The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-28
The female crowned heads of Europe

Seo eueen oI SPAN being the only one
OF them who enjoys sound health. Thus.
IL IS stated that the Empress of Austria
Is oonsumptive, tho Empress of Russin
suffers from gout and dropsy of the
heart The Empress of Germany is q
vlotlm OF rheumatism. the Queen of Hol-
land Is subject to frequent fits of hyste-
ria. the Queen OF Portugal is q CON.
hrmed invalid. and the Queen of Den
mark is deaf
A Marshall, Iowa, paper says this is
true: "a small child of Mr.. John
House was lying at the point OF death,
when suddenly he rivived. Directly
after the child revived fash of light.
ming passed through the room, and was
Immediately followed by bright or
whltleh object, about the size and shape
OIL dove with expanded wings. It
moved to the bed on which the child We
lying, and for few moments lowered
over the child and then disappeared. In
about fifteen minutes the child expired. -
DANoERoUs.-Th most dangerous
piece OF machinery any man ever at
tempted to operate is one of the shoddv
portable steam engines manufactured by
Eastern machinists and sent West and
South for sale. We can now call to
mind the explosion of at least one dozen
OF these engines within 200 miles of
Louisville III the past twelve months, re-
sulting in the slaughter of not less thun
thirty persons -LomsriNe Let2oer.
Recently what was, according to popn.
lar verdict, tho we'll known and familiar
great sea serpent" scales, hairy name
and all. WAS seen by the inhabitants OF
Hau4land, off the coast of Ramsay
floating III the offing. During the night,
the creature was washed ashore, and
proved to be n log OF wood, eighteen feet
long. covered with barnacles. each from
ten to eighteen inches in length.
The coupons on Port Royal Railroad
bonds, due May l, will be paid at the
once OF the company, in New York, ut
maturity, and at Freedmens Savings
and Trust Company, Beaufort, s. G.
Hel eater the trnins will be run daily.
leaving Beaufort ate 10 A. NJ, connect.
Ing with the Savannah and Charleston.
Mt 1cmassce as before.
Poor CONVERSATION james O'Neill
mas ]nst been released from the Rhode
Island State Prison, having, after eight
years Incarceration, been proved limo.
cent. The Providence Journal thinks
the State should at least compensate him
ut the rate of 1915 cents day for the
great wrong which lie has suffered
lnua kiark-as the name, according to
the Latin photography would be spelled
-of youngstown, Ohio. a wealthy .'sweet
sixteen" year old. has eloped with pro
fessional burglar. whose high-sounding
appellation of Fiiz Clarence AIontmo.
rency seduced her from her doting dad
dy's domicil
French fashion is being observed in
New lork-that Of sending to lady.
on her birthday. large cake ornament
ed with candles, each candle represent
ing year of her life. This is set on n
table and the candles lighted, aud a
piece presented to the friends who are
present.
a bar OF iron worth So worked into
horse shoes is worth SlO.5O; mnde into
needles it is worth 1855; made into pen
knife blades it is worth $3,2S4 made
into balance springs Of watches it il
worth S250.00O. Such is the power of
industrious labor over raw material.
When steady, we'll ll-behayed young
man Is seen shaking hands with pump
and bidding it an affectionate good.
night, or saying. Poor old Corbison
kobscrew, thcro may be faint apprc-
hension that he has been "takine some
thing"
st. Louis continues ber bacchanalan
orgies. and her preachers are making her
pnlpits ring with sermons on the text.
"Wo unto him that givcth his neighbor
drink. that putteth the hottie to him and
maketh him drunken Also"
The new French consul for Charleston.
Monsieur A. Lafaivre, recently in the
consular service at Munich and Vienna.
Inns arrived at New York and is expect.
ed during the present week in Charles.
ton.
Work on the Enterprise Railroad is to
be begun Immediately, and in IL short
time the cars will be running on Eost
Bay. Charleston, bringing from the rail
roads heavy cargoes Of freight, nnd ut
less cost than it can now be transported.
Mr.. s. uildebrand, for some years en-
gagged in the outlaw business in Nilsson.
RI, is dead for positively the last time,
his brother having recognized the corpse.
Tie was shot by u constable ut Pinck-
neysville.
There is considerable excitement at
a rnl