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

PHOENIX.
CASH will be the rule ut the PHOENIX
Office hereafter.
Ex-Oomptroller Neagle is said to be
prominent candidate for the position of
County Treasurer Of Richland.
Old Sye Singleton, the kleptomaniac,
has been adjudged lunatic, and will be
lodged in the asylum.
We had a. genuine old-fashioned
thunder storm Inst night. with conside-
rable amount Of rain and hail.
Erwin A. Thompson. of Goldsboro, N.
c., has been appointed by the Governor
a Commissioner of Deeds for this State.
The PHOENIX job Office is complete in
every respect, and cards, posters, pro-
grammes. biIl-heads, etc.. are turned
out with alacrity.
A despatch from Washington an
nounces the death, in that city, on the
7th instant. of Miss Minnie 4. Shiver, o
native of Richland. Typhoid fever was
the cause OF her decease.
It is said that the members Of Phoenix
Hook and Ladder Company are making
arrangements for picnic, to come off
early in May. Keep your pumps in
order, as dancing will be the order OF
the dny.
Another lot of smoked sausage and
monster Scotch herring; also, white
saur kraut, just received, by Messrs.
Hoffman & Albrecht, two doors South
of PHOENIX Office. Many other articles
soda water included.
The property owners Of the District
of Columbia seem to be in almost as
pitinble condition as the taxpayers of
South Carolina. Some idea of the way
III which the people are robbed under
the guise of taxation, may be gathered
from the experience of one sufferer.
His property is assessed, and the assess
uent is nearly always higher than the
market value, at Sl9, 900. and the taxes
this year amount t. $1,000. or more
than fifty per cent.
PRoMPr.-On 3lst March, Messrs.
Hagood & Treutlen, general agents
Southern Life Insurance Company,
were notified of the claim for $4,000,
on policy on life Of G. G. Bruce. On 1st
April, Mr.. Hagood went to Bennetts-
Vile, and on the 2I, adjusted the loss,
returning Oh The Sd. The papers were
forwarded on the 4th, to home Office,
and on the 7th they received orders to
pay at once. This is but an instance of
the usual promptness Of this staunch
old company.
PHGSIXIASA.-Tho spoken word can
not again be- swallowed.
Patrons Of Husbandry-Young ladies'
boarding schools.
II gossip with her poisoned tongue
NEEDLES with your good name. heed her
not. Garry yourself erect.
Wasting sweetnessAputting your
arms about pretty woman.
The sailors horror-Furls.
SUPREME CouRr DECISION, April s,
1S74.-C. J. Stolbrand cs. S. L. Hoge.
Judgment set aside and new trial
granted. Opinion by Willard, A. J.
Moses, G. j., dissented.
ApATHETIc. As proof the apathy of
the conservatives towards the municipal
election, we append the return from the
different Wards:
No. Total vote 81. For Mayor
John Alexander, 333; w. 81. Gibbes, 4.
For Aldermen-A. Cooper, 332; B. +.
Griffin. 334; S. p. Davis, 334; scatter
ing. 4.
No. 2-Total vote 277. Mayor
John Alexander, 2G6; scattering, 7. al.
dermcn-C. J. Carroll, 2G4; John a.
pugn, 2Cl; S. d. Swygert, 2G3; scatter
ing, ~.
No. 3.-Total voto 254. Mayor
John Alexander, 254. Aidermen-W.
y. Carr, 253; II. w. Purvis, 253; Adam,
Thomas, $50.
No. 4.-Total vote 277. Mayor
John Alexander, 2722; scattering, 5. AL
dermen-L. l.. Brown, 25S; D. Wells,
255; Vim. Simons, 254; scattering, 35.
LIST OF New ADVERTISEMENTS.
| Il. II. Heinitsh-Plnnts.
Hardy Solomon-Grocerie
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