The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-22
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CRY MATTERS. The price OF single
copies of the PHGN1x is Eve cents.
A rain storm delightfully."- cooled the
atmosphere yesterday.
Col. Thos. Y. Simons, of the Charles
ton Courier, is in Columbia.
The benevolent features OF the present
sage of Chappaqua and the next Presi-
dent OF the United States beams upon
oil the visitors to our Office. We have
them nicely framed. and posted in full
view OF the entrance to our Office.
Capt. Dawson, OF the Charleston News,
is quartered at the Columbia Hotel.
The fourth bale OF new cotton sold in
this market was yesterday purchased by
Messrs. Copeland & Bearden, at 17s5.
1t was from the farm OF Mr.. Simon
1ounGiner. and weighed 455 pounds.
There is n liberal sprinkling OF nows-
paper men in attendance upon the Radi-
cal Convention. They number more
than twenty.
Along the line Of the Grcenville and
Columbia Railroad tho crops present q
handsome appearance. In the vicinity
of Chappell's the high water has caused
some damage to corn.
The storm, yesterday, blew the Gree
ley hat off the flagstaff of Messrs. Hope
u Gyles. It will be replaced.
The Union reflected on Senator Leslie,
yesterday, by publishing his arrival
among the police items.
The following is the programme OF
music for to-day by the band of the 18th
Infantry, Prof. Buchar leader:
Guard on the Rhine Quickstep- -Basch.
Scene and Aria Trovatore-Verdi.
Ascension Waltz-Faust.
Andante Pretoria.
Galop-Storm King-Strauss.
WILDER RISES TO ExPLA1N.-C NJ.
Wilder requests US to state trat he has
never held any claim against the State
which could properly be charged to the
account of the armed force. He has had
some bills paid, he says. for postage
stamps, but other than for those, he can
not conceive how his name could have
been possibly placed upon the con-
demned list. 1t is high time now that
r. 4. Scott should rise to explain. What
business had he to charge postage stamps
to the armed force; and ,oho in the depil
is Mooney?
CONVENTION NorEs.-Tom Mackey says
"The Convention has simply to make q
choice between the degrees of larceny.
My candidate has stolen 5000, 900 less
than tho others"
Judge r. B. Carpenter was getting his
boots blacked Mt tho hotel, yesterday,
when the servant asked him why he had
not placed them outside his door the
night before. "Do you take me for q
fool. said the Judge. "to risk my boots
among house full of delegates?"
Mooney ia said to be the "man in the
moon"
Moses has 83 votes, ont OF the 1914,
pledged to him. They are nearly all
country delegates. He will have tc
watch like mink to keep them.
Scott wants to get assigned to that
hospital for diseased carpet-bag govern.
ors, the United States Senate.
During conversation. yesterday, re-
lative to position which Daddy Gains
friends are anxious to secure for him
Mr.. G. r. Franklin stated that he would
accept the position, and would give &C.
curity that the salary attached to the
Office would be paid over to the free
school fund. for the education of future
Office seekers. This created some ex.
element, and large number OF dele
gates button-holed him, and inquired at
to the truth of the statement. He as
serts that lie will stick to it. We hope
the suggestion will be adopted by other
office-seekers; it is good one.
PHGNIXIANA.-Some folks with toe
much 60 in them, go to the bad.