The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-19

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3ss lts" will be given to the p1 Bic,
einst all this in tim$ We
G'put in our protest right
a&f mo iden that it or tia pro-
are likely to keep the
tMgfbtH NtVWd of Beecher-T Tiltonites
t1H5 6&pQ}ie taste which has been
t81ndef0d all around them by the foul
fHsfeon1 which Has Been running 80 long
will naturally demand more, but it
fought to be staunched, even by fbrce if
need be.
Susan scutt and her son, Wesley Van
Duse1 who tHot ler ,and then killed
himself, were buried recently in one
grave in Hillsdate, Columbia County, N.
Y. TherQhuseh and eemeetry were filled,
and the $50 {6sfdentss Of tho little village
did not resume their ordinary occups-
tions until after the closing Of the graves.
| Every one had q story to toll of the
eccentricities OF Wesley Van Dusen. the
illegitimate son of Susnn Scutt. He was
80 years of age, industrious and sober,
and had been employed by the railroad
| from his boyhood. 'tUua,iIl
Two or three days i.go, there was an
epidemic of suicides, aud now there is a
tendency among people to get run over
by railroad trvins. These condolences are
sometimes very singular. Suicide. we
know, obeys fixed laws, and it's Statistics
enable tho scientists to predict the num-
Der and kind thht will occur with almost
as much accuracy as Old Probabilities
prophecies rain or clear weather.
They had nice time at Old Tinconde-
roga, the other day, but it was hard work
to hpd traces of the ancient fort. Per
hapS the most magnificent of the whole
affair was the remark of an old citizen to
! correspondent, that "the fort had been
about demolished and carried across the
lake to build cellar walls with"
| On last Saturday, in Rowan County,
N. c., man named BIesiguer murdered
| his mOther-in-law. named Heiliu, by
knocking her in the head with an axe,
and threw her in we'll. The murdered
| woman was 70 years old. No cause il
given for the horrible deed.
The manufacturing company of Lowell.
Mass., report that 147 out of the 225 mills
| are running on full time. They also say
( that quite number of the section hands
or third hands left out, are anxious to
| return to work. and several of them will
return on Monday.
A despatch from Psshawur, Afehanis-
tan. reports that that place has been
visited by very destructive confagra-
ton. Half Of the city was laid waste.
AT one time. the powder magazine was in
peril. but the fire was happily stopped
before reaching it.
Albert Young, son n,of Senator Young,
OF Wisconsin,. shot his father nj noon,
Friday, and then committed suicide. It
/ is thought the son had committed forgery.
and resorted 10 this means of covering
it up. The father will survive
A San Francisco despatch. Of MAY II,
says: On April ~. the Count LesCoinpte
was robbed of $37, 900 by two employees
and the captain of the schooner Iris.
The two employees were caught in the
schooner. when they committed suicide.
Ex-County Treasurer John l.. Hum
bert. of Ornngebirg. and ex x-School Com
missioner Frank X. McKinlay, are on
trial before Judge Reed for forgery.
Ninsty-sixa forged vouchers for school
claims have been found. ~ a. ,
The centennial celebration Of the Han
nastown declaration Of independence was
held at Greensbhrg, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, on the nth. The
town was decorated With flags and ever
Mr. Charles f. Harris. editor OF the
Concord, n. G., Sta. died in Whining
ton, on the 18TH. while attending the
Press Convention.
Gov. Brogden. of North Carolina. has
proclaimed that Thursday. May 10
centennial day he observed as a general
holiday. t..
More tyranny! Englishmen want to
stop the sale Of whiukey in Ireland.
What was the little difficulty about the
wearing of the Green" to this?
A young son Of Mr.. ;AIichael Funk, of
Augusta, Ga.. fell into tub Of boiling
water, recently, md WAS scalded to
death.
Paul Boyton will make a second at
| tempt to swim across the British Channel
on the 28th inst.
Tho residence Of Lewis Phillips. ut
sand Lake. was burned, Saturday. Mrs
Phillips perished in IL lIs flames.
There is only one ..bar-room" in Rich
mond, Va. All the rest are "ordine-;ae /"
The Baltimore san las just completed
it's thirty ninth anniversary.
moving t"il-a hungry dogs.
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