The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-15

Days getting gradually shorter.
Old Summor will soon be gone.
A man may be dead broke without
being 5 dead broker.
MIR. Solomon is out with another Ii st
of good things which be has on sale.
See them and try them.
The Ba'naccH County Times advocates
a railroad from Columbia to Port ROYAL,
ria Blackville, Barnwcli village and Al
lendale.
The committee appointed to arrange
for Firemen's Tournament, have de-
cided to postpone the matter until next
spring.
Wm. Mishaw, an old and respectable
colored resident of this city, has been
appointed q route aecn! on the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
A paper, to be styled "Tns IFi2iams-
I"rg Republican, is to bo commenced
in Kingstree, on the 23l. The Kings.
tree Printing Company are the publish
ers.
To-day will be celebrated in the Gu
thoiic Church as tine Feast OF the AS
sumption. II is O holy day OF obliga.
tion, and will be observed the same as
Sunday.
| There is terrible smell in the neigh.
borhood Of the PEGS..z. "Something
is rotten in Denmark. we know it by
the smell. Tie nuisance does not exist
on our premises.
The following is the range OF the ther-
mometer at the Wheeler House, ycster-
day: 5 A. NJ, rs: 0 y. NJ. "a; 10 A.
NJ, 10; - NJ, ~; . Z. NJ, IS; 5 P.
NJ. 70; 7 p. NJ, rs.
Colonel Dodamead, tais morning, H.
lustrates tie formerly popular refrain OF
Garry me back 10 old Virginia" He
leaves for brief visit to his old home.
We wish him pleasant sciourn.
Messrs. Hoffman Il Albrecht are in re-
ceipt OF lot Of fue fresh fruit and
vegetables, such as damson plums, ap.
pies, sweet md Irish potatoes. They
| also expect small lot Of shrimps, this
morning.
Messrs Kinard s; Wiley are in earnest
as to what they say relative to prices.
One OF the firm departs Northwsrd in q
few days, to purchase the fall and winter
stock, and as q consequence, they are
anxious to reduce the present lot.
Herndon Mitchell, colored fireman
on the Greenvil!c and Columbia Rail-
road, tried to jump on the train while it
was in motion, near Helena, yesterday,
when he fell under the wheels Of the
oar, and had his right leg cut off below
the knee.
We publish in another column the
premiums to be awarded for the best
time for running horses. during the
coming fair. Trot.crs will also be pro-
vided for hereafter. There is no doubt
but that number OF line horses will be
in attendance, ard rteresting races may
be anticipated.
We have been furnished with copy
OF the premium list of the State Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Society, for the
fifth annual fair, to be held at Columbia,
S. c., for four days, commencing Tues
day, November IL. Nearly every class
OF industry is provided for. It is printed
by MIR. Wm. Sloane.
On Main street, near Parker'5 Hall, q
dead hen laid nearly all OF yesterday.
Tie sun was sufficiently warm to mellow
it, and by night, the smell was oil that
could be wished-of its kind. Who
and where are the scavengers? Or, Why
allow dead dogs, cats and fowls to be
thrown in any Of our thoroughfares, es-
pecially the principal one? Such small
animals should be put under ground i'm
mcdiate!y after death, and not in the
street, to offend the neighborhood and
passers-by, if not to engender disease.
The Working -Man, of this city, has
been consolidated with Tie South, q
large eight-page weekly, devoted exc.u-
sivcly 10 the interests of the Southern
States, ard issued from New York CITY,
Mr.. Gaines, the proprietor of the Voyh.
ing Nan, becomes one OF the managers
| of IIe Sam oD5 will oct,t,1;,l, ~ -.