The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-14

| LIGHT OCEAN FREIaHrs. THE New
York Times says that during the past
year there has been a considerable falling
on In freights between that city and Eu-
rope. In 1873 the receipts of the Trans
Atlantic lines amounted to s57, 900, 900.
Last year the total receipts did not ex-
coed $50, 900, 900, being reduction OF
S27, 600. 900. The rates Of freight out
ward have been very low, owing to the
rope and the great falling off in the i'm
portations to this country, in conse-
quence of the general depression of
trnde. AS yet there has been little i'm
provement in this condition of affairs.
The Jonesboro Grunge, No. 351, of
Jefferson County, Alabama, recently
adopted resolutions severely condemn
| ing the course of the action of Congress
toward the South, bewailing the op-
preston which they suffer, pledcinc
themselves to every Grange in the United
States to aid in sustaining the Constitu-
ton OF the fathers of the country, and
asking in return the sympathy and cha
rlty of every member Of the order of the
Patrons of Husbandry. They also invite
emigration. The wrongs of the South
may form one of the issues Of the
farmers party in 1876. Look out.
| ANSI'A'A otutc HAS Decu lnulCLcQ De-
fore the grand jury of Raleigh, N. c.,
and is now in jail for incest He is
white man, named w. II. Terry, aged
twenty-three, and has known his own
daughter rs wife since she was thirteen
years Of nge, and has had by her three
children.
The following gentlemen were elected
1ntendant and Wnrdens of the town of
Blackstock, last Tuesday: Intendant. J.
E. Craig; WArdcns. E. r. Pagen, j. E.
johnson, w. D. Richardson, G. L. Ken
nedy.
The Union Building and Loan Associa-
ton have organized with the following
officers: Hon. II. B. Jetcr, President;
Col. j. l.. Young, ce-President; Archie
K. Stokes, Secretary and Treasurer, and
K. w. Shnnd, Solicitor.
The municipal election in Georgetown
was carried by the Conservatives, the
following being the successful ticket:
lntendant, j. w. Tnrbox; VIM o. Bourke,
David j. Wilson, Thomas H. Sessions,
Sherod Johnson, Wardens.
An investment of s5 may cause you to
be the fortunate possessor of a con-
veniont house, q building lot, pair of
spanking horses, or gold watch. Tho
real estate distribution is tho mode.
The house of Mr.. M. G. Levy, at Black
vile, was destroyed by fire on Thursday,
caused by the explosion of kerosene
lamp. The family barely escaped with
their lives.
The Virginia Legislature has appro-
priated $4,000 for the purpose of pro-
viding artificial limbs, OF Communication
therefor, to the citizens of the State who
lost limbs in the Confederate service.
Henry Williams, colored, indicted for
stealing from mails in the Columbia post
ofhce, was sentenced by Judge Bryan to
i've years imprisonmept nt hard labor
At the fall meeting of the Greenville
agricultural Society, premiums will be
offered for the best cook and for the big.
gest baby.
| Donaldson Is going to try the aerial voy.
ago 70 Europe. II he were Wise he would
stay here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oates-Titus have sepa.
rated, and there is considerable discus.
sion In consequence. .....
The conservatives of Florence have
elected their municipal ticket ~,
Are in cee.Setcyn On Tnaeaay DO
J stroyed the kitchen Of NIX. j. l.. Ward.
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