The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-25

A BALL Room DISASTER. young
lady from Cambridge attended ball in
boston, whore the floor was waxed.
During the evening, while dancing in O
waltz qnadrille. the young lady slipped
ana fell, and the young man who &C.
companled her, in his efforts to save
her from falling. placed his hand OF
ner side. but also slipped at the same
time. When the young lady was placed
on her feet she was unable to stand.
and was carried from the hall. It ap-
peared thut the young man, in his effort
to save her, pierced her side with one of
MS nngers In suoh manner as to cause
taintness and intense pain. She was
taken nome In carriage, placed in bed,
and physician sent for, who pro.
nounced her seriously injured internal
~. She never again rose from that
bed, and only few days since was
borne to the cemetery.
The great especial service that the
Legislature onght to DO tho people of
!h!a State !s to iook into the assessment
OF the lands. AS it stands now, the
amount OF taxation depends on tho rate
of assessment. The rate of assessment
being arbitrary with the County Eaual.
lzatlon Board, the rate of taxation, of
course, is arbitrary. That ought to he
corrected at once by the Legislature, TO
start with. Arbitrary taxation don't
work in free country under Republi.
can institutions.-Un Union Herald.
Suicide for love is still in vogue. Miss
Devereox. twouty and pretty, took arse
mic, fatally, in Oswego County, some
days ago, because her lover proved
falthtess. Ed. Simmons, OF st. johns
Vile, was even worse; for, after taking
sugar OF lead because girl snubbed
him at dance, and making severai
doctors an all night job in pumping it
out, he ate green paint and died.
1t is sail that news of the death OF
washington was received in Augusta.
GA, on the 7th Of January, 18OO-just
twenty.seven days after it had occurred
at Mount Vernon. The local papers
the Augusta Herald and Soathern Seati
,'el-appeared in mourning, and in the
former we find meeting of the citi-
zens called for the 9Th. at "the church, -
there being then but one in Augusta.
While our ships are sounding tue Pa-
o;ac tor cable route from San Francis.
co to japan, the enterprise Of the En-
ropean and Oriental managers has at
length. by completing connections.
brought that country in telegraphic
communication with us via the Atlantic
cable
A few days ngo, very handsome
lady entered IA dry goods house and in.
qnired for beau" The polite clerk
threw himself back and remarked TINT
he was nt her service. "Yes; but I
want bnH. not green one,' was th,
reply. The young man went on meu
snriug goods Immediately.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brownlie and he,
little son, residing in Sheridan town.
ship, Iowa. were shot and killed, on til.
night of the 10Th, by parties who Mt.
tempted to break into the house. .oh,
was beautiful woman.
1t Is curious fact that the only two
countries In Which the stopping aud
forcibie robbery by armed men of rail
way trains prevails, are Spain and the
United States.
a mau nun.ru Muuus, living IN ,ur
Southern part of GuiIford County. n
g., killed another man who knocked a,
lis duOF, anti iiGn shot Ills own brain.
out. He was supposed to be in state
OF mental aberratlon.
1t was lately stated in Congress Tint,
within fifteen years. ut the present rut,
OF cutting, the land in The United State.
yielding heavy timber, would be entire
y stripped.
Detroit female of just twenty five
was married to her fifth husband lately.
All the gentlemen are alive, and the
first four are doing well.
Richmond has 60.6O5 population b,
the census just taken, an incrcnso o
5000 since 1870.
For the year ending December 81
1873, it cos! Sl,04S. 500 to clean til,
streets OF New York city.
John Jones. of Atlanta, Ga, wa.
killed Tuesday, by his horse running
away.
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