The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-02
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copies OF the PHGS.1 is fve cents.
During this heated term, McKenzie's
ice cream saloo2 is the favori,e resort.
Mr. Nat. Pope has placed on our table
a 6ue specimen of nsw cotton. cultivated
on dis place in Cotton Town
e + Davies Co.. dealers in vegeta-
blen, frnts, &c Oh Plain street, sent us
II large watermelon yesterday.
MeS>rs. John Aguew & Sun are making
improvements iE the from. OF their
grocery.
Ihe thermometer ranged as folluws at
the Wheeler House yesterday: IA.
70; l2 NJ, 81; % 2. al. Sc; 7 P. NJ, 81.
a drove OF cattle passed down Main
street, yesterday. cn roms to the saush.
ter house
Messrs. Walker g. Forde.. OF tle New
berry Lakery. have sent us specimen Of
their bread. It's good.
Dr.. Thomas T. Moore leaves for the
mountains this morning, to recupera.e
bis health and strength He will return
about the 1st Of September
Brookbanks hae on exhibition NAM
moth Peach He says it weighs eleven
pounds or eleven ounces-we forget
which.
The ice competition is becoming lively.
The Palmetto Supply Company now
cHer ice Mt H.. cents per pound tor .ifty
pounds and upward. The wagons 80 in
every direction, aud leave ice at any and
evcrybody's door. It is II great convc-
nience. The price is melting down;
that's The beauty of the thing.
Messr.. Aitrecht Il Hu:fman have in
store n fine lot ot water melons. Tie
two champion melons O! the season,
raised by Mr.. H. Winter, will be cat at
the store, y iew doors below the Puu.SIx
Office. this morning. The friends cf the
institution are invited to take slice.
Fruits. vegetables, &c, l.; the season
constantly on hand
lee ENGLISH SrAnEows Some time
back Hon. Thomas Il obinson imported
from Europe lot Of English sparrows
and put them in Sydney Park. Shortly
after they disappeared from the Park.
and il was presumed tint the boys with
''ludia rubber slius,' had killed them.
1t tnrus out. ho*cver. that two Of said
family emigrated to Nt~berry. and nave
hatched out two brools. They are now
on the third. They can DO seen three
times day IN certain part of the
town
fHo.SiStASA So many Americans
talk AS If they were trying to be heard
above the sound OF forty cataracts. that
Europeans suppose all Americans live at
Niagara Falls.
"a st. Louis house is haunted by "a fe-
male ghost, who leaves her foot. prints in
the bathroom. The bath rooms OF St.
Lonis are the largest in the world.
Heated street discussion-"I don't be-
lieve in Spiritnalism. 1 think this: If
q man goes to hell, he can't come back
here; if he goes to heaven, he doesn't
,cdm TO-.
In order to render the indians less ca
pable Of carrying on successful war
against the United States troops, it has
been suggested that they be educated at
West Point.
MASS MEEIISG.-Th meeting last
evening, at the Court House, was called
to order by DR.. Gibbes. Major w. Is.
Gnl.ck was called to the Chair. and
Charles L. Janney, Esq was requested
to ac. Us Secretary.
A, the request OF the Chairman, Dr..
Gbbcs, Chairman of the Board Of
Health, stated tie object Of the meeting
to be the taking under consideration the
impure water furnished tho city by the
Colnmbia Water Power Company.
General Anderson o:fered the follow.
ing resolution:
In view of the Information furnished
by Or. Il: W. Gibbes, Chairman Of the
Board OF Health, be it
RsSo!reti, That committee of five be
appointed to inquire who is responsible
Tor the impure wntcr furnished to the