The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-05
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The days are now longerg;than. ths
nightsaby an hour or two. y q
CAsH will be the rule at the PHGSIx
6ffice hereafter. u 8
The spring styles of calico are said by
the ladies to be very neat.
There were six deaths in Columbia for
che week ending the 4th-whites 4; CO.
lored 2. @
The weather was quite chilly Oh Fri
day and yesterday, although the sun
shone bright aud clear.
The number Of voters registered in
Ward No. 4. on Friday aud Saturday,
was 207-whites 2S; colored l79.
Messrs. w. =. Xix and George A.
Darling were the fortuuat. holders Of
"a ticket in the louisville Lottery that
won So. 75o.
The PHOENIX job Office is complete in
every respect, and cards, posters. pro-
grammes. bill-hcads, ETC.. ure turned
ont with alacIity
we are under renewed obligations to
our Israslite friends Mr.. y. Epstin
has kindly furnished US with puckage
OF motzas. or unleavened bread.
They who are most weary OF life, and
yet are most unwilling to die, nre such
us have lived to no purpose, or rather,
have breathed to no purpose.
While tho colored voters are register
ing freely. the whites aro holding OF.
Register tomorrow. or you cannot vote
for Mayor and Aldermen. Tuesday is
the elc,,i,D.
Mr.. Brissenden's dancing academy is
still kept opeu in Pa.xer's Hall. Tho
following are the hours: Monday.
Wednesday and Friday. at ~ p. NJ. ;
Saturday morning, at l015 A. NJ.
James Boyle and Joseph Thompson,
OF Charleston, F. W. Clausscn. of Ma
rion, and Josiah Cockield. of Williu ms
burg. have been appointed Notaries
Public. The resignation OF County
Commissionsr G. Hoffmeyer, of OAR
liugton, has been accepted.
Tho services in the Episcopal and
Catholic churches, to.day, will be Of
very interesting character. The sacred
elificos have been tnstefully decorated
in comm"moration of Resurrection Day.
The Board Of Foreign Missions of
the Southern Baptist Convention las
recommended that tho irst Sunday in
April-to-day he observed by all the
Baptist Churches Of tho South ns Il day
for prayer and special effort to discharge
their pecuniary Obligations to their c,is-
sionaries in heathen lands.
April, tho fourth month of the year,
was by the Romans dedicated to Aphro-
dite Venus. the goddess of NIL budding
beauties; but there is some difficulty in
tracing tho origin Of tho name. some
believing the root to be Aphrodite--
Aphrilis others that it is de-
rived from tho festival Fortuna Virilis,
celebrated April l.
A young theologian and IL lady friend
got into peck of trouble, few nights
ago. While taking q moonlight walk,
they attempted to cross plank over the
canal, when the board snapped and they
were precipituiei into the mud and
water. They were released by their
companions. utter one or two moro Of
the party got mired.
No better investmen can bu made to
lay up store for tho future of family
than to procure policy Of life insurance
in the -Etna Life Insurance Company,
of Hartford Conn, assets naeteen mil
lion Of tloaarS. y ten year policy is the
favcrite; beginning at thirty years of
age. payments cease at forty years of
age. W. Is GnIich is the General
Agent
RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS Day 81.
Peters (Catholic) Chnrch-Rev. j. L.
Fullerton, First Mass I a. NJ; Second
Mass 10!l.: y. NJ. Vespers ~ p. N.
Trinity Church-Rav. P. J. Shand,
Rector, IL A. NJ. and at Jpn.
Lutheran Church-Rev. A. II. Rude,
16la a. NJ. Sunday School. ~ L. NJ.
Washington Street (Methodist)
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