The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-17
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Pleasant weather. yesterday, bat
fsea.os.aaons OF change.
Transient advertisements and no.
tioes must be paid for in advance.
This rnle will be adhered 10 hereafter.
Wanted, q cook for email family.
One that can como we'll recommended.
Apply at this office.
Habits OF thought as we'll as speech
get control of us, and more upon the
force Of habit than the power of will
depends the SUCCESS or failure.
Short dresses are coming in fashion
again. The shorter the better; always
provided. Of course, the proprieties
are observed and tho shoes are small.
Job printing Of every kind, from q
miniature visiting card to a four-shces
poster, turned out, at short notice,
from PHOENIX Office. Try US.
The Legislature will assemble on
Tuesday next-one week from to-day.
The Governor will be inaugurated on
the Tuesday following.
The best and largest oysters, from
tho mill-ponds in the vicinity of
Charleston, arc served up ia every
style and ut NIL hours, at Franklin's
Cottage House. next to Masonic Hall.
Lionel J. Nonh. Esq. the Private
Secretary OF Gov. Moses, has been ap-
pointed County Treasurer of Clurer.
don. Uicc Mr.. Broughton, deceased.
Mr.. Noah was very attentive to his do.
ties in his former position.
The average female is just now crazy
over hats. II she hasn't got soft
fclt, with rakish crown and q thievish
looking brm. she is crazy to get one;
aud if she has got one, she is mad,
because she didn't get t'other pattern.
The Columbia Sohuetzen. .Verein
have another one of their pleasant
pleasant dramatic entertainments.
winding up with ball, to morrow
evening. in the Schue!zen Halle. 4
good time.
Senator Robertson aud party OF
friends caught a red fox. yesterday
morning-the first one of the kind, we
believe, which has ever been over
hauled in this neighborhood. Mr..
Franklin has the animal at the Cottage
House.
DEATH OF A FORMER RESIDENT OF
CoLUMDIA.--A private letter from
Spartanburg informs us OF the death,
in that town, on the 18th instant, of
MIR. Robert Bryce, merchant and
highly respected resident, after very
short illness. Mr.. Bryce was Scotch.
man by birth, but came to Columbia
when about ten years of age, and was
employed as clerk by an elder brother.
He afterwards was one OF the we'll.
known firm OF P. & R. Bryce. rs
age is believed to be about seventy
eight. He leaves several sons, daugh-
ters. grandchildren and many other
relatives and friends to mourn his de.
cease.
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The Gah,ry fully vindicates its repu-
tation for variety in the choice of sub.
jccts; for We find in the December
number an English serial story, Nor.
wegian story. an American story,
Swedish poem, q sketch of the late
princes OF Siam, sketchrof French
journalist, and, to extend our travels
still further and into another sphere,
there is curious article on material.
lied spirits, written in the form of a
narrative, under the title "Was it
Katie Aing?" The strong articles OF
the number are on the duration of the
executive term; reviewing the opinions
Of the leading American statesmen on
this subject from 1887 to the present
day, and an examination Of Professor
Tyndalls theological views by James
Freeman Clarke. Mr.. Richard Grant
White contributes an article upon the
present marriage service, and another
upon the American ''Interview,"
which he locks upon as On abomina-
ton. A fair sprinkling OF poetry and
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