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

Qn Wednesday morning last, at i
O'Clock, tHe store OF Mr, tJoseph r. Ma.
spn, in GreepyilIs waS icohsHmed by
fire, and Mf.t, Mas6ii himself vas burned
to9 cfisp. His sale door waS staniiinc
vide open With the. key In IL, aud hfs
charred remains we're found near che
back door and the fused mass Of some
ten dollars ia silver was found pear them.
The origin Of the Gre is unknown. and
the loss was some SO. 600; totally unin.
sured. mr.. Mason was unmarried, and
about forty years Of age. m
VIZ. '." (Bristol tVa Ne,o.. I"
The scratched face OF an an elderly citi-
zen, who has. yong. handsome and
rather vain wife. is accounted for as fol-
lows: my dear, = said abe, "people say
walk like an Andalusian. Do vou
think SOP" ..All but the An :" was the
brutal reply. whereupon she went for
Ii Ia gratifying to learn, says the Pee
Dee Herald. that the work on the road
between this place and Cheraw is ra pid-
~ progressing, and it is confidently as /.
serted by some who know the ropes, that
the iron horse will come snortinR to
Wadesboro from Charleston before the
end Of 1879.
A Dutohman. in describing q pair of
horses he had lost. said: .'Day vas fery
much alike, specially the off one. Won
lookt 80 much like poth, could not tell
tother from which; when went after
one always catch the oder, and I
whipped the one most dead because de
oder kicked at me-"
Glouchester. Mass. has q corner in
behring's. Five cargoes arrived the other
day, but Boston ring cornered them,
and the whole maokerel feet is delayed
for want OF bait, which can now only be
procured at exorbitant prices. 4
Mrs. Smith. aged 108. hos just died Of
old age. In Killingworth, Conn. II all
her neighbors initiate her example, it
will logically follow that there are
thought to be no persons in Killingworth
worth killing. .niaH y
"My boy" said clergyman. don't
you know that it is wicked to catch feb
on Sunday?" "But I hain't sinned
much yet. said the boy, without turn.
ing his eyes from the float; "hsin't had
q bite"
A Boston Jury, being instructed that
husband could recover damages for
tho loss OF his wife, proportioned to her
usefulness. returned verdict OF six
cents. And it is good thing for that
jury the woman IL dead
A Council Bluffs man has invented an
apparatus for the manufacture OF gas
from corn-stalks. An ordinary Western
Congressman will manufacture much of
the same article from corn whiskey.
Charles Sumner took his seat in the
United States Senate, as successor of
Daniel Webster. December l. 1851, tn.
same day on which Henry Clay appeared
in the National Senate for the last time.
A New Hampshire man recently re-
fused to subscribe for daily paper ''bs-
ciuse it helped to build up tho place,
aud the wealthier the town was, the
higher the taxes would be-"
The codf4h in the weIls OF the fishing
smHpks at New London, lately, were
frozen 40 stiff that their tails were used
for bootjacks.
A keeper who was taking two oonviots
to the State prison. when the train
stopped at Sing Sing. called out, "Step
out. gentlemen; fifteen years for refresh
ments"
A member Of the Ohio State Legisla-
ture, speaking OF q fortunate fellow
mamber. remarked, day or two since
sid rather have his luck than license
to steal"
The mails have been carried on sleiRhs
in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia the
past week, owing to he blockade OF rail
roads by snow.
II am going to the post Office, Bob;
shall I inquire for you2" "Well. yea,
if you wsut to; but don't think you'll
tind me there"
An Iowa woman lost her thimble last
November, aud found it on the goth
ult. in her stocking. That woman is
not given to change.
An exchange announces wild serial,
entitled "Qnick as Lightning; or, the
Chemists Journey; t tale Of nitro-giy-
cerine."
Russia set up housekeeping as al in.
dependent State more than 1000 years
"g". That beats this country over 90O
years.
A colored woman, named Rhinu
Washington, has been arrested in
Charleston. on charge Of infanticide.