The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-05

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Aproud hear! and poor purse are
i'll met. = =
The Indian Girl is not anxious fora
Cuban war-is may affect her supplies.
See how she proposes to get around it,
Another warm day. yesterday. with
liberal amount of ruin. At night, how.
ever, it cleared of, and fair Luna came
forth in all her beauty
Miss Eugcnia Orchard, of this city,
was uaarled IL premium for her g. Genius
Of Painting" from Tlliau, at Tie Char
lotto Fair.
Messrs. L. L. Davies &c Co., yester-
day, received another fresh shipment of
OF grouse, partridges. turkeys dressed
poultry. Northern cabbage, celery, Nor.
folk oysters. butter, eggs, &c.
The raised spuo" in rear Of the mem.
hers seats, in the House Of Representa-
tiv,s. was throngcd. Yesterday. wi!L dis
charged cmploj ees-the Housc having
decided To dispens, with the services OF
forty or fifty.
The Charlotte, Columbia md Augusta
Railroad CAN boast Of extremes in the
w"y Of conductors. One of them is
sal,i to te sevou ieat three iucLes high,
and another three feet seven inches-or
somewhere i'll that GeighborhooL.
lu Executive session, tho following
appointments we're coufirmcd: County
Treasurer Abbcvllr, j. n Tolbert;
JnrS Com missioner Laurens, W. Il.
rutherford. Rejected Hawkins,
Trial Jas:ic., Union
~ colored man, com monty known as
| Bull Head, and Simon Black, co!ored.
attempted to make their escape yestcr-
day, from the penitentiary, by burrow-
ing under The Office They were fired
on, aud Black was recapturcd, but Bull
Head iun'le good his escape. Both of
them are old Often ,ers.
Transfer printing inks are invaluable
t" railroad companies, banks, mer-
chants, manufacturers and Others They
arc onduring and changeless, and will
copy sharp aud clear for an indefinite
period of time. Having Just received u
fresh supply of inks, we urc prepared TO
execute orCres ut moderate prices.
At tue animal meeting OF Rchlund
Lodge, No. 50, a. L. NJ, the following
officers were elected: A. G.. Brenizer,
". NJ; Il. A. kecnan, S. W.: Il. 1.
Boone, J. W.; &. M. Walker, Trea-
surer; G. \. Il. Butt, Secretary; John
f. Sutpilrn, S. d.; c. Fl. Swygert, J.
D.; Owen Daily, = Bntler, Stewards;
". Williams, Tyler.
Christopher Hnyncsworth, the well.
known barber, came neur having con-
haGra'ion Mt his dwelling, corner Of
Lady and Gate, street, yesterday. The
superstition is that one Of the rafters ex-
tended 50 far into tho bed chimney
as to become ignited, and tho flames
were communicated to the wood work.
After considerable labor and exciteme ent,
the fire WAS cxtingnished.
Our ncighbors. Messrs Hoffman &
.Albrccht, have kindly furnished us with
waiter full of good things. Candies
OF various kinds, apples. California
pears, and, something new here-Dalti-
moro sausage, at twenty cents pound.
/ We will not attempt 10 cnumerate, but
direct purchasers to call. They have
also IL new lrand OF cisars-the six
teenth amendment.
The third annual meeting OF The
stockholders Of the Wilmington, Co.
lnmbia and Augusta Railroad was held
IN Wilmington, \. c., few days ago.
The road is in ilourishing condition
anu business satisfactory. Col Il. r.
Bridgers was reelected President and
the following Directors: ". T. Walters,
". II. Graham. S. NJ. Shoemaker, I'D.
Cameron, L. d. Childs, L. f. New
comcr and George S. Brown.
Judge Carpenter, in chambers, ycs.e,-
day, commenced the hearing Of the
case Of the Citizens SAVINGS Bank. The