The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-21

PHGN1x.
You can buy the best prints at +. C.
Shlver's. for ten cents per yard.
CASH will be the rule at the PHGSiix
Office hereafter.
GReal laces reduced to one-half the re.
gal prices, at r. G. Shivers.
Italian veil laces are going off rapidly,
at 20. 35 and so cents u piece, at r G.
Shiver's.
Tue City Council meets tonight, for
the purpose of electing officials. The
candidates can be counted by the hun.
dred.
Now is the time to buy stock of real
laccs; the entire stock in that depart
msnt is marked down to half the reau.
lar prices, at Il. G. Shiver's.
The PHOENIX job Office is complete il
every respect, aud cards, posters, pro-
grammes. bill-heads, etc, are turned
out with n!acrity.
a large quantity of stock has !, N
drowned in the lower part of Richlaud,
by the high water. Planting is inter.
fered with materially.
Pat, ut the Pollock House, yes,er
day, inaugnrated the summer season,
by serving okra soup for lunch It
tasted natural.
The wings to the new Lunatic Asylum,
upon which work has been suspended
for several years, are to be completed at
once. Messrs. Howie t. Allen have the
contract.
Treasurer Cardozo has returned
much to the delight of the numerous
holders of State paper; but whether or
not they will receive anything more
thnn bland smile, remains to be seen.
The ice cream season is approaching,
aud Mr.. J. G. Dial advertises freezers,
water coolers, etc. Everything in the
hardware line. however. can be OBJ
tanned at his establishment.
Mr.. c. T. Jackson. the 'leader Of
low prices. is doing driving business.
He knows what the people want, and
selects accordingly. Mr.. Starke Porter,
who hns numerous friends throughout
the upper portion of the State, is to be
found behind MIR. Jackson's counters.
81. Nicholas-Scribner's illustrated
magazine for the boys and girls-is one
OF the best publications Of the kind pub
lished in America. Tho matter is va
ried-snjtable for children OF every age.
Send for specimen copy. The sub
scription price is So year.
The handsome and accurate portrait
OF Gen. J. B. Kershaw, painted by Mr..
". P. Elk, of this city, is to be sent to
Richmond, Va, at the request of num-
Der OF prominent citizens OF the capital
of the Old Dominion, and will be ex
hibited at the jswelry establishment of
Messrs. Mitchell & Tyler, in that city.
This portrait is universally admired.
The weather, like business, is terribly
ont Of gear. The rain poured almost in
ccssnntly Saturday night and Sunday
while la.e Sunday afternoon there was o
dense fog. Yesterday morning it was
muggy. rainy and cold; later in the day
the sun came out; after which, rain and
sun again. Passengers by the different
railroads report the same kind of wea-
ther oil along tho various lines. De-
spatches from the West reveal a terrible
state Of things, resulting from high
water.
SURPRISE PARrY.-There was q very
pleasant social gathering, last night, ut
the private boarding house of Mrs. S. J.
Wyatt-the occasion being the celebra-
tion of the anniversary Of the wedding
of Mrs. John Sanborn. of Boston, who
has been spending the winter here. The
lady appeared to be much surprised as
we'll as highly delighted. Quite q num-
Der of friends from the vicinity of "the
hub" we're in attendance. Refreshments
aud music by fine string band made
the timo pass delightfully."-.
THE PHGNIx.-Our name sake, the
Pbnnix Hook and Ladder Company,
had pleasant gathering, last night
the cause being the presentation of a