wrote on the paper:
For the last three years my income has
been somewhat under Gl50; in future it
will be more precarious. AS the man is
dead Of whom borrowed the money"
Emulating the notoriety lately gained
by Mount Washington, Vesnvins is to
have railway to its summit; and before
long we shall probably hear of patty of
foreign scientific gentlemen providing
for their crater comforts in winter So
journ there.
The friend of young couple in Illi-
nois, who desired to elope, gave con-
cert in school.house. for their benefit.
which realized Eve Collars. and with this
they started
The ''meanest man" in Central Illi-
nois is q farmer living. near Decatur.
He discharges his laborsrs Saturday
night. and charges them for lodging and
board over Sunday.
Covered Dishes. Soup Tureens. Bute
ter Dishes and Pitchers, at very reduced
prices, to close out entire stock Of crock
cry, at D. Q. Peixotlo & Sons.
Such is the dread of smallpox at the
West, that one OF the papers there sug-
gested that the State arms be vaccinated.
At recent bnll fight in Madrid, three
horses and two male performers weIe
killed.
A good-sized jack-knife and several
nails were recently found in the stomach
Of q Connecticut COW. Rather hard fare.