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

| AN oEF 40 Jul y
duty to report difficulty that OCCUR
red at this place on Wednesday, the
day after the election. It was between
two young men from Spartanburg and
two oolored men from Columbia. The
cause of this difficulty we have not
been able to ascertain, but understand
that it was altogether personal, and
that politics hed nothing to do with it.
It resulted in the woundlng of the two
colored men slightly, and the arrest,
by the military, of the two young men
from Spartanburg. Two other young
men. citizens OF this County, were
also arrested by the militury as partici-
pants, one Of whom wns after wards re-
Iensed.
II :h:s connection, rye will mll that
the military made the arrests before
tue civil authorities even had an op-
portunity to uct. If we have been cor
rectly informed. the Sheriff wns ut his
dinner ut the time the difficulty took
pluce, and that he never as much as
requested tho aid of the military.
Neither did the municipal authorities
have time to act. It is proper to stute,
further, thut the two young men who
were arrested made no attempt to es.
cape. We have, heretofore, enter
tained the old fogy notion that the
militnry was subservient to the civil,
aud only to be called upon when the
civil authorities had exhausted proper
efforts. Bat We do hot propose to
com ment upon the matter ut this time.
We give the facts to the worll, and
they nre trumpet-tongued Of them
| Splrac u
RUBBER OvER.SHoEs FOR HORSES =
This IS rcceut invention, which pro-
| misses to be boon to the equine in
hubitants of paved cities. The shoe is
made and lined in 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
shape aud its manufacture of tho best
quality IF Indiu-rubber 1t Is de-
signed as u substitute for the iron
shoe, and Us ntonus Of preventing the
many maludies to which horses feet
arc subject. Horses suffering with
cracked or contracted honfs, aud simi-
lar pniuiul hurts. it is said, are quickly
cared by the substitution of the rub
Der covering for the nnyielling metal
shoe. The elasticity Of the former al
lows tue hoof to remain in its natural
shape, while protected from abrasion
against pnvements by the heavy rub
Der sole beneath. The device is easily
removed from or pat on the hooF; aud
hence. while standing III the stall or
turned out to pasture, the horse may
be left hurc-footed. Iu winter time
the covering serves as Il protection
against illness due to the common
practice Of minGliDg salt with the ice
and snow in city streets, while the
roughened surfuce 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, 40
that accurate fits may be obtained.
FOUL MURDER BRUTAL SCENE IN
THE STREETS OF ST.. PAUL. MINN.-Jas.
Lick and his wife were attacked on the
streets by George Lauchteu Schlager
and George Rspp 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 q knife