The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-27
A San Francisco woman, '

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which some one had thrown on the
side. walk. Is thus described: .'She
kicked with both feet as high as a
ballet star, gave the peculiar, shfill,
feminine SCREAM, sat down, said, oh,
N.Y. smoothcd down her disordered
ss.:=e. locked round wildly, rose quick.
ly, shook herself to see II anything wos
loose. gave a withering glaace at the
place whore she had fallen, and, with
all the spare blood she had in her face,
went on with her shopping"
LAURENs RAILRoAD.-The Herald
learns by letter from Charleston that
the sale of the Laurens Railroad had
been confirmed by the United States
Court; that tho work OF rebuilding the
road will CONN ence at once, and one.
fourth the money subscribed would be
called for on the 10th of July, another
on the 2Oth August aud another 2Osh
September. This begins to sound like
business. It is said to be the intention
OF the present owners of the road to
put it in running order by early fall.
A New Yorker tells OF some nice
grass for front yards. He says:
Couch. or kutch, grass takes posses
sion OF the superficial stratum and
everlastingly spIices and plats it's roots
into understandable sinnets. It caun.t
be- rooted out in Iutia and Persia.
where every blade is scorched by the
S!as'ag sun and hot winds of the dry
season. Horses aud cattle are fed on
the succulent roots. One rain shower
covers the arid. baked. fasursd plains
with emerald verdure."
Your BULL AND My Ok -Whsn
Bau. Butler denounced Southern u Gu,
every Radical at the North though. it
q good thing. But when he abused
Northern Radicals, the other day, the
New York Tribune comes to the charge
and says Ben. 3 speech, .'for black
guardism and falsehood, courseness
and brutality. Was never equallsd in
auy assembly calling itself reputable
or decent"
Slightly sarcastic was the clergyman
who paused and addressed man com.
ing into church after the sermon had
begun, with the remark: Glad to see
you. air. come in; always glad to see
those here late who cant come early;"
and decidedly aelf-pnssessed was the
man thus addressed, iu the presenc. Of
an astonished congregation. III he re-
sponded: Thank You; would YOU
tavor me with the text7'
A remarkable instance of family ro-
tatlon in Office exists in the selection
of Consul to Falmouth, England.
President Washington appointed as
our FIRST consular representative at tue
place Mr.. Fox. VINO held the Off 20
many years. Hs was succeeded by
his son. who recently gave up the posi-
ton, and last week, Howard Fox. his
son, was nominated to succeed his
father.
The declaration of the Rev. Mr..
West. that the crimes OF Cincinnati
have well nigh made Sodom and Go.
morrah respectable. ia going the
rounds OF the newspapers But it il
to be regretted that there was Que in
oldent in the history of Sodom and
Gomorrah that has not yet happened
in toat of Cincinnati.
The mansion in which the Nathan
murder was committed is doomed
No one has offered to rent or purch ase
1t. though it could have been obtained
at vast reduction. owing to the
tragedy enacted in it. It's now being
pulled down level with the dust, and
new mansion. where no ghost of
murder stalks, is to be built upon the
site
Probably the coolest proposition ever
made WAS that proposed by Mr., G. f..
Hoar the day before Congress adjourn
sd. to appropriate ST, 900 10 reimburse
Gen. . 0. Howard for the expenses
of his defence before the late court of
'n41iry. Gen. Howard ought certainly
tc Do willing to pay for tue whitewash
used on The OCCASION.
CASE OF SUPPOSED PoIsoN1aG. A
little daughter of ex, Mayor Clark, oil
Charleston, was taken suddenly ill.,,
on Mouday, with oonvulsious, aud
continued sick until Wednesday,, when
ehe died. It is supposed thnt she was
poisoned by eating flakes of paint,
containing Paris green. picked from
| the furniture in tho hUnse.
In consequences of fatal epidemic
among chickens in Minnesota, minis.
ters ARE receiving donstions nearly
every hour IF the day. This is "a
be"u' FIJI and affecting fact, and re-
mlnds us that no pastor cuu have a
sicc' ssful ministry who does not enjoy
I'll. affections Of his congregation.
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