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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22
Interest Allowed.

HNi1E Mechanics and Farmers Build
Il ing and Loan Association, of Rich
land, is now receiving deposits of $1.OO
and upwards, and allowing interest at
the rnte of per cent per annum on all
amounts over $1,000, which remain 80
days or longer. Deposits received by
I. II. Gibbes, Treasurer, at the Central
National Bank. R. D. SEM.
April ~ President
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22
Final Discharge.

1Hat D1SCHdIBe.
NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN
~ AGNEW, executor of the estate of
Daniel x; Howell, deceased, has applied
to Hon. B. T. Boone, Judge of Probate,
i'll and for the County of Richland, for o
final discharge as executor. It is ordered
that the 2lst day of May. A. u. 1875, be
fixed for hearing petition, and final
settlement Of said estate.
b. T. BOONE,
Judge of Probate, Richland County.
April % tie
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22
Seal Under Power to Satisfy Mort
cages.
ID. &. .PEIXOTTO s. SON. AIRS.

RY virtue of the power of attorney,
~ endorsed upon the mortgage of Thoe.
J. LaMotte, to the Citizens Savings
Bank. of South Carolina, empowering
the undersigned to sell the premises
mortgaged, will sell, on the FIRST
MONDAY IN MAY NEXT, Mt the Usual
hour, before the Court House, in Colum-
bia, the following described Lots of Land,
all situate in the city of Columbia and
1tichland County:
l. LOT OF LAND, containing three
fourths of an acre, bounded North by lot
formerly of j. l.. Beard; on the East by
I'nrnwell street; on the South by lot OF
Barre; and West by lots of A. c. Haskell
and Cooper To be divided and sold in
two separate lots.
2. LOT OF LAND, containing ono
acre; bounded North by lot of Augustus
Cooper; East by lot Of A. Traeger; South
by Wheat street; and West by Assembly
street To be divided and sold in two
separate lots Of half an acre each.
Terms OF sale Cash
JOHN FISHER,
Trustee in Bankruptcy.
April ii w1m3
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22
Kerosene! Kerosene!!

S0 BARRELS pure whito standard
w KEROSENE, just received and
for sale at l9c. per gallon by the barrel,
and zoe. per gallon at retail. Kerosene
delivered. free Of drayage, in any pnrt OF
the city by JOHN AGNEW { SON.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22
Fipal Discharge.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN
IN AGNEW, administrator of the estate
of Jnmes S. Mcmahon, deceased, has ap-
piled to Hon. Is. l. Boone, Judge of Pro
bate in and for the County of Richland,
for n final discharge ns such administra
tor. 1t is ordered TINT the 2lst day of
May. A. D. 1875. be fixed for hearing of
petition and final settlement of said
estate. B. I. BOONE,
Judge of Probate, Richland County.
April % tie
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22

ANNA DICKINSON To-NraHr. Full Of
sublime tenderness and eloquence.
Neo York Tribrns.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22

rh" t"it"! Sta.fs .iymy an! Nary .l,sr-
l". announces the adoption into the
American service Of the tcirmctrr-n
invention Of II well known Belgian of
ticcr. Captain De Bouiengc. ,iur in,nsur-
ing distance by ,he velocity OF sound.
The principl" on which the rnlcne.cr j.;
constructed. has long been known and
applied. The advantage offered hy the
new instrument, is the eynctitulc Of it,;
measurements, which. according t, th..
American paper. would in tha hands of A
trained observer beperfect. A i: is. the
tclemetcr is said to be sufficiently correc:
in the hands of most officers, after little
practice. to give the exact range of an
enemy the moment the flash AMI report
of his guns are seen and heard The
use OF the tclemeter," says the 4trmy ana
Nary journal, ''in the hands Of every Of
ficer in long line will tend to encr rnge
coolness. 1t will then become an OBJECT
to reserve your own fire and provoke
that of tho enemy at long rnngea, 80 NJ
to get the advantage of knowing his dis
tanco and concoaling your own. Once
his range IL ascertained, and tho sights
properly elevated. a brisk fire opened
along the whole line will prevent tho
enemy from using his own telcmeters to
any useful purpose, from the confusion
OF flashes and reports becoming lost in
one another"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22

