The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-29


writ before Judge Graham, III the Cir
cult Court. The return Of tue respond.
ents has been filed, and .the argument
Will be heard i'll Charleston on Tuesday
next. Messcs. Miles aud Barnwell ap-
pear for the contestants; Messrs. Cor
bin N Stone for the board; aud AIcssrs.
Melton Il Chamberlain for the Mayor
and Aldermen.
The labor problem seems to have
reached its last analysis in Mobile.
where negro labor union rampages
round the streets enforcing its etict.,
nnder penalty OF clicking to death" any
darkey who undertakes job below de
rates OBJ de society,"" No people are 10
devoted to liberty, equal rights and all
that sort of thing as tho Americans.
black or white; but none are so ready to
cell their personal liberty and responsi.
bility for the blessed privilege of paying
weekly dues, and submitting to the
] domination Of committees.
The divorce business, which has given
Illinois and Chicago in particular sucl.
an uneuviable notoriety throughout the
length and breadth OF the Union, is ut
last to receive its quietus. The Re-
vision Committee divorce bill, which
has passed the Legislature aud is now q
law, contains provision that all cvi-
denos In such cases shall be heard in
open conrt. With such clause strictly
enforced, tho popular joke about stop.
ping in Chicago twenty minutes for
dinner and ten for d divorce" will ne.
cessarily lose all point.
PRoLIFIc.-A colored woman on Mr..
Caldwell's place. near Blackstock. gave
birth to three children recently. Less
than twelve months ago she bore twins.
Five children in less than wear is
pretty good. Another colored woman.
Oh Mr.. Ellison's place, near Winnsboro.
gave birth to four children in fifteen
months. She held deuce and n pnir
OF aces, and bet high on her hand: but
Blackstock called her with "ru!l hand"
and rakcd in the pile.
lINnSLoro Ne,cs.
Both branches Of tho Michigan Lecis-
laturc have. by tho requisite two-thirds
majority, voted to submit the question
OF woman suffrage to separate vote Of
the people; md that will be, therefore.
among the independent propositions
which tho people Of the State will de.
eide upon Mt tho sans time that they
vote upon the acceptance or rejection OF
the amended Constitution.
In the Yuba County Hospital, Cali
fornia, interesting experiments have
been mado with magnet FOR the cure
OF rheumatism aud paralysis. a large
horseshoe magnet is used, and one case
OF paralysis has been almost cured, and
several cases OF chronic rheumatism re.
loved.
An hcress is always m objact of in.
tercst, especially if she is very young
and very pretty. and her rights are as.
sailed. Miss Annette Adclia Mckee, OF
McAeos Rocks, An Interesting heroine,
has Just repnlsed al attack upon So 900.
OCO, OF which she is the lovely legatee.
Bill Caps. notorious character, from
Charlotte, was arrested in Darlington
recently, on requisition from the Go.
vernon OF North Carolina to Governo.
Moses. He is charged with stealing q
quantity OF Snn-powder from parties in
Charlotte.
The Augusta papers report the cotton
pool as rapidly !ilIing up. It will close
OIL the 1st of April. Th. lowest esti.
mate 80 fix hande'i in is 1, 22l 900 and
the highest 4.4Sl,00O.
News has just been received that the
shocks on Stone Mountain wero more
violent on the night OF the OBI, than at
nny time since the volcanic excitement
began.
a still-born child, half monkey aud
half human, was recently born in vii.
mington, \. @. Darwin's theory may
bo correct, after ali.
} Il Clubhouse and twelve bales Of cot.
ton were destroyed by fire iu Cabarrus
County, n. g., few days ago. A match
in tho lint WAS tho cn1lsn