Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-18
Penningss and Clippings.


Pennings and Clippings .r.'
- The first leo of tho season made its mp.
pcranco on tho 9th Instant.
- The Edinburgh female students dissect
malo subjects without culver. ="
- The Laurcns railroad is advertised for
sale on the 7th day ofDecombcr next.
- Col. Edwin II. Locke prominent
business man Of Charleston, died on Sunday
- There is no instance on record of we'll
sustained system of advertising failiug Of sue
cess
- Capt. VIM. H. Peronneau, formerly
of Walhnlla, is Treasurer of the South Caro-.
lima Central Railroad
- Count Bismarck has donncd tho Prus.
sian infantry uniform, instead Of his famous
white cuirasser coat.
According to the count in Columbia,
COL Wa'lace's majority in the Fourth Cou-
grcssonul District is 3,467
= Six pick pockets one Of thom female
have been arrested by the detectives dur
ing the past week in Columbia.
- Miss sjFranoes Ruthorfos2&is the city
physician. Of Grand Rapids, apd was sworn
iuto Office by female notary public.
- Gov. SCOTS majority in tho State is
34,37l. Carpenter received 5o,l04 votes
Batter received only 33S votes moro than
Carpenter. ng
= A disastrous fire occurred at the resi-.
dcnce of Mr.. Reese a. McCown, at Doves
Depot, Sumter county, on Wednesday night,
the I'd instant, consuming his barn, contain
ing 500 bushels Germ, bales cotton; also
his stables.
= Mr., Spencer Campbell, romantic youth
of Ohio, became 80 completely absorbed in a
novel he was rcnding, that, on reaching the
episode where the lovelorh hero commits sui
eide by hanging, he suspended himself from
sympathetic rattcr
- Bridgeport, Connecticut. seems to be
built on un immense Indian buryng ground.
Skulls and bones are frequently found, and
10 digging recently somo fifty graves wcre
discovered viii the boucs Of the bodies placed
in sitting posture.
- Paymastcr Jsmcs S. Girafd, Of the
United States navy was arrested in New York
city on Wednesday, and is now confined III
the Washington Navy Yard, for ,uIbczzing
$50, 900 of government funds.
~ A passenger and freight train over the
Grccnvlic and Columbia Rairosd coliidcd
Sunday, near SaIuda Old Town. The loco-
motives were damaged considerably, but no
- james Il. Whipplc, a young man, mem
Der of the Society of Friends and Of the Uni
vcrsa Peace Association, was arrested in
Mystic, Connecticut, recently and lodged in
the Norwich Jail for refusing to pny his mill.
tary tax, it being Il matter of conscience with
him not to support war or forms OF war.
- Senator Conklng, Of New York, prom
inent R1dical, in IL speech, said "Thc
people cannot be reminded too often that the
platform of the Republican party has taken
the place of that dccaycd and wormcntcn be-
quest of the Fathers Of the Republic the
Constitution of the United States"
Comment is unnecessary.
Terrible Riot at Baton Rouge.
NEW ORLEANS, November 10--It is sta
ted that three hundred persons are supposed
to be counting the votes in this city rccciv
ing each sSa day. The Times says that
"thc reason why the votes are not counted
promptly, is that the counters receive IS a
day, and have an interest in the issue. The
official returns will be in, we presume, about
Christmas. KS the ballot boxes arc princi-
pnliy in CHARGE of Rcpublicnns M fcors arr,