The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-06-25

lead him. and. if q cannon were to 90
Q! accidentally within a few inches Of
MS roya! person, he would take it rs d
part OF the ceremonies OF the West.
The editors of the far Western week
lies are not deprived of all that makes
life endurable, as one would suppo,e
from the looks OF their sheets. The
editor Of the Record, an Arizona paper.
has now on his table two invitations TO
act as second in duel, an invite to m
Indian bunting raid, pair OF bear skin
pants presented by a hunter, q three
pound nugget OF silver, free pass on
stage route. two lottery tickets, three
Apache soalis. call to act as postmas-
ter and Justice OF the pence. and twenty
seven dollars worth Of faro checks.
Mr.. Goss, young Baltimore mechan-
10. earning some 9l5 week, insured his
life for $4,000 in four different com
panios. His shop was burned soon after
and motilated body WAS found in the
ashes. His widow has just sued one of
the companies fol s.. 900 and gained the
suit, although the affair savored strong
~ OF fraud on the part OF Goss or his
supposed widow. Heads of families will
soon conclude that their lives are not
worth Insuring. between the fire Of Wal
worth pistols and the chase of the widow
after the insurance policy.
It is thirty years from the date of Sir
Robert PeeFe triumph in 1912 to the
erection 81 his statue in Hudders6eld the
other day. During that period, said
Lord Houghton in his address, more
than E2o, GOO. 900 of customs and excise
duties have been remitted, the importa-
Tim nf bo.3
the wooIen manufacture fve-fold, the
iron and steel manufacture ten.fold. and
England was richer and more powerful
than ever. These results endorse the
policy Of free trade.
A London letter says: 1T should
crafty many of his old friends in Ameri-
ca to know that the Hon. j. P. Benja-
min' erst OF the ''Lost Cause," is rapid
y building mp fame and fortune here.
his practice at the bar now amounts to
more than 95. 600 year, and his reputa.
tlon as barrister is second to but a yery
few Of the great lights of the profession.
In society he is much sought after, and
there is good reason to believe that
should he still havo any ambition to re-.
enter political life tho path is quite
open to him."
The military commission, soon to
commence operations in Oregon, can
congratulate itself on having one subject
on Its hands. Curly-Headed Jack, q
Modoc soalper, has taken bis own life bv
shooting himself. 1t seems queer that
prisoners OF war should be permitted to
Keep firearms about their persons, but
thon there's no understanding the way
Indian affairs are managed nova daye,
a funeral was recently postponed in
baltimore because the carriages were oil
at the race coarse. The Baltimoreans
consider life itself race course. and
that the dead should not be buried until
the heat OF the day is over.
Il boarding house Aend tells The story
That Ill recent thunder storm the war
rlng OF the elements were so awe.iusrir-
ing that the hair in dish of butter in
the pantry turned completely during
the night.
Visitor 10 mamma-"I have some bad
news for you, my dear; your doctor, Mr..
Crnshbane, died this morning." Jimmy
lone Of six -'"Then We shan't have any
more babies, mo; shall we?"
Japan, having created national debt
Iof 100000. O0U for various improve
mcnts within a very brief time, is fairly
entitled to take prominent place am ong
civilized nations.
The Rev. DR.. Rusledge, OF Illinois,
has lost not only his watch. but his pull
pit. by betting at ''three- card monte"
1t has got SO ho: fos some Of the
monks in Rome that they are going to
Chill.
Twelve Confederate generals propose
spending the season at White Sulphur
Springs, Va.