The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-28

ipator OF the Edgefield Advertiser, died
tpn the 2lst. 41He was In the fau1ral
procesaipn, of his brotherIin.law, Ir..
q. nj. Roper, when bis mule became
restive, ran off and threw Mr.. .Dnrisoe
againet stone. TheinjnryIwas 90 se-
we're, that he died in shirty-six hours.
He was highly respected.
Mr.. Hiram McAbee informs us that
during thunder storm, on last Satur-
day. large tree about forty feet from
his house was struck by lightning,
killing six fine hogs. feeding on scat
tered oats under the tree, where Mr..
Mui. alexander had fed his horses and
left only few minutes before.
Carolina Spartan.
Misa Ceara Louise Kellogg wants to
know why will tall women forever
get with little men? Why will yell
low-haired girl wear blue dress?
Why viii ssndy-haired old man dye
his moustache black? Why will the
ashy pale woman wear red? Why will
the ed-fnced woman wear white?
Last Thursday morning, a colored
boy. about sixteen years Of age, at.
tempted to jump upon the down train
on the Blue Ridge Road at Seneca
City, and missing his hold, fell under
the train while in motion, aud had
both legs run over and crushed SO that
he died the same day.
1t is said that two boxes of S.nte
guns we're sent from Abbeville to Nor
woods plantation, on the Savannah
Klver, week or two since. The re-
port is that the negroes into whose
hands these guns were given have seen
tit to make threats.
FRosr.-There was a frost in COTS.
town md Weare, N. H., on the 23d,
and it is thought that the fall crops
huve suffered. Early on the morning
Of the 23d, over-coats and gloves were
i'll requisition there. Fears are enter.
tanned of another frost.
Col. ]. F. 1rumpler, of Little Rock,
Ark, is on his way South. He claims
that he is being bounded down by the
strikers Of Powell Clayton, late Go
vernon OF Arkansas, and other promi.
nent and inscriptions Radical politi.
ciuns of that State.
CHESTER AND LENo1R RAILROAD
The workmen engaged in changing the
guuge Of this road are now about nine
miles from Chester, aud it is thought
they will complete the work through
to that place within two weeks.
t. D. Bellue, tax assessor of Tala.
dega, Ala, went out at night aud sat
down on cross-tie to get the cool
breeze. where he fell asleep. His
friends gathered his remains in q
blanket the next morning.
Old Jack Adger. colored mau aged
10o years. was in Winnsboro the other
day. having walked ten miles. He is
native African, and was bronget to
this country in 1888, Mt the age of 10
years.
Spotted Tail declines to remove fur
ther North. and desires to make fur
tber trouble. If this tail we're we'll
pnlled. it would do the body of the
tribe much good.
y girl, seventeen years old, and
only thirty-seven inches high. is excit-
ing the wonder of the Charlotte peo-
pie. She is perfectly formed aud halls
from Philadelphia.
The ruthless dog -catchers of New
York are accused of taking dogs from
the laps of nged women and rneu.
matte mcn and bearing them off in tri.
umph to the pound.
A colored man had o terrible rem
coutre with q NAL dog near Augusta,
Ga, n few days ago. A. hickory stick
skillfulIy welded ended the dog
Fortunately the man was uot bitten.
"A meeting of Georgia and South
Carolina Grangers, living on tho Sa-
vannah River, was held in Augusta
on the Goth. A permanent organiza.
ton was effected.
Police officer John Weemer was shot
and killed in Pittsburg, Pa, Monday
night. by Il. r. Hillon, whom hs had
arrested and was attempting to take to
the station house.
The FIFTH IN KERsuAw "A Tax
Union Was formed ut Buffalo, on Sa-
turday. 22d instant, with sixty. five
members, and is cmlled Buffalo Tax
Union.
Mr.. +. e. Adamson, formerly of
Camden, was Instantly killed by light.
ming, in his yard. near Gainesville,
Fla, on Wednesday,, 18th instant.
AN extraordinary pictorial novelty,
styled "Delugc, Or Paradise Lost, -
will be- brought out at Niblo's Garden,
New York, on the 7th pro1.
Mr.. Il. L. Ligon, Sr., died in
Winnsbor0 on Friday last, of paralysis,