The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-23


bring out the kindness of Bosz in com.
the 'reApers to drop larger
handfuls OF wheat. "Now, children"
she said, s"Boaz. did another nice thing
Tor Hnth; can yon tell me what it
wasp" Married her." said one of the
boys.
just as the Rev: Mr.. Hudson, OF
had said to bis little rural
Il have found my sheep
which was lost" a large sheep thrust
its head into the church door and be-
gan to bleat. The congregation nearly
burst in attempting to suppress cachin-
nation. t-
Titles ureuot worth much except in
a reason for this may be
.ha. in England the si;'s has sttiii im-
portant aud valuable privileges at
tnched to,it. while in other. parts Of
Europe it Ia chiefly useful to enable its
wearers to marry'an American girl,
which. after all. ID a privilege.
A young fellow in a Western town
was fined $40 for kissing girl against
her will. aud the following day the
damsel cent him the amount Of the
fine. with q note saying that the next
time he kissed her he must be less
rough about it, and be carefnl'to do it
when her father was not about.
- FATAL D1FF1cuLTY. A difficulty oc-
CURED on Mr.. Wm. Staggars Cooper's
plantation, Sumter County, q few days
ago. during whioh colored man was
shot and killed by MIR. Charles Coop.
er-the negro shooting at Cooper after
he had fallen.
When You tell your servant to say
that you are not tome, you merely
request him to assert that you are not
book. If his assurances to this eff
feet induce visitors to believe that you
arc not at home, you are not answera-
bio for the Misunderstanding.
Jones, of Nevada. is at Long Branch.
He has u team of four horses and q
brilliant complexion. Jones handles
the ribbons with great success. aud
thus supplies in measure the loss Of
jim Fisk.
Now is the chance for scientific
man. Let him tell the people in
Minnesota what useful and valuable
articles can be made out of grasshop-
pers. Petroleum was scorued as q
nuisance for hundreds OF years.
The city Of Saint Gall, in Switzcr-
laud, still owns banners captured by
its soldiers in 1476 and 1477 at the
battles Of Nancy and Grandson, ahd ii
is discussing the necessity of repairing q
them.
Tho holl md ovrrr, ,r,s,, 1.ou. "a
their appearance in Middle Alabama,
Eastern Mississippi. aud also in many
parishes of Louisiana. Three large
plantations in Middle Alabama were
entirely destroyed within three duys.
Several white individuals were ar.
rested in Sumter County. o few days
ago, on charge of murdering a co.
lored man named Kinder; when, Ia
and behold the murdered man was
produced was only in JUL.
The house Of Mr.. james J. Ward, il
the heart Of the town of Darlington
WAS struck by lightning. on the after
noon OF the 18th inst. A bureau was
broken and pistol discharged by the
shock.
A writer in the Winnsborc Neus
says there are no men among the Con.
servatives of South Carolina all being
demoralizci old women, afraid to
speak.
A few days ago. little girl. nea,
Lincoln, Neb., sat down among the
grass in field where her brother was
moving, and he, not noticing her, de-
capitated her head with his scythe.
Maryland girls won't marry in the
full of the moon, believing that they
would have i'll luck through life. but u
massachusetts girl wouldn't let forty
full moons stop her ten seconds.
We ought to be we'll people, for in
this country, it is computed, there is Il
doctor to every GLIB people. while in
France aud England there il one tc
every 1000.
The City Council OF Greenvi!lc has
decided to subscribe $4,000, in nddi.
ton to the County subscription, to
wards the construction Of the Green.
vile aud French Broud Railroad.
The women's temperance oath that
mo lips shall touch my lips that have
touched bottle" will compel all the
young men to use tumblers or wine
glasses.
The body OF man named John
Hawkins, of North Carolina, was
found near the Six Mile House, in
the vicinity OF Charleston. on Sundny
last.
\ United States official in Marion