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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-19
.cial MeetinR City Council.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
COLUMBIA, 8. c., July II, 1874.

COLUMBIA, 8. c.. July II, 1874.
Pursunnt to call, Council met at 8
P. NJ. Present-His Honor the Mayor,
John Alexander. aud Aldermen Carr,
Carroll, Cooper. Davis, Griffin, Pngh.
PuI7ir, Simons. Swygert. Thomas and
Wells. Absent-AldermRu Brown.
The Mayor stated that the meeting
was called to consider whether the City
Treasurer should be empowered to re.
ceive past due coupons in payment of
licenses.
Alderman Cooper, from Committee
OF Ways and Means. presented COM
munication from Messrs E. J. Scott &
Son. rendering coupons for their Ii.
cense. and recommended that the ap-
preparation ordinance be go amended
az to make coupons receivable for said
license.
alderman Carroll. by general con.
sent, offered the following ordinance,
which received its first reading:
AN oRD1NANoE TO MAKE CITY COUPONS
RECEIVABLE FOR DUES TO THE CITY,
BE ii ordained by The Mayor and Al.
dermen Of the City Of Columbia in Couu
cit assembled. ana by The authority Of the
same, That past due coupons of city
bonds be receivable for all dues to the
city except water rents. All ordinances
and parts OF ortliuanc-s conflicting
with this ordinance. for the puposes Ct
this ordiuancs aud none other, be,
AMI the snne are hereby, repealed.
The oFhinance was called M for q
secoud reading.
On motion rf A"lermau Conper, the
further considtra ION nf tho ordinance
WAS pos p'ne.l nui,i the next regular
mecting.
Aldercl.n Griffin, from the Commit
tee on Licences. to whom was referred
the communication Of j A. Dunbar,
CITY Attorney. aud G. D Melton, ESQ.
recommending reduction of the
license tax upon lawyers from $50 to
go. reported back the same, and re-
commended that the license tax upon
lawyers be reduced to S25.
Gu motion of Alderman Purvis. the
report of the committee was adopted.
Ou motion Of Alderman Griffin.
Council adjourned.
WALTER r JONES, City Clerk. T.
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To Eont,

A 4 COTTAGE. situated North OF the
E" Marion Street Church, containing
four rooms, with all necessary out
buildings. and good |o!! 6: Tstor ON the
premises. Apply to WM PRICE.
July 10 L.
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II AD u YUn
.Lx II.

On the 18th instant, at tho Marion Street
Church. by the Rev. Mr. Kirkland, Miss III
E: DINKINs, OF this city, to Mr.. ]. NJ. MO.
RELL, OF London.
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Desirable Property for Sale.

r WILL sell, at fair price, and on rea.
4 sonable terms, my RESIDENCE, oppo-
site the University grounds. The House
contains nine rooms and has water. gas,
baths. etc:. etc. A. G. BRENIZEK.
July 1913
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MORE CLEMeScY A petition was
circulated in Fairfield for the commu-
tation OF the sentence of H. a. Smith,
the convicted County Treasurer, go
privately that but few persons knew Of
its existence. Governor Moses has
commuted the sentence, second time,
ito confinement in the Jail building
and enclosure during the remainder Of
bis Imprisonment" The Winnsboro
NewS states that, on motion Of Trea-
surer Cardozo. warrant has been
'seued by Trial Jnstice Mackey for the
arrest OF II. q. Smith on the charge of
embezzlement. The warrant is in the
Sheriff's hands, 10 be served as soon as
the time of the present sentence ex-
pires. 1t will be remembered that
Smith pleaded guilty only to the
charge Of not making mouthIy settle
ments.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23
An Aladdin Cavern.

