The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-15

below low tniddling, deliverable Au-
gust, S3s. Yarns aud fabrics at Man-
chester dull but not quotably lower.
writer who has hirted with the
women c: Paraguay says: "OnIy ina
glIe yourself about to salute the red
lips OF magnificent little Hebe, ar.
rayed in satin and flashing with dia-
monds, as she puts you buck with one
delicate hand, while with the other she
draws forth from her mouth O brown
ish-blnck roll OF tobacco, two inches
long, looking like a monster grub,
and then, depositipg tho savory To-
zenge ON the brim OF your sombrero,
puts up her face and is ready for sa-
lutte. However, one aoon gets csed to
this In Paraguay, where you are, per
force OF custom, obliged to kiss every
lady you are introduced to-"
SUDDEN DEATH OF YoUSa LADY
WHILE SINGING. Mary Louise
Hurlburt, daughter of Rev. Victor NJ.
Hurlbnrt, of Home Ridge, N. Y, burst
blood vessel in the brain while sing
ing In the choir of the Reformed Dutch
Ch1rch at that place, on Sunday morn
| o. "'A "a PatCd Al IlIu6 after.
She was singing duet, several of the
notes OF which were in IA high key.
She sang them in voice unusually
strong aud clear, and then sauk buck
in her brothers arms inseus,blr, end
WAS soon dead.
FIRES. The Clubhouse and fixtures
OF Mr. w. W. Rogers. of Indinntown,
=. O.. Was totally destroyed by fire on
Tuesday morning last. The house
WAS struck by lightning. from which
1t oaught, and had nearly burnt down
before tho fire was discovered. Loss
$500; no insurance. The store and
entire stock of goods belonging to Mr..
Jas. Harper was also destroyed by fire
on the night of the same day; cause of
the Gre accidental Loss 81, 900; no
insurance..
| Smuggling Is pnrsued resolntely on
the Belgian frontier, but Woysten
Woytard was caught at it The other
day. He attempted to run the line by
driving at full speed, but the custom
house soldier brought down the horse
with his rifle. There wrs 5000 worth
OF tobacco in the wagon, and tho horse
was i'll artnor. and SO armed with
knives about the bridle that Que could
not have stopped him by hand with
out being cut to pieoer.
"Our boy Fred" says correspond
ent. "has 6ne lot of hens, and tnkes
great cure of the eggs. One night on
coming home from school, he found
that the cook had rifed every nest of
lts contents, even to the nest eggs.
Fred was in terrible stute of mind,
and sobbed out, And oh. father, If
you'll believe it. Bridget even cooked
up the hens patterns. and they won't
be able TO lay good shaped egg this
summer
MIR. James Eagen, wealthy gentle
man of New York, was driving in his
buggy ia East Mauch Chunk, on Sa.
turday. accompanied by Charley Booth !;
while crossing the bridge over the Lee
high, the horse took fright and backed
to the parapet. throwing both out. Mr..
Eagen fell distance of thirty or forty
feet on tow path, and was instantly
killed. Booth escaped without serious
injury. The horse clung to the para
pet and was rescued.
1t is a rather humiliating fact that
the American press has not been among
the first to give to the world accounts
of the millenary festival in Iceland.
Those two interesting papers ut Rey-
kjavik, ths ThothhoIfr and the Islen
dlnger, have already published the
proceedings. All this comes OF not
having telegraph line to the Volcanic
isle. But we shall have one before
another thousand years rolls around.
A Boston firm having recently writ
ten to debtor two or three times
without Aliciting any response, sent
letter asking if there was not little
lack of ''commcrcal courtesy" in his
neglect to reply. Promptly, by the
return mall came check for the uc-
count and the tcrsoand comprehensive
reply: "No lack Of commerciul courte-
sy, but lack Of circulating medium
here"
MURDER IN CuURoH. H.-During a sor-
vics in Methodist church three miles
from Carlisle, Ky, rough named
Hamilton jumped up, cursed the SCR
vice and aourished his pistol Trustee
Thomas Shaw. in taking Hamilton
out. was shot by him through the
head. The murderer was taken to
JUL and then removed to Lexington 10
avoid lynching.
Gas goes North Carolina, so goes tio