The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-18

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/ |yekkAoWnof the existence of mnn. 1t
consisted In kind of network Of pointed
irpptes. covered with wicker-work. The
slate coal In which it was found belongs
tbh tho period intervening between the
two gladial spochs. According to Prof.
Ghikie in The Great Ice Age" the last
glacihl period began 2IO,O0O years ago,
and lastea 100000 years, during which
timo it covered Northern Europe with IL
Shoet of ice something less than half u
milo in thickness.
Destructive FIRE. About o'clock,
Saturday morning the rnngo of build
ings on Meeting street. South of Horl-
hcclk's alley, WAS discovered to bo IN fire,
tho houses belonging to Mrs. Bull. and
communicated 10 tho adjoining build
ings. The store on tho South, under the
Rodi,u"' House. WAS occupied by Mcssrs.
Cnvnnnch & Welsh. tho ono noxt North
of it l'y Trial Justice Levy. Very .itt,t
Of the furniture in the rooms above waa
snvei. Tho loss will rot bn less thnn
$40, 900
HMsE BuE>Kp. We regret 20 learn
| tha: Mr.. Alexander Embors. of this
County, met with serious misfortune in
getting his cabinet shop, with it's entire
| contents Including tools, lumber and
some furniture burned on Wednesday,
night. 7th inst Mr.. Nnbors' Ios, is esti-
nntri butwocn 5000 and 500. The
| origin "f the fire Is supposed tu have
! bern n.cil' ntHl. Il fir" hnvinu lrrn
built in tn" Sl,nr in the mornin. of the
same lay thu hurnin. occurred.
(LpmvnsuUls Herald.
THr GAT.rnNs. Elijah Adkins. of I.ndv
island. and :icilin Bryan. uf 81. IIclru,
1slnnd. both cnlorrd, were hun, in
Beaufort on The 10th the former for the
murder nf Fhnmns Bchn, whit" store
! keeper living near Blufiton on the 18th
Of Jun" last: tho latter for killing Mmrch
Legrnc, cnlor"d. on st Helena Island
Inst Docemhar. Tho nccks of both were
broken, aud ii,"y died, without strug-
Cling, after ndmit,iry tn" jvstnrsS of
| thoir sentence.
| The Unit" l:i.at,sr"urt h- adjourned
until the :sl day "f May mkt. On
tho petition al a. NJ. English, to "stnt-
| lish lien in The matter Of franklin
j. Moses. DR.. it was ordered that the re-
port OF Registrar Srabrook he con firmn,l,
anl TINT the assignee, W. II. Gardner
sell for cash the mnrtgngml property at
auction. i'll Columhin, after ton tlnvs ntl
vertisement.
| In tho absence Of Governor Brveridcc,
Republican,. of Illinois, Licutcnnnt-(io-
vernon Glenn, Democrat, will fill the
Executive chair. This will he tho first
time IA Democrat has occupied the Ex-
| ecutive Office Of the State for eighteen
Years.
ricken> County lc,..ls the van in tho
temperance movement. The annual
elections in The incorporated towns were
held on the first Monday in April. rc-
sulting in tho choice of dry" tickets
mt Picl;cns Court House. Easl.y and Cen
| trail.
The sable citizens Of Hamburg have
elected the following municipal ticket:
Intendant John Gardner. colored. War
dons Louis Schiller, 4. r. Attaway, CO.
lored, Joseph Thomas, colored. Samuel
p. Pickslcy, colored.
! An excited Waterbury workman cnugh:
up phil of wnter to extinguish fire in
IL factory, the other day, but pcrcciving
that the water wns hot, he tmpticd it,
| filled the pail with cold water, and put
out the fire.
During IL heavy spunll near Norfolk,
vn.. recently. eight negro men from
| Gloucester C"nnty. in that State, were
drowned by t,,r cni'.'i1;nS of an oyster
boat.
In ~ conversation with n friend ut
LynchburS, Va, n few days ago, Senator
Andrew johnson remarked TINT ''he felt
| hr WAS i'll n position to do more good
now than ever before in his life. >"
Two new and useful words s-minimiz-
inganl maXimizing have just appeared.
! They arc the offspring Of minimum and
maximum, and DIR. Newman is the nc
| coucheur.
Mr.. Becc!lrr says that good dog is fit
for Immortality. Now MI the dog
crs will 20 over to his side. Why doesn't
poor riltnn think of something popular
to say?
The classic plow is beginning to
wind its n,eanlcring passage under the
green slrsi.cc of f"rri .tirmn again, said
IL rnr'.l young gent 20 his city girl. the
other evening.
John Bull send, word that he will bf'
on time f"r the centennial exposition
next year. For his fo7cf,.her's snkc. it
seems that he might prefer to stay away.
The importance nf single vote was
again illustrated by the election, recently,
of Democratic Mayor in Lancaster,
Ohio. by one majority
He's the same old ParSon Brownlow as
ever "You toothlcs. fnglcsss old rep
tile" is his latest pct name for Andy
Johnson.
The dwelling house Of w. B. Peoples,
i'll Sumter, with MI the furniture and
clothing, was burned Thursday night;
loss about 81 900; no insurance.
| Thore nre sixty-thrce widows in Yer