The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-23

| We are pleased to learn that o1r
neighbor, Mr.. VIM. steislitz, who has
been go seriously i'll. was muoh better,
yesterday. - - ,
Venus is now the 'brisht particular
star" Of the morning, and the earliest
herald Of the dawn. She lights up the
chambers Of the East with beansv
and effulgence ravishing to behold.
and sufficient to tempt one from his
warm couch, even with IL thermo-
meter at zero. Reporters take a \ /
''squint" at her before they go 10 6ed. !.
A lot OF matches on an upper. shelf
in the store OF Messrs. Lorick G. Low.
rance. ignited yesterday morning.
about half-past O'Clock, and caured
an alarm of fire. The fremen were
on hand in hurry. bat some of the
Palmettoes got plug stream on and
drowned ont the incipient conHagra-
tion. But little damage done. The
Gre was discovered by the elderly
watohman on the lower beat, Mr..
McEIrone.
fosr OFF1oE MATTERS Charleston
mail opens 8 A. M. and 8 P. NJ:
closes $50 and 6 P. III. Gseenyillo
opens s P. n; closes 8 80 p. M.
Northern opens 6 A. nj. and 8. 80 r. :
H.; closes 6 and P. M. Western
opens 6 A. NJ. and 3 30 P. III. closes
and 7 P. NJ. Wilmington opens s. .aOj
P. H.; closes 7.30.A. NJ On Sunday. s
the Post Office is open from 3. I5P AZ.
to 415 P. n. iNg1F'9 ~
VALUABLE FARM SEEDS GIVEN Away.
N. P. Boyer, OF Parkesburg, Chester
County. Pennsylvania, one OF the
largest dealers in blooded stock and
farm seeds in the United States, offers
to send free sample packages OF Ches-
ter County mammoth corn, imported
Belgian oats, 60, to all farmers who
wish to test them, and will enclose two
stamps to pay postage.
WHAT Is IT?-To-day is the ami.
versary of the nuptisls of highly-re-
spected and universally y-admired cou-
pie. They don't think it is their
'silver" wedding-twenty-fve; they
feel positive it is not their '.golden"-
fifty; and the query is, "vhat is it?"
We sincerely hope-and hundreds Of
Others will endorse it-that they NAV =
safely reach the ''golden" in the next :
decade. remain in good health, have
their worldly goods increased ten.
thousand-fold and their troubles les
sened-God bless them! tr7}
49, :. :. - ~'-
There arc several couples in this
city and elsewhere who have been TER
ribly exercised over the information
that persevering pettifogger had dis
covered that by the omission of the
enacting clause from the Act relative
to marriages.. passed by the Indiana
Legislature in 1852. ell nuptial ar
rangements since that date were inva.
lid, and the courts had so decided.
They were relieved. yesterday, hov.
ever, by despatch, that eubseauent
law validated the matter by license
being provided. '
The SoHuErzEN PnArz.-The build.
ings and grounds pertaining to thie
peculiarly German pleasure. ground
are being put in order, under the care
and direction Of skilled superintend-
ents. The grounds are beautifully
situated, about q mile from tho city.
on what is known Us the Asylum or.
Rice Creek Springs Road, and en-
brace about ITO acres. of what is
known as the old Caldwell or Adams
property. The main building is "a bY
60 feet. balconies front and rear; fons .
rooms on the hrst floor and one large
room on che second. Ike ten.ping .
alley will be sufficiently large for three
or four alleys; the shooting gallery,
will also be oommodioua. Other ne.
cessary buildings are going forward.
The grounds arc being leveled, trses