The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-13
1 90 @i Items.

ClTY AlArTERs.--Ihe price OF single
copies of the PnGN1x is Eve cents.
Familiar sounds-M -Malady, tar, distem-
per, blankets, influenza, carbolic acid,
epizootic, nssafmtida, SO.
The non-cxp!oaive mineral sperm oil
is tho desitlcratum in the line Of artin-
cial lights. Many Of our citizons wit
ncsscd it's brilliuncy of light and it's nom
explosivcncss while it was on exhibition
at the recent State Fair. Mr.. George
Dierchs ndvertises the oil for sule.
All letters ami communications intend
ed for this Office, should he directed to
.'PHGSIx, Columbia, s.. c." or to the
proprietor, JULIAN A. SEhBY.
Thoro was a premium offered for the
beet crochet quilt, to bo exhibited at the
State Fair, but there was 70 award. Mrs.
z. Fl. Joyner. of this city, aud a lady from
Darlington, competed. One or the other
is certainly entitled to the premium.
Tire matter has been callcl to our atten-
tion by one of the contestants.
! The injunction against hiding your
light under n bushet does not inhibit
your inserting it in drum, for in this
latter case, it shines through the ends
especially when those ends are made of
beautiful glnss. The rule applies also to
advertising. IF yoa hive handbills
pasted on the walls all over the city, rest
assured everybody don't see them, and
your best place to advertise is through
the columns of the PHOENIX. Messrs.
Il. G. Silver & Co. see it through the
same glasses with ourselves, and make q
large display in our columns this morn
ing. What 10 you wish TO purchase?
Dry goods or millinery. boots or shoes,
bonncts or mmings, lnces or embroide-
ries, hosiery or gloves, bedding or car
pets? Anything Of the above, or thou
sands of Other articles, can be found at
tho house of r. G. Shiver e Co.
Berry's furniture emporium is filed to
repiction with articles of use and adorn-
mcnt for the homestead. Fancy as we'll
as common furniture is kept on hand in
endless variety. The new location is
adjacent to tho Wheeler building, on
Richardson street.
Robert Lebby, NJ. D., has been re.
appointed by Governor Scott Health
Officer for the port of Charleston.
The Board Of Managers decided, yes.
terday, that Samuel Place should be
commissioned as Sheriff OF Kershaw
County.
Mr.. j. II. Hinchman, agent of John,
sons Typo Foundry, paid us short
visit, yesterday.
The Clariosophio and Euphradian So
cieties, the two rival literary societies
OF the University of South Carolina, are
again convening IL .heir rosnective halls
every Saturday evening, as in the times
when were brought together there such
men as Calhoun, Lowndcs, Motifs
Cooper, Henry, Preston, Harper. Nc
Cord, Blanding and tho Elmores, and
again, as of old, tho debates arc highly
interesting. Both societies have among
their members gifted, eloquent and &C
: conp,isiioa orators, and It is to bo &c
GREETED that the ime-honorcd custom O
holding public debates is not kept up by
!, the socictics-thus affording to theil
, many warm friends an opportunity o
showing their appreciation OF true merit
'Listen to the moclziug Bird" is tht
; burden OF tho old song; but if you wan
to listen to the canary birds, take stroll
to Brookbanks'. He hos cages, too, tt
! put tho little birds in.
Distcmpered question-How's you
horse?
Old newspapers for sale at PuGS1!
Office, at fifty cents hundred.
PHRSlxIANA.-Beh the age-Pco
pie who post written advertisements il
tho post Office.
Punch las found man too lazy t,
, labor undor nm impression.
S 4 lady, who asserts That her opinion j
based upon close observance, says tht
!, men, as rule, regard their wives q