The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-25

now than In the days Of; George Wash
ington. We think not. Nowadays
yon can hny en- average CONGRESSMAN
for 30. 900 (witness the back pay grab, }
and they have ruled as low as 1926.
You couldn't have bought one in G.
WIS time for any price. Boston Herald
Yellow fcver is reported to have
broken out at nearly every little station
on the line OF road from Pensacola, Fla,
TO the Junction OF iile Mobile aud Mont
gomery aud Pensacola aud Louisville
railroads. Everybody is leaving as fast
as possible. Mr.. Sam. Christian, the
telegraph operator at the junction of the
two roads, has died OF the fever.
The Nathan mansion. which has stood
vacant ever since the mysterious MUIR
der, will probably be sold at auction, as
1t seems impossible to obtain desira-
BILE tenant. The owners complain that
the constant revival OF the tragedy by
the arrest OF suspected or self proclaimed
assasslns has nearly ruined the proper
ty.
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
Caasel, has formally recognized aud con-
sented to the annexation of his terri
tory to Prussia, and renounoed his
right OF property in the revenues of the
electorate. ln compensation for which
tue Prussian Government has granted
him on annuity of 10000 thalers.
The giant mule, supposed to be the
largest living specimen, is now exposed
for sale ut Einstein's market, Newark.
N. j. This mule was grown in the far
West. Is now six years old, stands Ill,
hands high, and Weighs l. .G95 pounds.
| Tho ~
address from tue corporation Of Ply-
mouth, said: "Gentlemen, I thank Won
for your kind attention." He got all
that from Grant Why can't he b..
original?
40 girls, all under thirteen years OF
age, picking over rags in New York
warehouse, struck for higher wages the
ether day. made speeches. passed reso.
lutions aid went back to work at the
same old figure.
diabolical attempt was made, (by
means of twenty-five pound eau Of
gun powder,) 10 blow up lodge of
Good Templars, ut Mill Run, on Satnr-
day night last. The building was Ne.
riously injured, but no lives were lost.
AILLED.-On last Friday, near Mul-
Inns Depot, Mr. Benny, hauling for
Mr.. a. G. Lewis, while under the in
fiuencs OF liquor. fell from bis horse,
vas run over and died very shortly
from the Injuries received.
A traveller seated at hotel table IN
Omaha ordered beef, aud when the
waiter delayed, the traveller went to the
kitchen, found him, and flung him over
the range and broke his skull
The grand jury of Marlboro County
have presented ]. L. Breeden, the
County Treasurer. for malfcasance in
purchasing school certificates and
County checks at discount.
The storm of last Friday was very
damaging in portione Of Georgia
Several lives were lost in Ihomasvilla,
and number OF houses were blown
down. Albany also suffered.
Georgia dueling correspondence Tex
tract: II desire also to state that the
rumors that he pulled my nose in any
sense, Is equally rs false as any state
lnent he has nude.
Miss Lydia Thompson is known in
America as Mrs. Henderson and in
England as Mrs. Tilbury. Can't Lydia
get up burlesque. explaining how her
matrimonial statistics got confused?
We hope our brass band will learn
some hornpipes, and jigs, and waltzes,
so we can have sacred concerts on Sun.
day evenings, like other places.
Oanbury Ners.
It is understood that divorce trains
will be put on all the roads leading into
indianapolis aud Chicago as soon ms
somebody shall have invented locomo-
tive strong enough to draw them.
An Irish paper mentions the ease oi q
Dublin girl who fell in love with her
brother, and committed suicide in con-
sequence.
The advent Of wild cat broke ND n
wedding in Missouri tho other evening.
The cat wanted to introduce new claws
III the marriage ceremony.
John Mann aud Johu keuting, livnl
bakers Of GrcenvilIc, n. D., met in that
villuge on the 18th, when the former
shot the latter and then shot himself.
Missouri has been under Democratic
rule for two years. aud daring that time
the State debt has been reduced from
S3S, 900, 600 to $lS,0U0,000
There was n heavy frost throughout
the North ON Friday. Ice formed in