The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-26
and character OF his (Tilton's) female

and character OF his (Tilton' 81 female
acquaintanoes. This gives him the
right to institute q counter inquiry
int :ae standing of tho lndies If Mr..
Beecher's acquaintance.
BosToN, July 25.-At an adjourned
ran, by the boy Pomeroy, the surgeon
who made the autopsy stated that the
body of the girl was ,nutilated in
shocking and revolving manner with
some sharp instrument.
SARATOGA, July 25.-Large attend
ance at the meeting Of the Saratoga
Association. Track in excellent con.
dition. The first race, Travers stakes,
~ miles, eleven started. The race
was tie for the first place between
Acrobat and Attilla; Steel Eyes third
time 3.O9%. Previous to tho race,
pools sold 300 on Attilla. 40 on Aoro
bat. It has been decided to run Aero
bat and Attilla over again. after the
last race-the owners refusing to di
vide the stakes.
The second race was sweepstakes for
all ages. ~ miles; won by Springbok,
in 1909 Mate, Dublin and Survivor
coming In in the order named. Spring
box was the favorite in the pools. The
third race was flash stakes, 4 mile;
won by Olitipa-Willie Burke second,
Astalind third-time 473<. Attilla.
won the deciding heat for the Travers
stake by leDgth-time 3.08Z.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-.The accepted
bids for the new Eve per cent. loan
amount thus far to $40, 1l8, $50. which
amount, it is believed, is for perma.
nent investment at home. Negotia-
tions are still pending.
Official dispatches from Custnr's
expedition say the command is in ex-
cellent condition. Plenty of good
grazing aud water has been found on
the route No Indians were seen,
except u small purity two or three days
ago. The correspondence upon Indian
matters between the Interior aud War
Departments and Generals Sherman
and Sheridan shows that perfect har-
mony exists in all official quarters rela.
tive to the subject OF dealing with hos.
tile Indians.
dangerous counterfeit having ap.
pearcd upon the five dollar notes uf
the Traders National Bank, Chicago,
the Treasury Department olfers one.
half per cent. premium for the return
Of the genuine five dollar notes of that
bank TO the department for destruc-
ton. The notes should be shipped
separately, and may be included iu
packages OF national bank notes re-.
turned to the Treasury for redemption,
and may be returned ut the expense OF
the department.. All genuine So notes
of this bank should hereafter be re-
fused. and the bills of that denomina-
tioa thus driven out of circulation. No
more of these notes will be issued
hereafter by the Comptroller of the
Currency to that bank. The attention
of bank officers is specially called to
the necessity OF promptly retiring
these notes, which will entirely pre-.
vent circulation of the counterfeits.
Probabilities--For the Middle States,
increasing cloudiness and South. east
to South west winds will prevail, with
warm wenther and stationary or falling
barometer. For the South Allan tic
and Gulf States. partly cloudy and
warm weather, with East to South
winds and slight changes in the baro-
meter. For Tennessee, the Ohio Val
ley and lake region, partly cloudy and
warm weather, with areas of rain North
OF Tennessee, and in the lower lake
region Southeast to South winds and
low barometer.
CHARLESTON. July 25.-Arrived-
Schooners B. N. Hawkins. New York ;
Mary Riley, Philadelphia.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25 A de.
spslch from Eureka, Nevada, says n
terrible water-spout burst in the noun. !.
tains yesterday. sweeping through the
town, killing twenty persons and caus-
ing great destruction of property.
Another despatch from Eiko snys the
water spout crossed the Central Pacific
Railroad truck, between Humboldt
Wells and Tono, injuring it so that the
Western bound emigrRnt train cannot
get through to-day.
4 later despatch from Eureka gives
the particulars Of the storm yesterday.
1t had been raining with great vio-
lence. from early in the morning until
noon, when cloud burst on q lofty
range Of mountains to the Eastward,
and vast volume of water washed down
the canon, where the town is located.
The Eastern part of the town was
flooded in ten minutes by fearful
rush of water, which constantly in
creased in violence, depth and impetu-
osity. The people were hcmmed in,
and every moment houses were toru