The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-30
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CITY MATTERS. .-Sub6Cribe Tor the
PHOENIX.
The cold, wet snap continued yes
terday.
August finishes up tomorrow. There
has been little just cause Of complaint.
Transient advertisements and no.
tices must be paid for in advance.
This rule will be adhered 10 hereafter.
Advertising is to business what steam
ls to mnchiuery-the grand propelling
power.
There we're five deaths in Columbia
for the week ending the 29th-whitcs
3; colored 2.
Five bales Of new cotton, from New.
berry, passed through Columbia, yes.
terday, on the way to Boston.
Josephus Woodruff. Esq, Clerk Of
the Senate. arrived in Colunbia yes
terdny. He has no fears OF the terri.
bio Georgians.
Two colored men gotiinto difficulty
yesterday, on Mnin street. when one
used his fist and the other pistol: no
serious damage done.
Capt. Leaphart, agent of the Home
Insurance Company, Of New York;
reliable compnny-offers inducements
to planters to protect their gin houses.
Job printing Of every kind, from a
miuiatnre visiting card to four-sheet
poster. turned out, at short notice,
from PHdsSIx office Try US.
A cnttle-fsh is on exhibition at DR..
e. 4 Jackson's store. It was found
In barrel Of shrimps received here
yesterday.
Old type metal-snperior to Babbitt
Tor some purposes-cnn he obtained at
PHEN1X ofiice at low 6gures-25 cents
pound for fifty pounds or less; 90
cents for larger quantities.
In consequence of the death of the
father of Mr.. S. Rosenberg, the Ger
man school heretofore announced will
not be opened. Mr.. r. leaves for
Germany iu few weeks.
Chief Nixon requests us to notify
parties interested. that to, morrow,
August 81, is the last duy ere the pc.
nalty with reference to weights and
measures will be exucted.
The September number Of the Rural
Carolini0s has been received. It is u
valuable publication. imparting IN i'm
mense amount of Information TO the
farmer and planter.
John Dennison. the well-kno1n Pre-
sident of the Vigilant Fire Engine
Company, requests US to say chat he
declines the nomination for County
Commissioner. as he is in better busi-
ness--plnnting.
It is feared That the raiuy weather Of
the past few days will seriously inter-
fere with tho operations of the terrible
band of Georgians, who are supposed
by the Radicals to be on the LexinR-
ton side of the Congaree. waiting to
pounce down upon their guilty vic-
TINS. The druggists will, doubtless,
be busy. this morning. putting up
paregoric, squills, ETC., to relieve the
colds contracted by the exposed raid.
ers.
We understand that the politicians
had lively time in Lexington, yester.
day-the occasion being the meeting
of the Republican Nominating Con.
vention. The front Of the dwelling OF
the somewhat notorious ex-Trial JUS
tice r. II. Kirk WAS ornamented with
q crape-decorated label, warning him
that his life was not his own after 10
o'clock. AS he and the Hayes faction
are at iogger-heads. it is supposed that
some of the Doctors adherents put
forth the warning. Whether the no.
tice was needed or not, we could not
learn.
The MEETING IN SUMTER YESTERDAY.
The Republican Convention met in
Snmter, yesterday, and had harmo.
NOUS session of four hours. Samuel
Lee, the colored reformer, held the
floor nearly two hours, we are inform