Lucy H. Hooper, writing to the Phila-
delphia Press, concerning the warehouse
of one of the largest glass manufactur.
ers in Paris, says: Never did behold
any more exquisite realization of that
genii built palace Of Aladdin, which was
constructed of sapphires, rubies, dia-
monds and emeralds The establish
ment is of vast extent, and down the
immense show room stretch lines Of
tables, all loaded with the glittering
marvels of the glass. blowers art, ablaze
with color lustrous with gold, and spark
ling as with the fire of diamonds. Here
be miles of toilet sets; forests of roses;
crystal candelebra that might have been
stolen from the ice-queen's palace, so
perfectly does their transparent tracery
and effiorescence recall the most delicate
workmanship of the frost; painted SER
vices whose flowers Flora might have de-
signed and 1itania copied, a wilderness Of
beauty and light. Here is a pair oflsmps
ooloring agure and the painting single
broken lily on the delicate blue back
ground; and here pair of vases of the
same celestial blue, the design a bou-
auet of yellow roses on one, a group Of
canary birds on the other. Here tower
a pair of osndelabts all tinted with hues
of ruby and emerald, and there crys-
tai vase colorless as ice and as dainty
in tracery as the snow. We we're shown
vases of the most exquisite pale gray,
set in frameworks Of frosted silver, and
besides the cool perfection of their quiet
neutral tints stands a dressing glass, its
gilded frame oyerrun with climbing roses
which we long to pluck aud smell, aud
vet which are only Of china. The roof
of this Aladdin cavern is hung for stall
sctites with glittering chandeliers, huge
marvels of glass.worker's art, one of
which, a gigantic bouquet OF crystal
flowers as it seems, of size behtting the
dome of the Capitol of Washington, is
valued at $4,000, and was manufactured
for the great French Exposition of 1861.
IL goes To Turkey, | understand.
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FRIDAY EVEN ING, OCTOBER %. 1874
pntentn,es nnd one Pope.

These remarks are very significant,
and anything but encouraging. Our
century is set adrift by religious doubts
and distracted political passions. That
learned discipline, which is true art and
which is transmitted from century to
century by the means called tradition,
appears not to exist in politics.
European kings, emperors and govern
ments go on in the same people-devour..
ing way, that they followed ages and
ages ago; they seem to have gained
little from past experience, to have
learned nothing by the faults and sor-
rows of their ancestors they are forever
seeking, with the old Satan, pride, per
sonal power, and not the good OF the
people Two or three deaths would
change European politics amazingly
The Emperor of Germany, the Pope and
the Queen Of England, if gathered to
their forefathers, would leave behind
them a heritage of political changes
more complete than one dares to think
Of The Pope's health is so good, that
it gives security on his side, at least
of many years of life. He
holds daily receptions, not one, but
many; school committees; French
priests en- vOyage or pilgrimage; foreign
visitors to Rome, editors of clerical
journals, etc., etc; the name is legion Of
the gente, who daily seek an audience of
the Holy Father. and his benediction,
He walks in the Garden of the Vatican
on clear days; on many days in the
Raphael Loggie; and goes up and down
stairs faster than any of the Court Car
dinals; he often laughs merrily, am
told, at some Of the old gentlemen who
surround him, and cries out gayly:
I'm older than any of you; you are
all set OF soppiconi (cripples(.
And so they are, it is true. His Holi-
ness has never left the Vatican since the
autumn of 1870, four years this very day,
or tomorrow, when he went to the
Termini Piazza, opposite the Baths OF
Diocletian, and blessed the Aqua Pho
Marcia and the new fountain. During
these four years the Cardinals and Mon
sgnore of his Court have suffered greatly
from the Vatican confinement; they
have to leave Rome at certain periods
for change of air; some have died; Others
have been afflicted with alarming Hines
ses; Cardinal Amat has lately had a
stroke of apoplexy; but His Holiness
seems to thrive on that which is so in
furious to the others--confnement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23
HORRIBLE SNAKE STORY
The PeriIs OF Prospecting in NOrtI
ParR.

