The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-26

The Bonapartist agents in France tell
some strange stories to the credulous
peasantry to secure their espousal OF the
banished Emperor's cause. In the South
OF france. among other things, they 20
about telling the peasants that the re-.
turn OF Napoleon III will cause Alsace
aud Lorraine to be restored to France.
by means OF projected marriage be-
tween the Prince Imperial and the niece
OF the Emperor William, who has pro-
missed to give these two provinces to her
as dowry.
Two farmers OF Clay County, Mo..
were recently bitten by u mad dog, and.
tearing that they would be attacked by
hydrophobia and injure their wives and
children, thcy had heavy irons made and
fastened upon them. Their hands were
securely manacled, strong irons bars
were fastened about their waists, and to
this was welded Chain, one end of
which was fastened to ring bolt in the
floor; and thus they lay awaiting the
approach OF the most terrible OF ma}a
dies.
"Vive PEmpereurl' is as startling n
cry at present in Pr .is, as 'Vive 10 Re.
public!" would have been eighteen
months ago. Yet citizens we're Surprised
to hear the former repeated, few even
ings since, under the very nose OF DO.
lice inspector. After vigilant search
on the house-tops, the offender was
found to be an escaped parrot.
General McMahon appears to have
made his devotion to the Government OF
Louis Napoleon profitable. He is q
N arsha! OF France. peer of the realm.
Duke of Magenta, and owns a number
OF valuable blocks of buildings in Paris
and large estates in Algeria.
Mr.. Yoss, OF New York, whose son had
committed suicide, was called before the
coroner; but after testifying that he
didn't know why the boy killed himself.
soically asked to be excused, as he was
in hurry to get back to his work.
Joseph Lemethre, the champion vii
lam OF the age, having committed within
eight years numerous murders, arsops.
robberles, etc., was guillotined at Mar
quise, France, on the 9th inst. He was
only twenty-six years old.
From the evidence on the coroper'a
inquest, 1T was doubtful whether Colonel
Charles Forsyth, in Mobile, was killed
oy the accidental discharge of his pistol,
or whether he or some one else fred the
fatal shot.
James @. Davis shot and killed his
wife at the Metropolitan Hotel, Ciucin-
natl, yesterday. He declares that the
shooting was accidental. Mrs. Davis
was clrcns performer, and was known
as "Kosa"
The Jews, we ore I, Id, have been per.
mitted to erect syn.gogue in the city
of st. Petersburg, which is token Of
religious freedom in Russia, almost as
significant of progress rs the freedom of
her serfs.
The largest rope in the world has
been completed in Birmingham. It ia
about six miles long, five and quarter
inches IN circumference, and weighs
over sixty tons.
It is seldom that man shoots himself
i'll splitting wood, but Kentuckian &C
complished the feat successfully, the
other day, by hitting pistol in his
pocket with the axe handle.
Captain Andrew Heath, the Oldest
Free Mason in the State of Maine, died
at Bath, on Saturday; aged ninety three
| years.
| A Minnesota elopement "slipped M"
by the young lady slipping down on the
ice and shrieking shrek in front of the
paternal mansion.
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