How WOMAN FOUND THE HEART OF
TIE PRESIDENT. There is one family that
will never forget our President, despite
these tendencies of political parties or
partisans. The story We give was fur
nlshod us by one who knows its truth,
and as it has never got into print, we
narrate it AZ evincing the fact that Gen.
Grant has got heart, at all events. Tie
vile OF defnulting officer callcd upon
President Grant, last December, to i'm
plore the release of her husband from the
Albany pcnitentiary. She told the Pre-
sldent that, crushing as the sorrow was
to herself. she woul,l try to bear it, but
that every morning, without an excep-
ton, since her husbands incarceration.
her four little children had come tn her
with The fearful inquiry: "Will ,lear
papa come home to-,iay:'' This plea Of
my children will. know, ere long drive
ME into insanity. And now" said she.
my little ones have varied their ayoniz-
ing questioning with pathos that is
maddenlng, too: Won't pa come homo
ChriStmas?'" MADAM. will consult
the Attorn"y-(iencral, nnl do whatever
can Tor your husband, with his mp
proval. Il know that will all h, use
less. said the grief-strickcn wife; his
decision will only be adverse, and may
as we'll 20 home and tell my children ut
once that their papa can't come home,
and give up i'll despair" Wait mo-
ment, said the President, and sitting
down, he hastily pcnned note to Attor-
ney-Gcneral Williams, and ncrvonsly
handing it to her, said: $50 and tell
yonr children that ;hrir papa s:.;f .o.n :.
Christuas.'
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22

We knew it. We could not be mis-
taken. When the Mayor of Chicago
'"wore, hy the eternal God, he would
never meet rebel soldier at n reunion, -
we at on" set him down as either n thief
or hoHb-prooi. Recent revelations
show that lie was both.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22

We smiled tn" other dny-wc could
not help 1t as We heard sister Of one
Of our colorcd churches, while soundly
rating coal black brother mention,
among other things, that he was n
'whltsd s"puiture, full Of white mems
bones. .imcricuS RrDuIlicrn.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22

Smokers Festival.
Smokers Festival.
Smokers Festival.
SIN okers' Festival.
Smokers Festival.
Smokers Festival.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22

AT an election held in the town of Bam-
perS :. e.. for officers for the ensuing
year, the following gentlemen were una,
nlmously elected: Intcndant- J. $.
i}amberS; "arlcns-Dr. j. A. Wright, s.
). iiartz"S, W. F. Patrick. Andrew G..
Dibb!c.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-22

Constable james a. Jarret of Spartan
burg captured. the other day. whiskev
wagon, which was r"cnpturci and taken
away from his house by four countrymcn
on FRIDAY night. amidst the barking of
dogs the hrin% of pistols, the cursing of
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
Reward of Civility.

A Partisan gentleman, named NJ
Delsole, has just inherited a fortune
under rather singular ausplces.-
About three years ago, being in the
act of purchasing some cigars of a
tobacconlst, he noticed an old man,
neatly dressed, who was trying in
vain to light his pipe at the flexible
gas.jet which hangs in front of all
cigar shops in Paris. His hands,
shaking with palsy, refused to hold
the light steadily, and he strove in
vain to apply it to the bowl of his
pipe at the risk of scorching his
face. NJ. Delsole came to the rescue,
held the light for the old gentleman,
and then he vent out, responding
merely by bow to the thanks which
he received. Hardly had he reached
the sidewalk, however, when he was
followed by the old man, who begged
to be told his name and address,
Wishing to get rid of this somewhat
importunate gratitude he hastily gave
them and went his way. A few days
ago he was waited upon by a lawyer,
who came to annouce to him his in
heritance of a large fortune left him
by one Donon, who died without
heirs, and whose pipe he had once
lighted.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
Not That Kind Of a Beet.
From the Baltimore Gazette

