The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-29

CRY MATTERS. you are asked to
lend your PnHNIx, suggest 70 tie sFSii would
be borrower that he had better subscribe.
The last cold snnp should not discour-
age our, gardeners. Go ahead-;ra good
garden Is better late than never.
When you meet man of doubtful
credit, TAXA no note Of him. Z
The merchants are beginning TO spread
their awnings and fight off "Old Sol"
1t is n female habit to button gloves
with hair pins. The males swear them
on.
4 Paris letter hnys pearls and pre-
cious stones" are alone permissible for
evening wear, which is little cool for
I'M uncertain climate.
Nobody was heard to grumble about
the weather. yesterday.
Our report of the death Of Mr.. VIM.
Douglass, yesterday. was incorrect He
is very low, and not expected to live.
Governor Chamberlain and Treasurer
f:.raoS;; have returned, anu entered upon
the duties of their respective offices.
You can get all styles of job printing,
from visiting card to n fonr-Bheet post
er, at the PHRsIx Office. Prices satisfac-
tory.
We are requested to state that the an
nnal meeting of the stockholders of the
Greenville and Columbia Ruilrond Com
pany will be held at 11.3O A. NJ. to-day,
at Good Templar's Hnll, instead of at 10
meeting.
If you write down the figure and
twenty-one ciphers, and call the units
tons, that is, they say, tho weight of this
world of ours. For instance, 5000, ,000.-
600, 900, 600, 900, 900. If there were some
unit of weight that represented milliard
of tons, there would be Ave thousand
milliards of that weight
The stockholders of the Grecnville and
Columbia Railroad Company, came down
in large force last evening, to attend the
stockholders meeting, to be held to-day
Our streets were enlivened by the
parties, including many ladies. gathering
into lodgings and shopping. These are
pleasant occasions and our visitors are
more than welcome.
The crop outlook in the Southeastern
portion of our Country, although the
planting season has been greatly retard-
ed by the unprecedented weather which
has prevailed for tho past six weeks, we
are Informed, is perhaps rs good as at
the corresponding period Of past years.
nnd the fruit crop, which promised an
average yield some few days ago, has
been nipped by IN untimely frost, and
only about one-fourth Of crop may be
estimated upon.
We call the attention of capitalists to
tho advertisement Of the 55O-acre tract to
be sold by the Sheriff of Lexington on
the first Monday in May, 1875, in the
case of Mary s. p. tiibbes ct al. rs. Jns.
S. Guignard ct al. This property is i'm
lnediately opposite Columbia, and is tho
tract on which the defendant lives. It is
peculiarly valuable, because through it
the projected canal on the Lexington side
of the Congnree will pass.
Uncle Robert Mckay is in town. He
is SO devoted to Grecnville that his
judgment has been imperceptibly warped
against Columbia, as appeared by re-
mark that he had found day here
rather heavy. Wonder what he would
think of 365 of them, not counting the
extn hours, minutes and seconds? When
the train came in and brought tho up
country along, Uncle Robert WAS Mt home
again and gay us n lark
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The TEA PARTY LAST NI0Hr. Lady
Washington's levee waY thronged Inst
evening. Besides the military chieftains
who came from the headquarters of the
army to catch stray ray Of beauty's
smile. there were present some notable
gentlemen Of the civil service, who, by a
stretch of tho imagination considera-
BILE one might be taken for Alexander
Hamilton, Thomas jefferson, Patrick
Henry. James Otis and CHRISTOPHER
Gadsden. The ladies appeared in all
their bravery. among whom was one in
company with Vim. Penn, who, from her
age and costume, might be termed the
grandmother of her country. ~
Lady Washington desires us to say
| that she will receire apnin this afternoon.