Inc ErcEhlS Va -
ParK.
From the Denver (Col.) World, Sth.l
Messrs. ID. s. Perkins, Joseph Straley
and John f. Stienrack, party of Chi
cago tourists, returned yesterday from
three months trip through Park, Sum
nit and Grande counties. They fitted
out an outfit at Simpsons corral last
July, and drove down southward and
prospected from Granite to Fort Steele,
on the Union Pacific.
These gentlemen relate most horri-
BILE snake story, which will bear repeat.
ing. They we're encamped in Elk Head
Mountains, in the North Park, on the
10th of last September, when they met
with a misfortune which cost one of the
party his life. The party arrived in
camp late one night after day hunt
and ramble over the hills After
hearty supper the party lay down on
their blankets around the fire, which had
been built in the cleft Of some large
quartz rocks, and all were soon fast
asleep. Mr.. Straley was awakened in
the night by heavy weight upon his
chest. At first he supposed 1t was his
brothers hand, but as 1t did not move,
and becoming nervous and alarmed,
he raised his head and was hor-
rifed to find large mountain
rattlesnake coiled up upon his chest,
with its head nestled down in the center
of the coil. 1t was nearly daylight, but
Mr.. Straley was so paralyzed with fear
that he could not make noise and dared
not move. He recovered his presence
of mind so far as to be able to draw the
blankets over his face This movement
startled the reptile monster, which gllded
from him to his brother, who was sleep
ing with him. The snake passed from
his breast to his brothers face, when. in
fatal moment, Henry Starley raised
his hand to tear it away. There was
fierce rattle and loud cry from the half
awakened boy and the monster buried
its fangs in his right hand and second
time in his cheek. There was a horrible
scream from Henry Starley as the poor
boy Jumped to his feet, while the snake
plided from the blankets to a large Hat
rock near the embers of the fire. Mr..
Jenkins fred his revolver at the horrible
creature, and at the second shot brought
him down.
Poor young Straley was soon suffering
the most intense agony. His brother, at
his request, cut out large portion OF
his cheek in hopes that the poison had
not penetrated very deep, and a tight
ligature was bound around the wrist Of
the bitten hand, which was bathed in
cold water. But nothing the horrihed
Young man could do availed to save the
poor boy. He died in less than two
bours in the most terrible agony. Had
the party been supplied with plentiful
supply Of whisky his life might have
been saved, but they had none. The
body changed color within three hours
after the accident. The young men
conveyed the corpse to Fort Steele
whence it was shipped home to Chicago
for interment. The snake measured
four feet in length and had nine rattles,
which were taken of, and which were
shown TO our reporter at the corral last
evening. This is certainly one OF the
saddest episodes of mountain tile which
has been brought to notice this season.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23
Intererting FIguEes.
From the New York World.

From the New ork World.
There is an impression prevalent
among those who are uninformed on the
subject that life insurance companies
rarely pay, without litigation, claims
arising from the death of insured mem
bers. The truth oontradicts this i'm
preston. .
Two years ago there were compiled
and publish by an insurance journal in
Baltimore the experiences in this regard,
previous to December, 81 1872, OF
seventy-one American life Insurance
companies. as given by the officers of the
respective companies. The list inclnd-
ed gil Of the large Amerian companies
exeept two. Commissioner Clarke, OF
Massachusetts,, in his recent annual re-
mort gives the experience for 1873 OF
forty.one companies reporting to him.
The facts in this connection are interest
ing.
From the report Of the seventy-one
companies il appears that there had an
aggregate of 81, 1923 death losses reported
and claims made amounting to Sl39,-
3r6.577.O8. or THE number 1926, am
ounting to Sl3T, ,625, ,475 70, had been
paid without litigation; $50 were ct that
date unsetiled-many Of them being not
yet due by the terms Of the policy-ieav-
ing only l9S which had been litigated or
resisted. Of the number litigated IS
had been paid after litigation had result
ed adversely 10 the companies, or had
been compromised during its progress
and lOl had been successfully resisted
Commissioner Clarkes report Of the
forty-one companies mentioned show'
that Of S3l, ,757, ,794 Of reported claims
only S949. .905, being 3.0l per cent
were contested.
Thus falls to the ground the oft-repeat
ed assertion that life insurance com
panies rarely pay policy claim except
at the end Of 8 law suit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23
cYCLoPEDIA.
!. II. FRELIGH & co.
n 4 4
Publishers Agents,

Are now Canvassing the City for Subscribers to
American CyoIOpedfa,
Revised.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23
MARBLE WORKS.
MONUMENTAL
WORKS.