FTOHl the DhltlinoIc buHctbC.
They were standing IN Lexington
market-Mr. Vaughn from the coun-
try, and Mr.. Green of this city. Mr..
Vaughn is a dairyman and his in
terest in milk commenced when he
was Il child. Indeed he had never
been weaned off of it; and now how
he comes to market he has it in cans
and in his minds eye all the time,
and it was in the latter he had it on
Sunday while conversing with Mr..
Green.
81 have feed beets very frequently"
said Mr.. V. Cit seems that when cows
are fed in particular way in the
winter time they become troubled
with murrain, and that the feeding of
beets in time prevents the disease
from coming upon them.)
$50 have l." said Mr.. Legee, COM
ing up and joining in the CONVERSE
ton, after having been introduced to
Mr.. Green by Mr.. V. (Mr. L. is city
inhabitant, and dwells in mansion
of highly attractive external appear
ance.) 81 believe l have fed more
beats than any other man in the city
of Baltimore, and I'll be--if I'll do
it any more"
DWELL, sir" said Mr. Vaughn, ''1'm
in favor of feeding them"
"I'm not" said Mr.. L. emphatically
"They're nuisance"
''Y ou get a good deal more milk
by feeding them in the winter time
than any other way know off, said
Mr.. V.
"Milkw exclaimed Mr.. L. 'By-,
that's just what l lost the other day.
a fellow came along and CARED off
the milk-can, and that, too, after he
had been feed"
"How many head have you got?"
inquired Mr.. ", who began to think
that Mr.. L. was 4 little "off" or had just
escaped from a lunatic asylum.
"Headw exclaimed Mr.. L. "Why,
I've got one good one, anyway"
"Whcre, in the city,"
eyes, l should think it was; it's
right here on my shoulders. What
do you think of it,"
s'Well don't know what to think
of its contents. You don't seem to
know any more about feeding beets
than a hog"
"Sirw exclaimed Mr. l.. 'that is an
insult"
But Just then Green exploded. An
explanation ensued, and then the trio
Joined each other in Il glass OF milk
all round, in that form in which the
nutmeg is the last thing put on the
top to impart spicy flavor to the
punch.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
Josh Billings on Double Blessedness.

MISTER BOOK: - You asked me
which IL the loveliest, the married OIL
the single state, and amt afrade to
say that having tried both for menny
years and sarched out their weak and
strong points, that matrimony IL the
true style. l think [ kan safely say
that the marrid condIshun for every
day wear is 20 per cent. ahead.
Perfekt happiness amt to be had
in this lite ennyhow, / don't care
whether you go in single or bubble.
But if any one will pay me for mi
time will sho six arguments in favor
ov tieing oneself up with the kords
ov connubial matrimony to agin it.
Thare IL CRATE menny rules,
Mister Boon, to make marrid life
comfortable; but the golden one is
this: Go slo md giye each other
haF oo the road. This rule iz as
simple and easy az milking a COW on
the right side, and will be found as
usephul as lie to avoid hot journals.
If one party wants the whole of the
road it makes the turnpike hot and
dusty, and if both parties want it
and will have it, it raizes the very
devil.
Excused me, dear Boon, for using
the word "devil," but it seems the
only one that will fit the spot.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27

A Boston letter to an eastern news
paper relates that upon one of the
fashionable South End squares of that
city there has lived in a four story
brick house, until very lately, a wo-
man who has hired for her servant
her own sister. The latter was treat
ed in all respects as a mcnial, and
though the woman and her husband
having no children, dined alone when
there was no company in the house;
they never permitted the sister to eat
with them. Not only this, but the
sister-servant was kept at work from
early till late, and there was no such
thing as leisure for her, or a particle
of consideration due from one so
nearly related to her. Finally the
woman moved out of town, and the
sister determined to find an easier
place. Accordingly she engaged to
90 to 4 summer resort as y pastry
cook in Il fashionable boarding house,
Now it has transpired that her sister
and former mistress has engaged
board for the warm season not only
at this very resort, but also at the
very house where her sister is to fur
nish the daily pudding and pies.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
Iowa Falls Sentinel

She was young, she was fair, and
she frizzled her hair, and she looked
up into his face with an arch smile
which plainly said "Do it if you
dare"' He was young, he was green,
and it would certainly seem, that he
could not read English, for there he
stood like statute while that sweet
mouth, those bright eyes and that
bewitching head flashed around with
in six inches of his Sunday vest. But
she was equal to the occasion, and in
reply to a saucy remark on his part,
she sprang up with mock ferocity,
and catching him by both ears, pulled
his face down to hers, and the way
she rubbed their two noses was a
caution, until in sheer self defense he
had to do it. He took her in his
arms and planted a kiss as big as
your hand right OH her mouth, and
she slapped him Qightly) and said
90, you mean fellow!" OF course he
was, or he would have taken the hin,
sooner. All Of which is somewhat
liberal translation of a tableaux per
formed in an upper window of Woods
Hotel, for the benefit of the public
during the celebration on Monday
last.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
A. T. Stewart Deals With Mrs
O'Flanagan.

