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

Stakes S27J,000. From l.. d. Ruckcr,
superintendent of the Cleveland and Toc-
do Railroad, the Cleveland Leader obtains
the following particulars of an exciting race
in which the siceds were iron horses, and
the stakes greater than have ever been
known Oil any track. Mr.. Fucker had the
facts from John ID. Campbell, Esq, super
int t'."dcnt Of the Nj. S. and n. l. II. II
One ga, list wtcF as the eastward bound
express train rcacnve .'''n"rtc, Ind, pas
scngcr stepped off willie the cnglnc was be-
ind rcplcnishcd with wood and water ana
walked back and forth on tho platform, and
continued to walk until the whistle sound
cd The other passengers got on board
and the train passed of, but the gentleman
still walked on. a few minutes after the
train had gone, a station man saw the ne
dcstrian, and going up to him asked in a
surprised tone:
"Wlnt the d-l arc you doing hcrc?',
The man started, opened his eyes, and
looked around bcwildcrcd. The fact was
he had been fatigued and dropped asleep
whilewaking. Rousing himself, he asked:
"Why?' Where am 2"
Where arc you? At Iaporte."
Where's the train came on. 2"
That left ten minutes ago.
f" Ten minutes ago and left mel. / must
go on that train. 1t sa question of lifo
or death with me. Can you get me to it +?
Have you got an engine here? Where is
the superintendent 2"
The section master had an officer near bv
and the two went to find that official and to
procure an engine. Tie traveller stated
the case he must 90 on could not de-
lay--and offered the officer $3.50 if he
would put him on board the train This
strange demand and strange offer caused
baggage master to hasten and do what he
could The fire was not out in the engine
that had taken the train to that point-thc
bargain was scttlcd-a draft given ON New
York for $3.50, and in ten minutes the trav-
ellcr started, with ancpgine to ovcrtnkcth
flying express. After rushing OH for some
thirty or forty miles, some connection gave
way about the engine The engine was
stoppcd-thc engineer found the difficulty,
and in few minutes had wooden pin
whitfield out to supply the deficiency. -
With this ON they flew. The train had of
course many miles the start of them, and
despite the wooden pin the engineer crow
ded en- steam, and tore through the country
at fearful rate, Thirty miles of the dis
tance passed Yas run in 81 minutes, but
the engagement was that they should over
take tie train, and do it they must, and do
it they did, but not until more than ono.
hundred miles had beenrun, andthey were.
approaching Toledo. Having atp length,
after much eXertion, oycrtnken and stopped
the train and hurried on board, the traveller.
went eagerly to.sbcrtbin the sleeping car,
and took tlicrcfrom carpet bag containing
1915 900. Ptis treasure was safe-nonc
had molested it, and dismissing his faithful
courier, he went on his way rejoicing ,at
the success Of. his pcrilous and exciting adj
venture. stg
FACTS WoRrn KNOWING is asser-
ted that mans finger nails grow. their
complete length in four months and half.
a man living seventy years, rcnews his
nails one hundred and eighty times
Allowing each nail an inch long, he has
grown seven feet and nine inches of finger
nail, on each finger, and on fingers and
thumbs an aggregate ofseyenty.seven feet
and six inches. This shows that nature
intended that men should scratch for q
living" l7r se n.5s;,
A RtRE STor--O On May, 9Th ultimo,
Mr. Irwin, United States Army, of Fort
Buchanan, killed two antelopes at a single
shot, with a Colts Curbiuc the distance
being over three hundred yards. The BALI
passed through the heart of one animal
and the liver of tho other a case of ,thia,
sort is very rare in the annals of sporting, Z,