The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-23

300, 900 in gold. They start to-day for
Eikhart, Indiana.
The building on Fourth avenue,
owned by A. T. Stewart, erected for q
hotel for single and widowed women.
where they could live cheaply, will lie
devoted to other purposes, it being
deemed impossible to establish a house
such as Mr.. Stewart proposed.
BENZ. B. Herman, chairman OF the
merchants committee for arranging for
mass meeting to advocate cheaper
transportation between the East and
West, has informed his associates that
nearly 500 prominent firms have signed
the call, while many branches Of trade
have not yet been cRnvassed. Mr. Her
man says the movement was welcomed
by all the merchants with whom he had
conversed. and he knew Of no issue that
had ever met with such general appro.
baton. The canvass for signatures to
the call for the meeting will be CONT.
nued, until oil business interests have
an opportunity to be represented.
PRovIpENcE, August 22.-Madaline
won the Bennett challenge cup in three
hours and sixteen minutes. Madgie
was three minutes behind.
LITTLE Rock, August 21.-Advices
from Perry County state that after the
constable's posse, who we're endeavoring
to arrest Morris and his party. for their
attack upon Mathews and the Supervis-
ors' Court, had dispersed, Morris, with
crowd OF about thirty men, entered
Perryville. and took possession of the
court house. swearing they would kill
forty men for the killing of Trice.
Supervisors Price and Holmes, in fear
of personal violence, left the town, and
are now in this city, to lay the facts be-
lore the Governor. They declare it is
unsafe for them to return without pro-
lection. It is understood Adjutant-
General Bishop will leave for the scene
OF disturbance in the morning.
DUBUQUE. Iowa, August GA cali
Tas published this morning for State
Convention Of Democrats. Liberal Re-
publlcans, anti-monopolists, and the
other political elements opposed to the
Republican party, to be held at Cedar
Rapids. during State fair week. on the
9Th OF September.
A civil suit has been commenced
against Carl Vogt, by relative OF
Chevalier D'Bianco, who he is alleged
to have murdered, for the recovery OF
$4,000 worth OF property Of the MUIR
us
It is stated in the sheriff's Office, to-
day, that Comptroller Green sent word
ne was making preparations to pay the
Judgment for which the furniture in the
Comptroller's Office aud other city pro-
perty were advertised for sale, on Tues.
day next.
New YORK., August 22.-This morn
ing, while number OF men were haul
l,t1t
West Eleventh and Hudson streets, the
wall fell in, killing four men instantly
and wounding nine others to such an
extent that their death is looked for
momentariy.
Customs receipts to-day S5o2.o0O.
The weeks imports are nearly IS, 00O,-
600, including over $500, coo in dry
goods.
This morning, Michael Bradwick,
while in state of semi-intoxication,
quarreled with his mother-in. law, at so
Carmine street. His daughter, fearing
he might seriously injure her, called on
her two brothers, one OF whom, James
Bradwick, aged nineteen, rushed into
the room. and endeavored to take his
father away from the poor woman,
whom he was savageiy beating, when he
turned on him, and with large knife
stabbed him twice in the heart. He
staggered and fell, but got up again,
and succeeded in going to the second
Aoor, when he fell dead. Meanwhile,
his brother JOIN, aged twenty-five, in
tertered, and his father made lunge at
him, and stabbed him once, nearly in
the same place as he did james, but
without wounding him fatally. at this
point. the police rushed in and secured
Bradwick, who vas perfectly mad with
rage. The whole family resided on the
fourth floor. They were cartmen by
occupation, and almost always quarrel
ing. Bradwick had been drinking hard
for some days, aud at the station house
professed to know nothing Of the
bloody deed.
ST.. Louis. August 22,-An attempt
was made Wednesday evening to assas.
sinate General Joe Shelby. the some
what celebrated rebel General during
the war, and cousin of General Frank
P. Blair The General. with two little
boys, was driving from his residence to
Aullyille, when On unknown party fred
into his carriage from the bushes,
wounding him in the hip.
An attempt was made. on the night Of
the goth instant, to capture the paymas-
ter's car on tho Hannibal and st. Jo-
seph Railroad, between Cameron and