The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-04

Ahpuoio yeSIus Soon-Vacasion near
ly eSded. 4 4 y :
Ne contbfi4int'!e 4 !eanslbe made of our.
vegetable, yeason. z s
The Columbia Base Ball Club play
the In KIux, ct Winnsboro, to-day.
Col, Thos. Dodamead and Rev. Mr..
Brysou returned to the city, yesterday.
Business is gradually growing
brisker, aud cheerful countenances are
more numerous.
Oyster-easers arc beginning to smack
their lips at the idea OF soon indulgiuR
in the delicious bivalve.
Advertiaineis to business what sten m
is to machinery grand propelling
power.
Transient advertisements and no
tices must be paid for in advance.
This rule will be adhered 10 hereafter.
The Governor has appointed Mr.. 8.
a. Hawkins, OF Union, Trial Justice,
rice Munroe G. Long, removed.
Green turtle soup will be ssrved up
for lunoh ut the Pollock House, to day.
Pat. superintends the preparation of it.
The railroads are doing good pas
aenger business just now. and the
freight business is improving very
much.
Judge r. b. Carpenter has rendered
an opinion that the ACT OF the General
Assembly OF March 8. 1874, relative to
the poll tax, is unconstitutional.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to four-sheet
poster, turned ont, at short notice,
from PHOENIX Office. Try us.
The great wish Of most people is for
q fortune and nothing to do. How
fully men are punished when it is
realized, we greatly fear we shall never
find out.
Old type metal superior TO Babbitt
for some purposes he obtained at
PHENIx Office at low tgures-25 cents
a pound for fifty pounds or less; 90
cents for larger quantities.
The Peoples Accommodation Rail
road will be organized at Walhalla to-
morrow. We presume that sufficient
amount OF stock has been subscribed
to secure the charter.
Mr. Z C. Plumer, the we'll known
inventor Of the improved gas machine,
arrived in this city, yesterday. from
Pittsburg, Pa. where he has been en-
gagged in making arrangements for the
manufacture of his machines.
Chief of Police Nixon has succeed.
ed in ferretiug ont the p'nces of se-
creting OF some OF the property the
thieves in this city have been 80 active
in getting lately, aud will probably
have the thieves today.
The first bale Of new cotton was re.
ceived in Wlnnsboro on the 81, from
the farm of Mr. Henry 4. Gibson. It
was clnsled strict good ordinary, and
was bought by Mr.. r. J. McCArley, ut
lGc
MesSrs. G. Holman & Co, OF the
Assembly street fruitery, have fur
nished us with another basket full of
good things Monster white head cab
baGe, just the thing for kohl slaw; fine
apples. lemons. ETC.. with chunk Of
Bologua sausage.
Mr.. L. c. Carpenter. of the Lmion,
who disappeared tho morning after
the big scare" has turned up again
in Columbia. He denies that be has
been in Washington to supplicate the
President to send additional troops to
South Carolina.
A correspondent writes that he re-
Gently met Hon. Diogenes Hannibal
Chamberlain, and that he was
"brnshed up and looked as slick as u
peeled onicn. The inquiry as to the
pedigree OF the gubernatorial candi-
date canuot be gratitied-we are not
posted.
Captain LyBrand is Of the opinion
that the pros ent will be q brilliant
amusement season. He reports the
following attractions as "billed" for