The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-18

uAnS, SoyS NeW 1OEK lettcr writer, ''1S
indeed very pleasant sight to behold"
Yes, but the pleasure of looking at such
an array of costly gew-gaws hardly COM
pensntes one for the sadness he expert
cnces on seeing them sent back to the
parties they have been hired from.
Woman suffrage is looking up. After
an excited debate the Missouri Constitu
tionnl Convention has passed an ordi-
nance submitting to vote of the people
the question whether or not the women
of that State shall be entrusted with the
bnllot. Verify, agitation is a great thing,
and the hens may yet crow Justify in
Missouri.
The lenst attempt to- hurt the feelings
editorial Is in this current story: "Arc
You connected with paper here?" asked
countrymnn Of all inmate OF the In
diana Insane Asylum. 80! no." was the
reply; Il hive been to the insane asylum
and been cured; mun never runs a
newspaper after he is cured"
secret enemy of the late Horace
Greeley hns written to the Inter- Ocean,
to say that the 10. is the only pnper
that takes the place of the old Tribune.
When journalistic man is in his grave,
he should be protested from such cow
nrdly stabs, even If his paper was a little
violent Mt times
FRIGHrFu1. EXAMPLE. First de-
gree Lemonade with stick in it.
Second deSrce-Brandy smash and port
wine: Third degree-Bourbon whiskey,
o!a a!o and gin. Fourth ,iegree-Bour-
bon, brandy, old nle, gin, rum and apple
jack. Fifth degree-All kinds every
time; never sny no.
The editor of Wisconsin paper has
tried grass-hopper soup and pronounces
1t first rate. We've no doubt that it is
good that it is perfectly splendid, in
fnct; but somehow or other, when they
bring in any of those out-of-the-way
soups, we generally don't feel hungry
much.
Two Illinois men who are no kin to
each other look 30 much alike as to
create confusion whenever they appear
IN the same town. "a comely catfish
expression about their mouths"'is what
mlsleads the public more than anything
else.
The Alabama papers announce that an
investigation by board of commission
ors appointed to adjust the State debt re-
veals that it amounts to nearly $32, ,OOO,-
Oo0, chiefly incurred by endorsement of
railway bonds. There are said to be
s7A Boston paper says: "No human
being was ever burned in New England
for witchcrnft or sorcery." Then we
say: mo human being was ever lynched
West of the mississippi for horse steal
ing"
Blackville has celebrated it's recent
victory in the Court House war by estab-
fishing newspaper. The Blackville
10 .rkz
paper and will prove of great benefit to
the town.
The case of Tilton rs. Beocher is near
" mt an end. 1t has pnid the Western
Union Telegraph Company $3.50, 900 in
sumed more space in the public prints
than an entire Presidential campaign.
Gn1Ev1Sa. young man Caldwell,
city editor of the Charlotte Observer, is
in trouble. He remembers now, that in
ITS, he could buy quart of whiskey
for twenty-five cents, and now it is tif-
teen cents q drink.
The Governor has appointed N. r.
Scovill, Census-tnker of Beaufort: Carter
Ross, Commissioner of Election for
Chester, rice Yocom, resigned: u. H.
Gilmore, Commissioner Of Election for
Chester, rice j. Lilly, removed.
AS a substitute for the guillotine, nm
American inventor has lnid before the
French Government self-ncting ma
chine which takes the condemned ont of
this world in twinkling and the new
apparatus only costs $4,000.
The murderer Of Mrs. Kccch, on Ma
tanzn inlet, near st. Augustine. Fla, was
captured in Tolusia County, while max
ing his way up the st. Johns. He gives
his name AS Newton, and says he is from
Illinois.
The steamer Wisconsin, for New York,
took out 100 Mormons, the last shipment
Of the season. Half of them were Ger
mans and the remainder natives of
Great Britain.
Wednesday was the 200th anniversary
of the revelation made to the Blessed
Margaret Mary Alacoquc, of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus The day was celebrated
in all Catholic churches.
The compositor who substituted an