The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-07

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plucc, and that he never as much as
requested tho aid of the mllitury.
Neither did the municipal authorities
have time to uct. 1t il proper to state,
further, that the two young men who
were arrested made no attempt to es.
cape. We have, heretofore, enter
tained the old fogy notion that the
military was subservient to the civil,
and only to be clllsd upon when the
civil authorities had exhausted proper
efforts. But ws do hot propose to
com ment upon the matter ut thi. time,
We give the facts to tho worll /, aud
they ure trumpet-toneued Of them
selves. L0urens ollie Herald
| RUBBER OVER SHOES FOR HORSES =
This is recent invention, which pro.
misses to be boon to the equine in
habitants of paved cities. The shoe is
made and lined III precisely similar
manner to the articles Of apparel worn
by the human race, and, in furt, pre-.
sen,s no points Of difference save in its
shnpn and its manufacture Of the best
quality Of India-rnbber. 1t Is de-
signed as !. substitute for the iron
-
many maludies to which horses feet
arc subject. Horses suffering with
cracked or contracted hoofs, aud sim-
lar painful hurts. it is said, are quickly
cared by the substitution of tile rub
Der covering for the nnyieldiny metal
shoe. The elasticity OF the former al
lows tho hoGf to remain in its natural
shape, while protected from abrasion
against pavements by the heavy rub
Der sole beneath. The device is easily
removed from or pat on The hoof; aud
hence. while standing liz the stall or
turned ont to pasture, the horse may
be left bnrc-footed. Ia winter time
the covering serves us Il protection
against illness due TO .h; common
practice of minsIing salt with the ice
and snow in city streets, while the
roughened surface Of the rubber be-
meath serves to give the animal foot.
hold in slippery weather. AS compared
with iron shoes. the cost Of the rub
Der one is about one-third more, and
their weight is some forty per cent.
less, while they are very durable.
Sixteen sizes are manufactured, so
that accurate fits may be obtained
Foul MURDER-A BRUTAL SCENE IN
THE STREETS OF ST. PAUL. MINN.-Jas.
Lick aud his wife were attacked on the
streets by George Lauchten Schiager
and George Rapp and wife. who evi-
IDENTIFY had been lying in wait for
them. Mrs. Lick was brutally MUIR
dered on the spot. Mrs. Rnpp and
her husband then attacked Mr.. Lick,
the former being armed with knife
and the lntter with a timers soldering
iron, and after knocking him PROSTATE
they placed him face downwurds in u
small creek. and Rapp stood on him to
hold his face IN ths water until lie was
strangled. They were frightened of
by approaching footsteps, aud Lick
was picked up insensibie, and may yet
die from his wounds. All the assassins
were captured.
The MILK IN THE BISMARCK Cocoa
NCT.-The Berlin correspondent OF the
New York Herald has obtained the
grand secret of tho Won Arnim Bis
marck trouble. Here it is: The Em-
press Queen, the Crown Prince aud
tho Crown Princess of Germany want
ed to abate Prince Bismarck, who is n
noisy, impo!ite man, and to put Count
Won Arnim over him. Prince Bis
marck got wind of this project through
an attachee devoted to his cause n the
German embassy in Paris. Therefore,
he recalled Count Arnim, and then in
stituted legal proceedings in due form,
assisted by the crown lawyers, politics
being rather grim game just now.
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KEROSENE DRISKER-The Chris.
tainsburg (Vn.) Messenger states that
there is negro boy living in Neport
who will drink kerosene oil by tile
quantity whenever he can got it. He
Graves it to such an extent that the
family are compelled to hide, not only
the can which contains it, but even the
lamps. He has been known to drink
half pint Mt time. The effect is
similar to nrean whiskey; it produces IL
wild intoxication. When under til c
influence Of it he will light matches
and hold them within his mouth, talk
idiotically, mimic men and beasts, and
acts like frantic baboon generally.
Ile goes by the name OF Brandy.
Poison ISoCULATED FROM a DEAL
PERSON. Newry Hamilton, IN
undertaken, Of Brooklyn, n. u. re.
Gently disinterrcd the body of ono Mrs.
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