The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-16

lAurer; Will be tried ut the Court of Gene
iEnl Sessions this week, on an indictment
/ With ten counts for forgery while in
tbfHee. 81 Humbert is in tho penitcntiary,
land Judge Reed has ordered that he be
| brought to this place Monday. Scnntor L.
@. Andrews was arrested on a warrant
issued by Trial Justice f. A. Webster.
He Is charged with libelling &. A. Ncuf-
fer. Senator Andrews gave bail and was
discharged.
Tho absmrdity md injustice of "conl-
pulsory" education has lately been
strongly illustrated in New York city. A
youth named John Smith WIN arrested
under the Act and committed to Ran
dalls Island, on the charge of vngruncy;
and now it appears thnt his father is a
poor invalid, whose wife is dcnd, and
who is entirely dependent upon the boy
for MD and assistance. The fanatics who
passed the law ought to be made to sup
port the mau. That would perhaps cool
their crazy enthusiasm on the subject.
A follow in kentucky rnn away with n
farmers daughter and horse, and was
hotly pursued The farmer got within
close range, and tiourished n revolver.
Don't shoot for Heavens snkew shout
ed the lover II won't" was the reply.
"'cause I'm afeared I'll hit the hoss
Just leave ther hoss and take ther gall"
That compromise was accepted by the
young folks, who wnlked on to II
preachers house, and the father rode.
home on his horse.
A despatch from st. Joseph, Missouri.
May IA, says: During .h,, last four days
the grnsshoppcr plague has assumed IN
alarming aspect. The weather has
brought these pests out in full force, and
farms in the neighborhood are black
1 lny,k1 l.>.x,
mage to the wheat and ont crops, ns we'll
as the gardens. Discourngine reports
are coming in from all parts OF the
country.
A Chicago reporter. instead of sitting
down and writing two columns AMI n
half about mans trenchcry and woman'S
trusting confidence, winding up with
:'one more unfortunate, ctc., merely got
off IA paragraph. which he concluded rs
follows: "1Icr history is one of those
blank pages. upon which not single
| line has been written that is worth a re-
collection"
| The arbitrators to determine the long
standing boundary question between
Maryland and Virginia, met in Washing
ton city on Tuesday. They consist of
Judge Jerry Black, who is named by
Maryland; General Graham, of North
Carolina, who is named by Virginia, and
Governor Jenkins, of Georgia. nnncd as
the third BY the other two nrbitrntors.
! An immense wharf covered with coal,
men, teams and sheds. quietly and sud-
denly slipped into the East River at
Brooklyn, the other day, entailing loss
of 500, ,00O on property-owners. No hu-
man lives were lost, fortunately. The
very foundations of Brooklyn are giving
away.
| In Plymouth, Mass, when a drunken
man killed police officer and kept
shooting Mt everybody else, the fire de-
partment WAS called out, and succeeded
in quieting the lion in his bosom. There
IRE some towns in Texas that would be
happier with IL few engines that could be
relied upon in similar emergencies.
Frnnce, Austrin, Italy, Belgium and
Denmark are all in the same boat with
regard to Prussia. Each ono has
quarrel against her, and each one good
reason to apprehend the continuance
of " Prussinn supremacy in Europe
United these powers can whip Prussia,
even with Russia behind her.
UNITED SrArEa COMMISSIONERS. Judge
Hugh L. Bond, in the Circuit Court,
made the following appointments OF
United States Commissioners: E. AZ
Stoeber, Marion, $. c., and Thomas M.
Gillnnd, kingstrcc, $. G.
CALIroRNIA SUGAR The San Francisco
Alta says that beet sugar is made in Cali
fornia ut seven cents IL pound, including
every expense. There are two beet
sugar mills in the State.
Santa Anna is dead Mt last Wonder
if he can rest peacefully in his grave, or
will tho spirits of the murdered Texans
from the Alamo disturb his slrmbers?
He was q bal man
Gen. II. II. IinrrisIn, a member Of the
Chicago Board OF Trade, and largely
identified with the mercantile and COM
mcrcial interests Of that city, dropped
dead Saturday afternoon on Change.
DIR. George Wchber, Il Maine clergy
man. HING himself yesterday. This III
the seconh clergyman, within ten days.
who hns applied the halter to his own
neck.
genuine swan. caught in Elgefield.
S. c., sometime since, is ON exhibition
in Augusta. The supposition is that it
was blown to Edgeheld by the tornado.
The boy, who ran away from school to
ego fishing MI alone, and cnught him
self in the lip, says he's got enough OF
fishing on his own hook.
1t is in vain to hope to please all alike.
Let man stand with his fnce in what
direction he will, he must necessarily
turn his bnck on one-half of the world
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