The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-29
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Reading matter on every page.
Those having overcoats to wear pre-
pare to wear them now. &
The weather during the past two or
three days has been clear and braoing.
There were four deaths in Columbia
for the week ending the 28th-white.
1; oolored, 3.
Transient advertisements and no.
tices must be paid for in advance.
This rule will be adhered 10 hereafter.
Job printing of every kind, from u
miniature visiting card to four sheet
poster, turned ont, at short notice,
from PHOENIX Office. Try ns.
It is n bad habit to so 70 church 10
talk aud laugh. Respectful attention
to tue service is the least that can be
given, aud ievity i'll becom"n the place.
1t is bad habit to staud around or
In front Of the church door. Street
loafng il disgraceful. but Sabbath and
church loaling is worse.
Old type metal, at % cents pound.
eau be obtained at the Puu:SIx Office,
for small quantities; 20 cents by the
100 pounds delivered at the depot.
The blaziny up of the ire among
tue ruins Of the building on Arscunl
Hill at M early hour yesterday morn
ing. caused an alarm to be sounded.
Senator Patterson departed for
Washington yesterday. The regular
session Of Congress commences on
Monday, December z.
On Tuesday next, at l O'Clock, thu
Governor elect-D. II. Chamberlain,
Esq. will be inangarntcd. Sheriff
Dent has performed this duty on sove-
raj occasions before.
We were pleased to meet yesterday,
two esteemed fellow -citizens Of our
neighboring an1 thriving town OF
Newberry, Messrs. L. a. Scott aud
Thos. Cook
Clerk Jones requests os to say that
the figures became transposed in the
totals of the city Indebtedness, pub
lished yesterday. Ths deficiency pay.
ablo in 1876 should be SIP. 3G5 p.
Habit is thoroughness, the habit OF
doing what we do we'll. a Careless,
heed lass method is sure to entail dis
aster aud defeat. A sovcn can revcr
hope for success.
Mr.. ]. N. Huffman. Of Lexington
Fork. put stop to the career of cou-
pie of wild geese who were feeding in
his field, on Thanksgiving Day. lie
brought them down at one shot.
Youth and age have too little sym
patty with each other. II the young
would remember that they may be old,
aud the old remember that they havo
been young. tho world would be hap
pier.
Messrs Kingsland & Heath are SELL
ing tho best quality of kerosene oil at
twenty cents per gallon. And they
have fine stock OF crockery, tinware
and everything wanted in house. all
going at low figures.
Senator Robertson has left at PnG.
NIX Office q number of packages Of
seed + different varieties wheat, rye,
oats. clover, etc-which ho has au-
thorized US to distribute to bona nit.
planters, or those who are desirous of
experimenting with improved varieties.
When one woman attempts to pass
another going down church aisle,
aud rips of that other woman's hang
ing pocket in doing so. even the most
cursory examination of tho latter's
conntenance will mako it piaiu that
the Sabbath in her soul has fled.
catalogue of the officers and cadets
of the Kings Mountain Military
School. Iorkville, S. c., for 1874,
shows that this old and cherished insti-
tuition is in a hourishing con dition.
Foar or Gso Young men from Columbia
are receiving their military training
under Col. Coward.
Livery lady who doesn't own Que of
those cushioned hats is crazy to
get one. 1t looks like some able
bodied fellow had sat down on it, and