The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-24

euo ooiutuSs WHICH, was OW0eu DY
the Fifty Associates. about $50, 900
Ihe lire originated i'll the press room
Of Rand l. Avery.
Paul Schoeppe, who was twice convict
ed OF murder by poisoning, and kept in
lall Tor years with the sentence of death
hanging over him, aud who was, after
third trial, last summer, discharged, be.
gins lilo anew by leoturing on ''Science
IN Law" before u Philadelphia audience
II any mar can speak upon that subject
rom practical experience, it is Dr..
ochoeppe, as his conviction on tho first
Two trials was owing to the to itimony of
so-cnlled chemical expert, whose scien-
t'nc knowledge was shown mt his last
trlai to be that Of u charlutun, and alto
gethcr unreliable.
TRYING TO Stop THEN The following
cable despatch from Berlin, of the l3t i
INST, shows the desire of tho German
government to check emigration:
The Prussinn Government has issued
an oihs'al Cabinet decree, signed Itzenp-
lltz, Minister of Commerce, command.
ing, IN the name Of tho Emperor, the
trnss'nn railway companies to discon-
tlnue the practice of transporting emil
grant passengers, unless full rates of
charge are pril both for the persons AMI
baggage in transit.
NEW TKLEGRArHIC COMPANY 1t is
reported that new telegrnphic corn
pnny, III opposition to tho Western
Union. " i'll claim the attention and ia !,
Vors OF Congress; that it Is to have IL
oAplt"l Of $50, 600. 00O and to be pressed
on Congress IN connection with the postal
telegraph system, ana that prominent
among it's supporters in Congress is
Gen. Butler.
band of thirtysix n,askrd men hnve
thrown railroad train from tho track
and destroyed the telegraph wires be-
tween the towns of Ainans:. and Alba
cete, IN the Spanish province Of Murcia.
Armed bands Of supposed Republicans
have also appeared between Penaguila
and Benigloba, aud there are revelation
ary symptoms throughout tho whole pro-
vince of Valencia.
Long Island is obtaining bad charac
ter. The strange disappearance of Mr..
Van Doran, u weil-kuown citizen of
Brooklyn, for whom the most rigid
search proved Intellectual, has created
much alarm. taken in connection with the
d'snnpenrnn"" Of 90 @anJ icoi:!u ws.ou.
tue police Of Brooklyn and New York
have been unable to discover.
DEATH IN TIE GEORGIA LuNATIo
AsYLUM.-A man named Huncock, who
killed Riley Martin in Decatur County,
in May, 1866. and who was sentenced to
the penitentinry in 1900. and afterwards
removed to the Lunatic Asylum rs u
confirmed nlaniac, died in thnt insti!u-
ton on the 18th instant of dropsy.
TOBACCO OSE OF TIE CAUSES
slight parnlytic strcko experienced by
Senator Blair, last week, is attributed
by his physician to excessive labor dur.
ing the last session Of tho S nate and
too free use Of tobucco whilst coutinel
thereto. With rest, however, he thinks
he will soon be ablo to resume his duties
Miss Kate Barton, Young lady Of
Philadelphia, who has u peucllant for
practical mechanics. has invented HI i'm
prnvemcnt on sewing machines which
will adnpt them to the manufacture of
sails and other heavy gou,ls-somcthiug
heretofore impossible.
young man in Buffalo, who, while
taking care Of II horse, sick with the pre-
vaillng epidemic, received Il small nor
tion Of the virus in tho eye when the
horse suortcd. has lost the use of that
eye III consequence, aud will nlso lose
the use Of the other.
The large fire which occurred on Mon.
day night, III Brooklyn. was followed by
lamcntable consequences. While work
men were employed in pouring water
upon tho remnants of tho fire, a lofty
brick will, some seventy five feet high,
came down with fearful crash, killing
two men and injuring several others.
Mr. Probst, who has attained to the
dignity Of membership in the Peoria
poor house, has had two brothers, each
of whom was hanged for the murder OF
u whole family. The happy father " uen,
to his grave without Witnessing tho do
s:rnciion OF his family.
The President has already commenced
work upon his message, and therefore
will receive hnt few visitors before the
| meeting OF Congress.
There is widow in England, twenty
four years Of age. who enjoys an income
OF $3.50, 600 year. She has no other
incumbrnnce.