The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-17

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Pleasant weather. yesterday. but
premonitions OF change.
Transient advertisements and no.
tices must be paid for in advance.
This rnle will be adhered 10 hereafter.
Wanted, cook for email family.
One that can come we'll recommended.
Apply at this office.
Habits of thought as we'll as speech
get control of us, and more upon the
force OF habit than the power of will
depends the success or failure.
Short dresses are coming in fashion
again. The shorter the better; always
provided, OF course, the proprieties
are observed and tho shoes are small.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to four. sheet
poster, turned out, at short notice,
from PHOENIX office. Try us.
The Legislature will assent BILE on
Tuesday next-one week from to-day.
The Governor will be inaugurated on
the Tuesday following.
The best and largest oysters, from
tho mill-ponds in the vicinity of
Charleston, are served up ID every
style and at all hours, at Franklin's
Cottage House. next to Masonic Hall.
Lionel j. Noah. Esq, the Private
Secretary of Gov. Moses, has been ap-
pointed County Treasurer of ClAren.
don, Uice Mr.. Broughton, deceased.
MIR. Noah was very attentive to his du-
ties in his former position.
The average female is just now crazy
over hats. If she hasn't got soft
felt, with rakish crown and thievish
looking brin. she is crazy to get one;
and if she has got one, she is mad,
because she didn't get t'other pattern.
The Columbia Schuetzeu. .Verein
have another one of their pleasant
pleasant dramatic entertainments,
winding up with @ ball. to morrow
evening. in the Schue.zen Halle. A
good time.
Senator Robertson and party OF
friends caught red fox, yesterday
morning first one OF the kind, we
believe. which has ever been over
hauled in this neighborhood. Mr..
Franklin has the animal at the Cottage
House.
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT OF
CoLuMBIA.--A private letter from
Spartanbcrg informs us of the death,
in that town, on the 18th instant, of
hhF. Robert Bryce, merchant and
highly respected resident, after very
short illness. Mr. Bryce was Scotch
man by birth, bat came to Columbia
when about ten years of age, and was
employed as clerk by an elder brother.
He afterwards was one of the we'll
known firm OF P. & r. Bryce. His
age is believed to be about seventy
eight. He leaves several sons, daugh-
te.s. grand children ena many other
relatives and friends to mourn his de.
cease.
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The GALAXY fully vindicates its repu-
tation for variety in the choice of sub
jects; for we find in the December
number an English serial story, Nor
wegian story. an American story,
Swedish poem, sketch of the late
princes OF Siam, sketchrof a French
journalist, and, to extend our travels
still further and into another sphere,
there is curious article on material
lied spirits, written in the form of a
narrative, under the title "Was it
Katie king?" The strong articles OF
the number are on the duration of the
executive term; reviewing the opinions
Of the leading American statesmen on
this subject from 1857 to the present
day, and an examination of Professor
Tyndall's theological views by james
Freeman Clarke. Mr.. Richard Grant
White contributes an article upon the
present marriage service, and another
upon the American ''Interview,"
which he looks upon as an abomina-
ton. A fair sprinkling OF poetry and
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