The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-26

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cated}as Or. Hsinitsh's drug store, op.
posite the PHOENIX Office. The central
location Of this Office secures great
promptness in. the discharge OF the
duties Of the City Physician. The
poor of the city and others will bear
this in mind.
For making man thoroughly, un-
comfortable. and reducing him to
wholesome sense Of his feebieness ana p
inferiority, there is nothing feminine
ingenuity has discovered moro effective
than that institution which takes the
form OF house-cleaning. without nsing
KITCHEN SOAP. Use it. and your
house will be cleaned before the Iold
man returns from his Office, and then
give him dose Of Heinitsh's Queens
Delight to make him happy.
FILLING Up-The washing of the
sand down one OF the city culverts is
filling up the bed Of the canal below
the Congaree bridge. This is pre-
venting the water in the canal from
flowing below, and is calculated to do
great injury to the parties interested.
and IL the city is reponsibie for it. g.
culvert should be built underneath the
canal so that the evil will be remedied:
Daily Union.
By oil means. The city has not ex-
peuded enough money in that line yet.
Build drain and anything else that
may be deemed necessary by the ''par-
ties interested.
The FIRE SUNDAY MoRN1Na The
cause of the burning of the '''Gibbes
House." an account of which was
published in Sundays PHGN1x.) is
being Investigated, as suspicious cir
cnmstances have been discovered. We
were i'll error in stating that the build
Ing WAS unoooupied-twoc colored wo-
meo. Mury Bowers and Carrie Hast
ings. hnd recently taken up their
abode in two of the rooms. Chief of
Poiics Nixon. who was early on the
ground after the alarm and entered the
burning building, detected the smell
OF Kerosene. aud arrested the two
women. The two garments on the
person OF Bowers we're saturated with
the oil; thore were also marks of
blood. for which she could give no
satisfactory account. A preliminary
examination was held on Sunday,
when it was proven that Bowers had
saved nearly everything belonging to
her in the house. while Hastings lost
all-her infant barely escaping with it's
life, soldier who rushed in. becom-
ing almost suffocated in his endeayors
to extricate it. As there we're no Gus.
plcious circumstances connected with
Hastings. she was discharged, on her
own recognizance. The examination
was continued yesterday, when the
following facts were obtained:
Carrie Hastings and man named
Aershaw gave their testimony, which
did not differ q great deal from the
statements that have been published.
Hastings gave evidence that conflioted
somewhat with her former statement.
She testified that Bowers, (who ia still
held In custody she believes, woke
her up before moving her things out.
after she discovered the fire; that che
tried to find place to place her ba by
IN safety; went back after the boy, and
theu ATTENDED to removing her things.
Bowers swears she never removed
thipg from the room until she warned
Carrie; that she fell down the steps
mud broke her lamp. spilling the kero-
sene upon her dress, &c.
kershaw's evidence was, that the
house was on tire upon the outside.
Olher evidence is to be introduced to-
day. claimed to contradict some of the
stnteoen's made by the prisoner.
The police were engaged, yesterday.
removing the debris to ascertain If
there is any ground for the suspiciops
which still exist to some extent. The
case Is mystery as yet.
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