Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-05-20
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nov manufacturing enterprise will be ipaugtl.
rated in Augusta, Mr.. George Christie.
President Of the Passac Tails Manufacturing
Company, of Paterson, New Jersey, has re-
Gently been in our midst, inspecting the wa
tcE power in aud contiguous to tho city, with
a Wow to the removal of tho machinery Of his
mills to q point possessed of tho requisite
water privileges for manufacturing purposes,
in q latitude in,tho midst of tho section pro.
ductingi tho raw material, and at tho samo
time enjoying sufficient railroad connections
to open up markets alike for tho purchase of
the raw material and tho sale of tho manufao.
turcd article After a thorough examination
OF the wealth of water power afforded by tho
Augusta Canal, and a consideration of the fa-
vorable location of tho city in other respects,
this gentleman was most tayorably impressed
with tho advantages secured to manufacturing
enterprises in Augusta. Indeed, so conyin-
ccd was he Of the fitness of the locality, that
the City Council were pctitioncd, at their re-
gular meeting on Friday night, to ALLOW him
the refusal for ono month Of q building site
on jackson street, opposite tho old Augusta
Machine Shop, which petition was promptly
granted. The location desired is particularly
favorable for the purposes contemplated, and
has been under treaty for some time past with
ono of our own citizens for tho prico of ST.
200. Ii is tho purpose of this company, we
understand, should they ultimately determine
to purchase tho property in question, to cs.
tablish cotton yarnstnanufacturng establish
ment, with 6,OO0 spindlcs rs beginning.
The manufacture Of cotton cloth is aiso con-
temrlatcd when tho manufactory is thorough.
ly established, Augusta ConstHutionalist.
a NEW WRINKLE ABOUT THE AGE OF
HoRsEs,-A short time ago VIC met gentle.
man from Illinois, who gave us pieco of in
| formation in regard to asccrtaining the age of
| a horse, after he or she had passed tho ninth
year, which was new to us, and will be, we
are sure, to most of our readers 1t is this
after the horse is nine years old, wrinkle
comes OH the cyclid at the upper corner of
the lower lid, and every year thereafter he
has one we'll defined wrinkle for each year
over nine. If fer Instance, a horse has three
wrinkles, he is twelve, if four he is thirteen.
Add the number of wrinkles to nine and you
will get it, So says the gentleman; and he
is confident it will never fail. As a good
many people have horses over nine, it is
easily tried If true, the horse dentist must
give up his trade. .-Ficld and fiycsis1c.
TuE FUTuRE PRiCE OF CoTToN The
time bets on cotton for next October arc about
nineteen cents, showing strong conviction
on the part of the spectators that cotton will
rule for the next crop below twenty cents
The day for close economy, therefore, has
come Tho planter who goes it on the big fig
u.o in tho way of corn and meat buying ncx
year, will make short trip Of it.
GY" Ex-senator Buckalcw has finally sue
ceeded in getting his system of Cumulative
voting tried. At the last session of thu
Pennsylvania Legislature, an act was passc(
to organize tho town of Bloomsbury, whcr
the Senator resides, and in the act proyi
sion was inserted, at the suggestion of Sem
tor Buckalcw, in reference to the election of tn
president and members Of tho town council
The council was ordered to consist Of 81.
members, and each voter, was given six votes
which he could cast for one, two, three, four o
six candidates. That is to say, each vote
could cast six votes for one candidate thrc
votes for each Of two candidates, two votes 70
each ofthrcc candidates, one vote and half 70
each offour candidates, or one vote for each ofs
candidates. The town is Democratic by
small majority, and tho result was the election
of five Democrats aud two Republicans. Th
result seems to have been entirely satisfactor
to all parties. The local Democratic papc
says that all doubts Of the utility, fairness am
practcability Of the Cumulative system O
voting, have entirely disappeared.
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EU~ A foreign army of over 5000 person
|, landed in the city Of New York on Tucsda
last, and at this moment ten steamers arc pre-
pairing to leave Liverpool with another arm
of $500 cmigrants- or nearly all, boun
for the same sheltering wharf of Castle Gar
} den, and no doubt destined to be shortly re
inforced by whatever vessels are now at sc
on their way Westward. The majority Q
} these, says the New York Times, are proba
bly, from England and ireland, since Germa
ny has her own line of steamers The Corl
Examiner states that four steamships had jus
left that harbor, in one week, with about
thousand cmigrants; that the Coercion act vii
only hayo the effect of increasing those do
partures of tho people. If "solitude" ma
bo called "peace," as'in the times of Tacitus
! Ireland will probably be quiet enough vor
shortly. The continued emigration from
that country, after the preceding exodus 0
millions, is an extraordinary spectacle in til
social history of the present age.
| Es.,N fI -
RE- Pareon B was truly piou
man. At the long gracos which usually follow
cd the meals, ho aud the whole family revel
emily knclt, except tho parsons brother, who
being o. or much fat, usually stood, with hi
J back to the table and overlooking tho garden