ITALIAN. AMERICAN AND TALADEGA
i marble at very low prices, as follows;
Headstones. 2 feet. with socket and foot
stone. lettereQ Q---.-.-..--. ..--..-...-. .-- W
Headstones, 21S feet. with sOctet and
lOntstone, lettcfeu 4 "
Headstone, feet. with socket and foot
stone, 10 "
And ali ether sizes In proportion. Italian
and American marble box t0mbs. paneled al
round, and full size, $50. Also Italian mar
bic spire monuments, feet hiEh ana letterea.
siO0. Ibess rates are lower than marble vas
ever sold az in Memphis before. Designs sent
b the country free of charge.
II52 TH0S. MAXWELL. s. Union lt,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23

NIOw IN COURSE OF PUBLICA ZION. A
~ volume issued every two months till the
work is complete.
TINS CYcLOPKDIA is strictly an AMERICAN
PRODUCTION. and is THE BEsT EvER PUBLISHED,
and as the latest and most thorough, Will nat
urally hnd its way as an indispensable neces-
sity to the library of every one who aims to
have the most reliable and authentic records
at hand TO refer 10. 1t is no rehash Of preyi-
Gus CyclopRdias nor dictionaries, but IS the
result Of original compilation and exposition
by the ablest and largest corps o. editors that
ever was engaged on such a work. Our eiti-
sens will do well to make no contracts for
other Cyclopgdias till they have examined
this.
j. u. Freligh will call in person on all as
fast as he can. In the meantime, and at any
time, he will give prompt attention to letters
on the subject, through the pOstOihce.or leii
al his Office, No. Al Madison street, Room No.
Z. Planters Insurance Building.
RFTFP To-Hon. John Loague, Mayor; Hon.
John johnson, ex-Mayor; @. W. 6oyer, Esq.
President Union ana Planters Bank; J. III.
PettigreW. President Chamber Of Commerce.
2i-49
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23

Among the prisoners at the Maine
penitentiary is former pIacticing ply
sieian and contributor to several high,
toned literary periodicals. For several
years he corresponded on intimate terms
with Edgar A. Poe, who had high esti-
nation Of his literary judgment. AT
one time be acquired some celebrity by
announcing his dissent from the New
toniau theory OF grayitation, and also
from the nebular theory Of La Place
both Of which he combatted in public
lecture.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23
]. W. JEFFERSON, President.
7. B. DILLARD, Vice Pres't
VI. CROOK, Secretary

DIR SECTORS:
]. W. JEFFERSON. of ]. W. Jefferson 4 Co.
i. b. DILLARD, Cotton Factor.
]. 4. OLIVER, Of Oliver, Finnie 3 90.
WS- SIMPSON. Of Petit & simpson.
] III. GOODWIN, Cotton Factor.
G. v. RAMBAUT, Of &. NJ. AppersonS&iCo.
Ils-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23

The smallest pestoffice in the world is
an old beaten aud battered barrel sus-
pended by rusty chain from the outer
most rock which ovcrhengs the Straits
of Magellan, opposite Terra del Fuego.
Every ship that passes assists in distrib
uting the mails leftin this solitary spot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23

Rossini had favorite provision mer-
chant. One day the latter rather bash
fully said to Rossini: 81 have for a
long time wanted to ask you a favor
Name it, said the maestro. 1T is, "
replied the merchant that you will
give me your photograph with a few
words under il. Willingly" re-
sponded Rossini, and be took a photo
graph from his pocket-book and wrote
under it; ITO the friend Of my stomach
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-23
Fruit
FRUIT
WAVERLY HALL FRUIT FARM,
KERR AVENUE.

