The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-19

dreenvills (Miss.) Times: Some two
years ego. or more, there dr,fted into
dreenville one Of those human waits
SO often met With .3who have surren-
dered themselves ah helpless and hope.
less yictims Ito rtrong ,dribk. This
man. whose nsme Was Smith, obtained
enployment. as hack driver for the
Metropolitan Hotel. which be filled for
some time. spending for drink all the
money he received. One night he
sook d bottle Of whiakey and wandered
OF. aud next morning was found on
tue river bunk. dead. P-nniless aud
fricndl"ss, he had persisted, wns buried
aud forgotten Now comes the strange
pnrt Of this history. a few dvya since.
N. 3 Johnsun & Co, undertakers, re.
ceiVed from responsible house in
New York, directions to forward the
remalrs of the poor vaGnbnnd to them
Tor interucnt at his former home, as a
large fortune had been lett to hiIo as
an Inheritance. Tue gold that had
been denied his chce1less und wretched
HE, had come to mock his heshless
bones, and over his grave, perhaps,
greedy relatives will wrangle for the
privilege Of kin>hip to onu who died
without u mournor
A Washington despatch says: 10. 600
copies euch Of the Louisiana sper che.
OF Seuators Coukling aud Logan have
been put up at the Capitol, to be sent
to New Hampshire III clectioneeripg
documents. Whether the insane raw
lngs of Mr.. Logan aud tho specicns
arguments OF Mr.. Cnnkling can de-
ceive the iptelIigens people of New
dampShir" into an approval of the
Louisiana outrage will be best known
the day after the ul-ciion. Orders
have already been issued to New
Hampshire clerks in the different do.
partments that twelve days leave of
absence, commencing March l, will be-
granted them to go home aud vote.
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Furbuah. the negro Sheriff of Lee
County, Ark. has been mysteriously
murdered. Wednesday evening, be
took passage on the steamer a. j.
White. from this city. He left the
steamer ut Peters Lauding, Ark and
started through the woods io the li-
reo:ion Of Mar,nnnu. Next morning
his lifeless body, pierced with seven
buckshot. WAS found by the roadside,
several miles FROM the river, and as
yet uothing is known about the mur-
der. Furoush, it will be remembered,
Killed young Woods in row ut Mari
auDa, last Nuvem Der or December
Memphis appeal
Tue bill dividing Alabama into eight
Congr; sHional districts has passed
both Houses Of the General Assembly
OF that State. and only awaits tue
Governors signnturs to become law.
This appointment gives seven Of the
districts to the Democrats. (taking the
last election ns test.) by majorities
ranging from 1900 10 1900, leaving
The Republicans the Fourth District.
IN which they have IL. 755 majority.
Electricity is now announced to be
au tffectuAl cure for toothaohe. One
DIR. 3onchard, of Paris, states that
even when the tooth is greatly do
decayed u perfect cure is freauentiy
obtained, and temporary relief is ai
most invariablc. Sometimes tue up-
plicAtion is continued half an hour, al.
though fifteen minutes is usually snf.
ficient.
The Omaha Bee is writing up the
history of Nebraskn's enemy, the grass.
hopper. Its r"tnral history, hubits.
ani the philosophy of its migra.iona,
are detailed With wonderful fidelity,
aud thu gratifying information is given
that the destroyers forgot to lay eggs
last fall, and consequently there viii
be no necessity to collect "erassh up.
per fund" this year.
Archbishop Manning il sail to l,nv.
remarked that be had long songht for
some instances Of invention or diacu.
very by u woman, aud the best ho had
been able to find was Thwuitea' soda
water. Gu inaproved naka Of SO IN
water invented by Miss Thwaite,, OF
Dublin. nn amateur chemist, which
drove all other kinds out Of the mar.
ket.
ADMITTED TO BAIL On Monday
last, j. Albertis Hope. who for several
weeks has been in jail on the charge OF
completely in the death of Miss Cas-
ties. was taken before Judge Maokey
at Chester. on writ Of habeas corpus,
ia L.