The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-12
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WEDDING CARDS AND EsvELorEs.-A
lot Of wedding cards and envelopes, of
latest. styles. has just been received;
which will be printed In initiation of en-.
craving, and at less than one tenth the
cost. Call and see specimens at PHOENIX
office.
The "GREEN LINE. MANY of our
merchants will be interested in the fol-
lowing telegram, received last night:
ATLANTA. Ga, February IL.
c. BouhnigM, Superintendent: The
blockade is removed ut Nashville and
Chattanooga; but other roads South are
over-crowded. and we are short of cars
Tell your merchants to have patience.
We hope to get out of tho present press
soon. Il. G.. ROBSON,
General Agent G. L.
CRUMBS. s.-The city tax on printing
Offices was incorrectly stated in the
printed ordinance Us $2O-it should have
been $40. The members of the Council
having evidently determined that the
honor of the thing was entitled to some
consideration.
st. Valentines Day will soon be here,
and the store windows are filled with the
usual quantity of humorously and senti-
mentally illustratrated papers.
The semi-annual aunoun cement of the
old and respected Baltimore house of
Armstrong, Gator g. Co., is published
this morning. These gentlemen do an
extensive Southern trade, and their
business is rapidly increasing. Our
merchants are invited to give them q
CALL when visiting the Monumental
City,"
Two young ladies in a certain house
in town the other night, were heard to
sing as follows:
ooh for man!
Oh for q man!
Oh for a mansion in the skyr'
Before they could get any further,
two young bloods outside responded:
"Oh for gal.
Oh for gal!
Oh for gallon of old rye''
The preliminaries for the chicken
dispute" on large scale, which has
been the subject of discussion during the
past fortnight, have been satisfactorily
arranged. The fight is to come off at
the Exchange Pit, in this city, commenc-
ing on Tuesday, the 9th of April, and
continuing four days. The contest is to
be South Carolina against North Caro-
lima. Thirty-one cocks are to he shown
by each party, weighing from four
pounds six ounces to six pounds six
ounces. A stake of 500 to be made on
each battle, and 81, 900 on the main. Mr..
G. r. Franklin, of this city, represents
South Carolina, and Mr.. John G. Ar
rington the old North State.
Our friend, T. G. DeLeon, has
brought out his burlesque of Hamlet
at the Olympic Theatre, in New York.
1t is great hit, and rivals in popular
attraction the melancholy Dane of Ed
win Booth and the faxen- haired laddle
of Fechter.
We are indebted to Messrs. Washburn
Co., of Boston, for a copy of their
handsomely illustrated catalogue of gar
den and flower seeds; also, for package
containing a variety of seeds. Their
establishment is an extensive one, and
they claim to furnish any and every
thing necessary for tho flower and
kitchen garden. Address Washburn &
Co., horticultural building, 100 fremont
street, Boston.
Major r. Fl. Walton, ex-Green Vile
Railroad agent ut this point, paid us q
short visit yesterday. He is as lively as
cricket, and sharp as q steel-trap.
A subscriber wrote to an editor the
other day, saying: 81 don't want your
paper any longer" To which the editor
replied, II wouldn't make it any longer
if you did; it's present length suits me
very WE'LL"
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