The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-06-11

THE BURGLAR CoNFEssEs Jim Harris.
who was arrested here on Thursday, for
burglary, has made full confession. He
acknowledges having el tered MIR. -um'e
house, in Camden, and Mr.. Hogan'a
store and Mr. Davis residence, at Ridge.
way. He processes to be a stone.cutter
by trade. and to have been at work until
recently at Whites marble yard in
Charleston. We trust that he will be
punished to the extent of the law.
lVinnS50ro Ne,cS.
SUDDEN DEATH -On Sunday morning.
Mr.: G. F. Black, clerk in the Central
ttaliroad Office, was found dead in his
bed in Savannah. Mr.. Black was q
native OF Charleston, s. g., and was
about thirty years of age An inques,
was held upon the body, and a verdict
rendered Of death from proyidentia]
causes" It is supposed that be died
from congestion Of tue brain.
Charleston Ners.
Thomas Is. Newman, q miser, seventy.
three years ol reported to be worth
S2oO, oO0, owning some of the most va
luable real estnte in the business locali-
ties OF Buffalo, aud who has lived in O
mean hovel for the last thirty.seyeu
years, surrounded by filth and covered
with vermln, was taken to the hospital q
lew days since, and died on the 5th. He
mas no relatives in that city.
Among other benefits introduced by
Chinese immigration is the leprosy.
Cases are frequently seen upon the
wharves and other public places in Sau
Francisco, and fears Of the disease
spreading are generally entertained. The
disease is known to exist on the BAHIA
mas and other West Iudia Islands. but
this is the first time it ever made its ap.
pearance on the American continent.
A Manning correspondent OF the
Charleston Ners contrAdcts the bloody
affair, reported by tie Sumter Necs, be-
tween Major G. s. Land, of the firm of
Pritchett & Land, and some employees
on their turpentine farm, in Clarendon
County; and also dcnics the reported
dissolution Of the firm.
Natlans' Crystal Discovery will restore
the color to faded and gray hair, remove
dandrnf1 and stop its falling. The only
article in use entirely harmless lead,
no silver, no sulphur, no stains, no sedi.
ment. no shaking up to do. A. Nat.
tans, inventor and proprietor, Washing
ton, d. q. For sale by e. f. Mot.
JGi3
The members of the italian Govern
ment are full Of reform and vin ordinaire.
They tip glasses, drink heartily and
pledge their constituents that the chnroi,
property shall be oonisoated to the use
OF the State. When that source of re-
venue is gone. 'twould be hard to say
what Italy is to live on.
The Columbus Sun says: It is cuetom
ary with Judge johnson to ask prisoners
who are not provided with counsel, what
lawyer they will have. at the last Tay
lor Court this question was propounded
to q negro, who answered.: II ain't
ticklar, boss, just hand over two of your
BEST" He got one
@The Courier Journal says: "a saucy
young widow, out West, said to clerical
friend, who asked her condolingly how
long her lamented had been dead, i am
IN the honeymoon of my widowhood. ;
That widow will be boasting come day
about celebrating golden funeral"
a Texas Justice of the Peace refused
10 nne ne, man for kissing q girl against
her will, because when the lass came into
court be was obliged to hold on to the
arm OF his chair to keep from kissing her
himself. "o'
A colony Of Friends, some 80, 600 in
numoer' q, propose to settle in Western