The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-10
The Duo de Feltre has Just won bv a

The Duo de Feltre hns just won by q
neck an extraordinary wager. He
backed himself to drive his trotter in q
light carriage to Lyons before the
Oomte Philippe de Neville would reach
the place on his velocipede. The dis.
tance was 358 kilometres, or 222L
miles, which was run in sixty and three
fourth hours. and was won by neck by
the Duo de Feltre, who drove into the
court yard Of the Grand Hotel at Lyons
Just two minutes before the Comte rat
tied in on his velocipede.
Bouha Winkler, sixteen years of age.
dressed in boys clothing, has been for
two months employed in O shooting gal
lery in Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
She says her parents live in Keysville.
Charlotte County, Virginia, and she ran
away three months since. adopting the
disguise SO as to obtain work. She has
been properly provided for, and now np.
pears IN her proper habiliments.
In allusion to the enormous sums re.
oeived by spies. informers, custom
house officers, etc., for alleged infrao-
tons OF revenue laws. tho New York
Tribune remarks that sit should not ba
forgotten that these large amounts do
not represent the spoils of smugglers;
they are the avails. to great extent, of
extortions and expressions levied on
the commerce OF the country"
Connecticut clock company has
shipped curious clock to San Francis
90. to be placed in the tower of the
greatest hotel on the continent, where it
will furnish the time for 500 dials,
which are to be operated by compressed
air carried IN plreB oil over the build
ing. The building has 500 rooms, and
there is to be u dial in every room.
The Detroit Free Press tells it's real-
ears that people in Southern Indiana
who Gown sixteen or eighteen dogs, are
counted as high-noaed aristocrats. II
the editor of the Free Press supposes
that he can come to any point in this
country and move in the first circles of
society with anything less than twenty
dogs, we should like to see him try it.
With the exception. perhaps, of Mr..
sumner. says the Galveston News. the
late General Wigfall was the most ac-
complished 6eUes-ie1res scholar in the
United States Senate. He was tho
roughly versed in ancient and modern
classics, and fully oonvsrsant with the
his story Of the country apd the course of
current events.
Parson Newman-the blasphem Gus
toudy who does the praying for the
United States Senate-besought the
Almighty to ''paralyze the hand" "pal-
sy The tongue" and "to take vengeance'
upon the newspaper writer's who pub
l'sh reports of Congressional dish on esty
aud immortality.
1t now turns out that the Tiohborne
claimant lost his estate because O Mr..
Bellew swore that ho bad tattooed tho
real Tlchborne when he (rich) was a
little boy. Tho claimant couldn't chow
the marks. and was sent to iail. Hanged
il they'll ever catch Us that way-we
shall tattoo at once;
Gov. Davis, of Minnesota sent back
the appropriation bill to tho Legislature,
the other day, because it contain a
clause increasing his salnry from So, 900
to 81. 600. with request that it would
strike out that provision. Tue wishes
OF the Governor was complied with, and
he signed the bill.
BUdADoo.- On the 5th the vaults under
the Parliament House in London wero
searched to see if Guy Fawkes was
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der barrel; bnt he was not found, and
Parliament will meet in safety. Nations
must be pretty we'll frightened when
they don't get over it for 270 years.
special despatch from San Anton MO,
Texas, says: It is now fully nscertained
that eleven Indians and squaw we're
killed in the recent fight on the fork of
The Brazos. Lieutenant Turner, of the
Tenth Cavalry, narrowly escaped death.
cartridge in his pocket was split by
on arrow.
MIR. Robert IngruLam. highly re-
spected citizen of Charles City County,
Va, while ut Carter's saw-mill, few
days ago. by somo mischance, was
drawn in by tho gearing aud terribly
mutilated. lie lived hut u few moments
alter being extricated He leaves q
wife and one child.
The features Of Prince Jerome Nupo.
leon ARE said to be such startling re.
production OF those Of his uncle, thut
the Republicans have dire forabodings
Of the future ascsndency of the dead
Emperor's star Of destiny.
Memorial services in honor of the
lato Rev. John Bach man ara to be held. j.