The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-19

! x nfs Will be given to the public,
editor hopes that Ii protest will
dNSaaainst oil this in time We
tase6y put in our protest right
(heE nuf het3 no idea that it or tha pro-
tesfoG any 0fhers are likely to keep the
fmozbid orowd of Observation-Disclosures
kauipk Th6pufientt taste which has been
Fen8endered all around them by the foul
stream which has been nsrunninp go long
will naturally demand more, but it
ought to be staunched, even by force if
need be.
Susan Scutt and her son, Wesley Van
Dusen, who slot ller ;and then killed
himself, we're buried recently i'll one
grave in Hillsdate, Columbia County, N.
I. The church and cemeetry were filed.
and the 800 residents Of the little village
did not resume their ordinary occupa-
tions until after the closing Of the graves
Every one had story to tell of the
eccentricitiss OF Wesley Van Dusen, the
lllegitlmate son of Susan Scutt. He was
80 years of age, Industrious and sober
and had been employed by the railroad
from his boyhood.
Two or three days Ego, there was I'M
epidemic of suicides, and now there is a
tendency among people to get run over
by railroad truins. These condolences are
sometimes very singular. Suicide, we
know, obeys fixed laws, and it's statistics
enable tho scientists to predict the num-
her and kind that will occur with almost
ns much accuracy as Old Probabilities
prophesies rain or clear weather.
They had u nice time mt Old Tinconde-
roga the other day, but it Was hard work
to fintl traces Of the ancient fort. Per-
hnps the most magnificent Of the whole
affair was the remark OF nm old citizen to
correspondent, that "the fort had been
about demolished and carried across the
lake to build cellar walls with"
On last Saturday, i'll Rowan County,
n. c., man named AIesi9uer murdered
his mother-in-law. named IIeilig, by
knoc king her in the head with an axe,
and threw her III well. The murdered
woman wns 70 years old. No cause is
given for the horrible deed
The manufacturing company of Lowell,
Alass., report that lat out Of the 225 mills
are running on full time They also say
that quite IL number OF the section hands
or third hands left out, are anxious to
return to work. and several of them will
return Oh Monday.
despatch from Peshawur, Afnhanis-
tan. reports that that place has been
visited by very destructive confiapra-
ton. Half OF the city was laid waste.
At one time. the powder magazine was in
peril. but the fire wns lappiiy stopped
before reaching it.
Albert Young, son OF Senator Young,
OF Wisconsin. shot his father nj noon,
Friday, and then committed suicide. II
is thought the son had committed forgery.
and resorted to this means of covering
1t up. The father will survive
A San Francisco despatch. uf May II.
says: On April ~. the Count l.est,oinD:e
was robbed of s37 900 by two employees
and the captain of the schooner Iris.
The two employees We're caught in the
schooner. when they committed suicide
Ex-County Treasurer John l.. Hum
bert. of Orangeburg. and ex-School Com
missioner Frank r. McKinlay, are on
trial before Judge Reed for forgery.
Ninety-six forged vouchers for school
claims have been found.
The centennial celebration Of the Han
nastown declaration Of independence was
held ut Greensburg, Westmoreland
County. Pennsylvania. ON the 18th. The
town was decorated with flags and eyer
green's.
Lr. Charles f. Harris. editor of the
Concord, n. g.. .Sua. died in Whining
ton, ON the 18th, while attending the
Press Convention.
Gov. Brogden, of North Carolina, has
proclaimed that Thursday. May DO
centennial day he observed as general
holiday.
More tyranny! Englishmen want to
stop the sale of whia!,ey in Ireland.
What was the little difficulty about the
"Wearing of the Green" to thiss
A young son Of Mr. Michael Funk. of
Augusta, Ga, fell into a tub Of boiling
water. recently, and w%s scaldcd to
death.
Paul Boyton will make a second at
tempt to swim ACROSS the British Channel
on the 2Sth inst.
Tho residence of Lewis Phillips. t
Sand Lake. WAS burned. Saturday. Mrs.
Phillips perishcd in the fumes.
There is only one room in Rich
mond, Vn. All the rest are .ordinaries." i"
The Baltimore Sun has just completed
it's thirty-ninth anniversary.
A moving tail II hungry dogs.