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


- During the week ending with the dawn
Of Saturday, Charleston has been visited by All
unusual nu;uber of deaths by accident and
hibits tho following results: Sudden deaths,
five; drowned, three; suicide, one; supposed
murder, one.
- A fatal coincidont is reported from be.
fore Toul. Among the persons killed there
during the bombafdment was young girl
who was literally torn into two pieces by
shell. She had been born sixteen years ago
in front Of Scbastnpol, and tho fright occa
stoned by the bursting of shell had brought
about her premature birth and the death Of
her mother. Ou the 2lth Of September last
she was killed herself by shell.
= Under the head of "Births the Paris
Kcntuchiun published this extraordinary
story: ga woman aged seventy years, form
cry slave Of SiIas Parvin, deceased, now a
servant of Nicholas Talbot, gave birth q
short time since to child that is doing we'll
The physicians who testify to this case tell us
that medical writer's give bat one or two other
instances of children having mothers so aged,
at the time of their birth. There is no doubt
Of her age"
4 singular and fatal occurrence is re-
ported in Benton County, Iowa A farmer,
named Washington Campbell, invited his ncg-
bors to help him TO raise barn, and killed a
sheep for their entertainment. While the
men were at work in tho barn, two boys dis
covered the Sleeps head on the ground and
one of them, initiating the killing Of the
sheep, actually cut off the Others head with
an axe. Mrs. Campbell seeing the occur
renee, screamed, whcrcupon several men
dropped heavy timber which they were
lifting and it fell upon four Of the men, crush.
ing tlem to death.
LONDON, Nov. G-Thc deliberations on
such progress that the R.chstaJt will proba
bly, be summoned to Versailles, as it is ncccs
sary for the King to be present at the discus
"'"'. y" VIZ Nv" ~ "uu ITO
position, us con'hander'ln chlet OF thc'Ger
man army in France, prevents his going to
| Prussia for that purpose ..,w
Count Won Beust has mooted the question
| OF European Congress to secure the lndc
prudence OF the Pope. Efforts have been
made to induce klng W lillian to DO some
thing for the Pope, but Germany considers
this matter as exclusively concerning Italy,
whose i'depehaencc sne Will always respect
| BERLIN, November 3.-ihe following roy
al order OF the day was puolshed TINS morn
ing:
SOLDIERS OF TIE CONFEDERATE ARMIES :
| When three months since, we took the field,
said God would be with our just cause. -
That this confidence has been fully realized,
witness Wocrth. Snnrbruck, Metz, Sedan,
Beaumont and Strasburg each victory for
| our arms. 10 you belong the merit aud glO
SI S",." I"r,~'"', "'pa.'lia'nGd~aIh d9" v'tt"fTS
'.'n ''o ''s' "rn'y OF Tue enemy Is destroyed.
,.o,, "Mu '''S opPo''uh''y 10 thank you all, from
H. In c.,, " 1p'o'er' ana "ha'eVer here is in
onuso a1"l'' 'ooM 'otwaFu 70 1t ca''nly, be
usa a. e.;i N"o" VII" s"ch soldiers victory can
Nv, '"''. WILD AM.
PARIS, November 7.-Thc Government is
! classes. The Jpu,nnl OM.icl announces The
| formation Of three armies. In Paris. 1T latest
| adviccs, perfect order existed there The