The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-24

ID S46e ihpatssi Ii military ao7otiiinro
Tweaty tho o1sand men are to be clothSd
in scarlet tunics and bluef trowserS, in-
stead Of the brick dust tutiios and Or.
ford gray trowssrs now in use, mud the
button i9 20 be Of one uniform pattern.
bearing the Royal arms Upon It in the
place OF . regimental device. II tho
experiment 10 found to answer, tho
whole army will be clothed in similar
manner. nH1 io ft prs
Snoring is. OF all bad habits, the most
intolefabie; and it is comforting to know
that device has been found ont to miti-
gate its horrors. A long and flexible
tube leads fiom the nose OF the patient
to his ear, and thus the .unduloet sounds
which he creates awake their author.
DE, IN effect, consumes his own snoring.
much az well.constructed factory Chin
ney consumes its own smoke, An j, being
thus convinced Of tho enormity Of hia
OVID sin, keeps his nose under bettor
control.
The Teutonio tailor Of Pennsylvania
village having married second wife in-
decently soon after the funeral of the
first. the young men of the place mott.
He'd their disapproval by tin-horn sere-
made dnring the progress Of the wedding
feast. The vulgar frnction of IL man ex-
postulated in the follow wing stylu: II say,
pops, you ought to be ashamed Of your
selves to be muking all dis noise ven dare
vas funeral here 30 sooni"
The North Carolina Legislature has
chartered the Carolina Marrow Gauge
Railroad, which is to begiu at a point
on the State line in the direction of
Yorkville, and run thence to Dallas.
Lincolnton. Newton. Hickory Tavern
and Lenoir. Tue YorkvilIe Enouire,
declares tho project feasible, and pledges
the assistance of York County for the
new enterprise.
The Detroit Free Press says: "Just
previous to the death of young man in
tho Western part of the oity, Sunday, he
called for his watch, and died with it in
his hand. No one attempted to move it
for some time, and then when they tried
to, the grasp was 30 firm that the fingers
could not be nnclasped without breaking
them, and the lifeless hand was allowed
to retain the watch"
THE UNITED STATES C1Rou1r Counr.
The next term Of the Unlted States Cir.
cult Court for tue District of South Ca.
rolina will be held in Chorleston. begin
ming on the first Monday in April. The
jnrfes have all been drawn, but owing to
the nature OF the cases to b. tried, they
will not be- made known to the public
until the meeting Of the court.
In u breach of promise case tried in
California recently, tho plnintilf WA u
woman who had been divorced from her
husband because of his neglect and
cruelty, and the defendant q man whose
wife had obtained divorce on the very
grounds OF the plain;iff'a divorce. This
inconsistent woman managed to get nu
award OF $500.
JUDICIAL APpo1NTARNT.-bIr. J. G.
Mackey has been appointed Solicitor for
the Charleston and Mr.. T. II. Cooke the
Solicitor for the Or.ngeburg Circuit, Of
the County Court. The appointments
we're made by Judge Graham, of the
First Circuit.
A fire In Laurel, Indiana, on Monday
night. destroyed nearly all the business
houses OF the town. Yesterday, the
leading hotel in Iowa City was burned.
and Ole Bull. who WIS. staying there
with his troupe, narrowly escaped with
his life and his fiddle.
What is beloved to be the most laco.
mic "addre's TO the Jury" on record. WIS
delivered by Mr.. Montague Bere. Q O..
o. Bristol. the other day. The :cor,!.7
summed up the case in the following
words: Gentlemen of the jury, which
oi the parties has spoken tho truth?"
AN ErHIoPEAN SALAMANDRR -"rhey
say" that there is coiored man by tho
name of CyrnS Smith. at the Atlautic
Phosphate Works, Charleston, whose
hauds are impervious to fire, enabling
him to bar.lle live coal, &c., with Tic
utmost impnnity.
Last Thursday evening. dwelling
house owned by Mr.. D Louis, and occu-
pied by Mr.. John Riley, about two
miles from Oraugr burg. in the E.llsto
Fork, was destroyed 10y fire. The ire.
we IRE informed, WIS accidental
Ornge6mg Ners.
A lady tells us that when she was
poor little girl, living III the conntry.
she used to plant corn in her bare feet"
This imparts IL new idoa of the origin of
those troublesome things growing on our
toes.
A Nashvil negro set the house in an
upromr, hy rising mp and shouting out.
''Whut all dis means?" after ho had been
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