Mrs. O'Flanagan is said to be the
name of the lady who owned a piece
of the Congress street property at
Saratoga, lately purchased by Mr. a.
L. Stewart the merchant prince.
They are telling how she outwitted
the great merchant. Mr.. Stewart
called and offered her $4,000 for
her lot, in his usual brusque, yet bus
iness-like way, and gave her till 4
o'clock to accept his offer. "Shure,
Mr.. Stewart, a brewer from Albany,
has offered me $4,000 for the prop
erty, and given me as long as l want
to think about it. But told him he
could have it for $4,000 if he was
back here by o'clock. 1t is now
ten minutes to 3. You can have it
for $4,000 if you get back here before
the brewer does" The thought of a
"brewer" in the neighborhood of the
Grand Union Hotel did the business.
Mr.. Stewart closed with Mrs. O,Flan-
agan on the spot.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
How They Do 1t in California.


Alameda County (Cal.) Independent
The following actually occurred in
our vicinity this week. The parties
thereto are well-known and respecta-
BILE; the lady is SIS years of age, and
the gentleman five years her senior
They had frequently heard of each
other though mutual friends, but had
never met until a few days ago, when
the following conversation took place:
Gent-Madam, what is your name?
Lady-My name is -.
Gent-My name is -. l live in
Livermorc, where l own a ranch
Ahem! how would you like me for a
husband?
Lady-Well, really, I don't know.
I've heard your name, Mr.. -; but
how would you like me for wife?
Gent-Madam, the sight of you
more than does justice to what l have
heard. Will you be my wife?
The lady assented. The gentleman
went Immediately to Oakland to get
a license, and twenty-four hours after
their first meeting the couple were
man and wife, and are now living on
his ranch at Livermore,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
What Bachelor Would Like to Fin 4
at the Centennial.

Mr.. EDITOR:
We shall doubtless see many won
derful things at the Centennial. From
far and near, the products of art and
industry, science and skill; but more
than all would we like to show to the
world an American girl, fully up to
the best standard and spirit of the
Republic; who, true to her parents,
her family, her country and her God,
Is a blessing to the land where she
was born, and the hearthstone where
she was nurtured. No silly follower
OF foreign fashions, no reader of hi igh-
strung romances, who loudly and
coarsely talks of races and clubs with
slang and false grammar, and boasts
she cannot hem her own handker-
chief; but modest maiden, tender
and intelligent, who can assist her
mother in all homely household du-
ties, as well as make the home pleas
ant for guests; who can darn the
hose and sew on buttons, and work
the sewing machine, and put the
house In order, and assist the younger
brothers and sisters with their sums
and recitations, and hush and amuse
them when their mother is sick, or
their father comes home weary from
his daily toll; who could stand undis-
turbed by the deathbed of her kim
dred and soothe their last moments;
who looks on thew orld not only as
a place of amusement and luxury, fine
clothes and rich viands, but a place
where unselishness, industry and pa
tlence have their just reward.
But alas! what father or mother
has earned such jewel as this? BY
what good example, wholesome re-
stralnt, common sense teaching, the
"doing well for its own sweet sake"
Is the young woman of to-day raised
to be a blessing to those who may
come after her? What father or
mother has now the effrontery to say
no to child? Where Is the pretty
girl who cannot heartlessly wheedle
her father into almost ruinous ex-
penses.
How seldom does mother check
her young daughter In practices dam
aging to her health and future pros.
poets in life? Whether she skates
or rows, or plays games or dances the
German, she does it to excess. She
revels in late hours, and consequently
at eighteen she has more ailments
than her grandmother at seventy-six.
Poor victim of indulgence from her
aching head and swelled eyes, her
imperfect teeth, weak spine and neg
lected digestion, down to the very
corns on her toes, is she not to be
more pitied than blamed tor the false
system in which she has been train
ed?
Youth and truth, health, wealth
and responsibility impatiently seek a
mate. Who bids for
WAITING BACHELOR?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
SHE HAD LOVED IN VAIN.
Another Touching Scene from Bijah's
Court.
From the Detroit Free Press.

