The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-10

DEsTRgor1yH Fu& ON BKKoH ISLAND.
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SIX miles ffoml AugustAaM mtaliy de-
atroyed by atet oH TuesdaHpi9ht,.to-
Setas7 viii &C cral cas sd cssh;5s
property, The resid dence xRs occupied
10y NIX. a. Howard, d,father-in-lsw OF Mr..
Page. Loss about 81, 900, and not one
dollar OF insurance. All the yard fenc-
ing and tasty flower garden and fig
tnres were completely destroyed.
VIM. I. Hays, a young man who was
brutality and upprovokediyl assaulted bv ~
Thomas A. Gray. in Fort Valley. Ga.
last Saturday evening, has since died Of
his wounds. Hays was an exceedinolv
quiet and gentlemanly young man. and
was assaulted by Gray Without the
shadow of provooation. Gray's onlv
excuse for the crime seems to be that he
was drunk. II : y
Bold AND HEAVY ROBBERY.
l O'Clock and daylight Wednesday morn.
ing. the residence Of Mr.. Jacob kaplsp,
at Augusta. Ga, was robbed of a consid.
cradle amount of jewelry and large
number OF other articles; the thief max.
Ing his entrance and exit without leaving
any sign of force used, and without dis
turolng any of the family.
MORE GREENDAcKs!-It is said by a
correspondent Of the New York Times.
VINO seems to know .at he ia talking
about that "a plot is forming to press
upon Congress at it's next asssion the
Issue Of 500, 100000 more of green
backs, under Vie idea that we canno.
carry on the business of the country
With the present sum of 800, 600, 600. :"
M1sslNG.-A white man, cabinet
maker by trade, named Thomas War.
dell. who had been working at Mr.. r.
Whites furniture ware rooms in
Charleston, for some time, hus been
missing for about ten DAYS. He left
the establishment on Saturday night,
when hs was'paid of, and has not been
seen since.
HE Fox HUNTING MATcH.-Mr. R.
It. Snced, of North Carolina, who ao.
cepted the challenge of Messrs. Suit.
Marshall and Cross for the trial of
hounds in fox hunt, has now reduced
his offer OF bet from Sl0O, 900 to $40.
OOO, on account of ''ti,e panic in the
money market"
Philadelphia paper says the cloth
ing depot OF the Frankfort arsenal is
now engaged in making new,unlform
Tor the entire standing army of the
country, numbering in all departments
about 81, 1000 men. Over 600 operatives,
mostiy y women, are constantly engaged
in this work.
Lucette Myers now says that shs and
man named Beach, we're secreted in a
closet IN Goodrich's house, and heard
three shots in the room, and4w che
came out Of her pluce of concsalmeut
she saw Kate Stoddard over the BODY
aud Roscoe in the room.
School Com missioner GEORGE MORGAN
respectable colored citizen of Edge.
neid. fe!l in among the Philistines in
Columbia, q few nights ago, and was
looms.
A Missouri clergyman was lately
called upon to marry fourteen couples
IN one day, and his fees amounted to
hity pounds of dried apples and due
OH Tor eighteen bushels Of backwheat.
Some enterprisiug rum-selera are run
ming floating bar room up and down
the shores of Lake Champlain. thus es-
cnping the penalties of the Vermont
liquor Inv.
New Haven in the loss of her State
house. may console herself with the
reflection that she will no longer be the
subject OF capital jokes. '1iAt u.
The cotton worm has played sad
havoc with the "top crop" throughout
Marion County. and the first picking
about cleaned things out.
Monograms on note paper have gone
completely out Of fashion.
The British Parliament has been pro.
rogued until the 10th December.
Mr. Homer p. Turrant. OF Newberry,
is dead.