The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-06-22
Mf. Jacob Pollock fell III iiront-of t'o'
Carolina National Bank yesterday, from

Eon, no soon; recovered.
By proclamation. published in another
the Governor -has ordered On
election to be held on the 10th of August
next, to fill the office Of Sheriff, now W.
cant in Marlboro County.
TIE attention Of members of Myrtle
Lodge. No. 3, OF the Knights Of Pythias
is called to the fact that there will be an
election for officers at the regular conven-
tion on Monday night, the 23d instant,
besides tho transaction OF other business
OF great Importance to tho lodge A full
attendance is desired.
A gentleman of observation and expe.
rience has lately been testing the efficacy
Of asparagus as q tonic and cathartio by
subsisting almost exclusively upon it
and giving up animal food He states
that under this regimen, bis health is
better than it has been for years, and is
convinced that there must be- in aspnra-
gus m essential principle that would be
Invaluable in medical practice.
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY. The
drawing Of this enterprise commences on
July S, aud We are informed that tickets
eau be procured here, of Mr.. D. Gam.
brill, up to the Both June-but not otter
thnt dato.
ALMOST FIRE Thrre was consi-
derable excitement, last night. in the
neighborhood of Messrs. r. G. Shiver g.
Go. IS store, by the accidental burning Of
a mosquito net. suspended from the cell
ing, which was blown against gas jet.
The flames were e1tinguished before any
serious damage was done.
KEEP TO THE RIoHr.-We observe and
We experience frequently the difficulty OF
passing some persons on The street. They
ignorantly or thoughtlessly come straight
before you, or bear to the left. Ordipa-
rily. it makes no great difference, but in
crowd it is embarrassing. 1t is easy to
pass by bearing always to the right. as
in crossing bridge. In Broadway, the
streams of life flow past each other
gently, agreeably, each keeping its pro-
per course. Not 30 in Columbia.
TEMPERANCE AND MASONIC CELEDRA-
TIoS. On Tuesday, June "a. Columbia
Division, Sons of Temperance, will leave
this city, at 7 O'Clock. by special train
over the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad, to participate in joint
Masonic and temperance festival at
Batesville. Lexington County. It is an
ticipated that fully 100 members of the
divisi oa-male and female-will be in at
tendance, and pleasant time is con-
6dently expected. Those desiring to go
would do we'll to procure tickets at
once.
FATAL ExpLos1oN.-At terrible disaster
occurred about two and half miles
above Prosperity, on the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad, on Saturday, the
2lst inst. The boiler of the steam
thresher OF Messrs. Brown & Schumpert,
while threshing at Mrs. Fellers', ex.
ploded, killing Capt. Jesse Sohumpert,
Pinok Reoder and Alfred Gary, the last
two colored, and wounding Drayton
Brown. ]. B. Whitman, Hill Hipp, An
derson Porter. Anderson Sineley, Simon
Gallman, Brown Dalrumple and Shed
Kibler-the six last cclored. Captain
Schnmpert had very recently married
the second time, and lenyes young
widow and five children to mourn his
loss. Captain Schumpert was noble
and generous man, and will be greatly
missed in the community. We tender
our sympathies to the bereaTed family.
INVASION OF TIE SIDE wALKs.-There
is evidently conspiracy between the
nurses and their little charges in child g
carriages to take complete possession Of
tho sidewalks of this city. AS faithful
sentinels on the watch-tower, We feel
called upon to sound nn alarm. Yester-
day, we encountered three of these
trains with their conductors. and it was
difficult to get through them with safety
to our shins. They spread themselves
with evident relish Of the discomfort