The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-16
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Reading matter on every page. (
Don't lie. don't stesl-the morning
papers.
There are about 800 convicts in the
State Penitentiary.
Ex'Congressman L. G. Carpenter
has arrived from Washington.
The House lacked seventeen OF O
quorum last night.
Transient advertisements and no.
tices must bo 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 we.m
rain on yesterday.
VIM. D. Love & 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 Penitentiary. On Sunday,
twenty eight convicts experienced reli-
gioD-five of them white.
Mr.. NJ. L. Kinard, of the firm of
Kinard & Wiley. departed Northward,
yesterday, to lay in their stock of
spring and summer clothing. hats, go.
l.. Cass Carpenter, Esq, has been
appointed Internal Revenue Collector
for the Third District of South Caro-
lima, rice Gen. G. L. Anderson, re-.
moved.
The assortment of spring cassimeres
and new style hats which Messrs. r. &
W. c. Swaffield have just received are
worth inspecting. They are very
pretty.
We regre. to learn that Mr.. J. 81.
kohler was 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
have been thoroughly overhauled, and
are 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
Mnckey. 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-music from Mr..
F. W. Helmick. publisher, Cincinnati,
Ohio. It 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, q 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 is we'll known over the
whole State, and we might almost say,
the entire country, was in Columbis,
yesterday. He is making q 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 been 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.
road, for ninety miles, was changed