The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-29
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Tight shoes are rninous TO the feet.
Business was awiully dull, yesterday.
| Senator John J. Patterson arrived in
Columbia. yesterday.
Hoyts German cologne is sold by w.
10. Fisher, druggist.
! "As sociable as q candidate before
election" is good simile.
The winter Of our discomfort is pass
ing away mildly and swiftly.
J Kate, who was out walking yesterday,
is very sure the winds blew, because her
nose was.
l.. Caas Carpenter. Esq, expects to
resume the "Dai!y Uuion" on Monday
or Tuesday next.
Ash Wednesday falls this year on The
18th of February, and Easter Sunday
on the 14th of April.
! superintendent Davis, OF the Spartan
burg and Union Railroad, has furnished
US with pass over his road for 1874.
Several stores have been entered and
robbed of small quantities of goods dur
ing the past two or three nights. Keep
. sharp lookout for the thieves.
! Are blacksmiths who make a living
forging, or carpenters who do little
oounter-i fitting, nny worse than men
who sell iron and steel for living?
Parties arc already forming to go on
an excursion to Now Orleans during
Mardi Gras. The price of excursion
tickets will be published in few days.
. There was perfect storm of wind aud
rain, early yesterday morning; but
afterwards the sun came out clear aud
bright, the wind lulled somewhat, and
everything was fair and lovely.
A young colored mems convention"
was in session in Parker's Hall, yester-
day morning, during which the glaring
frauds which have recently been perpe-
i. trated by the rings were exposed and
/ denounced. The pot boils.
:. The Senate, yesterday, concurred in
resolution frem the House of Repre-.
sentatives, to go into an election for
! Chief Justice on Friday next, a.
: o'clock. We have heard of no oppo.i.
: tion to the present incumbent.
Mammas complain that it is difficult
, to get an old-fashioned. plainly dressed
doll for their children nowadays. The
: doll of the period is elaboratoIy dressed.
! wears jewelry, aad is altogether too nice
and costly to '!1nocl about"
J The venerated pastor of Trinity
Church. Rev. P. J. Shand. had ''sur.
prise" party on Monday night.
, number of his parishioners paid him 8
D visit. bringing with them provisions aud
: other things which are needed by house
eikeepers.
:. Rev. E. A. Bolles has presented us
e with pamphlet copy of the Minutes
: of the forty-ninth annual convention ot
the Evangelical Lutheran Synod ono
Ministerium of South Carolina and ad
(. jaccnt States, which convened in Barn
we'll County, in October. 1878.
Messrs. JOS. II. Dcnck and Emile L.
Zawadil commence their musical tour oi
the State. to-day, and this evening, give
r a concert in Music Hall, Sumter. They
8 term their entertainments "Grand
. Piano Rehearsals." Captain LyBrand
. went over. last night, to make the ne
u cessry arrangements.
9 The Christian Neig1bor is after the
!, PHOENIX again, in reference to chicken
fighting. If it does not know an advsr
}. tisement from local notice, we only
say, look to your own columns, neigh
i Dor. eve" have never seen regular
cock-Gght, with the instruments ant
o aocompaniments, about which til.
i Neighbor speaks so glibly.
>, Send your name and address with 81
:, enclosed) to Luddcn & Bates, Savan
d nab, Ga, publishers of the Souiher,
e Musical Journal. (monthly,) and the,
l. will send you their valuable maguan,
= for one year, and with it givo you as ,
q premium one dollars worth of the la!ee
d and most popular sheet music, or ont
OF Winners sevcnty-fv cent instructor
q for any instrument. or fifty cents wortl
=. of musical merchandise of any kind