The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-07

E1E-RoNIcA1- Waiter Beg pard'n, sir!
Languid Swell what is it. James?
Waiter-Beg pard'n, I'm sure, sir; but d.
you know, sir, is there gentleman here
with one eye named Walker? Languid
Swell-Don't know, IN sure. Say, what's
the name Of the other eye?
12,0O0,0 600 logs broke loose from tho
boolns of the Wolf River Boom Company,
few days since, and are jnmbed in the
Fox River, above Oshkosh, Wis. The
river is blocknded by the logs distance
Of several miles, effcctually preventing
the passage Of boats.
The other .lay, postmaster, on enter
ing his Office, had his olfactory nerves
disagrccably assniled. On questioning a
boy in the Office as to the cause, the fh-
cetious youth replied: 81 don't know,
sir; but perhaps the smell comes from
some Of the dead letters"
The Chinese. nre evidently pnpans.
They celebrate all their Holidays by pay
ing their debts, forgiving their enemies,
and shaking hands MI round. Tho
civilized people who have gone to China
hvue not yet induced them to relinuuirh
these old and barbarous habits.
AN extraordinary new musical instru-
me1lt. called the pyrophone, has Just
been introduced Mt the Society of Arts,
In Paris. The notes are produced by
the singing of gas jets in glass tubes,
and nrc sweet and pure, and Mt the same
time have great productive power.
A fearful storm of wind and rain pass-
cd over the Stony Point section in this
County, last Sunday evening, prostrnting
the largest trees and all the fencing in
it's pathway. No lives were lost, so far
as we have heard, but great destruction
of property. = Green,cood Neu E.a.
The real promoters of Gnribaldi's
scheme for canaliZing the Tiber and
making II new port for Rome are firm
OF English contractors, who nre willing
to accept n concession for the work with
out subsidy or consideration of any kind.
\ Donigban County. Kansas sheriff,
whose unpleasant duty it WINS to put a
| widow and her children out of house
on which she had failed to complete
payment, hunted up another house for
her and pnid months rent in advance.
Although the Marquis lie Cnux is not
dead. when he reads in the obituaries
| that he is mere pendant to PATHS
skirts. and lives by the virtue of her
voice and fnvor, he will wish he was.
The Lnita Cdttoiica, Of Rome, COM
ments in bitter terms on the installation
of the Prince of Wales as the head of the
order of Masons in Great Britain, and
declares that this act Identifies Anglican
Professionalism with Masonry.
DH,THoP Nh. T. Lyons Mir. L. LYONS.
who was found in nm unconscious condi-
ton on one of the streets in Charlotte,
N. G., Inst Friday morning, with his head
crushed, died Mt 3 o'clock Monday morn.
ing. Foul play is suspected.
At a recent meeting of society com.
posed of Inen from the Emcral Isle, q
member made the following motion:
MIR. President, move yes whitewash
the ceiling green, in honor of the old
flag"
"Dishevcllcd. but dauntlcss." SAWS
| Louisa NJ. Alcott, were the women who
charged up the hill Mt Concord on the
18th ult, with veils "close rccfed, skirts
killed up, arms locked,"n light bri.
gnde, rosy and red-nosed."
A copy Of President Andrew Jackson's
proclamation on the Modification Act OF
South Carolina in 1881, neatly printed
on fine heavy silk, was found recently
among quantity of old papers in New
Haven junk-shop.
Mnj. W. T. Gary, of Edgefeld, s. c.,
was, on Monday, admitted to plead and
practice in NIL the courts of law and
equity in ieoryin, except the Supreme
Court He intends to locate in Augusta
Somo ingenious observer has dis.
covered TINT there is remarkable re-
semblnncc between u baby and wheat
since it is cradled, then thrashed, and
finally, becomes the flower of the fnmily
A woman in Nnpn, California, can
snu1 Il candle ut forty yards with he,
rifle, and split II pistol bullet on the
blade OF knife ut ten PAGES. An un-
pleasant person to meet with pistol.
md coffee for two
No: IL syllable is allowed to appear in
the Sandwich Island press relating t.
the Tilton trial. King Kalnkua does moi
intend that his subjects shall he cor.
ruptcd.
On Sunday morning, five men calleG
ut the residence of Trial Justice Byrd, O.
Laurcns, and forcihly took away n uuan
tity of whiskey that had been captured
by revenue officers.
The battle Of spring." says the New
York Erenimy Mail, ''is fought will
blades Of grass" What does spring
menn, then, by arming all her flower.
with pistils?
Unless Milwaukee girl can take
brick in cnch hand and make eight fee
and four inches ut q standing jump, sh,
rarely gets admitted into the best SO
ciety.