The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-02
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OIrY MATTERS. Rs.--The price of single
copies of the PHOENIX is Eve cents.
Nanphlet and johnson, two colored
men. convicted of the murder OF Mr..
Harman, in Lexington, in December
last, and whose sentence was commuted
oy Gov. Scott to imprisonment for life.
escaped from the penitentiary, yester-
day. They landed on the Lexington
shore as they came into the world-per-
fectly naked. Fifteen or sixteen inef-
fectual shots we're fred by the guard.
A private despatch from Richmond.
ola the Southern and Atlantic line. in
forms us that DR.. T. T. Moore, of this
city. has been elected Vice. President of
the Southern Dental Association.
The firm OF Edwin J. Scott, Son & Co.
has been dissolved, and new firm. nm
der the name of Edwin J. Scott & Son.
has been organized. These gentlemen
are experienced bankers, and have the
confidence of the entire community.
The thermometer ranged as follows at
the Pollock House yesterday: A. NJ,
81; II 4. NJ. 81; 2 P. NJ, 80; 7 P. NJ, 80.
A young friend Of ours, whose OPT
mons derive q tinge of bitterness from
the beer he imbibes, says that although
it is quite true that zone swallow does
not make summer" a summer like this
makes one swallow-a good deal of
liquid.
The following is the programme of
music by the 18th Infantry band this
afternoon:
Grand Concert Me elley-Dawning.
Palermo Qnadrille-Strauss.
HABIT Ach1 March-Gupgl
Melodies from Rigaletto-Verdi.
! PHGN1xANA.-In the old Roman ca.
lendar, August was called Sextillis,. as
the sixth month of the series, and had
but twenty days. Julius Cesar, in
reforming the calendar, added another
day. making thirty. Later, Augustus
added still another day, and changed the
name to August, in commemoration of
many pieces of good fortune that had
happened to himself in that month.
Why is the tread-inill like true con-
vert? Because its turning is the result
of conviction.
A great surgical operation-To take
the cheek out of young man, and the
.jd,0 out of scolding woman.
A husband, regretting the loss of his
second wife. was told by her that "no
one had more reason to wish his former
spouse alive than she had"
The difference between October and
November is. that while with October
leaves fall, with November the fall leaves.
Let us learn from the past to profit by
the present, and from the present to live
better for the future.
It is said that green tarlatau dress
contains arsenic enough to kill man,
and yet men do not seem to be afraid to
go near green tarlatan dresses.
An old sort of ship-Courtship which
hns two mates. but no captain.
Why should people marry in the win
gentlemen want comforters. t.
Beauties often die old maids They
set such n valne on themselves, that they
don't find purchaser before the market
is closed.
| A Saratoga belle hos hair that reaches
nearly to the ground. This flower of
fashion might, therefore, be appropri-
ately called hare bell.
DR.. Franklin says that "every little
fragment of the day should be saved.
The moment the day breaks. set yourself
ut once to save the pieces.
The office holders have had their
hands too deep in the peoples pockets to
conveniently clasp anything over the
bloody chasm.
| HOTEL ARRIvALs. August l. 1872.-Nicker-
son HJuse-J Haskell, Savannah; Lunny,
Darlington; Miss MoDa7id, w G Orr, Miss
Connor, N A Carlisle, Macon, Miss; f r West,