The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-23

checked by one!of the judges, who re-.
Gently fined man ten dollars, and SEN
fenced him to twenty days imprison.
ment, for playing the substitute dodge.
Mayor Eastman, of Poughkeepsie, is al
member of the New York Legislature.
He attended the Republican caucus on
Monday evening, and spoke in favor OF
hlr. Husteds nomination for Speaker,
because he would expedite business.
II come here" said he, "for three dol,
lars day, when might make $500
elsewhere" and voice called out from
the lobbies, "You can make it here IL
gon go the right way about it," This
was too much for good nature, and,
amid the laughter that greeted the sally,
Eastman sat down and joined heartily
i'll the general hilarity.
MEXICAN PRoGREss. The New York
Herald's special telegram from the
Mexican capital, under date OF the 18th
inst, gives an encouraging report of the
condition of affairs in the neighboring
republic. Congress was disposed to en-
! courage public works calculated to de-
| velop the internal resources and foreign
trade OF the country in free and up.
parently independent spirit. Peace pre-
walls all over the territory-a rare and
almost une1ampled event in the modern
history of the nation.
EARTHQUAKE AT SAN Francisco AND IN
MEXICO. Two slight shocks of an earth
quake were felt in San Francisco, Mon.
day, and NO damage was done; but it
will. perhaps, not be long before We
hear of more serious shakings of the
earth's crust from California to Central
America; for along those Western sea-
board mountain chains of the continent
even slight shake at any particular
point, is apt to be followed by similar
perturbations along the whole line.
The death of Chang and Eug recalls
to mind the frequency with which sur.
geons used to importune them to be
separated. We once supposed this was
because they deemed that it would de-
stroy their ''show business" but the
almost synchronous death of the twins
would seem to indicate vital connec-
tion, although the fear of Eng may
have precipitated the catastrophe.
Mayor Havemeyer's message, Just is.
sued, shows the debt OF New York city
to be S106. .371 .953, an increase since
1871 of S934, ,42S Expenditures for
maintaining the city government, for
1871, wore not le.is than $50, 262, $50;
for 1872. they did not exceed S3l, 500.
600. and for 1873 were about So, 600 .
900.
| Whenever the Emperor William is
reported seriously i'll, immense crowds
collect in front Of the palace in Berlin.
and await Intelligence Of his death or
recovery. Often-times they are unruly
and keep up q dismal grooming and
moaning, until the police and soldiers
clear them away. This sort of thing
must cheer an invalid.
The Pope was lately pleased to re.
celve party OF Americans who desired
to present some slight tokens of their
love and esteem for the Holy Father.
Among the ''slight tokens" was gold
casket filed with Euglish sovcreigne
and u cross of solid gold three feet high.
Umbrellas for the fashionable Young
women OF the period are of navy blue
serge silk, with ivory handles cnt in the
form of cross. They are not orna.
monted in any way with silver or gold,
and for that reason are very gentcel and
mice looking"
\ colored watchman, named Henry
Stewart. was killed in Lynchburg, Va,
on the Goth. while coupling cars. On
the 10Th, man named George Gala
han, was murdered near Coyington.
And Oil the same day, two colored chill
dren were burnt to death in Amherst.
On the night OF the 9Th inst, the MUIR
dercr Do Silva effected his escape from
the County Jail at Pensacola, by means
OF IL knife with crook at tho end, fur
nished by some one outside, with which
he removed the mortar between ths
bricks.
An unmarried man died recently
near Boston, aged eighty years, gru
dnate of Harvard, with the degree O.
"a. Is. He was bachelor by diplo.
ma. bachelor by ce!ibacy and Bacho