The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-11

has GrMced the Court of the Russian
Car, and moved queen of the elegant
circles i'll the gubernatorinl mansion of
the Palmetto State in it's proudest DAYS.
should certainly receive warm welcome
on her return to the home of her girl
hood; where long years ago she reigned
favorite and belle
The Rev. Olympia Brown. who is the
pastor of church at Bridgeport, Con-
necticut, has husband, md You would
naturally suppose TINT his name is
Brown. but it isn't; or if it is Brown, he
IL afrnid to say SO, and calls himself
Willis. When Sister Brown and Brother
Willis get to the gates of Paradise and
attempt to 80 in as wife and husband, it
is to be feared that it will take more time
for them to explain things to the salts
faction of st. Peter thun the hurry of
business will permit him to grant them.
poet says: Il saw my love in dreams
last night pass up the moon-lit lands.
And round ME, rs I nearer stepped, I
felt her soft arms steal and fold, while
close against my heart she crept, Just as
OF old" That's pretty nice sort of n
drcaIn--much more pleasant than to
dream about seven-headed monsters with
forked tails and tlnming eyes chasing the
| dreamer over precipice two miles high
But still the poet must have eaten late
lunch which didn't agree with him.
London despatch states that agents
for English emiSnnts will visit this
country shortly to examine locations in
the Mississippi valley for settlement,
| which fnct should lead to some extra
ordinary efforts to keep them out of the
hands of the agents of the grass-hopper
plngued trans-AIississippi Stntes, who
invariably come forward with their plnus-
ible stories.
Last winter the country near Port Jer-
Wis was drowned out by ice-gorges, and
now, to make things equal, we suppose,
the same tract of country is suffering
from the ravages of fires, which sweep
through the woods and destroy oil before
them. Drowning and burning consti-
tute double load of Affections, to which
the grass-hoppcr in his worst estate is
no comparison.
| A noticeable fact about recent suicides
is that nearly nll the operators are de-
scribed rs ''of high standing in the
community, persons of great moral
worth. ''men of Industrious habits, :"
etc. The dead-beats and beggars live
and rejoice and increase, while the truly
good retire to their bedrooms and fire
the shot that is heard around the next
world.
A Broad street, Newark physician was
called upon, last week, to attend seam
stress who felt intlisposed. He inquired
as to her health, and she responded
very appropriately: well, its about
SEQ, Se,c, Doctor. but seams worse to-day.
and have frequent stitches in the side" "
The doctor hemmed rs he felt her pulse,
said she would mend soon, and left n pre-
scription.
The Beccher scandal case has reached
it's 106th day, The Herald calls it ..the
centennial trinl" Men begin to measure
their hopes by its duration. An old man
says: 81 hope to live until it is ended. "
In the annals of law proceedings it pre-
sents instances of the prolixity of legal
CAB hardly excelled except in the Itch
borne case.
Madrid dispatches state that the dis
content in TINT city with the existing
Government is daily increasing. The
Alfonsist monarchy is tottering, and the
general eliefamong leading politicians is
that another crisis in the Government is
approaching. Capitalists nre refusing to
make further advances of money to the
Government.
"You wiring my BOSOM" said n de-
spairing Baltimore lover to coquettish
girl whom he had long sought in mar
riHge. His burst of grief decided her,
and, putting out her hand, she softly
murmmred, well! ring my finger, il
you will be happier for it; will vex YOU
no longer"
a new cotton mill, of 10000 spindlcs.
is to be established Mt Vaucluse, on
Horse Creek, two and half miles above
the Graniteville Factory. The enterprise
is supported by WIN. L. Jackson and
other prominent merchants of Augusta,
and promises to be highly profitable
How soon some women change their
minds respecting their husbands? Mrs.
Spinn was forever telling her husband