The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-01

rponH'ple seIntlOn to public affairs in
England ny making un attack upon
'home rule i'll Ireland. nnd upon tho
proposed 'iHes'abishrnrnt Of the
Church OF England. Hs has Rone
even further. and declared his opposi-
tion to ritnalism and his favor OF law
for its suppression. he haa thrown
down the gauntlet to Mr.. Gladstone
aud the Reformers, and will unoues
tionably fight with them. The next
Parliament will huve lively time of it.
handsome young girl, apparently
about eighteen, succeeded, on Thurs
day morning, in leaping from the fore
deck OF the ferry boat Hoboken, while
on trip from Hoboken to New York.
She wns observed while in the ladies'
oaoib to read u letter over, uuti evil
denoed emotion, aud soon after left
the cabin. She leaped over the guards
and quietly plunged into the water.
She was struck by the wheel and her
body was ut seen afterwards. All ef-
torts to rescue her proved fruitless.
The following is list Of the tempt.
ing drinks offered for sale at the bar
OF Bethlehem, Pa, temperance
house: Soda water Congress water,
Lehight water, Delaware water, spring
wnter, Bushkill water, eye water, rose
water, salt water. cucumber pump
water. jail roof water and water. This
IL enough to tuake any mans mouth
water.
Mrs Wordhnll has arrived in New
York. We believe. in the language of
Ned Buntline, that ''the mun who
rnises his hand against n woman is
creature whom 1t were buse f1attery to
call Il BEAST" but at the same time. if
Mrs. W00dhnll isn't ridden on a rail
nut of New York, the latter is ~ place
Which 1t were cowartlly faIsehood 10
n,en.iou al respectable.
Th" Herat'l, not content with send.
ing Stanley to Africa. In fittiug out an.
";hrr expedition To lcc.an,l. This will
he commanded l.y DR.. Hays, the cele.
binted Arctic exp!orr. who il to study
Its character, It's soil, its volcanoe aud
It's history, with view towards solv-
ing m"hy IF the problems that now
centre around the Arctic regions.
Two trriu- on the Grand Trunk
. Railroad c. .lel nt Fort Eric recent.
y, killing three men. The accident
occurred while u long train of gravel
cars was being run into the sand pile,
while ~ trnin already loaded WIS com
'"g out. The three persons killed
we're Ill the rear car, which struck the
""gine Of the ont'coming train.
Tho New York p,pcrs shy it is re-
ported that New Orieuus clergyman
cloped with II membv1 of his flock and
aud arrived there II few days ago, pro.
ceeding to Amsnia. on the Hudson
River Railroad. The guilty pair we're
trncked by the cergyman's wife. who
captured her husband und look him
back IN triumph.
In the city of Greenville the popu.
lation has increased ut least 900 since
the conpletion of the Air Line Rail-
rond. The assessment of city property
for til. year 1873, was S1,236, 668, and
for the year 1874. it WAS 81 .362, ,6G8;
showing un increase of Sl25, $40 in one
year.
\ young lady in Council Bluffs,
when informed by her supposed lover
That he was going to cease his suit,
cowhided him all around the room,
aud. as he Disappeared from the win
dow, declared that she would teach
him to BIZ careful how he triled with a
gentle aud loving heart In future.
A little sociuble-all from Offences
of opinion--occurred among the ladv
members of the Colored Methodist
Church in Fort Wayne. lad. Re-
freshment was found in hair-pulling
and inserting parasols in each other.
About dozen OF the heartiest rioters
arrested.
Congressman Cain, in answer to a
bench warrant issued at the recent
term of the Charleston Criminal Court,
the grand jury of which presented him
for an alleged libel on Solicitor 9. ".
Buttz. has entered into bouds in the
sun Of $4,000 with the CieTh Of the
Court for his appearance for trial.
A New York letter of the 9th ult.
says: "By common consent this is ex.
pected to be the last of the dull weeks
of the season. Leading business men
who are absent in the country arc
writing home to their clerks to be on
hand with the incoming of August, as
they may then count upon brisk times. {"
The colored woman. named Jenny
Miller, who was found dead, at Fiddle.
pond, Barnwell County. last week, and
who. it is supposed by some, had been
foully dealt with, died from appo.
plexy.
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