The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-18
al Itema..

ESo al Tt @ " -.
! .CTY .MkTyERs. The price Of angle
copies of the PHOENIX is ave cents.
The PHGNn Office is supplied with all
necessary material for as handsome cards,
bill heads. posters, pamphlets. hand-bills,
circnlars, and other printing that may be
desired, as any office IN the South. Give
us call and test our work.
We were misinformed as to either Of
the locomotives being damaged in the
collision at the depot OF the Wilmington.
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, in this
city, on Monday. The collision was
very slight, and both locomotives passed
on to their respective tracks and made
their regular trips. It was freight and
not passenger train which. ran off the
track OF the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad. on Tuesday. ''Mistakes will
occur"
An employee of the Exchange House
and one OF Uncle Sans boys in blue had
difficulty, yesterday morning, during
which the latter twice came in heavy
contact with tho ground. The bone of
contention was the non payment Of forty
cents for fluids at the counter, (although
possessed of ample funds and dispo-
sition on the part of the son Of Mars to
exhibit his fighting qualities. 1t was q
''fair and square" game of fsticuffs, but
Pete proved the better man. Eye-wit;
nesses assert that the winner was justifi-
able.
The water will be shut off from Wash
Ington street, South, this morning, at 10
O'Clock, in order to repair one of the
gates.
The claim for pension of Mr.. John
Lever, of Richland, has been allowed.
Mr.. Lever served in the United States
army during the war of 1912, and is one
Of our Oldest and most industrious citi-
zens. Mr.. John T. Sloan, Jr., of Co.
lnpahia, and Mr.. r. w. Walker, of
Washington, were his attorneys, and we
congratulate them in securing for this
old soldier his claim. which will will be
of much assistance to him in his declin-
ing years.
Read the communication from Union,
signed ''Nemesis. The writer is one
in whom the public may build an abso-
lutte trust.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. The Northern
mail opens at 500 P. NJ; closes 7.15
A. NJ. Charleston day mail opens 400
P. NJ; closes 600 A. NJ. Charleston
night mail opens $50 A. NJ; closes 6. 90
P. NJ. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
NJ. closes 600 A. NJ. Western mail
opens 900 A. NJ: closes 1.30 P. Al. On
Sunday Office open from 8 to P. NJ.
Edwin PIatt, Esq, late one OF the
| active members of the colossal house of
George W. Williams & Co., is guest at
the Columbia Hotel. Mr.. Platt, we are
pleased to learn, visits Columbia with the
view OF investing portion of his hand
some fortune in our city-and we sim
cerely hope that he may find it to his
advantage to do 80. Columbia affords
many opportunities for remunerative in
vestments to the capitalist, and gentle
man of the business experience and ex-
panded ideas of Mr.. Platt cannot fail to
see them.
AN Ex-CoNFEDERATR SOLDIER DEAD.
The Atlanta Constitution, of the 14th in
slant. says:
Some seven or eight days ago, Mr..
Mccoy, from Columbia, South Carolina,
machinist by trade, who lost a leg
while in the Confederate service, at the
| second battle of Manassas, came to Fuk
ton County, near Col. Clark Howell's
mill, in search of employment. Here
he sickened and died at the house of
Mr.. Brasswcll. just beyond the mill.
His remains were decently inferred by
the neiGhbors.
The deceased, Mr.. Edwin Mccoy, was
native and for many years resident
OF Columbia.
The Winnsboro News publishes the
|