The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-08

Rev. Father Helias, q venerable
priest, Of the Order Of Jesus, has Just
died at Taos. Missouri, at an advanced
age. He was the first Roman Catholic
clergyman who celebrated mass Went
of ST. Louis, and the last survivor OF
band OF Jesuit missionaries who, over
q century ago. came to America from
Belgium. under the leadership OF
tatherl DE Smet, and devoted them.
selves to the conversion of the West.
ern Indians.
The electric telegraph has another
prospective triumph in the discovery
Iof the practicability of laying q sub
marine cable between China, japan.
and the coast of the United States.
The soundings resulting in the dis
,covery have been conducted under the
order Of the Navy Department, by
Commander George E. Relknap, OF the
United States steamer ruscarora.
a contractor on the Chattap ooga and
Cincinnati Railroad was beaten to
death on Tuesday last. by mob OF his
employees. They became incensed
at him from some cause and made an
attack on i'm With sticks aud clubs.
He was so badly injured that he died
shortly afterwards from tho wounds
received.
The R,leigh Crescent learns that
four penitentiary convicts made their
escape, Thursday afternoon, by seiz-
ing the guard and disarming him.
They disappeared in the woods, taking
with them the arms of the guard.
a squad of men were at once SEM in
pursuit, but they have not succeeded
in capturing them.
The family Of man, named Isaac
Wagner, have returned to their former
residence in Lebanon, Pa, on account
Of his death, which was cause by hang
'ng-the charge being the killing of
an illegitimate child. Before his exc
cution, he confessed to the killing of
eleven others, by different women.
J., S3l4. 400 in national bank notes were
received at the Treasury on Saturday.
The Treasury holds 1886, ,O94, 100 in
bonds to secure the national bank cir
culation, and S16. 200 to secure
further deposits in national banks.
The circulation outstanding is $780,
334, 203.
1t takes five pages and supplement
OF the New Orleans Republican, to con-
tain the names Of the citizens Of New
Orleaus delinquent in the payment of
their city taxes. This is the way that
Kellogg's usurpation and the bunk
ruptcy wrought by the usurpation are
getting their history written.
On Wednesday, while officers Ole
Benton and Dennis Ford, Of the Chi
cago police, were practicing with their
pistols. near bridge on Robey street,
near the city, II bullet struck lady,
n"med Mrs. Wagner. who was stand
ing III the street. 600 yards distant, kill
. ing her Instantly.
"Julins," the oldest lion in the
United States. for many years attached
to Van Amburgh's. Eorepaugh's, and
other menageries. died with lung fever
last week. on the way back to New
York. He cost 81 500. was thirty
years old, killed two men and a mum.
. of animals, and died in jersey.
While christening party was pass
ing through Brooklyn, ON Sunday. a
German. named George Lutz, gave
; them reckless salute with a pistol,
fatally wounding Lima Chrismarck and
Il child IL her arms. Lu'z was ar
, rested.
INCOMING OCEAN TRAVEL Three
steamers arrived in New York on Tues.
day, with 2.lS3 passengers. OF this
number. lJ6 were first and second
cabin passengers. One of these steam
ers. the City Of ond, of the In
j man line, had l,063 passengers.
a horse disease, similar in character
to that Of two years since, has broken
out i'll ST. Johns. N. Is f, with great
violence. A large proportion of the
working horses of the city ure sick,
aud many have died.
Robert Podmare, aged sixty-five
years. of Paterson. N. j., committed
snlcide in that city, on Thursday, by
throwing himself in front of loco
motive on the Erie Railroad, while the
train was going ut full speed.
The end of the watering place sea-
son is near ut hand All in nli, it has
been only moderately successful, and
more thun one hotel-keeper has lost
money. OF all the resorts Saratoga
has been the best pa'rouiZed.
} The Detroit Free Press man has
just returned from .ratoga He sav>
The Saratoga bellies merely tusts
ipuI ut tl,. fnhln },of fna tLo ,vo;kns,