The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-14

And many things red, as every one
knows,
Are sung of in rhyme and talked of iu
prose;
But richer, and redder, and ripper than
Is beautiful, blossomy Omaha nose.
FURcHaorr, BENEDICT & Co., Charles
ton, s. O.. are Offering one of the
largest stocks Of DRY GOODS and CAR
PETS in the United States. Parties in
waut OF the same will save from 25 to
to 30 per cent. by ordering from them.
They are prepared to send samples on
application. All retail orders over $40
will be sent free of charge to any part
or the Southern States. Remit by p.
.. Order, Express or Draft drawn to
our order, or Goods will be sent G.
o. u. or
United States Senators are to be
elected this winter from the following
States: Delaware, Florida, Indiana.
Louisiana, Michigan. Missouri, Neva.
dn, New Jersey. New York, Tennessee.
West Virginia and Wisconsin, eleotine
ono each. and all having Democratic
Legislatures; from Maine, Massachu
setts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Pennayl-
vanin aud Rhode Island, electing one
each. uud having Republican Legisla-
tGres.
CABIN PASSAGE TO EUROPE REDUCED.
The State line OF steamships between
New York and Liverpool have made
general reduction of their rates of
passage. the first cabin passage being
reduced from $40 to $50, the second
cabin from $50 to $40, and the steer.
age to SIS. The trans Atlantic lines
are NIL selling tickets to Europe ut low
rates. The fast lines charge from SIT
to $40, aud the slow lines from SIS to
SIT.
Tho Chicago Tribune makes classi
toation OF the members elect to Con-
gress so far, from which it appears that
ITO are new and los old members. or
the old members retired, so declined
renomination, G9 were beaten in the
party nominating convention, and so
were defeated before the people after
they had been renominated. It is
seldom that 30 many old members are
retired at time.
Thomas Jefferson for President in
1903. Marcus Morton for Governor in
1889 aud VIM. CASTOR in 1874, are the
only Democrats that ever carried the
State OF Massachusetts 1t is curious
to note the gap iu each case was ex.
actly thirty-fve years. We, therefore,
predict for the benefit of poste-ity
thnt tho old Bay State will ngain go
Democratic Ammo Domino 1909.
A young lady in Pennsylvania
town experienced great sensation in
the upper part of her nose q few days
ago. She Was troubled with it in one
way or another for some time, and was
even made very sick; but finally dis
covered that it was oansed by black
spider which bad crawled into one OF
her nostrils during the night.
A young ludy and gentleman. aged,
respectively, twelve and thirteen years,
were married ut Gouldtown, Mich,
last week. When last seen, they were
qu"rreling over pound of mixed oan-
dies, aud throwing ont vague intima-
tions about divorce.
Next to rooster in q rain storm. or
a tuau with his mother-in-law on his
arE,, the most wretched looking thing
III the world is u candidute who has
just overheard some friend wanting to
bet three to ono that he won't be
elected.
lSCESDIARlsM -On Thursday last,
the gin, screw and corn house of Mr.
B. NJ. Nesmith, OF Williamsburg, to-
gcther with their entire contents, were
destroyed by fire. 1t is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary.
4 young blood at hotel was re-
quested to pass dish near him. "Do
you mistake me for waiter?" snid the
exquisite. mo, sir; mistook you for
gentleman. was the prompt reply.
The first breach WAS made in the
ranks OF the Democratic phaIan1 of the
Forth-fonrth Congress by the death,
on Monday, OF Hon. John W. Head,
Of the Fourth Tennessee District.
An Indiana clergyman sued news.
paper for libel and dropped dead
within week. The Detroit Free Press
says those fellows will learn something
by and by.
A Georgetown man advertises CON.
ceruing his runaway wife, that "as
never pay my own debts, it is reason.
able to suppose that I shall not pay
hers"
The ''headless trunk" OF young