The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-09

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land. In about year Hans'. better.
half presented him with u fine heir,
whom he exclaimed, "V.lI, Katrine.
dat ish goot!" When, in a year after.
ward, she presented him with pair OF
twins, he said, "Vell, dat ish peter
dan de oder time. trinks more ash
ten glass O. beer on dat" But when,
year later, che presented him with
triplets, he cried ont. in agony, milne
Got in Himmel, Katrine, vat ish de
matter Of you? Peter you ahtop dis
pizness fore dere comes village here! !
| It has been ascertained that the co.
lored man. james Walker, who stabbed
and killed Biram Cochran, colored, Mt
Anderson, three or four weeks since, il
the party who was in the custody of
Mr.. Mitchell, the interne! revenue of.
6cer. when he was waylaid and killed
in New Pickens. Walker has cou.
fessed who the parties were who muir
dered Mitchell. and they will be ar.
rested when they Gun be fonnI.
Walker hos been scot TO tbs Pickrus
Court.
1t is enough to make :bc mouth wa
ter to read in the latest California pa
Der to hand that strawberries are arriv-
rug in San Francisco at the rate OF
thirty ton> day, and thut the choicest
varieties IRE to he had there ut four
cents q pound. Az little or none OF
the delicious fruit is to be shipped
away. the San Frunciscans will be the
happiest people in the country until
their sugar and cream give ort
The Congress- of European Powers
which is to meet ut Brussus. July 10,
will consider the subject of iuterna-
tlohnl law during time of war. There
ls' no question Of greater Importance,
and II it cuu be satisfactorily settled,
the grent powers will save the expense
aud annoyance of joint high cnmmis-
sloas, and he able 10 shak.. huuds III.
stead Of doubling up their ists ut each
othe1
HSarie Dana. young French
woman, threw herself out Of the fifth
story window Ct building IN st
Loc's. Missouri. Thursday last, aud
was instantly killed, beng Terribly
crushed and mansled. She had been
endeavoring to procure u situation as
goxerness. but being disappointed in
oil her efforts, became much detected,
and go committed suicide.
During the anniversary meetings Of
the Northern Baptist Societies, lately
held in Washington City, subecrip.
ticn was made for tho purpose of sus-
tanning one Professor OF the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Green
vile, 5. O., for five yeDrs, during the
raising OF the endowment Of the Semi
nary.
Knapp, the propsietor of the mam-
moth gan factory at Essen, in Ger
many, has received SO man3 orders
from Eurcpean powers that 10 is CON.
PEELED to extend bis works beyond his
personal ability, aad advcrtises loan
OF $1,000. 900. to enlarge his shops.
The quickest way we know Of TO
make man believe that there is no.
thing IL the world worth living tor, is
to excite him into chasing a cat across
yard where two or three clcthcs-llnes
are lnnocently swsyiug in the evening
breeze.
Scost County, Minnesota, claims the
most extensive Limburger cheese fac
tury Ii the West. l20 cows contribute
~ lhc lofmdtlOu oI tue hTtlCle. lie
cheese is declared to be "ripe" When
piece the size Of "a bean will drive a
dog out of IL lanyard.
The Greenvile Nc,rs reports that
during the late rains, some beans Shat
had been planted in corn rows, were
drawn up by tie having twisted
their tenlrils around their more rapid.
growing neiShbors.
MIR. Sawyer. Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury, has left that department.
dis departure, like that of Solicitor
banfield, WAS purely voluntnry;"
thnt is to say, ho was metnphorically
kicked out.
"a young lady. the daughter Of pro.
mlnent Ddbuquer, oficlates as sexton
in one Of the churches. sweeps it regu-
larly, brings the wood, mud builds the
fires, and Is the most efficient sexton
in the city.
A Western editor thinks that the
habit Of carrying tobacco in the pistol
pocket liz u bad one. 70 meet man
on lonely road and see him reach for
his tobacco box suggests unpleasant
possibilities.
Ezra Stanlibough. a married woman,
OF Middleton, Ind, has just become the
mother of baby with two perfect
heads, the extra one growing out from
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