Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-06
Pennings and Clipr'


CorroN--Cotton is selling in Charleston
at 05 to l23 cents per pound.
Fon INnErrNDENcE.-An EnSlshman" /"
in Hamilton, c. W., with largo party there,
now cry out for u dissolution of tho Union
with England, and demand n free system of
sclfgovcrnmont, asserting their claims to
manage their own affairs as we'll as the pco
pie Of Italy.
RuEING IT.-A Cincinnati justice recently
gave judgment in favor of matrimonial
broker for $2j for obtaining wife for eli
cnt. The latter, after marriage with the
" article "a fine, stout German airl-
thought the price too cxtravagant.
"PIsEN. "A couple of females at Cnyuga,
Canada West, went into the forest to cut ma
tcral for hoops. being resolved to keep up
with the prevailing fashion. They selected
the stem of the poison IVY" and after wear
ing the hoops few days. were so dangerous
~ affected as to require medical treatment.
MAMMOTH BEET.-The Anderson Goaetie
tells of q beet which weighed thirty four and
a-half pounds and measured thirty-scven
inches in circumference Somebody is emf
tied to. our fie, somewhat worn though it be ,
TERRIDLE.-Pctcr Arndt, n German living
noar Ccdaryilic, killed his three children with
an axe, and wounded fourth, who is not ex-
pcctcd to survive. lie made no resistance
whom arrested, and assigned no cause for the
murder.
CuRIoUs CMcULATIoN.-It has been csi-
mated that the hairs on the tip of a dogs
tail of the average length of thirteen inches,
(tail not hair,) arc made to traverse 26I. .332
miles, by the simple act of wngging during
an ordinary happy life of nine years, two
months and eleven days, which is the mean
life time of the animal .s
ARTEsIAN WELL-Thc 'artcsian we'll at
Charleston, S. c., is tubcd to the depth of
1920 feet, and supplies 100000 gallons every
twenty -four hours
a DUEL.-A duel was fought at Tiffn, O.,
on Thursday morning, between two young
clerks named Hoy and Kelly The ball OF
kclly's pistol grazcd the temple of Hoy, no
BIG SrRAwBERRY.--Thc Pacific (Cal.) Ssn.
hnct acknowledges having received from a
MIR. Sawin large strawberry, of the Chile
variety, which was grown in his garden AT
Santa Cruz. 1t measured eight inches in
circumference, and is said by the Sentinel to
be the largest strawberry on record
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bration of the battle of Musgrovc's Mill will
take place on the 18th inst. A Barbecue
costing $4,000 is to bc given. r.! a.,
IMMENSE IMroRTArIoNs.--Th dry goods
entries Mt tho New York Custom House the
past week, amount to nearly five millions
OF dollars" which is nearly IL million in OK
cess of the entries for the wcok before. The
total for tho fortnightis is nearly "ninc millions
OF dollars" The exact figures are $3,987,
1898! y
TERRIBLE GuNrowDER EXPLOSION. On
the 10Th inst, at Camargo. KY, fire was acci
dentally communicated to kcg of powder in
the store of Dr. Daniel, which exploded in
stantly, with q tremendous force, tearing The
building to atoms, scattering goods and other
property in every direction, and seriously,
if not fatally, injuring eight persons.
RESCUED FROM A CoNyENT.---The Detroit
Trib"ne of the 10th inst, states that a young
lady from Canada has just boon rescued by
her father from convent in Toledo, Ohio,
after search Of some six weeks
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STRASoE nut TRUE.-The weather was
hotter in Cincinnati than in New Orleans.
This is remarkable. We do not believe tho
like ever occurred before. Week before last
there was scarcely large town or city but
what there were ono or more deaths from tho
intense hent. Wo have not been able to ro.
port, for want Of room, the tenth death.