,,,uH IrypERsrGNED IS PREPARED 10
w ish strawberry and raspberry pialnee ~
IN quantities % Ryas sa 5i Msn street. shall
49, h,,e r-ompf attention. -,r,pp 49,
October l, 1874.
The Van Buren press., 1874-03-31

SELLING CoRN-Sell no corn in the
ear; have all you sell shellcd. A hand
shelling machine will do if your crop is
small one; if large get one to be
worked by horse -pO wer neither will cost
a great deal, and we are very certain that
if the cobs are crushed, steamed and fed
to your cattle, they will be worth more
to you in single winter than the price
of a corn shelter, whether you get a small
or large one. We believe there is one
third as much nutriment in u bushel of
cobs as there is in bushel of grain, and
we do know that cows or oxen fed upon
three pecks Of the crushed cobs or steam
ed cobs in addition to their usual allow
ance of hay or tops Of fodder. will keep
fat. Then why try to haul your corn
cobs to market to be given away2 1t
costs you rs much to carry a bushel OF
cobs TO market as it does bushel OF corn.
Shell your corn, leave your cobs at home
to nourish your cattle, and through
them your land, and where you now send
one bushel Of corn to market, you will
be able to transport two for the same
money. Look carefully at this PROPOSE
ton, consult economy, and consult the
comfort Of your cattle, consult the wants
of your soil and you cannot fail to take
our advice. american Farmer.
The Van Buren press., 1874-03-31

rE Elk Mayor johnson, having made
up his mind, sometime since, to ''go
West completed the winding up Of his
business and left Saturday on the Fanny
Tatum, for Johnson County, Ark, for a
short visit to his mother and relatives,
after which he strikes out for the land Of
gold. We are sorry to part with our
young friend, as we have always found
him straightforward and correct in all
things He takes with him the best wish
cs for prosperous future Of many warm
friends in Van Burcn.
The Van Buren press., 1874-03-31
INSANE ASYLUM.
Purchase of Grounds upon which to Lo-
cate the Building.

1t will be remembered that the last
Legislature, through the persistent efforts
of Representative McVeig,, of Missis-
sippi county, passed an act authorizing
the construction Of an Insane Asylum.
and appropriated $4,000 for that pur-
pose. The Governor appointed, as a
Board of Trustees Of the Asylum, Hon.
H. c. Caldwell, Hon. A. II. Garland,
Hon. w. w Wiltshire, Dr. George II.
Weeks and DR.. p. o. Hooper. Owing
to the lew price ofState Scrip, the Board
concluded not to attempt to do anything
at the time, owing to the small appro-
priation. Last week the Board met and
organized by elceting Hon. H c. Cald
we'll President, and Col. Gordon N. Peay
Secretary and Treasurer. On yesterday
they had meeting, and purchased eighty
acres of ground just west Of the Peniten.
tiary, and about two miles from the State
House. After paying for the ground,
considering the price of Scrip, the ap
preparation is insufficient to make little
more than beginning With the re-
mainder of the fund. however, we are
advised that it is the intention Of the
Board to endeavor to erect one wing, at
least, Of the main building, and plans
will be advertised for az once.
The necessity for an institution OF the
kind is felt throughout the State. II has
been but short time since we mentioned
the CO.: fnement in the County Jail Of :.
young lady, who was chained to the fioora
and in nude condition. No one knew
how to treat or manage her, and it is q
wonder she did not die from exposure
There is now confined in the same place
q colored man, who is chained to the
floor in one Of the upper rooms. He
has been there for several months. From
morning till night and from night till
morning he sits on the floor, both limbs
being chained, and keeps up continual
noise. He is seemingly harmless. With
a proper institution in which to contine
such unfortunates, many OF them might
be restored to reason. 1t would be
enough almost to make one lunatic to
be chained to the floor in our County Jail
We trust the Board Of Trustees of the
Insane Asylum will be enabled to provide
a suitable place for these people. 1t will
certainly be the duty of the next Legisla-
ture to make suitable appropriation to
complete the work upon which the Board
has entered.-L. r. Gazette.