The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-14
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The Columbia Male Academy opsns
Tomorrow morning: Captain Thodiip:
son has full corps of assistants.
The Governor has appointed Henry
N. Parnelle Trial Justice for Beaufort
County. ~
Mr.. Long. of the Mills House stables,
advertises twenty head of ane Kentucky
mules. Those in need of stock should
give him call.
Yon are not required to defend your
friends in company. unless the CONVEX
sation is addressed to you; bot you may
correct statement OF fact, if you know
1T to be wrong.
Tie alarm of fire, last night. was
caused by thieving darkey attempting
to escape from policeman. and yelling
"fire." The engines were outi q hurry.
Messrs. r. @. Shiyer g. Co. make a
further announcement, this morning,
relative to the discontinuance of the
credit system. Persons interested will
peruse their card.
Yesterday was very warm day. The
thermometer ct the Wheeler House in-
dicated: S A. NJ, II; A. NJ, 70; 10 A.
NJ. 73; IL NJ. Is; 2 P. NJ, 76; 4 P. H.,
IS; 7 P. NJ. Tx.
Messrs W. d. Love & Co. are in the
field. They announce that they are
daily receiving choice selection OF fall
and winter goods. One of the firm is
in New York the greater portion of the
yeat, making selections.
Rev. W. S. Plumer, D. D., of this
city. is to preach in the First Baptist
Church, in Wilmington, N. c., this
morning and evening-the First Presby-
terian congregation worshipping with
| them.
A public meeting is CALLED for Tues.
day evening next. which will, doubtless,
be we'll attended. The Asheville con-
nection is one Of great importance to
Columbia, and it is earnestly hoped that
our citizens will lend helping hand to-
words it's completion.
We are inclined to believe that the
fire at Mr.. Crawfprd's, on Friday night,
was caused by spontaneous combustion
The fumes broke out near the centre of
the roof-the loft being filed with fod.
der. At first, incendiariam was sus.
pected.
1t is understood that arrangements
have been perfected 80 as to enable ship
pers by the Greenville and Columbia
and South Carolina Railroads to receive
their freight speedily. All freight leav-
ing Charleston at night will reach
Cokesbury, the lay-over station. in
twenty-four hours thereafter.
Two small boys. on the 10Th instant,
while skylarking in the woods, near Mr..
Taylor Hornsby's spring. in the vicinity
of Crane Greek, came across a hollow
log. which contained twelve rattle
snakes, varying in size and having from
one to ten rattles. The monsters were
properly attended to.
J. Al. Mckay, OF Abbeville, and J. P.
Southern, of Columbia, have purchased
OF Mrs. Inwood, formerly Miss Bessie
Edwards, the whole of Spring Island,
situated near Foot Point, in Beaufort
County, for the sum of $1,000. The
island contains about 1000 acres, and
was valued before the war at over $780,
600.
BY reference to onr advertising CO.
lumns, it will be seen that second sale
OF lots at the new town of Seneca City
comes Of on the lst of October. The
first sale wns very satisfactory, and good
prices 70 obtained. Seneca is To-
Gated at t'e tosa'ng Of the Air Line
with the 1'"a /; isr Railroad, and will,
doubi'c,s, occomc thr.ving place.
THE SECOND ASCENSION The second
bnllo despatched from the PuGS1x
grou.d, m,Ie successful trip, yester.
day, at 6 o'clock, and landed gracefully