The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-03
o1rr MATTERS. for the

The weather was bslmy and beauti.
full. yesterday.
CASH will be the :rule at the PuGx1x
Office hereafter.
The State Capitol Saloon is said to bo
tho coolest place in the city.
Persons wishing to buy the best goods
will read our advertising columns.
Fresh lager beer constantly on hand
at the State Capitol Saloon.
Pisoatorial parties fail 10 flourish in
such weather as We are now experience
ing. "Kurious kountry."
There wore were three deaths in Co.
lumbia for the week ending the 2i-
whites l; colorel 2.
Miss Charlotte Cushman, the cele-
brntod tragedienne, is expected to give
performances in this city shortly.
The German picnic comes of on the
7th instant. In tho meantime, Soccera
Henry continues to dispense his fnvorite
beverages at all hours.
Tho PHOENIX job Office is complete in
every respect, and cards, posters, PRO-
grammes. bill-heads, ETC.. are turned
out with alacrity.
Miss o. r. McGowan has kindly fur
nishcd us with cards of admission to the
May exhibition of her pupils, which
comes off on Tuesday next, May S.
Southern Circus. Menagerie,
etc., ETC.. exhibits in all the principal
towns in the State They give two per-
formances in Columbia, on Friday, May
8.
We return our thanks for an invita-
tion to picnic at Mr.. Edward Geiger's,
on Thursday, the 7th, but fear thut pre-
vious engagements will prevent lr at.
tendance.
The Ph0nix Hook and Ladder Com
pnny, Capt. Little, leave for Charleston,
this morning, to participate in tho fire.
mems tournament to morrow. They nre
in excellent practice.
Rev. W. Fl. Milburn, the blind
preacher, will deliver an address in
Parker's Hall, on Wednesday evening
next. He drew crowded houses, years
ago, aud we have no doubt will again.
A Mason & Hamlin organ, five
octaves, with six stops, will be rafll4,l at
Rawls' music store. as soon as the
chances are taken. Thirty chances, at
s5. 90 per chance. This is new instru-
ment and in perfect order.
An old aud we'll known citizen, who
has been enabled to wenr ono hat for
nearly quarter Of century, has be-
como tho fortunate possessor of q new
one. He says, however, that lie paid
for it.
The Rural Cwolinian. for May, has
been received. It is Indispensable to
the farmer and planter, and tho sub
scription price il low-s2 per anuum.
D. FL. Jacques. Esq, il the editor.
Walker, Evans & Cogswell. Charleston,
are the publishers.
The spring season, so fur, in the com
world, has been marked by
prevalent and depressing dullness, the
result in no small degree of the incle-
mont weather which has prevailed al-
most necessarily from the inception Of
the season.
Soliloquy by an old topper: ''They say
whiskcy is Il cnrso. And they say
brandy is cArse. And they say to-
bacco is another curse. Well, I wish all
those curses would come home to roost
and roost low at that, 80 as could phil
'em down whenever I wanted EN-"
Our German friends are completing
their preparations for their anniversary
picnic at Seegers' brewery. on Thurs
day next, 7th instant. The frolo be.
gins at ii o'clock in the morning. The
Committee Of Arrangements are Mcssrs.
81. L. Hnbenicht, John c. Swygert and
F. Koneman; Floor Manager, Mr..
Henry J. Hennies.
We have at tho PHOENIX Office large
collection Of books-mapy of them pnb-
lished ninety years ago-belonging to
family who feel it necessary to dispose
OF them. 1t is IA excellent opportunity