Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-18

and sisters.
Losses ny FrRs:-The property destroyed
by fire during the month of May, in the U.
States, amounted in the aggregate, to over
ono million six hundred thousand dollars.
| RETURNED.-Thc President reached Wash
ington on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock.
lie appeared to be well and hearty. There
was no public demonstration on his return.
ThE FIRST TEMPERANCE SocIETy.-Thc
| Newark Adcertiser says the first Temper
ance Society in this country was established
in 1908, at Allentown, n. j. 1t was called
the " Sober Society,"" and was composed of
5S members.
| Nor SPOILED DY LtoNizNG.-About the
only person VIC cyor heard of that wasn't
spoiled by being lionizcd, was Jew named
| Daniel
CuEAr LIvINc.-Thc Row Mr.. Wood, now
in China, writes to the Now Hampshire Ra-
triOt that laboring man in the interior of
China can live comfortably on food costing
one cont, per day.
| TAxEs.--Thc whole amount of tax-Statc
and District-collcctcd in Abbcyillc, is $23,-
Tl4l0.
pEAD.-Nancy Jackson, tho only slave in
tho State of New Jersey, died recently at an
advanced age.
MARINE Losses FOR MAr.-Thc monthly
statement of the New York COmTcr md Fin
q"tTer of marine lesseSs, shows an aggregate
of forty-ono vessels, Of which eight wcro ships
seven were harks, nine were schoonors, and
two were steamboats,. The total value Of
property lost was one million two hundred
and sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars.
This is the value of the property totally lost,
exclusive of dumageto vessels not amounting
to q total loss.
NORTHERN " 1IELr."-Fr0m residence i'm
New York, Fifth Avenue, some maid servants
went off because they were hot permitted to
have tea parties twice week.
/ FAsr.--Armios travel rapidly nowadays.
in rivU uuys from. the time ."-t"ia sent her
ultimatum to the Sardinian government 2car
ly 100000 French soldiers were thrown into
Italy, at n distance of COO miles from Paris.
FALSE WITNEss.--Thc best definition we
ever heard of " bearing false witness against
your neighbour" was given by little girl in
school. She said it was when nobody did
nothing, and somebody went and told of it.
DEATH OF DISrfNGUisuED MEy.--ffumbolt
was the Inst of q constellation of great men
who were born in 1869. The list includes
names of Cuvicr, tho notcd naturalist, Sir
Thomas Lawrence, the gifted painter, Cha
teaubrnnd. the celebrated writer Dewitt |
Clinton, CastlcrcaSh, Tallicn, the Duke of |
Wellington, aud four of Napolcan's Gcncr
ais, viz; Joubcrt, Soult, Lanncs and Ney |
a NOTED CnARACTER.-John Smith is for |
ever causing peck of trouble somewhcrc-
At our last accounts he was in Savannah
and had detained twelve gentlemen for twice
as many hours, in close room, where they |
had been placed for the purpose of deciding
whether he, the said John, had committed |
larceny.
TnE 100000 BREAcm.--A Miss Carstang
sued a Mr.. Henry Shaw for breach of prom
isc of marriage, and the jury found her |
verdict of 100000! This was in the city
of ST. Louis-n the grcnt West! There is
no sort of doubt as to the truth of the state
ment here made, unreasonable as tits.
SNuo PILE.-The amount required to |
pay off the sailors and marines employed in |
the Paraguay fleet, will be about $780,, 900.
('ISTnNHR M m ln,ln al
the other morning, found lively little eel in
his milk pitcher. The milkman hadn't strain
ed his water
MARRYING SrRANGER-A young Tcnnes-
see girl recently married stranger, alleging
that she would have plenty of time to become
acquainted with him afterwards.
SINGULAR WILL.-A gentleman who died
recently bequcathcd to his wife handsome |
sum, providing in his will that in case she
again married it should he doubled!
NEARLY PAID FoR-Of the 5000, 900 agreed
to be paid Mr.. Washington by the ladies of
the Mt. Vernon Association, for the tomb of
George Washington, only about $4,000 now
remain unpaid. 1t is said that $4,000 will
be required to restore the grounds and make
the repairs necessary to arrest the rapid decay |
now going on.
CooL.-Mr. Hill, who mystcriously disap-
pcarcd from Bridgeport, Conn, few weeks
since, has written to his wife who had offer
cd 500 for his recovery, that she had better
keen her money no shn NAV Nyo Mt n