The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-11

"Have you bought any arsenicated
salt!" is the query between New York
citizens since thAgood ship, Niagara, in
her battling, with. q stormy sea, mixed
100 barrels Of arsenic with several thou
sand bags Of salt and delivered the COM
pound to consignses. ~ 90
$4,000. 900 logs broke loose from the
booms Of the Wolf River Boom Com pany.
few days since, and are jambed in the
Fox River, above Oshkosh, Wis. The
river is blockaded by the logs distance
OF several miles, etfectually preventing
the passage of boats. -
|, A man named Peter Peeler, of Cleaye-
land County, N. o., hung himself in his
barn, Wednesday,. 1t is a.singular fact
that Crow. the former owner of the plan
tation on which Mr.. Peeler lives, hung
himself some years ago, near the same
spot. -
Mr. j. Armstrong, aged sixty-three,
resident Of Castor County, N c., was
thrown from, his buggy and killed, last
tuesday, while returning from Dallas to
his home. Mr.. Armstrong had been
drinking heavily.
The largestinsurance policy ever issued
IN Vermont was made one day last week
ior -, 1901 OOO, covering the property of
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lensed lines, and steamers on Lake On
tario and the New London line.
Not a syllable ia allowed to appear in
the Sandwich Island press relating to
the Tilton trial. King Kalakua does not
tlntend that his subjects shall be cor
rupted.
The carpet-bag of Niles G. Parker, late
Treasurer of South Carolina il supposed
to have cost the State about S225. 900.
The people ought to be thankful that he
| didn't bring his trunk.-;&. Louis Times.
A colored man, named Noah McRae.
WIS accidentally killed in Marlboro. on
the 9Th, by white man, named John
McDuffie. Another cnse of a gun sun
posed unloaded.
The value of the wedding gifts of Mile
IL Albe, niece Of the Empress Eugene. is
| said to reach the pleasant amount of
81, 600, 900. One of these gifts is cameo
ring which belonged to Charles ".
House cleaning time il at hand. and
terrified husbands and fathers are de-
vising excuses for absenting themselves
from home for few days, ION business
And now it is said that Bennington.
Vt, has ninety-one rum shops. This
certainly looks bad for nn old-fashioned
moral State like Vermont.
The Isle of Man is said to be the eli
matte paradise of Europe. The mean
tempernture varies less than sixteen de-
grees between winter md summer.
The production of the Lowell Mills
has decreased 25 to 40 per cent. In the
mule spiuning department the decrease
is 50 per cent
In Clinton, Indiana, the women still
keep up the crusade. and pray out of
town every adventurcr hardy enough to
attempt to open saloon.
Mexico deprecates the idea that tho
Government has any sympathy with the
border ruffinns now giving SO much
trouble.
Col. Duncan Kelley, of Bladen County,
n. c., committed suicide on the 7th, by
shooting himself in the head.
President Grant, it seems, favors the
humanitarian movement Of shipping
all the negroes to Cuba and ST. Domingo.
During 1874 Cuba exported GA, 100
tons of sugar, of which the United States
received sos, ,294
The eightieth annual parade and con-
test of the Augusta fire department takes
place to-day.
The british nre bullyinr little Jamaica.
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