The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-09


ping, at fifty cents hundred.
Mr.. Hartwcll Thomas, IN inmate of
the Lunatic Asylum for nearly forty
years, died q few days ago.
Old type in any quantity, at from
twenty to thirty cents pound, for sale
at PHOENIX Office.
The weather is hot, and Mr. Solomon
wants to run off his goods. See what he
has to say about it.
Messrs Taylor X Mccullough are fur
nishing superior hay ut fair prices. See
their advertisement
Any and every style of book anil job
printing executed promptly Mt PHES1x
office. Material of every kind on hand.
Subscribe for the PuES1x; have it re-
Sularly left Mt your residence, and don't
depend upon buying single copies or
borrowing.
Ice cream of different f1avor$ and soda
water with many kinds of fruit syrups
are dispensed daily at Mr. NIcKcnzic's
saloon.
While Columbia and a portion of the
surrounding country have been blessed
with abundant rains during the pnst few
days, the Dutch Fork, in the neighLor-
hood of Mr.. n. Huffman's, is suffering
severely for want of the necessary fluid.
We nre pleased to learn that Hon. Vim.
hendrick, Senator of Florida for many
years, will lecture ut the Opera House,
Tomorrow Saturday evening, Oh the
attractions of that interesting State. We
will notice it more fully in our next
One of the teachers of the Methodist
Female Collegc-NIrs. Marion Gibson, n
daughter Of DIR. L. II. Center, of Rich
land-died at her fathers residence, n
few days ago. She was very popular
among her friends and the pupils of the
institution.
Columbia has another grocery store,
| where citizens aud others can obtain all
they require in that line-thc goods be-
ing fresh and selected by experienced
parties. Messrs. H. Arndt & Co. are the
proprietors, and their establishment is
under Irwin's IIall, opposite Columbia
! Hotel.
y widow lady. who, until recently, re-
sided in Columbia, has struck streak
| Of luck. Her deceased husband had n
claim against the Government amount
ing to several thousand dollars, which
she has lately come in possession Of.
a day or two after, size was notified of
the death of brothcr-in-law, who had
left her over $4,000. "Misfortuncs" and
fortunes "seldom come singly."
The question rs to "whcn Junc-bugs
Gomez" can never be satisfactorily an
| swered. An employee Of the PHOENIX,
yesterday morning, while strolling
around his premises removed a pile of
rich earth, beneath which were found
about quart of nut-like bnlls, each OF
| which contained full-sizcd bug last
ready to come forth.
EThe New York Graphic and the Herald
both claimed to have accuratc diagrams
of the targets and shots ut the Dolly
mount shooting, last week, the shots be-
ing telegraphed by means of a. cyphcr
designating location on the targets. Un-
fortunately, the shots differ very mate
rally in tho two papers, and the cable
has either been guilty of perjury or the
diagrams were manufactured ut ven
turc III New York.
REDUCTION OF SUBSCRIPTION. .-Phe
WEEKLY CLEANER, large family paper,
containing from thirty to forty eight
columns of closely printed reading mat
ter, will be furnished from this dato nj
the low price of 50 per annum, postage
included. Old subscribers will have
the time extended in proportion. The
desire is to furnish good readable
weekly journal ut low rate to every
family within the State. The CLEANER
Is issued every Wednesday, and will
contain the latest tclegrams to date OF
| publication. Specimens furnished.