The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-14

interests occurred lew days age IN EaY- :
boro, n. O.-the Soutl!ernsr having beea
sold to tho Enquirer. The suceessfuI
journalist who made the purchase hap.
pens to be, significantly enough, Q Mr.. 5
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COMMERCIAL AcTIv1rY.-For some
days, our harbor has presentel an active
scene In the large number of arrivals
and departures The stream has been
full OF vessels going to sea or Just ar
rived, and yesterday, at one time, off
the bar. some fifteen sails, mostly square
rugged craft. were in sight, presenting
most beautiful picture
Charleston Neus.
! NAmeloc, the champion member OF
societies, now belongs to 432 oraauiza.
tions OF various kinds, and is the custo.
dian of 1924 signs, grips and pasa.
words. The "Order of Accepted Ba-
lkers" is one of the few to which he does
not belong, but a special dispensation
will probably belgranted for his benefit.
BLOODY WoRK-In attempting to az.
rest Alex. Hays, O fugitive desperado.
near the North Carolina line, on the
18th, w. p. Page, deputy of Sheriff
Berry, OF Marion. was shot and instantly
killed and another deputy dangerously
wounded The Sheriff, with a stroug
posse, has started in pursuit.
! An actress, at Troy, N. T., while 60
ing through her part, was insuited by .
loafer in the front seat. when she quick.
~ stepped to the front of the stage and
kicked out one of the young mans
front teeth. The act was greeted with
loud applause. She has only to do that
every night to draw crowded houses.
All the cork used in London comes
from that portion of Spain held by the
Cnrlists. Since the war the cork manu-
lacturers of the United Kingdom have
been utterly ruined in their business,
and tho Londoners have to keep their
mouths over their bottles to preventive
contents from escaping. -i+r
There is woman in Iowa, who,
although possessed of the usual organ of
speech, has not spoken for FIVE yeare
/ Under state of religious infatuation,
she made an oath that she would never
speak more, and has, so far, kept her
word. '.
( A jockey club has been organized in
Greenville, and the FIRST races will come
off during the Christmas holidays-the
24th. being the first day. The judges
are Messrs. Frank Coke. o. P. Mills and
20. A. Carson; Y. e. McBee starter.
: An intelligent resident of Maine lately
sued neighbor for slander in having
called him "an indefatigable genius"
and m equally intelligent Judge and
jury awarded S2l2 damages for the un-
deserved epithet. "
An unknown man sat on the guard
rail of jersey City ferry-boat, Wedues-
day night, aud deliberately shooting
himself in the breast with revolver,
tumbfed over in the river.
1t ia said that en- the completion, of
the trunk linei between Chicago and
New Orleans, passengerslcan travel from
one city to the other without change of
cars.
Mormon husbands in Utah are cutting
down expenses by reducing the number
of their wives. Mormon husbands else
whero wonldenct wisely to do the same
thing.
The North pole was The site of The al.
ciept Eden, says recent writer. It ia
still the forbidden fruit of Arctic ex.
plorcrs who persist in approaching it,
although tho sure penalty is death.
David Sexton, q white man, aged
about twenty-five years, was found dead
on Sunday last, near the road leading
from Ehenezer to Rock Hill.
The Winnsboro Neus says that
number Of bales Of cotton Gre detained
OF tho depot in Tint town because os
fraudulent packing
The Senate has confirmed the follow
ing appointments of Postmasters in this
|. State: a. s. Richardson, Chester; ".
q. Williams, OrGngeburg.
J This is the sad summary of the Mexi.
can expedition-Maximilian shot; Car
lotta in q mad-house; Napoleon dead in
exile: Bazaino degraded
Chas. Swan, an old turfman of Barr
we'll County. died ut Barnwell village on
Tuesday of last week.
/ DR.. June died OF the residence Of Mr.
John e. Peay, in Fairfield, last Wednes.
day morning; aged eighty.
!, Few would regret declaration of war
just now. II any tears were shed, they
would be privateers.
California papers get enough eartL.
Quake items to have specisl denar..