The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-15

SAvVA AO0u t00Ius
When you hold FIVE, 'tis always right to
lead them;
Watch elso for your partners trnmp re-
quest,
To which, With less than :oas, Iced oa.
your best;
When you discard, weak suits you ought
to choose,
For strong ones are too valuable to lose.
Mrs. Mary Cotton, the West Auckland
poisoner. as she is called in all the Eng.
l1sh Journals, was hanged in Durham, on
Monday, March "a. This woman is SUP.
posed to have poisoned sixteen of her
own children and three husbands. She
endeavored to poison fourth husband,
who was her third in the order of her
marriage, but failed in the attempt She
was only tried for one murder, although
the police authorities are said to have
had sufficient evidence to convict her of
at least half dozen, had it been brought
forward.
FIRE Between and O'Clock, Fri.
day morning. FIRE broke out in frame
kitchen on the premises Of Mrs. Mary
Riley, corner Of Twiggs and Taylor
streets, which. together With small ad.
jacent frame building in the yard, was
totally consumed. The flames commu-
nicated to the residence of Mrs. Riley,
which was also badly burned and da-
maged before the fire could be subdued.
Most of the furniture was saved. The
loss will probably amount to $500, with
no insurance upon the property.
lAugusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
DIFFICULTY IN HAHBURa.-We learn
that last evening as Mr.. William Glover,
who lives in South Carolina, Was return.
ing from this city to his home, through
Hamburg. he was assaulted by several OF
the African denizens of that village.
Mr. Glover defended himself and drew a
pistol. This brought down on him the
ire OF the colored marshals, WHO f1sroely
attacked him. knocked him down and
beat him severely, .nfter which they
looked him up in the guard house.
lAugasta Constituiioualist.
Bishop Wightman gave the good peo-
pie at Dresden, Tenn, round scolding
for having such shabby church, but
the Dresden Democrat says:
We venture the assertion; without fear
OF contradiction, that, if the Bishop had
to contribute as much money for cigars,
whiskey and tobacco, in order to keep
those businesses prospering, as the mem
bere of his church and other churches
do. he would not blame them for having
no more money.
a correspondent, writing us on busi-
ness, incidentally mentions an interest
| ing fact. especially to the medical frater-
nifty. Says our correspondent: A man
in my neighborhood had two sons born
to him on Sunday, the 9th instant
twins; on Sunday before, 31st March, q
daughter was born to him, and still an
other birth is looked for, making four
children in about three weeks.
SacannaA Republican.
The press generally throughout the
North ore complimenting Gov. Dix, Of
New York, for the firm and commenda.
BILE stand he has taken in regard to mur-
derers. The Boston Post, Of the 9th,
commenting upon it, says: painful as
such harsh remedy as death by the
gailows is to 80 many people, it is but
just. and it's prompt application deserves
approval.
A CHAMPION MoruER.-A colored wo.
man, from South Carolina, was in Au.
gusta, on Friday, who claims 10 be the
mother of forty-nine children, being
now sixty.two years of age. Twins were
born to her four times and triplets oaoe.
6es husband, who was with her, sub
stantiates the statement of his wife She
formerly belonged to Major Paul F.
Hammond. of Beaoh Island.
Mr.. Mark A. Knight, formerly q we'll.
known citizen OF Elberton, Ca, com.
mitted suicide in Bonham, Texas. last
week, in the presence OF his wife. With
the words: "Kate, you shall no longer
live tho wife OF drunkard," he placed
the muzzle to his temple, and fred the
fatal shot which sent him unbidden into
the presence OF his Maker.
Several houses and ont. buildings were
destroyed by the storm On Tuesday last,
in the vicinity OF Gardner's Corners.
! Ono house was blown from it's feunda-
lions defiance of seventy. i've feet; a
child was swept into swamp, and only
recovered after much search. No per-
sons were seriously injured.
Beaufort Republican.
A youth at Danvers, Mass, nged four
teen years, played ut hanging on Satur-
day, using weeelbarrow for platform,
which oanted over. and he was soon af.
forwards found dead.