The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-27

The decoration of the graves Of the
Federnl and Confederate dead, ut Elm
wood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn, on the
oath inst, was an event which points
we'll the moral of fraternization in tho
matter of mutually glorious history.
The largest processisn u ever seen in Mem
phls, with the exception of that in honor
of the memory of General r. E. Lee, was
formed. The ex-Federnl soldiers almost
to man, turned out with tho ex-Con-
federates. and in the ranks were seen the
tattered bnttln-fags Of both armies At
no time since the war has there been
such an enthusiastic intermingling of
the blue and the grey.
The United States Marshals in the
Southern States, it is said, will, ere long,
receive the attention Of Attorney-Gene-
ra! Pierrepont, who wants to know how
1T is that the business of these officials
has been conducted in such an extrava-
CANT manner. Besides preventing them
from putting Government funds to cor
rupt uses, the Attorney General should
see that they attend to their legitimate
business, and keep their hands ont of
local politics-a practice which has been
very common among them for many
years.
PRAYING AND FIGHTING fable
of Jupiter and the Wagner is being
illustntcd in Missouri. The Governor
nns appointed day of fasting and prayer
Tor rellef from the grasshoppers, while
the State Entomologist recommends m.
tural means-such as Offering n pecuni-
ary reward for every bushel of hoppers
destroyed: an excellent suggestion. if
practicable, as it will not only diminish
the voraclous swarms Of destroyers, but
at the same time afford remunerative en-
pioyment to thousands of people now
unemployed and needy.
Mabel H. Young, the little five wear
Old girl who was the victim of an afro
clous outrage in the tower of the Warren
Avenue Baptist Church, Boston, Sunday,
dled the next day. Cumulative evidence,
among other things blood stains upon
his collar, handkerchief and clothing.
strengthens the belief in the guilt of the
sexton, Thomas Piper aged twenty-six
years, who is under arrest. The feeling
against him is intense. He is charged
with other murders
! A recent Washington letter mentions
! that Patterson, of South Carolina, was
whining few days ago. Bristow had
Kept him waltingin the antc-room whole
forenoon, receiving heads of bureaus md
damn newspaper men nil the time, and
when he did see me he treated me more
ike nm lnterloper than United State
Senator.
The whole number Of voters in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland is 1881, ,241. This leaves out
nothing but the Dublin University,
whose graduates all come to hold lucra-
tive Offices.
An Ohio girl got up the other morn
ing to bathe her face in the liquid dew,
and cut OH one of her fingers on nm old
scythe hidden in the grass. There's al
ways some drawback to sentiment
\ Cleveland woman recently married
n Chinese laundry man, and three DAYS
thereafter the unhappy Celestial appear
ed ut u bnrber's shop and ordered Lis
pigtail cut off, saying in explanation,
"Ioo muchee dam yank."
A great deal Of cleverness is exhibited
IN the sunshnde handles. Some are fear
fully and wonderfully made.
Attend Perry & Slawson's clearance
sales Of cigars.
The father of poverty is foolish spend
ings.
Attend Perry & Slawson's clearance
sales of cigars.
To find ont what's in man, send him
to sen.
Attend Perry e. Slawsons clearance
sales of cigars.
Rev. A. II. Cornish diod in Newberry
last week.
Auction Sales.