The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-11

.-.i,H->#s-resres tuiszsnthsstassa~
and grist mill belonging to Capt. james
Douglass. residing about nine miles from
the ;city. was destroyed by. ERE on
Wednesday, morning last, about IL
O'Clock. Besides the pecuniary. loss
which is about s1,200-the .neighbors
will be inconvepienced, as this was the
only grist mill in the neighborhood. The
cause of the freis unknown.
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THE MONTH OF APRIL According to
the ancient Alban Calendar, when the
year consisted OF ten honths, April was
the frss. and had tnirty.isi1 days. .,Ac-
oording to the calendar of Romuius, It
Was the second month, and had thirty
days. The twelfth, month calendar of
Numa gave Il che, fourth place, with
tYenty-nine days;i but when Juiins
Csesar reformed; the year, 1t was given
thirty days, and has 90 remained till the
Present time. os7Aprir is the flowe,ri..prrcc.. ). "a.
!, ,ducing month Of shovers and sun.shine.
Hence the provefb:A n,i;. sakii..t
4 "April showers
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PHHNEKIANA.-.Apinquiringy youth asFe,
"o.n sthin pe!soa ! properly bs "a called A.
In the tropics. aie,' simmer M, i. perennial p
but at Niagara they have. q: petpetusls
fall. c.13H. i: t:.o e..eas il tftEG-l
What word may be pronounced quick
eF BY adding two lettexs TO itP--Quick.,
II twenty gtaina'make alsoraple, how
many are required to make . doubt?
Unredeemable bonds -vagabonds.
The; original weter vorks--Eye's eye.
waiting raoa-The next generation.
A. running aocount-The bankrupt's
balance at the bankers. '-'fa
Net profits-A fsherman's.
Man advertises, then realizes.
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RAILROAD DIsAsTER.-On Wednesday
night, the freight train on the Whining.
ton. Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
which left here for Wilmington, consisted
OF six cars; one. loaded with rosis, one
with lumber, three with cotton. and one
with telegraph material. The train
passed on without incident till within
about forty miles of Wilmington, near
Crisis Station, just beyond the North
Carolina line. A farmer in this vicinity
had been burning off some land. The
fire had gotten beyond his control and
communicated to the woods, through
which it had swept to the railroad track,
setting on FIRE large Quantity of wood
corded along the track. The fire con-
sumed the ties for considerable dis.
tance.
The conductor saw the smoke some
time before the fatal spot was reached,
but az he had been running through
smoke most of the night, thought No.
thing OF it, and the train went thunder
ing on. All Of sudden. tie engine
struck the place where the ties had been
destroyed. and was thrown into burn.
ing mass OF wood. The car loaded with
rosin and the lumber car were thrown
from the track. and the n hole train piled
upon the engine. The FIRE in the engine
and about the track at once communi-
Gated to the infammable materials which
composed the freight. and the whole
train was in flames in short space Of
time.
i The entire train was burned. together
with all the contents of the cars. and the
engine-No. %, new one just put on
the roads perfect wreck. Nothing
except the axles can again be used. This
loss to the company is not less than
$4,000.
The engineer received severe cut on
the head and had his hands badly
burned, and the wood passer. colored
man, lad one of his legs broken. All
the other hands escaped nnhurt. There
were no passengers on the train. News
OF the disaster was telegraphed to Will.
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