The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-06-18
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cUp1ob Oh tuo EAENIX 1a uV6ceutS.
The Thermometer, yesterday, reached
eighty.seven degrees.
Mr. E. E. Davies has presented Us
with late foreign paper.
The new City Hall continues to- be
worked up.
A pass book has been lost. See ad-
vertisement.
Paper collars, with dark streak on
the edge, are again becoming popular.
The new bank building, with the Man
sara roof. is being pushed forward ra-
p;dly.
The water will be shut OF on Plain
street, East of Main, this morning, nt 8
O'Clock.
It's q mistaken idea that politeness
don't cost anything. 1t costs moro than
some men ever had-good breeding.
Elias Burnett, convicted of Ku klux-
| ing in South Carolina, has been pardon
Ell, having served thirteen Of the eighteen
months.
The election for Alderman of Wurd
No. ., 20 fill the vacancy occasioncd by
the resignation Of Alderman Wilder,
takes place to-day. The polls will be
open from Il. NJ to P. NJ.
we had the pleasure Of greeting John
ston Jones. Esq, of the Charlotte o.
sercer. in our of1ice. last night. He is
buoyant in spirits and full of hope for
khn ssT ,pD,3o., nf fka Snt,t}, -
a wcll-known broker has counter
mandsd q commission given by him to o
well-known sculptor for bust OF him in
marble, on the grounds that he expects
there may be bust of him in cotton be-
fore long.
We have heard an entirely different
version OF the homicide in Edgefeld yes
terday. from the one published in our
te!egraphic column. but prefer to let the
telegram pass as fact until further in
formation is received.
You can destroy mice and rats by
placing an equal quantity Of rye meal
and unslacked lime, mixed without
water, in frequented places. They will
eat it, and when they drink wnter the
lime slackens and kills them.
The first 1000 shares OF the Mocha
MICS and Farmers Building and loan
Association hare been taken; and, OF
course, the shares are now worth nice
premium, considering the short time the
association has been in existence.
To-day is fixed for the meeting of the
several County Auditors with the Comp
troller- General. at the State House in
this city. for consultation on such mat
ters pertaining to their duties as shall
directly bear upon their efficiency and
correctness.
Plri6cation should be the order OF The
day. Anybody desiring comfort may
have their ccss-pools as free from odor
as their parlors, by using daily the char
GOAL dust rejected from locomotive smoke
stacks. The only expense is the hauling.
a cart load vii! last year or two.
Lovers of clares and Burgundy will be
pleased to learn, on the authority OF an
eminent French chemist, that red wines
nowadays orc commonly colored with
rcsaniline, which contains arsenic enough
to cause symptoms of poisoning, if it be
taken in frequent doses.
| 4 colored man, with drawn and
cooked pistol in one hand. with the other
piled a cowhiGe over the shoulders OF
another man. Of the same race, yester.
day, Oh Assembly, near Camden street.
The victim was accused of using dsre.
spectful language in reference to tho
family of the victor.
a chemist who dabbles in the phar.
mncoE@ia and phrenology alike, thinks
thAt he has discovered au essence which,
applied externally. is wonderful fer.
tilizer vi the brain. What condemns
the thing utterly, however, and renders
it loathson,e to all pure-minded per
sons, is his avcrment that it will enable
oil who use it to write dime novels by
the acre.
My whole is composed of eighteen
letters, and can be found at the store OF
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