The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-23

resentatlVes. The land is at Woolwish,
and was church property 1000 years ago,
but was leased to the Crown for military
purposes Few Incidents" rs an Eng
lish exchange remarks, "could speak
more eloquently of the stability of Eng
lish institutions. and the lnw-abiding
nature of Englishmen and their respect
for tho rights of property, than that
there should be an unbroken continuity
of POSSESSIONS from the time of Alfred the
Great to that of Queen Victoria."
A seventeen-year-old boy in Paris re-
Gently induced n companion of eleven
years OF age to steal nine hundred francs
in gold, and then strangled him, threw
him into the Seine, and then walked off
with the money. He was sentenced to
twenty years in the galleys, "having es-
capped the death penalty" we are told,
ION account of his youth" That boy
wasn't venerable for his years, certainly,
but that he was as good material for az
pretty little hanging as could have been
furnished by any sexegenarian in France,
nobody should pretend to deny.
THE MILES ALARM MONEY DRAWER, il
an article almost indispensable to mer-
chants. Being capable of variety of
combinations, and simple in its construc-
tion, it recommends itself to merchants
ns IN important part of their store fix
lures. Iill-tapping has became so pre-
valent that ON ingenious arrangement like
that of the Miles Money Drawer is
indeed necessity. They nre sold by
Messrs. Fairbanks u Co., 3l1 Broadway,
New York, and the hardware trade gene
raliy.---fe'o 1ork cypress, March 1871.
Petitions in favor of hanging n con-
vlcted murderer are not 80 filmilinr to the
public rs sentimental appeals in his be-
nall, but that such things do occur, is
polntedly demonstrated in Boston.
Efforts having been made to procure the
pardon of Jesse Pomcroy, the boy mur-
derer, by petitions signed by ladies', !,
delegation of ladies, numbering about
twenty-five, waited on the Governor and
urged the execution Of the young barbn-
rlan, us measure OF safety to society
When n man comes home and tiles to
bolt his door with sweet potato, pokes
the fire with the spout of u coffee-pot, at-
tempts to wind up tho clock with his
loot-Jnck, tries to cut kindling- wood for
me morning fire with paper knife
takes cold potato in hand to light him
to bed, and prefers sleeping with his
mt and boots, you may reasonably infer
that he has been making the ac0uainr-
"nce of some very friendly people
1t is said that mt IL recent temperance G
meeting in Illinois. leading clergyman
| who refused to sign the customary pledge.
which was rather too stringent for him.
Ewas permitted to sign one which would
| allow him to ''eat and drink to the glory
iof God. The amount of glory of God''
concealed in quart of ten-cent whiskey
Is thing. some folks think, which no
leading clergyman" can afford to see
| wasted.
The following is one Of the sweet little
ditties of tho Western spelling-school:
+ ., lead my infant feet to walk
Into the spelling SCHOOL;
Let other children sneer and laugh
AT photographic rule.
But me that better way will lead
Till perfectly spell;
SO may l shun the path that loads
To where Josh Billings fell.
A Tax ON BACHELORS bill has been
made the special order in the State Sc
nate OF Tennessee containing the follow
ing section: THAT baohelorism is hereby
declared privilege, and every male in
habitant of this State over thirty years of
age, being of sound mind and enjoying
good bodily health, remaining unmar.
fieo niter tne lst OF MAY, 1875, shall pay
fine OF ten dollars annually"
An editor must be stirred up to his
very dregs to be compelled to read his
own files. The editor of the C.ereland
Herald has been doing it upon some sub
tect connected with the Bender subject.
Every one of his files from 1855 down
That he has been able to do this and live,
10 something worthy Of inquiry on the
part OF the medical fraternity. Talk
about doctor taking his own medicinel
A mother-in.law has sent a comrnuni-
cation to a Milwaukee magazine, de-
liounoihg "the vile rabble Of coarse, low
bred journalists" who make paragraphs
about mons wives mothers. Wen bet the
woman kesps her son n-in-law within the
traoes.t PerhapS Abe even stood over The
poor devil and made him write that COM
tnunication for her., 40
Mr.. j.: B. Often, of Charleston, died