The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-16
CRY MATTERS. for the


PHGN1x.
Ooggia must be about again, as the
weather was very falIish yesterday.
There we're FIVE deaths in Columbia
for the week ending the 15th-whises
Q; colored 8.
kerosene is being made light of at
twenty-five cents ga!lon. See adver-
tisemcnts in this mornings PHOENIX.
a magnificent spectacle now in the
Western heavens is the conjunction of
Venus and Jupiter. She is passing in
review before making her transit.
Judges T. b. Cooke and r. B. Car
penter arrived in Columbia, yesterday,
from recruiting trip to Cashiers Val.
ley and vicinity.
The bronze palmetto monument to
the Palmetto Regiment is being re.
paired. and will soon occupy position
opposite the North front of the Capitol.
Any one desirous of securing fount
of secondhand bourgeois or minion,
can obtain bargain by applying at
this Office. Any quantity from 300 to
800 pounds.
The Governor has appointed Col.
Thomas NJ. Canton Trial Justice for
Richland. oice L. J. Noah, resigned;
and L. Il. Mckinley, A. B. Knowlton
and r. r. Duncan, Commissioners of
Election for Orangeburg.
Hon. 1. G. McKissick has been re-.
nominated for Congress. He was
counted out, )" four years ago. Not
withstanding the changes in the Con.
gressional District, he may be able to
secure the election for this term.
There will be match game of base
ball on the garrison green. Tuesday
evening, at half-paet O'Clock, between
the Columbia Club and the Ku Klux,
of Winnsboro. The clubs will be in
uniform. The ladies and public are
invited to attend.
The Fair of the State Agricul.
tural and Mechanical Society and
the Joint Stock Association is to
be held in this city, commencing Tues
day, November 10, and continuing
until Friday, 18th. inclusive. We pub
lish the premium list this morning. so
that competitors will have ample time
| to prepare.
For several nights past the heavens
have been beautifully and brilliantly
illuminated by extraordinary displays
Of meteors. This is the season of the
year when they arc more frequently
seen than at any other time. On
Wednesday light last the Northern sky
was momentarily. from one o'clock in
the morning until daylight, lighted up
by them. They ran across the frma-
ment, leaving long streaks of phos-
phorescent light. looking like crack
in the ice on frozen sea.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES TODAY
bytcrian Church REV. Eugene Daniel,
II 4. NJ. and 8 P. NJ.
Trinity Church-Rev. P. J. Shand,
Rector, II A. nj. and 5!6 PM.
St. Peters Catholic Church J.
L. Fullerton, first Mass T A. NJ. second
Mass 10h A. NJ; Vespers ~ P. Nj.
Baptist-Rev. j. Il. A sndenhall, IL
a. NJ. and P. NJ.
Second Baptist Congregation-Rev.
T. P. Bell, IL A. NJ.
Marion Street Methodist Rev. D.
Derrick, 10Is A. NJ.
Washington Street Methodist-Rev.
a. Coke Smith, IL A. NJ. aud 8 P. Nj.
Lutheran Rev. E.. a. Wingard,
10i5 A. M.
MAIL ARRANaEMENrs.- .--Northern
mai opens $50 A. NJ, 8 P. n. closes
II A. NJ. 6 P. NJ. Charleston opens 8
A. NJ, $50 p. NJ. closes A. NJ. 6 P.
NJ. Western opens A. NJ, 1 P.
NJ; closes 6. 1.30 P. Al. Greenville
opens 6.45 P. NJ: closes 6 A. M. Viii.
mington opens 2. NJ; closes 10. 80
A. NJ. On Sunday open from 2. 80 to
3.3OP. nj.
LIST OF NEW ADVERT IsEMENTs.
John Aguew & Son-Kerosene &c.
Meeting Myrtle Lodge.
jacob Levin-Anction.