The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-05
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PHOENIX.
An unusual number OF country wagons
were in the city, yesterday.
J. D. Milhouse, Of Barnwell, has been
appointed Notary Public by the Go
vernon. -
Treasurer Barnum notifies city. tax
defaulters that the ten per cent. penalty
will be enforced after the 10Th instant.
Eleanor Ward, of Williamsburg
County, whose age was nearly ninety,
died in the Lanatic Asylum, q few days
ago.
Now is the time for house-keepers to
purchase supply of longoloths. r.
Shiver & Co. are selling all kinds OF dry
goods at ruinous prices.
The stock OF dry goods. boots, shoes,
carpets and millinery is going off rapidly
at R. G. SILVER g. Co.'s, if one can
judge by the crowd that visits the store
every day.
The Wallace Sisters, with a troupe OF
burlesque performers. appear in Twins
Hall, on Monday and Tuesday evenings
next. The company ia said to be an
excellent one.
The military fever is dying ont among
tho colored people. The Richmond
Light Infantry paraded. yesterday after
noon, with only nineteen in uniform
officers included.
There are 314 inmates of the Lunatic
Asylum, 154 of whom are females. DR..
Ensor has overhauled and improved the
entire grounds and buildings, and they
are now in first class order.
On Thursday next, March IL, there is
to be An extensive chicken dispute at the
cockpit OF Mr.. W. NJ. Fine. The first
will be- Columbia Us. the Fork. and the
second Columbia vs. Charleston.
The stores of Messrs. W. Q. nj. Bsrley
and T. A. Hendrix, at Lexington G. H.,
we're robbed of quantity of goods on
Monday night last. Their safes were
examined, but nothing obtained.
The millinery stock of r. @. SILVER &
Co. must be closed out this week. La
dies in want of millinery, hair goods
and ornaments will take advantage of
this opportunity to secure bargain.
A lnrge party of Northern gentlemen,
who are on tour of the South in a
handsome Pullman car, arrived in Co.
lumbia. on Tuesday. and quartered at
the Wheeler House. They left for
Charleston. yesterday.
The fourth grand gift concert for the
benefit of the public library of Ken
tucky comes off Oh 31st March. Tickets
can be had through Mr.. D. Gambrill,
up to the goth Instant, after which date
all unsold will be returned.
The twenty per cent. penalty attaches
to the on-payment of State and County
taxes after Saturday next, the 7th inst.
Payments are being made very slowly,
and the Treasurer believes that the
nu0a bonas will be heavier than ever be.
fore.
Startling announcement! No further
use iii consulting unknown doo;ofs. VS.
have able and well.known medical men
right at home. There is Heinitsh, Just
opposite, who, with one box of his
blood pills. will cure more diseases, at
less cost, than any of these new allies to
science-only 25 cents box.
Frank Lynch, convicted of assault
with intent to kill, at the last term of
the Court Of General Sessions for Rich-
land, and sentenced by Judge r. B.
Carpenter to pay fine of 800
and costs. or be imprisoned in the
County Jail for six months. has been
pardoned by the Governor.
The Senate, in executive session, con-
firmed the following appointments:
Lazarus Drayton, Trial Justice for
Charleston. rice George F. Kinloch, re-
moved; @. 81. Sperry, Trial Justice for
Georgetown; W. r. Jervey. Trial JUS
tice for Charleston; J. P. M. Thomas
aud A. j. E. Minger, Trial Justices for