Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-10
From Ncsvberry.

we copy the following from the Newbcrry
Urrahd Of the lst
BnuTAL MuRDER-~A shocking isurdet
was committed on Friday night last, in Edge
field district, about four miles from Dohk.
nights ferry, we learn by Information given
US ny Alr. Pcttus Boyd. The victim was sho
Rev Il. NJ. Harrison, and the deed was COM
mitted Just alter private rraycrs,nnd us he was.
IN the act OF retiring to bed. No clcw has
been found of the murderer, ind the only
knowledge is that Mr.. II was shot through
the window, half Of tie blind Of which nas'
open, and with double barrclcd shot gun;
In the face and side, with mixed loads OF
buck aud smaller shot, and that either shot
would have been fatal Death was instanta.
nc'us. THIS is most horrible and foul mut-
der, rendered doubly 50 that the victim was
mlnis;er and an ino!fensive and quiet eentlo.
mar, and most melancholy is it that his wifo
Is again widow through violence, her for
mcr husband having been shot in difficulty
some years ago.
Mr. Harrison was formerly connected with
the > g. Conference, aud subsequently, Id,
cal preacher within the bounds of the littia
Salula Circuit.
AN lNcENDIARY FIRE Our townsman,
Mr. Burt Mabyn, ou Monday night last was
made to suffer the loss Of about 50 900 Wortt
of property through the Gcndish burning Of
his stablas, eight head of valuable horses and
mules, corn cribs, containing eight hundred
bushels Of corn, aud all his fodder Mr..
Mabyn's plantation is on the Union side of
the line which divides Union from Newberry.
but he resides here in town, and he was not
there at the time Of this terrible disaster.
lhe Information brought to town is that both
stable and cribs were fired from each end.
winch showed full purpose that no failure
should occur. 1t is to be hoped that tho
hends who perpctratel this outrage will be
c'uyht aud brought to punishment.
TALE OF SORROW. Recently return.
Cd Californian arrived in Louisville, and call
el at the residence Of one of his old acduain-
tanccs. lie was mere shattered wreck ofa
mar. His soiled garments and neglected ap.
pcorancc, Says the Atlanta Era, told an un.
mIstakeable story. Al out five years ago
this man left Louisville for California. and
such was his success in the land of gold,
that he was enabled to return with a gold
watch and over thousand dollars in Hoiu.
1t was his intention to buy temperance pa.
per in Louisville and devote himself to its
management. But when he reached the
Ohio river, an old habit asserted its mastc
ry, and when lis drunken debauch was over,
he found himself in louisville, without h;a
watch and without cent.
Not many years ago this poor un:ortunate
was the eloquent and idnl2ed paetos 0: an
Episcopal church in Louisville Few diyincs
had brighter prospects, and it was thought
that he would make one of the most brillan.
pulpit orators in the country. But he yiela
cd to temptation, became a drunkam and
lost church, position, friends and everything.
The Good Tempars tried to reform him.
lie battlcd with his tcmptcr, and, for
time, was successful lie became tompct.
ance lecturer and created sensation. Again
he fell. and again he was restored. He tried
to practice law, but gradually sunk lower, un.
til his departure for tho Pacific coast. Hcis
doubtless lost forever
--S Ill-,-
FALSE EDUCATION. A remarkably strono
case in proof Of the latest nadcquacy Of any
system of education which is confined to tho
intellect, is furnished by Edward Rullor.
who has Just been tried and condemned to
death for willful murder, by jury sitting
in New York. lie was an enthusiastic stu:
dent, learned, laborous and successful. vet Il
thief, forscr and a murderer His intel.
lcct was highly trained, but his heart had
grown wild from neglect. II is case is prom:
ncnt but not solitary, it is surrounded by
many of less magnitude al painting the
same lcsson--"Thc fear Of God Is the BERN.
ming of Wisdom"
Ey- Ono Of the best paying spcculotions
n the country is Henry Ward Beeohcr's
church. The annual sale Of pews for the
'eai fS71 has just taken place, realizing tho
enormous amount Of $4,000, an advance
# $4,000 over last years sales No wonder
ho stockholders c"n afford to pay tfeeir pas.
or such an enormous salary whom thoy draw
uch dividends upon their religion. SPi3is3
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