The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-31

cover 319. 50, for services rendered. The
case came up before THO court, when the
defendant put forward, as an Offset, q
bill against the plaintiff, fol damage
done to his feelings By the plaintiff
having compelled her daughter to break
of her engagement with him, which he
assessed at Sl9 go. Th 9 plaintiff admit
ted the truth Of the allegation, but de-
INJURED to tho am mount; but tho court
thought the claim just one, and dis.
| missed the case.
TIE INVENTION OF THE CoTroS GIN
Aa ls pretty we'll known. Eli Whitney.
IN the year 1893, invented the cotton
saw gin, and thus laid the foundation
for the edifice Of this country's great
ness as o cottou-producing area. Whit
ney was native of Massachusetts. and
moved to Georgia. With scarcely any
appliances usually considered requisite.
he set about his work, which lie brought
to successful! issue. though various and
vast improvements have since been
made upon Whitney's mechanism. He
| died IN 1923, and is buried in the Gene
terry mt New Haven, Conn.
It appears that the Asatians are no
more resigned to their fate thnn they
were before military government was
withdrawn from the province. A AInl-
house correspondent Of the R"lubli9ue
F,tmcdiSe, Paris. thinks that at the mex.
election. they Will ugain systematically
abstain from voting, rs the most cmpha-
TIC form of protest against Hnnexation.
This feeling, says the correspondent, is
very strong ut Mu!honse, and at the
third voting for Circle Councillors, only
about thirty electors have recorded their
votes.
Inventive genius in the cuttnn tic
business La: been marvc!nusly bright
within the past lew years, bat tho Tie
that Caps all, according to the Charles.
ton Newi 0'ni tuurier, has jus, been
invented by James Doherty, an enter
prisiDg neclauic Ci Petersburg, VA.
Ills tie consists Of single piece OF
iron, without bdckles or wedges, is As
neat rs tie tie OF crart, aud can be
made by any blucka.a;,l u. oneAeat of
the iron
The Syracuse Courier comments us
follows upon tic removal If the statue
OF Jefferson from the frunt Of the White
House: NO woLder Grant wanted the
statue of Jefferson taken out Of his
sight. Il stood Il rebuke to the man
who has been swinging the Government
away from the Democratic principles on
which it WAS founded. But whit will
the people say to such vandalism prac-
ticed on the statue Of tho author Of the
Declaration Of Independence"
new horse. disease has made it's APP
pearance in Iowa. The seat Of the dis
ease Is in the kidneys, around which
great inflammation prevails. At the
first symptoms, the horse becomes stiff;
stumbling, he falls, and is unable to get
up again. In short time, the jaws b.
come stiff and inmovable at the will of
the animal, and death soon ensues.
INQUEST. Last Tuesday, James T..
Mays, Esq, acting coroner, held an in
quest upon the dead body Of Albert
Glover, who WAS killed by being acci-
dentally thrown upon rapidly running
saw ut Whetstone's saw mill, the lay
before. \ verdict was rendered in &C.
cordance with the facts.
lO'anyeJnry Ne,cs.
The vital statistics of the Central Park
Menagerie have just appeared. There
arc now in the establishment 581 qund-
rupeds, birds and reptiles. During laet
year, there were born two lions, one
leopard. two pumas, one camel and one
hyena, the last named animal being, as
Is supposed, tho first OF the species born
in the United Stntes.
large buck and a ratt.a-snake were
found lying dead together in swamp,
IN johnson County, Ga. the other day.
1t is thought that the deer, in attempt
ing to kill the snake, to which it is snid
1t has n natural aversion, was bitten,
but that the poison did not take effect
until the snake was killed.
Some interesting archaeological disco
veries are reported in the mountain re-
gions of Talnmanca, in Costa Isica, in
the shape Of the ruins Of three Spanish
cities, which existed there 100 years
ago. The ruins Of an old Spanish fort
were also found, with the cannon rest
ing i'll their places.
EXrEAOEDISAEY LONGEVITY
Elizabeth Hunt died in Greene County.
Ga, last "Wednesday. ut the advanced
age Of 1O2 years. Her deceased hus-
band, John Hunt, WAS II soldier Of the
war OF 1872, and Mrs. Hunt received
| quarterly from the Government u pen
sion rs his widow.
HIGHWAY MURDER MIR. Valentine
Ripley, al old and esteemed gentleman,
of considerable wealth, was wnylaid
abont three miles from IIendersonville,
n. G. Soma ton ,l,,y, ooo on3 chot 90