The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-05

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It is gravely aSseSt9d thai the rspresant.
atives of one of che oontsatinr com
panies lost $500. 600 while pIayino
poker" with O party of Mexican Don.
gressmen, and that they Immediately
after got the scheme through their Oon-
gress. The inference is that the loss at
cards was trick to cover the transfer of
brlbe, and that the game "wasn't on
the square" Investigating committees
are not in vogue in Mexico.
DEATH OF JUDGE ROBERT A. A1r,rr
Death has again invaded the ranks of
our prominent and universally esteemed
citIzens. and borne away judge Robert
Anderson Allen, who died at his resi.
dence in this city. on Sunday afternoon
last. IN the sixty-si1th year of his age.
Judge Allen was q native OF Richmond
county. and was for several terms
honored with the confidence OF his fell
loW-cltlzens in being chosen to represent
them in the State Legislature.
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Springfield. Record hears of bill
for "one cradle, $l5," which was made
out against Senator by Nashville fur
niture house, and awkwardly sent to his
wife. His next letter from her contained
this: "To my certain knowledge, we
have had no use for snch an article for
thirteen years in our family-and I don't
know that seriously object to the pur-
chase, 1t you have any use for it: and
the only fault can find is, that it is
more costly than that You furnished to
rock my children in"
Do not Jews write poetry? The editor
OF the Je~ish Messenger informs ue. that
during all the years of his editorship,
perhaps not more than u dozen original
poems have been sent to him from con.
trlbutors OF the Jewish faith, and during
tue past year he did not receive a single
poetlcal effusion for insertion. Happy
Je'Otsh Messenger! o that Christian folk
would hang their harps ,npon the will
lows, after the same excellent Hebrew
fashion! ~.
HIGHWAY RoBDERY.-We learned yes-
terday, that one day last week, while Mr..
William Wilson, the postmaster at
Mooresville, Iredell County, was riding
IN the country near Columbia, s. G., he
| was assaulted, knocked from his horse
and robbed OF 5000 in money. Mr.. VIII
son arrived in Charlotte yesterday. and
was taken to his home on the StatesyilLe
train. These are the facts as we heard
them yesterday. Charlotte Observer. !
How TO TELL A HoRsE's AaR.-The
following is said to be q sure test of a
horses age: After horse is nine yecrs
old wrinkle comes over his eyelid, at
the upper corner Of the lower lid, and
every year thereafter he has one we'll
defined wrinkle for each year of his over
nine. Ii, for instance, q horse has three
wrinkles. he is twelve. Add the number
OF wrinkles to nine and you will always
get his age.
One man at least has been found who
can appreciate a mother-in- law. He
lives in Newport. and having become .
wldower some time ago, has married the
woman who hsld to him that relation,
ordinarily regarded rs ono of natural
hostility. How many men could be
found lI this wide republic willing to
marry their mothers.in- LAW?
American oysters, relaid and fattened
IN English beds. are advertised in Lon
don papers to be sold at one shilling q
dozen, delivered free on rail fo- any
part OF tue kingdom, with an oyster
knite and receipts for cooking in the de-
ilcious ways known in America, added
gratis"
The patron Of cheap eating house,
who complained that they gave only one
potato with his meat, whereas they
formerly gave him two, was mortified BY
the walters explanation that the last lot
OF potatoes they purchased was SO bad
that no gentleman could eat more than
one Of them.
A yonng lady has jnst been fined 5000
in Chicago for calling her lover into the
kitchen and throwing some boiling I've
upon him. This mode of giving the I've
direct was highly resented by the lover,
who concluded that the warmth of the
maiden's affection was too much for him,
and had her arrested.
A distinguished clergyman in Boston
performed the marriage ceremony, and
tho couple walked away without bestow-
ing any fee. But the bride turned and
said, eve are very much obliged to you,
sir, and l hopo one of these doys we ST. I'll
be able to retaliate.''
a bill passed the Senate, on Thursday,
to provide for the care and preservation
o! the United States oemstary nea- the
city of Mexico. That cemetery holds
the romans of the United States soldiers
killed in the attack npon the Mexican
capital.
Two journalists, one at Baltimore and
the other at Chicago, have discovered
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