The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-09

PHGNIx.
CASH will be the rule at the PHOENIX
Office hereafter.
Ex.Oomptroller Neagle is said to be q
prominent candidate for the position of
County Treasurer of Richland.
Old Sye Singleton, the kleptomaniac,
has been adjudged lunatic, and will be
lodged in the asylum.
We had a genuine old-fashioned
thunder storm last night, with conside-
rable amount Of rain and hail.
Erwin A. Thompson, of Goldsboro, N.
c.. has been appointed by the Governor
Commissioner of Deeds for this State.
The PHOENIX job Office is complies in
every respect, and cards. posters, pro-
grammes. bi!l-heads, ETC.. are turned
out with alacrity.
A despatch from Washington an
nounses t',a denth. III thst city. on the
7th instant, of Miss Minnie q. SILVER, q
native of Richland. Typhoid fever was
the cause Of her decease.
It is said that the members of PLonix
Hook aud Ladder Company are making
arrangements for picnic, to como of
early in May. Keep your pumps in
order, Us dancing will be the order of
the dny.
Another los of smoked sausage and
monster Scotch herring; also, white
saur krant, just received, by Messrs.
Hoffman & Albrecht, two doors South
of PHOENIX Office. Many other articles
soda water included.
The property owners OF the District
of Columbia seem to be in almost as
pitiable condition as the tax payers of
South Carolina. Some idea of the way
IN which the people are robbed under
the guise of taxation. may be gathered
from the experience of one sufferer.
His property is assessed, and the assess
ment is nearly always higher than the
market valne, at s19,O and the taxes
this year amount t. $1,000. or more
than fifty per cent.
PRoMPr.-On 31st March, Messrs.
Hagood & Treutlen, general agents
Southern Lille Insurance Company,
were notified of the claim for SO, 900,
on policy on life Uf G. G. Bruce. On lst
April, Mr.. Hagood went to Benefits
Vile, and on the I'd, adjusted the loss,
returning on the Sd. The papers were
forwarded on the 4th, to home office,
and on tue 7th they received orders to
pay at once. This is but an instance of
the usual promptness of this staunch
old company.
PHGSlN1ANA. Tho spoken word can
not again be- swallowed.
Patrons Of Husbaudry y-Young ladies'
boarding schools.
II gossip with her poisoned tongue
NEEDLES with your good name. heed her
not. Garry yourself erect.
Wasting sweetness-putting your
arms about pretty woman.
The sailors horror-Furls.
SrrRrME Court DECISION. April s,
1S74.-C. j. Stolbrand rs. S. L. Hoge.
ouuSment set aside and new trial
granted. Opinion By Willard, A. J.
Moses, G. j., dissented.
ApArHETIc. AS proof the apathy of
the conservatives towards the municipal
election, we append the return from the
different Wards:
No. Total vote 3I1. For NIayor-
John Alexander, 333; w. II. Gibbes, 4.
For Aldermeu-A. Cooper, 332; B. +.
Griffin, 33i; s. Z. Davis, 334; scatter
ing. 1.
No. 2.-Total vote 2777. Mayor-
join Alexander, 26G; scattering, T. AL.
dermcn-C. j. Carroll, 2G4; John A.
pugh. 2Gl; S. d. Swygert, 2G3; scatter.
SO. 3.-rotal vote 254. aIayor-
John Alexander, 254. Aldermen w.
\. Carr, 253; II. ". Pnrvis, 253; Adam,
Thomas. 25U.
No. 4.-Total vote 277. Mayor-
John Alexander, 212; scattering, 5. AL
dermen-L. L. Brown, 25S; D. Wells.
2oo; Wm. Simons, 254; scattering, 25.
LIST OF New ADVERTISEMENTS.
Il. d. Heinitsh-Plants.
Hardy acknowledgements