The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-18
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The colored convention assemblies in
the hall OF the House of Representatives,
to-day.
Chicago" says an exchange, .'has
tho satisfaction Of knowing that she has
the sympathy of the civilized world
Yes, sho certainly has that satisfaction;
but don't you think that she paid
rather exorbitant price for it?
Anna Dickinson is evidently lacking
in the respect which every true American
should feel for the Presidential chair
and the incumbent thereof. She saws:
"Though the silence of other men NAV
be golden, that of President Grant is
leaden' Wicked Anna Dickinson.
A correspondent from Bamberg in.
forms lis that the corn house aud kitchen
of Mr.. A. e. Simmons. in that town,
wns destroyed by an incendiary fire, on
the night OF the 18th. He had just
gathered his corn crop, amounting to
l25 bushels which was totally lost.
We return our thanks to President
Alexander for complimentary card of
admission to the tFair of the Carolinas,''
to be held in Charlotte, on the oath,
25th, 2Gth and 9th October. Also, to
the President of the Orangeburg Agri-
cultural Society for similar favor.
The parade OF the Independents,
which was to have come of, yesterday
afternoon, was indefinitely postponed.
Charon should throw away his torches
and light the passage across the Styx
with kerosene. A lamp, overturned on
the 9th, burned up yacht and its plea
sure party, and another, kicked over on
! the Sth, burned up Chicago.
November 13 is announced as the
occasion Of the grund free exhibition Of
shooting stars |
Chicago is already itself again. TIE
thrifty survivors Of the fire are putting
up new houses, and half page of one of
the newspapers there is filled with ''re-
movals" the genial and cheerful term
which these people apply to the change
of location necessitated by their being
burned out. The magnificent business
tact of Chicago is fully equaled by mag
nifcent mettle.
| The thermometer at the Pollock House
ranged as follows, on Monday: 7 A. NJ,
70; IL NJ, rs; 2 P. NJ, 79; Z P. NJ, II;
and on yesterday, as follows: z A. NJ,
GO; 12 A., 64; 2P. NJ, IS; P: NJ, 64;
indicating the approach of cold weather.
Somebody started the report.the other
day that Chicago was set on fire by the
"rebels." It wouldn't surprise us much
if the young man who was milking the
COW that kicked over the lamp that set
the barn on fire should turn out to have
been Major General in the Confederate
army.
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