The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-17

A Utica journal, in an appeal for bet.
ter education. quotes this remarkable
declaration of its New York correspond.
ent: Perhaps thereIs no feature which
would more suTpriHea stranger than the
general prevalence Of Ignorance among
our business iden: LIDO mot refer to
the common h,clssses OF tSadaamen 30
much as to the5msEchantsii; ;hasaksra and
owners of realy.. estate. Whatever the
show of wealth and: the advance of lux
ury. the absences or intellsptpni culture
affords painful and almost disgusting
Pioche, CAL, jury room scene: First
|jaror-You say you are satisfied that
this man committed murder, and you
object to finding him guilty. Give us
your reason. Second iupr-Well. see
here, old feller, we've all killed our
man, and a'pose We kill another one,
how would We feel if set of ID mean
cusses should convict us? Jury in
chorus-That's SO; We never thought Of
that. None of US will be safe If we
establish such PRECEDENT. The pri-
soner WIS honorably acquitted.
Il lace kerchief, folded Qunker ia
shion over the shoulders, and passin q
under the waist of low dresses, is among
the favorte novelties The prettiest
mock looks prettier under film OF lace,
and it's bencficent effect on an ugly neck
is past computing. There is dash of
is in no wise displeasing to the average
feminine mind. and they arc destined
to very active existence.
The Fort klamath correspondent OF
the New York Herald, in speaking of
the gallows on which the Modoos we're
hung, says: "Mr. Fields pat ent drop
was tested and worked like charm. -
That's as good specimen of boarding
school-miss rhetoric as We ever sow. Of
course the halter was ''real nice" and
the gailows ''just perfectly splendid.
PARALYzED.- .-Rev. f. r.. BUST, d.
D., of Greenville, 3. c., we regret to
learn, was stricken with paralysis Thurs.
day of last week. at last account his
life was despaired Of. DR.. 3. is one Of
the strong men Of his charch tPresby-
terian, but his health has been feble
for number OF gears.
The polite clerks at -watc.. and
jewelry establisliment were somewhat
startled, the other day, by an individual
inquiring if he ''couIdn't have his en-
trails engraved on his watch case. u
After little inward laughter, it was
suggested that the applicants initials
might be put on in monogram.
Mr.. Johu D. Craig. who resided about
two miles North of Yorkville, was at
tackled with paralysis on Tuesday, 7th
inst, and died on Sunday morning last,
18th inst, having been i'll less than five
days. Fis age was about sixty.two
years.
Benz. AcCaskili, ons Of the Com mis.
sioners of kershaw County, died in
Camden, on Monday. the 18th inst, oi
congestiye ohill, after IN illness OF about
ten days. He was colored man.
An Eastern paper wants to know why
the Tichborne claimant is like a mer.
maid, and replies that it is ''because he
hos nothing to stand upon, and has 9
very fishy tail"
During the last week 213 bales Of cot
ton were shipped over the Greenvillt
and Columbia Railroad from Abbeville
The Virginia tobacco crop is the best
for twenty years.
| Railroads pay $40. 900 for leg, while
the United States pays only SO q month
Mr.. John Stevenson. of Anderson