The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-21
orrx 1rEMs.-weather decidedly cooler


and moro pleasant, yesterday.
The CRY ILLUMINATED AT the Opera
House, tonight.
Old newspapers, suitable for wrap
ping, at fift- cents hundred.
LOST IN LoSDoN-At the Opera House,
tonight.
A man cannot expect half a loaf when
he loafs all the time.
DowN IN Coal 3I1NE.-At the Opcra
House, tonight.
The trains, yesterday, brought in n
great many members c: The HAMPTON
Legion, besides other visitors.
MAY W1LMoTrE Lowell. MS Katharine.
in Tanning the Shrew, at the Opera House,
tonight.
Old type in any quantity, Mt from
twenty to thirty cents pound, for sale
Mt PHOENIX Office.
Any and every style of book and job
printing executed promptly Mt PHOENIX
Office. Material of every kind on hand.
E1-Treasurer Parker, it is reported,
appeared quite amused at the verdict of
the jury in his case; and over glass of
champagne, made the sage inquiry rs to
where the money vas to come from.
Where, truly?
The reunion of the Hampton Legion
takes place to-day, ut II o'clock, in Par
ker's Hall. Gen. T. NJ. Logan, the orator
for the occasion, will address the multi
tude in the evening, Mt S o'clock, in the
same hall. An invitation is extended to
the public to be present
postmaster on the Charlotte, Colum-
bia and Augusta Railroad, near Edgcfield,
had his head blown off with torpedo
chicken, forwarded from the War De-
partmcnt, last week, for charging five
cents piece for postage stamps Served
him right.
In an interview with one of the Jurors
in the case of the State rs. n. G. Parker,
our reporter was informed that the basis
on which the verdict was rendered, was
that Capt. Ladd's testimony was taken to
be true in every particular, and the divi-
sion referred to by him was respected,
and Parker held only for fifty per cent.
Of his part, viz: onc-half of $50, ,O0O-
$75, 900.
Lost in London and Katharine and
Petruchio are to be performed by Mr..
and Mrs. Lowell, AIr. and Mrs. Eugene
Cramer, and the Columbia Comedy
Company, this evening, at the Opera
House. There are several very hand
some and sensational scenes, which are
we'll worth looking nt The "snows
storm" will aid in making one feel cool,
while clown in q coal mine" will tend
to make dissatisfied mortals who live
above ground feel contented, perhaps
Acknowledgement. Melton, in his clos
ing speech in the Parker case, referred
to 'possum hunt which his brother, of
the opposite counsel, had spoken of, but
did not fully carry out He said they
were in the woods, and got lost, but
trampcd around and finally came out
where they went in; "but," added the
speaker, 1--WE brought out the 'possum
and so we have in this case, and there is
the 'possum," pointing to the prisoner
There was smile all over the court.
PARKER AGAIS.-The following are the
names Of the jurors in the case of Daniel
II. Chamberlain, Thomas c. Dunn, Sa-
muel w. Melton, VIM. B. Nash and Paris
Simpkins, Commissioners of Sinking
Fund, Us. Niles G. Parker. The jury
was empanneled and discharged until
10 o'clock, this morning. Each juror
examined on the voirdue:
W. G. Swaffield, white; Harvey Terry,
white; Daniel H. Howell, colored; John
%: jacobs, white; Cato johnson, colored;
W: N. Levister, white; Samuel Mccoy
colored; Stephen w. Mckenzie, colored ;
Kit Mills, colored; John r. Tricc, CO.
lored; Joseph T. Zealy, white; Andrew
j. Hosford, white-G and G.
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