The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-10


it i'll hand, and at the appointed time
not n flounce or n furbc.ow WAS lacking
or imperfectly finished.
The cx-Confedernte Col. Walter II.
Tay lor, of Norfolk, Va, md Gen. WIN.
II. Barry. comn.andant ut Fortress Mon
roe, passed together through Petersburg,
Va, the other day, on their way to
| attend the commencement exercises mt
the Virginia Military Institute The
incident furnishes text for a remark
on the part of the Richmond Enquirer
when Gen. Lees late Adjutant- General
and the commander Of Fortress Monroe
hunt in couples, and of such game as
the Virginia cadets, the day of complete
reconciliation is certainly drawing very
nigh in this part of the country"
The RUSSIAN NAnMY-According to the
Woienni Scorak, n journal published
under the auspices OF the ministry of
war ut st. Petersburg, the Russian en-
pire can bring into the field in case of
war force Of 1,4G3, 900 men including
irregular troops. The army, properly
speaking, consists of 100000 men, and
the reserve 100000. The troops doing
l2o, 600 men, and those in depots num-
Der Psi, 900. Local forces, chiefly Asia
tic, muster $4,000, and the Cossacks
10000.
Two young women Of Winooski drove
out with nice young man, and they
liked the olor of his cigar. \ spark
| from the delightful Havana dropped on
the dress of one of the young women ana
shc.w burned to death. The other
young woman, badly blistered, is still, in
bod, waiting for verdict of the old and
trusted family physician.
The Florida people having more wa
tcr-melons than they can handle have
begun to ship them, thirty car loads at a
time, to Chicago. The Chicago Iii1.me
thinks the new trade source should be
made the subject of mn investigation by
the Board of Health. In the meant time
the Florida melons arc pouring in.
Beecher told his people to rejoice, as
God was leading them step by step to
Zion" Outside Of Plymouth church it is
generally believed that there will have to
he some heary reformations effected by
these people, or Zion will not be the
locality described in the Bible.
The New York Star thinks that 1.-The
character of Henry Ward Beecher hns
rcpclled all assaults, and he is to-day the
most popular mnn in NIL the land" 1t is
condurango or m Alcock's porous plas-
ter which Joe Howard is in need Of?
In Burlington VT, three churches
recently were struck by lightning, and n
number of persons who were mt prayer
meeting were Knocked over. The light
ning-rod man should visit Burlington.
Spare the rod and spoil the church.
Tho work on the Lnurens Railroad is
progressing satisfactorily. The track is
now laid to Reeder's Store, or Boston, rs
it is named by some, about nine miles
from Newberry..
Deposits of silver of extraordinary
richness are said to have been discovered
on Rifle River, Michigan, and the people
propose to rifle the earth of its treasures.
The Crown Princess of Germany is
forty years, and very fat, but there is n
correspondent who say she looks "like
snow-drop just burst into full beauty" +"
The latest "corner" is in canary seed.
The price has been run up from SO to
SIG per bushel, and next years crop is
said to be already sold.
A Troy, N. Y, idiot, having conf
dence in the intelligent jury. went out to
"venge sisters wrongs, and shot the
wrong man.
Mrs Mary Small, aged SO .ears, died