|
"Martha Jack, Pm sorry to see you
here" said his honor to the next
prisoner, a tall prisoner with sad
eyes.
81 wish hadn't come," she sobbed.
"Well, suppose you couldn't help
yourself, Martha, but please don't
look so sad and melancholy. Right
now, when every woman is making
currant jelly and raspberry jam you
ought to smile like Il COW in the corn
field"
'Don't abuse men' she walled as
she wiped her eyes.
81 won't Martha; l wouldn't abuse
my own mother-in-law. On the CON
trary, ask you to cheer up. There's
light ahead, Martha"
"There's no light for mer' she said,
as she carefully wiped her nose.
at may be that you have loved in
vain?" he queried.
eyes, sir, that's it, sir"
"Well, I can't blame you then for
throwing dead cat over in into your
neighbor's garden and laising row.
| have loved and loved IN vain. I
loved fat woman once. Ah, she
was beautiful-she was gorgeous
she was worth two yoke of oxen and
the best corn-sheller in Medina
county. My love was vain. She
turned away from me us the polar
bear turns away from drifting bar
rel full of dollar-store diamonds and
wishes they were veal outlets. It
was years and years ago, Martha, but
even when | think of it now I feel as
If | could tear three-story house
down and pick my teeth with the
splinters.''
She sobbed aloud.
"Go home, Martha," he said, huski-
ly, ego home and put the Monday
washing to soak and be prepared to
enter upon the arduous duties of the
coming week. Don't be reckless any
more-don't throw any more cats
around-remember other hearts suf.
fer with yours"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-27
INDEPENDENCE IOWA, FRIDAY, AUGUST p, 1875.
THE WEDDING FEE.

One morning, fifty years ago,
When spple, trees where white with snow
Or fragrant blossoms, and the air
Was spell-bOund with the perfume rare,
Upon farm horse, large and lean,
And lazy with its double load,
A sun Drowned youth and maid were seen
jogging along the winding road.
Blue were the arches of the Skies
But bluer were that madens eyes.
The dewdrops on the grass were bright,
But brighter was the loving light
That sparkled meath the long fringed lid,
Where those bright eyes Of blue were hid.
Adown the shoulders brown and bare,
Rolled the soft waves of golden hair,
Where, almost strangled with the spray,
The sun, a willing sufferer, lay.
1t was the fairest sight, weeN,
That the young man had ever seen;
And with his features all aglOW,
The happy fellow told her sol
And she without the least surprise
Looked on him with those heavenly eyes.
Saw beneath that shade Of tan
The handsome features Of a man;
And with a joy but rarely known
She drew that dear face to her own,
And by her bridal bonnet hId-
l cannot tell you what she did!
So on they rode until, among
The w-born leaves with dewdrops hung,
The parsonage, arrayed in white.
Peers out-a more than welcome sight.
Then with n cloud upon his face,
what shall We do" he turned to say.
SHOULD he refuse to take his pay
From what is in the pillow -casey'
And glancing down his eye surveyed
The pillow case before him laid,
Whose contents, reaching to the hem,
Might purchase endless joy for them.
The maiden answers, LET us wait.
To borrow trouble, where's the need?r
Then at the parsons squeaking gate
Halted the more than willing steed.
Down from the horse the bridegroom sprung;
The latchless gate behind him swung;
The knOcker of that startled door,
Struck as 1t never was before,
Brought the whole household pale with fright:
And there, with bushes on his cheek
So bashful he could hardly speak,
The farmer met their wondering sight.
The groom goes in, his errand tells,
And, as the parson mods, he leans
Far DER the windOw-sill and yells,
Come in! He says he'll take the beans!''
Lord! How she jumped! With one glad bound
She and the bean bag reached the ground,
Then, clasping with each dimpled arm
The precious product of the farm,
She bears it through the open door;
And down upon the parlor floor
She dumps the best beans vines ever bore
All happy was their songs that Gay
When man and wife they rode away;
But happier this chorus still
Which echoed through those woodland scenes
God bless the priest Of Whitinsvilel
God bless the man who took the beansi'
-R. ". Streeter, in N. Y. Mail.