Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-07


DEAD.-A telegraphic despatch announces
death, on sunday last, of the Hon Lynn Boyd,
of Kentucky, formerly Speaker of the United
States House Of Representatives. for years II
promincnt member uf that hody, anl ut his
death, ,Leutenant-Governor elect of Kentucky.
PAYlNc WELL-The total receipts of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, for tho fiscal wear
1889. were S4.30l,O00, of which 81 .06j 7Sl
accrued from passengers and s., 235, 225 from
freight tonnage.
DiREcr lar1RTATIoN.-Thc Richmond Ing,ti-
rer learns that the Danvillc Railroad Company
have ar,lcrcd sS thousand tons Of RnIwav iron
nf Messrs. Dunlap & Co.. of Petersburg agents
Tor Lan'lnn house, and that the same is to be
imported direct to that city.
EARLY GREEN PeAs.-Thc Wilmington Ihr.
ait informs us that the Mayor of Permndina,
Fla, dlned on new green peas--frst crpp--thc
day bct"ro he left the " Land OF Flowers"
grown in his own garden, and he fully calcu.
l"cS upon eating fresh tomatoes on Christmas,
raised on the same place.
WHAT IT CusT.-lt is estimated that the
Brown military demonstration in Virginia will
cost that State Sl70000
DRowNEp.--The Savannah RcovJlicon of
Wednesday, says The plantation b,at of Mrs.
Harriet Pinkney, Of Pinkncy Island, while CO.
ming over to the city Monday night came in
contact with the steamboat Robert IIahcrsham
was upset aud thirteen persons drowned.
New CAsE UNDEn Tug ConE OF IIoNon.-An
Atlanta (Ga) paper tells Of man who chul.
lcngcl another for having cast an imputatiOt
m,0n hi% picty.
BrRLEsQvrp.-The practice of publishing
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well hurlosQucd by genuine card of thanks in
Nashville rapor. Some fellow has hccn par
doncd out of the State Prison, 81 he prints his
thanks to the jailor for having taken good care
OF him while in, and to the Governor for letting
him out.
New ORLEANS Dec, 27.-7Thc icwelrv ostab.
lishmcnt of Mcssrs Hyde & Goodrich was burnt
to-day. The loss is estimated at 100000.
CARnYiNc Boru According to the
Nlonrovia Star. the ship which took John Nc.
Donough's slaves from New Orleans to Liberia
subsequently, sailed for the African coast. and
! took in a full cargo of slaves, with which freight
she is now bound home
Alas FOR THE IIoors-The long rnmorcd fact
that the Empress Eugeuic has determined t.,
abolish crinoliue. was announced on the 2Sth
ult in quasi-uihca manner. bv the lady who
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Poric, the NiscOuntcss de Rcunevillc
Nor BAD.The editor Of an Indiana papor
says, more vininy is on foot" We suppose
says Prentice, the editor has lost his horse.
MINNEsoTA.-Thc Minnesota Legislature on
Thursday, the 10Th inst, elected Morton s.
Wilkinson. Rep, United States Senator. in
place of Gen. Shields, Dem. wheSc term expir.
cd ON the 4h of March. 1888. The St. Paul
Pioneer says; Mr.. Wilkinson is IA Ropubli
can, and of the Seward School,"
TnE PARry.-Of the twenty-five mon who
joined in the lIarpor's Ferry invasion, eleven
were killed at that place. five have since died on
the scaifold, two. Stevens and IIuzlott, are vel
in the custody of the Virginia authorities, and
three. Merriam, Tidd, and one of old Browns
sons escaped, and arc now in Canada.
ALADAMA.--Thc Senate Of Alabama have una
nimouSy adnpto,l resolutions authorizing the
Governor to call Convention in the event of
the election of Black Republican, President.
loss OF LrrE.-.l factory was burned at Sims
bury, Conn. on the 2lst ult, burning to death
Sc zen female operatives. Several others wore
badly burned,
BARnARoUs.-A gaudcr pulling" was ad
verIi'cd to come OFF the 26th ut. near the
Clty ol COIumD!a. 20
DIvipEND.-Thc Directors Of the Charlotte
and South Carolina Railroad have declared
scmi-aunual dividend of 81 per cent. PAYABLE
the LIST Of january next we are pleased to
learn. says the Charl"ttc Win, that bonds to
the amount of S25, 900 will bo redeemed be-
sides leaving surplus of $4,000 in the treas
ury. i-at)
MRTuopIsT PunhIsuISG lfousE At NASHVILLE
According to tho report of the Motholst Ptf1
fishing House ut Nashville. made at the last
Mississippi Conference. held ut Jackson, tie
assetts amount to S435, 900 As; the liabilities
SllT,362 40; leaving u balauce i'm favor of tLe
Ilouso of $3l7,S28 O2.
FRAup-A great fraud has lust heen discoy.
cred in the municipal affairs of New York city
For binding 300 volumos of the city records
100000 had been expended.
STONE BRIDcRs IN CuIvA.--There are stone
bridges i'll China three and four miles in length
BURNT To DEArR-Mrs Fred Engel was
burnt to death at Memphis last week by her
clothes accidentally taking fire.
BUCHANAN RBJIBr FUND.-Severnl years ago.
President Buchanan invested $4,000 the inter,
est of which is annually disbursed in the pur-
chase Of fuel for /" poor and ndigcnt females"
in Lancaster. Pa. The annual distribution took
place this week, and the Lancaster papers re-
port large number Of worthy and deserving
claimants.
New ORLEANs, Dec q The bark Doretto
from Bremerhaven picked up boat on the
18th with four women and four men, from the
wreck OF the ship Silas Holmes from New Or