The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-26

city.
To stand onfyour head is said 10 be a
sure cure for the hicoonghs.
Chief Jackson is rapidly disposing Of
the unclaimed dogs.
The gas in the streets needs attending
tc. I.:s escaping at tear!s! :s.e, and
smells awfully.
The fun at the Augusts Sohuetzeniest
is kept up with vim. The Teutons
know how to enjoy Themselves.
The water will be shut of from the
East end Of Gervais street. to. day, at II
O'Clock, for two hours.
Mr.. Mckenzie received lot of choice
fruits and nuts, yesterday-apples,
prunes, Sultana raisins, etc. They ore
good-we tried them.
A card from Mr.. A. E. Clothier sp-
pears in this mornings PHOENIX. He
is fully competent to execute any kind
of painting. gliding. etc. Specimens of
his handiwork can be seen in many
places in this city.
Old Sol shone out savagely, ysster-
day. and gave US touch OF summer
again. Tho egulator-Pollock's ther-
mometer-recorded as follows: 7 A. H.,
"a; 10 A. NJ, 75; IL ~, IS; 2P. NJ, 7S;
4 P. NJ, 79; P. NJ, 7S.
A convention of millers was held in
Augusta, yesterday and the day before,
at which representatives from different t
portions Of Georgia and South Carolina
were present. A permanent organiza.
ton was effected and a committee on
Constitution and Bylaws appointed.
The Board of Directors of the South
Carolina Monument Association request
all the ladies Of Columbia and vicinity
vino are interested in the monument to
meet at the residence of Mrs. W. l..
Reynolds, over the Columbia Female
Academy, to-day, at II o'clock.
We learn that under the energetic
management OF Colonel Dodamead, new
L iron has been laid on the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad from Pomaria
to Aston, aud that come necessary and
important repairs have been made on
the road between Newberry and Green
vile.
trio OF the Great Eastern 'runners"
were in the city yesterday -Messrs.
W. ". Durand, A. Haight and Charles
Sivalls. They have tremendous e1hi-
bition. MI. Durand received hand
some present in Washington, from mem
bers Of the company set OF studs and
sleeve buttons.
"A report was in circulation, yesterday,
that one of our city banks had sue.
cumbed to tho pressure; but upon in.
quirY, it was found that the officers had
deemed it advisable to carry ont the
provisions of the bylaws, which re-
quire several days notice for large sums.
This rule is not usually observed. Only
this, and nothing more.
The following is o list Of the officers
elected last evening, in Columbia Divi-
sion, Sons OF Temperance, to serve for
the ensuing quarter: W. P, A. 81.
Monteith; ". A., Miss Ella Hawley; r.
s., Fl. E, Beard; F. S., J. +. Sutphen; !;
T., Samuel Beard; g., J. c. Ogilvie; A.
G. S.. james Beard; 1. s., Mics Martha
Fetner; O.. S., J. D. Roberts; Chap, d.
L. Boozer.
The CENTRAL BANK. In these panicky
times, the widest rumors are rife, and
many of them without the slightest
foundation. Last evening, as we are
informed, statement was made on the
street, by Mr.. J. NJ. Howie, that man
told him he had presented cheek at
the counter OF the Central National
Bank, which was refused-the bank
cl"imng notice. Now we made it our
business to interview the officers of the
institution, and are assured that the
bank has met every legal demand upon
it, and is ready aud fully able to do so
in The future. The report, few days
since, thnt tie above bank had refused
some checks, referred to those parties
who had already Over1rorn thair on