Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-11


lsis}m fWaltorbaro', our friend of the ,SMt
says every road and cow-path leading to
Waltosboro' was crowded with "curious"
people anxious to see the circus. 'Onc party
came forty miles to see tho clcphan!s, and it
is probable othors travelled greater dis
tunce."
VETERAN AruLErE.--A veteran wrcst-
Ter, aged ffty'two years. named John Muir
gatroyd, challenges celebrated wrestler in
tho London journals, who is only twonty-
three years of age, and weighs 1876 lbs Not
withstanlinS this disparity, the betting is re-
ported to be very brisk, and the old one is the
favorte ut odds.
RUMINATrNG PEorLE.-Tho Louisville
(Ky.) Democrat says that the amount of to-
bacco chewcd in tho Circuit Curt room in
a day, during the criminal term. is estimated
at % lbs. The reader may believe this if he
cheers.
eARKlSSAs.-Hou. w. X. Sebastian has
boon reelected to the U. S, Senate by the
Legislature of Arkansas, now in session.
LIpERAL-Tho New York Lc,lgey has
paid ten thousand dollars to the Washington
Monument Association in consideration of
ifty-tvo articles to be written for the Lce2gl,
by Edward Everett, the agent of the Associ-
alton. The weekly issue Of the LctJrr is
over three hundred and fifty thousand copies.
IIoRRIDLE DEATn.--John @. Walsngham
was found dead OH Saturday morning, says
the Barnwel .ScHtjncI We learn that lie
had been intoxicated the night previous, lazy
down hy the fire aud was burnt nearly up
This happened at the house of one John
Lambert, near the village.
Goon,-Rnast beef scronity of mind,
pretty wife and cold water baths, will make
most any man healthy, wealthy and wise"
DEfLoai6Lk!1- The ESgo8eld Aei,ertiscr
saysthat Miss Sarah Towlcs committed sui
eide in that District on the 10th ut. by hang
ing herself No cause is assigned for this
| terrible act.
IAMENTED DEArm.-Thc' London Grdtc7,-
nan announces the death of Rev. John
iIickling. the oldest Methodist minister in
the world lie was 03 years Old and had
been IL years engaged in the ministry
With him has died the last of the noble body
of mon sent out to preach by the late Rev.
John Wesley.
IMMENSE TnEATRE.--A splendid theatre is
being erected in Cincinnati The front is
said to be the finest in the town. and it will
be large enough to scat 8 800 persons. The
cost will be 100000.
I ho u
minister to Denmark, died suddenly at his
residence i'll Shepcrdstown, Va. IIo was
fFmerly n member Of Congress from that
State.
STEAM CAGRGAGs.-A Land locomotive" +"
successfully tr,.vorscd the streets of Dayton,
Ohio, recently. 1t is designed for draft on
the farm, in ploughing and threshing, and
other labor, and for use on the highways.
TIE SAINTS AND SrRycuNINE.-Th whis-
key marEctat Gait Lake City is liourishing
The article is retaieI at twenty-five cents
per drink. barkeer>r purchased S75
worth of whiskcy in the States, and sold it
at Salt Lake City for $50. The only draw
| bacS upon the trade is the fact that tho Gus
they drink. III. -.
AsnhASD SJLD,-- The Memphis 4traldncAc
states that James B. Clay has sold Ashland,
the residence of Henry Clay, for two hun
dred thousand acres of land in Texas.
DIsCoNTINUED.-Ihc Echo, edited by tho
young girls of the Spartanburg Female Col
lego, has been discontinued. This is to be
regretted, for VIC arc decidedly fond of pleas
ant EcAoes' such as this has proved to be.
EScApED.--John Winters, confined in Jail
at Clarksville, Ga, for the murder of Bcni.
Ilcnsley, broke Jail on the night of the 9th
ult a reward of $25 is offered for his np-
! prehenson.
ENIGRArIoN.-rhe number of cmigrants
arrived at New York for the week ending
tho 9th instant, was 07S-making total os
14,3l7 since the commencement of the year.
The arrivals for a corresponding period in
1885, numbered 273,7G9,
SOMETHING NEw.-Tho elitors of the
Charleston Courier havo aeen presented with
a sample bottle of :" fine and wholesome
whiskcy" made from wheat. 1t is made in
| Kentucky.
CHINESE WIT.-A missionary in the Chi
nese waters having distributed several copies
of the Ten Commandments Oh shore, thsy
were sent back the next day with the request
that they might DO distributed among the
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