The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-26

DEATH OF A Policeman Private
Thomas Busier.f one of tic regulars of
the police force, died yesterday, at half
past AZ o'cleck, at his home, in King
street, between Broad and Tradd streets.
!5utier was very efficient member of the
force.-CAarleston Courier.
There: are thirteen shot-guns. with
women at their butt ends. prowli7,0
around the Western States, looking fu1
truant husbands, and their panpbtv
feminine companions. /, Thunder, from
the West may be expected soon. ~
Pass him around-one J. q. Simon
son, with the prefix .'of Major, WHO
Chains TO be a correspondent. OF the New.
Ilh Eoen'ng journal, aud ia pronounced
oy tue Savannah Republican a dead heat
and swindler Of the first water. : i :
The goat teams OF Chicago arc suc-
cess and az they eat newspapers, il
doesn't cost much to feed them. A single
copy OF the Chicago Times satisfies an
average William goat for twenty four
hours.
The death OF General John F. Sale.
the most famous OF lawyers addicted to
the defence or, prosecution Of criminals
that have appeared in Memphis, is an
nounced In the papers Of that Sity.' He
was nearly fifty.
The captain and mate OF the brig Carl.
tried ut Sidney, Australia, for the mur.
der OF number Of Polynesian n, tiyes.
whom they kidnapped to seli into slave.
ry,, have been found guilty and sentenced
to be hanged.
The German Government has nro.
missed to give all the moral and diplo-
matte aid IN it's power to that OF ENG.
land in the efforts of the latter to SUP
press the slave trade on the Eastern
coast Of Africa.
In the first district in Mississippi. the
brilliant l.. Q. @. Lamar, an ex-member
OF the Confederate Congress, has been
elected to Congress by 1900 to l. 500
votes over his Radical competitor.
The exodus from Italy to the United
states has lately become so great that
Slgnor LAMA, the Minister of the Inte-
rior' has written to the prefects of the
provinces to inquire into the causes Of il.
"A divorce from bed and board was
granted to the wife of Col. George W.
Carter, OF New Orleans, by the Circuit
Court of Loadon County, Va, at its re-
cent term.
Recent trials in New York prove their
most powerful fire engines unable TO
throw water to the top Of their very high
buildings.
The large building for exhibiting ma
chinery ut the Georgia Slate Fair
Grounds, Atlanta. was burned the night
Of the 18th.
Boston seems disposed to preserve the
direction of the old streets. in the bnrnt
district in oil their diversity, but talks of
widening them to fifty and sixty feet.
a movement is in progress to estab
ilsh new Democratic organ at Washing.
ton, ID. c.. to be called the Federal Dem
ccrat.
MIR. D. Van Houghton, for many years
q resident OF Cowetn County, Ca, was
found dead in his bed last Monday
morning.
Another boat Ct the ill-fated steam
ship Missouri has arrived safely at Mas.
san, with the first assistant engineer and
four others on board.
The Macon papers immortalize a little
negro who has been deposlting his steal
ings IN savings bank. His economy is
highly applauded.
A Cabinet council was Yesterday held
IN Madrid, on account OF the illness Of
the King OF Spain.
The Mexican Congress has assembled
md proclaimed Lerdo de Tejada unani-
mously elected President of the Republic.
Fhe lottery known as "rhe Charleston
Charitable Association" has suspended
operations.
AMr. Daniel 8. Hart, of Charleston, has
been appointed soliciting agent for the
South Carolina Railroad.
The concert saloon arrests in New
1ofk 40 not accomplish the desired
ends, but serve rs advertisements.
Three Philadelphia women. convicted
OF being common scolds. have been sent
to prison for three months.
An entire circus company has been
arrested in Arkansas for murder.