The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-02

i easoeE Ill fiBnt, yesterday.
H., IT, nsy a, city bellswill ri7s ia the
] Yhere .ars hye Wednesdays. j Eve
Thafsdays and five ; Fridays, in this
moth. -
@Advertising is to business what steam
is to machinery grand propeling
power. .
The silver testimonial to Speaker
Lee is still ut Mr.. Glaze's. Where, oh
where. are the funds?
Mr.. H. G. Hudgins, OF Charleston,
has declined the appointment on the
Governors staff.
There is but one way to obtain busi-
ness-publicity; but one way OF gain
ing publioity-advertising.
Nearly all the schools in tue city
have closed for the summer. and the
scholars are delighted.
The hotel at Glenn Springs is filling
up rapidly. A large party leaves CO.
lnmbia Oh Tuesday next, for that de.
lightfnl retreat.
The South Carolina Railroad pays
the coupons OF its first mortgage and
non mortgage bonds maturing July
1st. on aud after to-day. t
The funeral of Daniel Crawford,
Esq, vas attended by large con-
course OF citizens. His remains were
inferred in E!mwood Cemetery.
There is great complaint by the
Newberrians Of the railroad platform at
that Furnishing town. It should be
remedied, by all means.
'Oh, for n hodge in some vast will
derness, where fiddles aud Addlers are
unknown" is the cry of those who
have to perform mental labor in the
vicinity of IA music. teacher's abode.
The comet was distinctly visible last
nighi. It can bs seen in a North
westerly direction, about thirty degrees
above the horizon. It's tail is about
three degrees in length.
We acknowledge the receipt of
card Of invitation from the committee
to lecture by Hon. II. G.. Eastman,
before the Lee Association, of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y.
We have been furnished by the
author, Mr.. J. III. Lennard, with o
copy Of an address relative to agricul-
tnral chemistry, in which the subject
Of fertilizers, etc., is ventilated.
We were shown, yesterday, some
6ne specimens of nutmeg, with their
mace covering, grown near Bucksville,
in this State. South Carolina produc.
! tons are varied
a. A. Gilbert, Esq. OF the Sumter
IVaichman, has been in the city two
days, III attendance upon the COM
mcncement exercises Of the Columbia
Female College.
After ''treuding these streets" for
several nights past, quiet citizen sat
down and wrote:
A little gas.light now and then
Is relished by the best of men.
Numerous fatal cases IRON hydro
phobia hre reported at the North, but
none South; it would he as we'll, how
ever, to keep sharp lookout for the
CANNES and avoid undue familiarity.
An old man has been sent to the
Connecticut State prison for one year
for stealing al umbrella. He had
committed u similar offence twice be-
fore. and the jury wasn't long out.
BY card in another column. it will
be seen that several !rotting match es
are to come OF on the afternoon of the
4th, at the Fair Grounds track. 4
number Of entries have already been
made and others are expected.
What shall DO on the Fourth? is
the all-important query just now.
There are to be public and private
barbecucs, pic rics, etc, in the vicinity
OF Columbia; chicken disputes, etc.,
mt kingsvillc; and the Scotch games
at the brewery.
At the annual meeting of Phoenix
Hook and Ladder Company, held Mon-
day evening, the following officers