The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-14
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committee to make arrangements for the
reform meeting. to be held in this city
on the 18th. We heartily concur in the
suggestion. and hope it will be univer-
sally adopted:
1t was moved, seconded, and adopted,
that the chairman of this committee be
authorized to insert in tho daily journals
a general request to the merchants and
tradesmen of this city, to close their
places of business during the proceed
ings Of the meeting on Tuesday next.
New NovELs.-We have received from
the publishers Harper & Brothers, New
York-through Messrs. Duffio 6 Chap
man, Nos 34l and 343 of the Library
of Select Novels" -"Kilmeny, by VIM.
Black, author of "In Silk Attire" etc. !;
and "True to Herself" romance, by
+. W. Robinson, author of ''Stern Ne
cessity," "Poor Humanity" etc. The
price Of each volume is fifty cents-for
which triAiug amount several dollars
worth Of amusement can be obtained.
| "kilmeny" is story which will please,
first chapter to the last. The characters
come before the reader, alone or in
groups, MS soft, clear, and natural rs
figures by Meissonier. The passages in
Which they appear rest upon the mind
like memories Of pictures done by q
master-hand.
LADIES INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION The
receipts and expenditures of this Associ-
alton for the month of July, 1870, are as
follows:
Receipts -Salcs-room $129. 25; ordered
work 63.G GO; stitching $50; stamping
800; membership 200; donation 5000;
last balance S0.45. Total $3OG. 80.
EXPENDITURES Agent $50 90; assistant
agent 20. 90; machine LOO; work 1O4. 90;
pur. com. 3O.35; depository T. so; porter
2.75; repairs, &C., 375. Total S2O6. O5.
Balance August 1, 1870, slOO.85.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Tri-
nifty Church-Rev. P. J. Shand, Rector,
1Ola a. M. and So P. NJ.
st. Peters Church-Rev. J. J. O'Con-
nell. Pastor, 10l9 A. NJ. and P. NJ.
w E0
W. Mood, 10% A. NJ; Rev. r. D..
Smart, 519 P. NJ.
Marion Street Church, VIM.
Martin, 1O1S A. NJ; Rev. VIM. Mood,
SP. M.
Lutheran Church-Rev. "A. R. Rude,
10I A. NJ.
Presbyterian Church--Rev. W. e.
Boggs. 1019 A. NJ. and P. NJ.
Baptist Church-Rev. n. Talley, 1Ol6
a. NJ.
PHGSIx1ANA.-Mr Mckenzie has pre-
sented us with bottle Of catsup, Of
superior manufactured necessary con-
dimcnt to the proper enjoyment of o
good dinner. BE has 'few more left"
of the same sort.
Though men boast of holding the
reins. the women generally tell them
which way they must drive.
Some newspapers are making n great
fuss over report that comes from Ger
many, to the effect that most of the false
hair sent to this country is taken from
dead paupers. Perhaps it is, but don't
we use dead hogs hair for our tooth
brushes?
The Superintendent of Schools in
Washington city has been turned out,
because he couldn't read and write If
loyal men are to be dismissed from Office
upon such frivolous pretexts as that. we
should like to know what is to become
of the radical party.
MIR. George Mccormick, of this city,
an ex-Confederate, died in Chester, on
the 11th. He had been in feeble health
for length of time, and his death was
not unexpected. He leaves many friends
and relatives to lament his early decease.
Remember, Judge Carpenter, Gems.
Butler and Kershaw deliver addresses in
this city, on Tuesday next. Let ono and
all attend.
A card from the proprietors of the
Grecnvillc Female College is published
in another column. The gentlemen