Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-14

AFRICANS on the coast OF Cuba or Texas.
CRUELTy.-Tho Trenton authorities have
singular way of dealing with their habitunl
drunkards. Recently one was made to drink
apint of cool watcr, which hc did very re-
luctantly after a severe effort.
CoNPLAININe.-Thc st. Louis papers COM
plain that men sit in church with their arms
around their wives, and suggest it distracts
tic attention Of the lockers on from tho
preacher"
TIE AIR LINE MILRoAD.-Mr Morse, the
Engineer, is now actively engaged in locot-
ing this Road.
lNvETERATE CnEwERs.-A ST. Louis pa
per says that the grasshoppcrs have eaten mp
the entire crop of tobacco in Franklin coun-
| ty, and tho last that was heard from them
they were seated on the corners of the fence
begging every man that passed for chew!
a WILD CNr BANK CLosED.-Thc Balm
bridge, Ga, Argus, of the 21st, says: eve
have been informed by the acting Cashier of
this Bank, that every dollar in this Bank
had been paid out, and the vaults arc minus
of either specie or bills on other Banks lie
consequently closed doors on Monday, and
cftin the stage on Monday night"
| PLUM, Coop SIZED GIRLs.-The Taunton
Gdzcttc says that there arc four sisters in that
town weighing nine hundred and thirty-Rvc
pounds The shortest being about six feet
high, weighing two hundred and ffty-six
SUICIDE or PRoFEssoR-M Cooper,
Professor of Greek, in Centre College, Dan
vile, KY, hung HIMSELF on the 9th ult lie
was universally beloved.
HEALTH OF CITIEs.-Thc Charleston Ner-
curry gives statement of the mortality of the
important cities in the United States during
tho last week. Charleston heads the list in
point of heathfulncss.
PunLc lIoNoRs.-A public dinner has
been rendered to Gen. Bonham, at Edgcfcld
c. III. It VIII como off sometime during this
month.
lIoMIcIDE.-At barbecue, near Ford's
Mill, in the vicinity of Columbia, on Satur-
day last, James Goings shot Bryant Mcdlin
killing him instantly. Difficulty originated
over a card table
A CLASS OF DucILIsrs.-Captain Travis,
the grcat-pistol shot," h,.s hccn instructing
a class of forty-fvc young ladies AT Lcxing-
ton, Ky, in the use of tho pistol, Among
them, he says, the most tinid became the
best shots. With practice they acquired
courage, and ten times out of twenty they
would hit tho "buPs eye"
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YELLOW FEvER.-The yellow fever appears
to be prevailing to a creator or less extent
all over the Island of Cuba. At Cicnfucgos
its ravagcs arc reported to be fearful. The
people die rapidly, and the heat increases cyc-
ry day.
YELLOW FEvER.-Therc were seventy cas-
cs of yellow fever last week, in New Orleans,
and it is on the increase.
| RoYALTY SmocKED.-The Attorney Gcncy-
al of England, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, has stocked
the whole fashionable world by marrying his
dairy maid.
| NEW MATERIAL FOR MAKING PAPER.-Thc
paper on which the Boston Courier, the Bos-
ton Journal, the Eoston Herald and the New
York Ledger are printed, is manufactured
from mummy cloths stripped from the en-
! balmed cattle and mona, chs of ancient Ervnt.
A PArRIorIc REMARx.-A fellow who cot
drunk one election day, said it was owing to
his efforts to put down party spirit"
TIE SAND MAN.-The "rctircd physician
whose sands of life" havo been running out
for several years past, in New York city, has
lately turned up in an advertisement in the
+, London journals!
Hoors.-Bangay, of the Central hpdcpcn-
de"f, in defence of hoops" speaks of them
as among the things that we "frst loathc,
then pity, then embrace"
KILLED.-Thc Columbia Ccrolinian saws
that on the 5th instant two negroes were kill
cd by lightning, near 06 depot. They were
both under tree when it was struck
NETT EARNINGs.-Th nett earnings fthe
Grecnyillc and Columbia Railroad, for the
last six months. has been SOC, 6,6S00G; an in
crease of $l3 ,0l8.57 over the same period last
year.
DEcLISEs.-Rov. II. w. Barnwel of this
State, recently elected President of William
and Mary (Ya.) College, declines the honor.
GEy. QUITMAN.-Gcn. John a. Quitman-
the hero, statesman, and patriot was a mem
Der of the fraternity of Masons; holding one
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