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

English have native Hindoos in the
railway service. who have proved them
selves very eflcient. Theee railroSds,
paid g net profit OF over $l5, 900. 900
In 1873 The construction Of this vast
system has been necessity, as the
EugIish have to guard their Indian
POSSESSIONS very closely. The suthori-
ties ut Calcutta can nov Communicates
by telegraph directly with London.
and by rail and telegraph with the
most remote districts of Iudis.
HE MRCKLENBURa CENTENNIAL
The citizens Of Mecklrnburg County,
N. O., will celebrate their centennial
on tho Goth Of Nay uext. It may not
DO generally known that the people of
this County. in solemn convention as
semb'ed, reaounced their allegiance to
the British GROWN aud declared them.
selves free aud iudspendeut people.
Ehls was done over q year before any
action was taken by the Continental
Congress. n
RETURNING HoEE-Quite namber
OF young and mlddle-Hged men who
had emigrated from this TO other
States, for the purpose of improving
their condition, are mentioned by tho
papers OF their various localities "a
having returned home. fully satisfied
with their observations. and believing
that. after all, South Carolina ID the
best State to live in.
The British Great Northern Railway
recently killed Mr. Pym-a descend
ant OF Long Parliament Pym-and
had to pay $75. 900 TO h,s widow. Pym
was ''teuant for life" of Oh iucome of
S25. 600, and his death left hia widow
without resonrcrH. SD that the sum,
large aa II serms. is oulv an assessment
oil three years on the vict,n's life.
The deaths in Philadelpbia, last
week, were nine,y-ohe in excess of
those of the preced,uy. aud forty-four
more than for the corresponding week
of 1874 The whole number last week
was 3I3 The papers OF that CITY at
tribute tn" increaae # mortality to the
extremely inclement weather.
Rush Burgess, the Collector OF In-
'ernal Revenue at R,ohmond, Va.
hred Wild shot into his dining room
ut thief on Saturday night, aud yes
terdAy found dead negro uu,ler his
porch. The coroner's jury justified
,he collector.
In McNairy County, Tenn, recently,
i've sisters were married on the same
day. 1t ~ very rare that so many
members OF single family get then.
| aelves into trouble at once, aud other
PORTIONS of the County are tuuutingiy
challenged 10 ''beut it,"
At receut appearance at Moscow,
Mile Patt, was called before the our
tain no fewer than sixty times, and the
enthusiastic audience testified its ap.
probation by presenting the 90 o gstress
with half a dozen diamond and ruby
ornaments.
Spanish accounts from Havana admit
that tho insurgents under Cones at
tucked the town Of Gihara. on the Goth
Instant. in great force and captured it,
Fort Machete. after q stubborn de-
fence. surrendering to the assaiIants.
Marie Caroline Archambault, Conn
I. ss du Chatel, has been oondcm n ed in
Paris for the vulgar offence of shop.
hitting. She stole various fancy artl-
cles from the counters to use them as
New Year gifts.
Recent arrivals at San Francisco re-
port that the observation OF the transit
of Venus in New South Wales was en-
tlrely successful. The weather was
perfectly clear.
A safe of the Adams Express Com
pany. continuing nearly $500, 900,
mostly iii currency. disappeure week
ago. en- route from Richmond to New
York.
1t ia said that Andrew johnson is
the only ex President who hus ever
been elected to the Senate If the
United States. aud is the only ex.Pre.
| sIdent now living.
Rev. J. 8 Daniel. of Abbeville, was
80 seriously injured by two colored
robbers. near Green wood. several days
ago. TINT his life il considered iri dan.
ger. -
BY the expulsion of the Sisters OF
Charity from Mexico forty. three
charitable establishments are closed.
and 4lO sisters are sent out of the
country.
A woman who was divorced and re.
sumel her maiden name at Belfast, in
the forenoon. the other day, WAS mar.
ried agait. before night.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
say they eau furnish AZ many sleeping
cars rs may be needed to carry people
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