Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-09-22

worth Clirk was bitten on the neck 10y n 5cor-
plon, while asleep. She suffered Intensely dn-
! ring ThursdaYand Friday r-the swelling spread.
ing rapidly over her neck and breast, and ON
Saturday expired.
New YORK, Sept. l2-It is said that thcro
were over fifty thousand persons present to-day
at the great Douglas Barbecue held in ,Jnncs'
Woods, near this city. Hons. Stcohen a. Doueg.
las and licrschcl V. johnson, were among the
speakers.
'SMAsnING" PAcE-The Cincinnati cx.
press train on the New York Central Ruilrnnd.
being half an hour behind time recently, ran
cighty-onc miles in one hundred minutes. Two
stops were made Mt which wood and water
were taken, occupying about fifteen minutes
the average rate of speed being a trfe less thnn
mile Il minute
DEAp--Charlcs Williams, Esq. of Laurens
district, once n member of the Legislature.
died on the 9th instant. ..g
DESERTED TIE PrLrrr FOR THE SrrMr--The
Selma (Ala) Reporter says that the Rev p p
Nicely, an eminent minister of the yosncI *
stamping the State for Brcckihridse and Lame
lie addressed the people ut Sumptcr county, AZ
the Court House in Livingston, last Tuesday
KEEP CLEAR OF llIM-Givc the devil his due.
Certainty, Siysa c0tcmporarv but it is better to
have no dealings with the devil, and there will
be nothing due him.
AIp FOR GAHruALpr-Thc New York subscrip-
ton in ald OF GarihalIi amounts to 1926 rhc
sum of SOB has bcon forwarded To the Nation
al Society of Turin for Guri5aldi. and the resi-
to him personally.
A Day STAR The plane, Venus was listnc,.
ly visible ut New York on the 18th instant. for
several hours, about noon, and a large number
OF people gathered in the Park, or stund at the
street corners, Watching the rare appearance
About 2o'clock the planet was at an angle of
nearly fifty degrees from the horizon, little
South uf West.
Heavy DEFALcATIoN-Josc Salhno has alb.
scondcd from Havana with million and a
half of dollars of private funds entrusted to
him In his capacity Of lIavaua agent of the
Creditor Espanoi of Madrid
FIRST AND LAsr-Mrs Margaret Allen died
in Coopcrstown last week, aiter a few dnvs
sickness ut the age of ninety,fve. She had
never bad physician until this, her first and
last sickness.
THE Fastest SAVING YEr-Lewis II ITnmil
ton of Madison county, Ill.,, SAYS that he saw
ed 81 27O feet nf omc.inch stuff. from 100 logs
of white oak. hickory and elm in II hours, with
a single 5S-mch circular saw.
ENDnRsING-Danicl Webster once said thot
the sin of America was tIc sin of suretyship"
There is written in mburnlul lcttcss in the HIS
tory of every man the record of SUFFERING hy
endorsement 1t would make the most cxtrnnj-
binary chapter i'll human experience if the in.
cIdents OF this feature in business were wri,lci
WrTnouT PARALLEL--A correspondent of
the Charleston Courier, writing from Conway
boro.D g. says: - know Rn old gcntleman
aged T3 years, having five sons. and all have
families Notone of them have eyerow ed 1,ne
liar, ever t3oka drink Of spiritnpuy liquors,
ever used n cup.of coffee. ever used prefamc Ian.
gnage. ever was 100 miles from home ever wan
ted for anything ever lost his vote in an elec.
ton; are NIL MethodistS and Brcckinridgc Dem
ocrats, and hate snakes and tobacco,
COUNTERFEIT MoNEY--We were shown YES
tcrduY 10y Mr. SasSecn of the Washington Hall
in this city. says the Atlanta Litelijysncer of
Wednesday. counterfeit fifty dollar bill on the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company 1t is
very striking imitation of the genuine bill
The signatures are so much uIiiKe,as. to render it
dihcult to diScerpfhc difference The -paper of
the sPnriopS, however, is coarser than that OF
the genuine.
=. &LEEIN1 FROM FAMINE--We see by our Yves
tern cxcl nges from Missouri and tho West
that n large number of Kansas people are all
ready fleeing from famine and winter Lung
trains OF wagons, bearing the involuntary cx.
lies with their goods now daily be seen
passing through Leavcuworth on their way to
AN INrLIcrioH Tho INatioIuH Damocyaf,
published Mt Cassnpols, Michigan. SAYS that
there are 1900 negroes in that county, '(Cass
an increase of fifty per cent since 1924. The
democrat says the Republicans are getting sick
and tired of their coored brethren. Every ne
gro in the county is u living sermon against
Republicauism
TExAs.--The geographical examination of
Texas, which is now going on, has revealed the
existance of great abundance in that State, of
the finest clay, suitable for the manufacture of
Qnoon's ware. ~ Mr.. Knox having purchased
the land on which fine bed Of this CLAW was
found, has commenced the manufacture of delft
few specimens which he made into bowls
and burned, has proved to he of very fins quail
ity.
WHAT is DoINc-lbe Asiatic telegraph has
now been carried down to Jezirah "a hu ndred
miles North of Mosui, AS the works along
this interval between the Kurdish and Mesopo-
tnmla capitals are being rapidly pushed on by
MIR. McCallum it is expected that. before the
end of this month, messages wllibe transmits
sable direct from the StamboiGl't6 'Nihevah--
Shades of Jonas lind Safdanapallsp says the
Levant Herald, ''what an advance tn;the slow
couriers of three thousand years ago"
WIFE MURDER IN CiNcINNATI, 0Hro-Last
Thursday evening" Thos. RagaD, fireman at
the Cincinnati (0hio) Gas Works, OH returning
home kicked md beat his wife SO cruelty. as
to cause her death on tho following Saturday.
Tho murderer escaped
REsIoN2TIoN OF Rev. b. JoBMsos---.The
friendsof the Cokesbury Masonic Female Coll
lege will regret 10 learn that it's President
Rev. H. Johson, has reeigned tho PTesidency Of