The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-18


DExrH OF "BII.Ly" Wilson, THE
FIRE IouAvE Col. Wm. Wilson, the
commander Of the famous Billy Viii.
snn l. pnaves," whose departure from
New York created So great an excite
mrnt III tho earliest years of the war,
died ut the residence of his brotherin.
law, III that city, on Friday. During
the war, his regiment was stationed ut
Pensacola and Fort Pickens. and
earned no particular record. Wilson
was an cx-pug'list and hotel runner.
a barrel with only one stave is now
;nannl"ctued. A steamed log is r,;utel
"EtlEst knife of equal lcugth with
Itself, nnd continuous stlvc ar sheet
OF wood Is cut from it. The sheet is
cut into proper lengths. these are slit
at each end In several places, unl tho
ends reduced SO az to tit the heads and
mIkb the proper swell or bulge in the
circumference. Hoops are fitted MS
usual, md n much stronger barrel than
the ordinary Que is produced.
Grant wants no Republican confer.
ence. He says the Republican Con
gressmen may consult about things.
but they needn't do 50 on his account,
and he and his Cabinet will not ION
them. This is very sensible in Gen
Grunt. He would best keep out of
entang dement's with the beaten R,ll.
calls, who might want him to do some
foolish thing ia the vain hope of sav.
ing them.
Tue colored natives of Hilton Heal
are hard-headei. One day last week,
ono woman stabbed another in the
head with Il large pen-knife and broke
off the blade, leaving it sticking in the
skull OF the injured woman, who went
about her work and did not discover
that she was wounded until twenty
to"r ho"ca :!!e: ".-:!.. The hladn has
been extracted, and tho patient is
doing WELL
Monday last WAS the second ami
varsary of the greut Boston fire.
There are only twenty lots in the
burned district which still remain va.
cant. Nearly a!I the buildings which
nave been erected are improvements
on their destroyed predecessors, and
tho streets Of Boston have also been
Improved by Strengthening nn.l widen
ing. 40 that the fruits Of the ire have
not been altogether bitter.
John Crosslcy, the carpet manuiac-
tur'r Of Manchester, England, who
employs 5000 hands, was The guest Of
tho Cincinnati BoHrd If Trade last
Monday. 1t is said he intends to es-
tnblsh IL branch Of his house in this
couhtry-probably in Chicago or St.
Louis. For many years, about half
the product of his wo.ks have been
sold in America.
Fairfield. For Governor
BERLIN 3022; Green ,475-Chamber-
lnin's majority 1.54l For Lieutenant
Goverror-GIeaves 4.O34; Deluny
.32D-Gleaves' majority LII. For
Congresa-Wallaco 3,03G; Kershuw
1.40O- Wnllace's majority l,5lG Rep
resentatives, John Gibson, Joseph
Thompson, Joel Copes.
1t is said that Gen. Hanks was the
only poor man among the late candi.
dates for Congress in Massachusetts.
Con. Butler would have been another
poor man among them if, during the
late war, the art of rendering personal
property invisible to the naked eye
hnd been thoroughly understood at
certain point on the Mississippi.
SUCCESSFUL TURKEY HUNTING Mr..
Daniel q. Odom. Of Marlboro County,
has killed twenty wild turkeys
during tho present fall. On one occa-
sion he killed six at two shots. MIR.
james $. Guignard. of Lexington is
reported to have killed eleven of these
birds Mt ono shot, week or two ago.
On tho night of the 7th instant, two
colOred men and three coloretl women
wcro drowned while attempting to
cross North River, Va, on their way
to attend u prayer meeting at cabin
on Sailihgs mountain. They had
crowded into canoe. which was
swampcd hs soon nj they pushed off,
The Oldest mems memories are get
tug as worthless ua their bodies. Let
them go back to 1880, and they will
find that the weather then WAS warm
until the 2lst of Jannary. On Christ.
mas day That year, there wns " mos,
terrific thunder storm. The winter
alter that was very severe.
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