The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-09
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Peaches are coming down-ten cents
q dozen.
Some people try to keep their food
down nowadays by boiling it.
candidates ia treatin'"' already.
How nice to be voter!
The delightful weather continues.
It was quite cool Wednesday night.
Problem for base ballists-How can
large base ball be caught on fly?
A friend says it would Utahlize the
female sex if mnn we're allowed to
have two or three wives.
The old fashioned women's crusade
"A boys head and 6ne-toothcd
comb.
GolinL wus killed with sling"
and many smaller man hos been
similarly dealt with since his time.
The music at the garrison grounds
should attruct immense crowds every
afternoon. It is splendid.
Advertising is to business what steam
is to machinery-the grand propclling
power.
No decision in the :,:andamus case
yot. The Supreme Court Judges, We
believe, ARE out Of town.
The comet now visible in The North
ern heavens increases gradually in
brilliancy.
There is bu. one wuy 10 obtain busi-
neas-publicity; but one way OF gain-
ing publicity-adverts
Tho political cunldron is bubbIire
throughout the State. and candidates,
like bubbles, arc rapidly rising to tue
surface
The vii=st sinner muy returu-onr
umbrella. if hs has gotten through
with it. We would like to get back
even the handle as n memento.
The windows of Mr.. Browns res.
tanrunt are filed with evergreens aud
howors. They present q very attractive
appearance.
We are Indebted to Mr.. J. n. Huff
man, OF Lexington, for basket-fuIl of
his choice red apples, the principle
ones being the Huffman. They are
finely favored aud of good sizs. He
has six varieties of juno apples.
MIR. George Macumber had the mis-
fortune to lose tho upper par. OF two
Of his left-hand fingers, yesterday, by
getting them caught in pulley at the
Post Office building. They were nm-
putated by Dr.. Talley in short time.
Hampton Lodge. I. o. G.. T., was
organized Tuesday night, and the fol-
towing officers elected for the present
term:
w. c. r., j. L. Troy; ". s.. D.
Mcqueen. Jr.; ". T., L. e. Hen.
dricks; +. S.. r. Jones; w. O., Rev.
a. Coke Smith; w. NJ, d. L.. Bryan;
1. G., G. A. DolIin; o. G., Il. l.. Gill
liland; p. W. @. r.. w. 81. Manning;
w. ", Miss Alice Mckenzie.
IL onr notice of the destructive hail
storm in the Lexington Fork, on Sun
day lust, we neglected to state that
shortly afterwards, there was such q
heavy fog that objects ten feet off were
invisible. The destruction of crops in
the section through which it passed
was complete. The principal losers
were Nessrs. NJ. Shealy, Isaiah Low
man, G. Wessinger and B. Hyler. A
number Of others suffered severely, rs
some of tho stones were as large rs a
mans fist.
COLUMBIA LIBRARY AssoCIAT1oN.-
This association has, within few days,
changed its quarters from No. 5, on
the first floor, to No. 10. on the Sc
conl floor Of the Central National
Bank. At the last meeting OF the
directors, the organization of the asso-
citation wns completed by the election
Of Rev. J. II. Bryson, President; Hugh
S. Thompson. Esq, Vice.Presilent;
John S. Green, Esq, Corresponding
Secretary. and L. l.. LeConte, Esq,
Secretary and Treasurer. There l., a
good selection OF books, about 1000
in number; several magazines and the
New York Herald nro taken. The
rooms are airy and retired, and the ad-