The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-16
SUDDEN DEArH-A colureds driver.

drinking oonsiderably. yesterdsys, asar
tho Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Depot. on wager, undertook
to swallow pint OF whiskey. He won
the bet. but lost bis life in conseq enoe i.
Coroner Coleman neid au inquest, and
DR.. Hydrick performed a post n,ortea,
examinations; but AZ some further eyi.
denoe was deemed necessary, the mat
ter VAS continued until to-day.
PpbLIn MEETING. Al q meeting uf
citizens. held yesterday afternoon, il
Twins Hall. the following preamble
and resolutions. offered by Mr.. w. d.
Gu!ick. were adopted:
"hereus, 1t has been anoouu,ed
! that al application has been ulate to
his Honor Judge Carpenter for q
"","htn.s, requiring tho City Council
to levy specm! tax to pay certain
Judgment against the city; aud Us VIZ
arr iutormed thut another application
| VIII oe made FOR a n,anddmus 10 CON.
pei The payment Of past due coupons,
R-s'arcd, That the City Attorney is
hereby requested to associate with
hinseii 10 the management OF ihess
cases au attorney or attorneys, to be-
selected by the citi.cDs to represent
| then
Reso!ceti. That such sum ~ may
be necessary DO raised by voluntary
contribution TO defray the expenses Of
tho attorneys aud to pay the experts
employed i'll the Investigation Ut the
city fiuauces, aud that the Committee
of Twenty bs authorized to appeal to
tue citizens for IL contribution for
these pnrposes.
Resolrei. That the committee be au-
thorIzed to select an attorney or attor.
! neya, aud agree upon the cumpunsn-
ton to DO gwen them.
The application for the n.,ntiumvs
alluded To in the foregoing resolutions
will be heard ou next Saturday. by
Judge Curpenter
We learn that the committees ap-
pointed at the previous meeting are
busily engaged III the investigations
which they were charged to condnot.
LECTURE We have the pleasure to
announce TINT Dr.. r. A. Larur, uf
Baltimore, has consen ted 10 deliver hih
celebrated lecture. "Man aud Woman"
Thursday evening. December II. ut
Parker's Hall, -. o'clock. Admission,
80 ceuts. Gallery, 15 cents. Speak
ing of tho lecturer, the Raleigh N,.,cS
says:
The lecturer handled his subject.
"Muu and Woman" in a maslerIy
manner. His explanation Of the reIa-
tioEs existing tntween tho Creator aud
the created. nna his portraiture of the
| influence aud sphere Of woman, the
wife, tue mother aud the daughter, is
Of a character calculated to prove be-
nrticinl to the listener. The lecture
throughout abounds with much reason
aud thought.
| SCrEEmE CoCRr-TUEsDAY, Deoem-
bnr l5--The Court met ut 10 A. NJ.
Present Chief Justice Moses aud AS
sociare Justices Wright ami Willard.
john Brutton. ct at executor, re-
sponden!. rs Samnel Anderson, ap-
peilant. Mr.. Thomson was henr,l for
appellant. Mr.. Wilson was heard for
respondent.
lhomns II. Croft. survivor. appel
mnt. in rc Pringle RS. Szer. MIR.
N ,ore gas heard for appellant. Mr..
Allison wus hesr for respondents.
Smith & Melton. respondents, RS.
Jesse L. Walker, CT al, appellants.
Mr.. Gaston was heard for appellants.
Mr., .Ia,ailion was heard for respond
cn.s. MIR. GAstou was beard for ap-
pclants Ill reply.
Jonah d. Perry. e: al. appellants. i.
," BiiinSs. executor. rs. Clinton. MIR.
Moore was heard for appellants
| Kennedy G.. billings. late Commits.
sioner. rs, !. 5. Williamson. appellant.
Mi. Allison was heard for appellant.
Nc. Moore was heard for respondent
! ale State, respondent, rS. john Il.
; Mo laige, appellant. New trial grdut-
.d. Opinion. by Moses, G. j.
f; 4. 3 L. NJ, the Conrt aijonrned
Until Wednesday, 10Th. 10 A. N.
| IIE;rE rEE-PArKER's HALL -Au all.
vcttiaement in this mornings Pu,gNIx
iusorms the publia that Miss Ada Gray,
with u fall dramatic company. gives
juf, f,rt,npcoo Hall -,