The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-16
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papers.
There arc about 300 convicts in the
State Penitentiury.
Ex.Congressman L. C. Carpenter
has arrived from Washington.
The House lacked seventeen OF q
quorum last night.
Transient advertisements and no.
tices must BIO paid for in advance.
Mr.. Winthrop Williams .is author
lied to dispose of tickets in the .real
estate distribution"
The advertising desk at the Wheeler
House is handuome and UNIQUE
affair.
We had regular old-fashioned
thunder and lightning exhibition on
Sunday night. followed by a warm
rain on yesterday.
VIM. D. Love l. Co. have received a
case of sun umbrellas. comprising all
the new styles in silk and cotton. The
ladies should call and see them.
PArson Richardson is doing effective
work at the Penitentisry. On Sunday,
twenty y-eight convicts experienced reli-
gion-five of them white.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Kinsrd, of the firm of
Alnard Il Wiley. departed Northward,
yesterday, to lay in their stock of
spring and summer clothing. hats, 60.
l.. Cass Carpenter. Esq, hos been
appointed Internal Revenue Collector
for tho Third District of South Caro-
lima, rice Gen. c. L. Anderson, re-.
moved.
The assortment OF spring cassimeres
and new style hats which Messrs. r. &
W. G. Swaflield have just received are
worth inspecting. They are very
pretty.
We regre: to learn that Mr.. j. II.
hohler vas so unfortunate. yesterday,
as to have his leg broken. by being
kicked by his mule. while he was on
his way home from the market.
The Columbia Hotel billiard tables
havo been thoroughly overhauled, and
arc now in tip.top order. It is under
stood that match game between two
skilled players comes off this evening.
Two men, named Foster and
Mickey. were arrested on Saturday by
Deputy United States Marshal Grant,
having quantity Of counterfeit money
and imitation twenty dollar gold pieces
in their possession.
We have received another very
pretty piece OF song Emusic from Mr..
F. W. Helmick. publisher, Cincinnati,
Ohio. 1t is entitled Sadie Darling. "
The words by John T. Rutledge; music
by Charles Baker. The price is 35
cents.
DR.. Thos. +. Senter informs US that
on Sunday night. terrible hail storm,
lasting ten or fifteen minutes. visited
his premises. The stones were the
largest he has seen since 1859. DR.. S.
lives about ten miles from this city, on
the Monticello road.
There was one Of the heaviest rain
storms Of the season, yesterday even
ing, and leaks made themselves known
in every direction. From the quanti-
ty of leaves whirling about the lower
part OF the city, it is evident that there
was severe gale in the suburbs.
Mr.. j. n. Robson, of Charleston,
commission merchant, guano dealer.
etc., who "a we'll known over the
whole State, ard We might almost say,
the entire country, was in Columbia,
yesterday. He is making tour of the
State. The soluble Pacific guano, for
which he is agent, is being extensively
used, and is giving great satisfaction.
The price has beon reduced, and plan
tors can secure it for cash, time or cot
ton option. Messrs. R. O'Neale & Son
are the agents for this city.
Quick Work On Sunday night,
the gauge of the North Carolina Rail-
rO0d for ninety miles Was ohanoed