The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-04
CRY MArr.ss.-snbsoribe for the

Suffering from wet groceries" is
prevalent Of late.
Difference OF vowel: MurreIl and
Merrill.
J. r, Clark has been commissioned
. Trial Justice for Riohiand.
Transient advertisements and no.
tices must be paid for in advance.
This rule will he adhered 10 hereafter.
Thanksgiving only three weeks of,
and turkeys are shaking in their boots
like mad.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to four.sheet
poster, turned out, at short notice,
from PHOENIX Office. Try US.
SUPREME Court DECISIONS Tues
DAY. November 8, 1874.-John r.
Welsh. respondent. vs. Andrew J.
kibler, appellant. Motion dismissed.
Opinion by Wright, a. J.
-E.c parte Hewitt ct al. respondents,
IN re Haw CT nc. ps. Nelson Ell ul., ap-
pelants. Motion granted. Opinion
by Wright, A. j.
'iNL AERANGEMESTs.- Northern
maIlopens 6.30 A. NJ, 3 P. NJ. closes
IL \. NJ, 6 2. NJ. Charleston opens 8
A. NJ, $50 2. II. closes 8 A. NJ, 6 P.
NJ. Western opens 6 A. NJ, l p.
NJ closes 6. 1.3O P. N. Greenville
opons b.45 p. NJ. closes 6 A. n. Will
mington opens 4 z. NJ; closes 10. 80
4. NJ. On Sunday open from 2. 80 to
$50 2. Nj.
The ELECTION Tue election passed
oil very quietly in this city yesterday,
aud. as far AZ We have been able to
learn. wus equally peaceful throughout
the County. We have not received
any returns from any OF the precincts
mp to tue hour of going to press, and
AS there Can be nothing gained by pub
fishing snppositions or opinions of the
result, We forbe.r to draw conclusions,
and will await the returns of the
managers. There were several rumors
III tho city yesterday of difficulties.
and even homicides, in two or three
Counties in the State, but as We have
no positive information in regard to
them, We are not disposed 10 credit
the runlors.
CARELEssSEss WIrH FIRE -Aa the
season has arrived when fires become
necessary in dwellinge and places of
business, the danger of conaagrations
increases. In all the essays which
have ever been written upon the un
deniable truth that "grent effects pro-
ceed from little causes" one OF the
most familiar and universal ilIustra.
tions employed is 6re. We are always
pointed to the fact that the most de-
structive fires BE small beginnings.
A spark whicH tumblcr of water
might have otuenhed. left to itself.
destroys Who'll + sq1sos, involving the
loss OF millions. A,cow kicks over q
lantern in sfXble. add the most valu-
np!e part of IA large city is destroyed {.
A burning cigar or match carelessly
cast aside, or CRATE fire left un-
watched. often cause immense conAa-
gratlons. During the year ending
December 81, 1872. there we're, in New
York city alone, 430 fires caused by
want OF clre With matches; l9S By de-
fects in hues and heating and cooking
apparatus; l4G by foul chimpeys; II by
hot ashes and coals. Thus, among
l l,39G fires. the totul number in that
city during the year named, S00-a
fraction over 81 per nt.-might have
been prevented by ordinary care.
During the yeur ending 31st Ma .ch,
1874, there were in Chicago ITO fires
caused by 'carelessness," and to
matches, defective and foul ohimn eys,
stoves and gas-pipes were attributable
l0l. The Inspector of buildings in
Boston, in 1873. reported 529 danger.
ous chimneys and defective fues.
These same mischievous matches and
defective hles and defective heating
and cooking apparatus in twelve cities
not including New York. Boston ant
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