Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-08

Ss"'N ~ MOO u haay UecHuSc she 6alu ne
couldn't. A tustle ensucd both fell on the
floor, and in the melee she bit the mans noss
off-but did not get kissed. IIc brought suit
for damages, and tho court ruled that a man
has no right to run any such risk with his
nas*l organ unless he was willing to stand
what damages might come from such trial
of strength.
TnE LONDON STRik.as.--Thc Brcklaycrs
Association in New York mot last Thursday,
and adopted measures to assist their fellow
craftsmen nov on the strike in London They
| propose to raise $4,000, aud $500 have al
ready been subscribed, leaving just 1850
to bc raised.
y LoNc SwIa.-A dog, the property of
Mr., Owen Bcgcy, Prospect Hill, Galway,
Ireland, either jumped or was thrown over
board mt sea from steamer, 90 miles from
land. In the course of the next day tho poor
animal reached home in safety.
DrAp-Dr. j. p. Barrett a worthy and
respected citizen of Ajbcvillc, dicl recently
| in that district
Az ODD CmALLENGE.-Mr. William lIar-
ding, of Cincinnati, offers to back BENJAMIN
Smith, also resident of Cincinnati, aged so
years, to run foot race with any man in the
world of si,n,iar age. one 1r ,Yo hundred
yards, for the sum Of $1,000.
pEAD--Gen. f. Il. Wheeler, agcl sixty
years and Ordinary and Clerk of the Court
of Marion district for thrty-thrcc years, died
suddenly on the 9th ult.
TuIEvING.-W. }. Lane, Jr., Clerk of the
Fulton (N. W Bank; has stolen from that
Bank the ronnd sum Of $50 443.l3!
a Noted DrELLISr.-Thc greatest modern
duclist died recently in Paris. NJ Choquart.
Out of thirty ducls he fought during his life.
he was worstcd Internationally times. and
| only once succcc led in wounding his alver.
Sary, his very best friend, with whom lac had
qnarrelcd on some frivolous prctcxt.
SGicIDE.-Gco. Cru;chiicld, in prison in
Greene county, Ga for the murder of his
wife. committed suicide OH the 2Oth ut., by
cutting his throat.
EFrECT or THE AURORA BoREAns.-A younr
lady, aged about sixteen, of considerable in.
tclligcnce and prcpoSscssing appearance, is
now residing with the sheriff Of Ottowa coun.
! ty, ILL.,, preparatory 10 her removal to the
luuatic asylum. She became insane from
viewing the aurora borcalis short time ago !
which she was in luccl to believe bctokcurh
the approaching end of tho world.
Crew OF THE GREAT EASTERN. .-ItiS stated
that the crew of the steamship Great Eastern
will consist of GO able budcl Seamcn, 90 sea. |
men rggcrs, 200 engineers and firemon, |
stewards staff l00-mu1ing, with officers,
about 800,
Lucky PrRcuAsE.-.tn ancient house in
New Orleans recently passed into the posses |
sion OF n charcoal seller, who has found pile
of Spanish doubloons under the floor in one
of the rooms. The SUM found is reported To
be about $4,000.
TIE BANNER DIsrHICr.-,T There arc nine.
teen divisions of the (" Sons of rcmpcrancc
, i'll York district.
DrAD.-Lcigh Hunt, the author, died in
London, the 2Sth, in the 18th year of his age.
LAw.-Thc Postmaster General decides
that pen or pencil mark, made for tho pu.-
pnsc of attracting the eye to n particular ar
tice or portion of printed matter, docs not
subject matter to letter postage, as is insisted
OH by some postmas,crs.
Sn,Rr.-.A New York paper says that II
worry great business is done in neck ties In
chat city. Certainly not half So great as there
ought to be, says the Louisville Journu.
SPECULATIVE 1HEJIlGY.-Th leading sen
sationpreachcrs ofthc day--such as Bcechcr
Spurgcon Parker Chaplin. ctc.--are said to
make from i've thousand to twenty thousand
d,lars year. They are engaged in preach
ing what may bo called Speculative thcoo-
gy;' in fact, the speculation would do credit
10 Wall street
THE 0LDEST CnuRcn IN AMERIcA.--It was
bnilt in 1851, in the town of lIingman, Mas
sachusetts, and is occupied as place of wor-
ship. Tho bcll-ropc hangs down in tho mid
die of tho house; where it was placed in
order that tho bell might DC rung instantly
to give alarm ofany su'i,len Indian incursion.
RATS IN THE Wesr.-RIts are becoming
an uncomfortable post to the larncrs in Hi.
nns. In Saline county the corn crop has
suffered seriously from their dcprcdatiops.-
In other counties they arc equally as numer-
Gus. entering the cornticlds in swarms, and
threatening them with eatirc destruction.
THs PREsIDENcY.--T Chambcrsburg
| (Pa.) IMley Spirit raises tile name of Judge
Black, the .A,torney General Of tho Unitel