The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-22

H1T@ws learn Tat there vss
heavy bail "a lbe, ,AoykfE psjghb borhood,
last Sunday. iAsaid, that many of The
hai!-ato sS weiS AhlAfes es. gooaa sggs.
and tass sssahleksns ssesetSnd pigs were
crippled and some Killed. One gentle.
man informs us that he measured one
haiI-stone which was abohE The shape of
9 turnip; and found tito be eight inches
in circumference; The time the. hail
lasted is variously estimated at from ten
minutes to half honr.-Marlboro Times.
The Washington Capital has been ad.
vertising for some time past for back
numbers OF that paper. But a. q stately
lady vas passing along the broad ave.
nues OF Washington, the others day. a
that journal relates. tho lAtfine xfiAt held
the paporial depestmenttof. her dress
suddenly snapped and ,soon Ale of the
Capital was recovered from the sidewalk.
The editors Of that paper say that they
now have all the back numbers they
need. - : So
a Ponghkeepsie belle, who sported a
long curl and & love Of = bonnet, visited
the menagerie, the other day She got
soo:clo6e TO- tie monkey cage, ana. Her
prototype 'reashed 'toE' that o6tl. 'Ha Rot
1t, and with it the rest Of her false hair
and the love OF q bonnet. The entire
family OF monkeys tried to wesr the bon
net. and made sorry work OF 1t, while
the girl-well, what she did can be ina.
gined.
a young ,ady, who is studying French.
iasS'J ".o4e to her parents that she was
'invited out to dejcuner, the day be-
lore" and was going to SO fete champetre
the next day" The professor of the
college was surprised to receive de.
spatch from the ''old mnn" day or two
after. saying: "H you can't keep my
geries and side shows, T will come down
and see what ails her"
An actor David Jones) in Alleghany.
Penn, consented to play "the rebel
spy IN piece for public amusement.
His role demanded that he should be,
Theoretically, ''ahot rs spy" By the
careiessness OF one OF the amateur mus
keteers. "Davy Jones" came very near
going to the {" cker" of his memorable
ancestor OF til, ;,,-a hard wad wound
ing him il the breast.
The most novel accident on record
lately, is one happening from kick by
hog at Durham's Corner, Bureau
County, III. Mr. Durham was putting
hog in a wagon. when it kicked him in
the eye. filling it with the broken glass
OF his spectacles. The hog was dropped
SO suddenly as to break its back.
Puzzlipg Insoription-The young
ladies' OF country seminary are puzzled
over the exact meaning of the following
inscription. recently discovered on the
wall OF the building: "Young ladies
should set good examples, for young
men will follow them"
A petri6ed pike which, when alive,
must have weighed thirty pounds, has
been dug up at Newton, Ia, from q
depth of forty feet. The local papers
express astonishment, evidently ignor-
ing the frequent and previous disoove-
rles OF stone weapons elsewhere.
The hard-hearted guardians OF the
poor house at Woolwich, England, lately
refused to fill an order from their medi-
cal officer for ''another dozen OF cham
pagne" for one OF the pauper inmates
who was suffering from delirinm tre.
mems. '' "'''i IffJI ~
The great case of the trial of J. 3,
Cantrell, charged with the murder OF
Wm. a. Alexander, both of the County
OF White. Ga, which commenced in the
superior Court OF Talliaferro on Tues
day. the 18th inst, terminated on the
18th, in the acquittal Of the accused.
A little boy in Springfield, after his
customary evening prayer, night or
two ago. continued, ''and bless mamma,
and Jenny, and Uncle Benny" adding,
after moments pause. the explanatory
remark, "his name is Hntchineon."
Henry c. Holmes. one of the alleged
forgers who was caught in Macon, Ga,
year or more ago, was, on Thursday,
released on his own recognizance in the
sum Of $1,000. He has been lying in
Jail 80 long that he resembles skeleton.
A negro man, supposed 10 be from
Norfolk, Va, whose name is unknown,
was drowned on Friday. the 10th mat,
at Anderson's Mill. near Sumter's Land.
ing. on the Wateree River.
On Monday morning Last, in pursu-
ance OF previous announcement, the
baltimore Gazette appeared for the first
time in qcarto form, on clear white
paper, with new type.
Mr.. Henry Foxworth, youpgest son of
the late Mr.. Alexander aud Mrs. Silvia
Fox worth f1iod on Th,.,5o. l.,l