Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-10-27

1t is hoped the assets will save the city fro3#5
the loss Of $l5DOoO. Tho State fluids a.
also in jcop.rly by the f.inro In both GA
scs the city and Site o'lieials hul loan ~
money to speculative litm witLtay.sam6 8 -
thority. " S77S
SALT lake City, October 2l En-. "
eamy trials arc progressing. III, lIoo, pol aa
plead that they had no intention Co., ~oa
ting crime in II plurality of marriage ussaj ajt,
the intention being essential to conviction,
they could not be guilty Of adultery, because
they were married according to the usagcs of
the Mormon Church A number Of additionA &
al arrests for lasciviousness wcro made. ~
SALT LAKE, October 22.-Thc verdict #
the Hawkins case, charged with adultcryz
guilty. The penalty is from three to twenty
years imprisonment This is considered
test case. 1t virtually places the polyga $
miSts at the mercy Of the first wife, who, um-
der tho Act, is the only person who can pro-
coed against him.
CAIRO, October 23,-Whilc the passcngerS
were at supper at Union City on tho Mobirv
and Ohio Railroad. three men jumped on tho
engine and backed tbc train two miles Con. \
trlcratcs robbed tho express train of four
thousand dollars and escaped.
CHARLESTON, October 23.-There have
been three fever deaths in the last twenty
four hours.
Cn>RLEsroN. There were twelve deaths S
from yellow fever rrofsetl by the board c6l&
Health in Charleston last week
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MARTIAL. Law IN YoRK.-Thc arrival iiS
iorkvillo of Hon. A. II. Akcrman, attorncyE|
general Of the Unicd States, and Hon d. |SEy
Corbln, attorney general Of tho State,
Tuesday afternoon, vas 1N1y annonncsd y 81
the E"Y"ircr Of last week. These officials
upon arriving here, proceeded immediately tf
the headquarters of Colonel Merrill com,an
fant of this post, where they were in confcr.
c"ce for several days. y
Since the PRONUNCIATION Of the Presidents }
proclamation feeling Of insecurity pcryadcszz
among many, and as result Of the apprehcn. v
slons cngcndcrcd, We learn that Number Of
persons have left the town and county. Wo
hear of no arrests Of citizens having as yet been
made. 1t is stated that a private soldier of 1
one OF tho infantry companies stationed here
has been placed under arrest, and is now in
Jail charged with advising or counsclIing a
citizen Of the town to leave
CHuRcUEs DESTROYED IN CulcAGo.-A
list Of the churches destroyed in the Chicago
fire shows the following classification Baptist
I, Congregational 3, Protestant Episcopal 6,
Evangelical and Lutheran 9, Jewish 2,
Methodist 10, Presbyterian s, Roman Catho-
lie, GncludinG convcnts,) II, Swcdcnborgian
2. Unitarian !, Universalist total 60. -1.s,a6
There were also several mission establishments :
not included in the above enumeration.
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DAMAG Es.-In the case of N G. Palmer,
OF New York. a travelling agent for firm in
that city, against the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad, for cjcctment from the
cars on coupon ticket last winter, heretofore
mentioned, the Court Of Common Ploas Sat
urday awarded the plaintif three thousand /.
dollars, as damagcs- ColnmJiu OMion.
Mr. Robert Bonner, of tho Now
York LeIIycr, has contributed ten thousand
dollars to aid tho news papor men of Chicago
TO- O. mako new start in lifo, tho .laskonc Of
them having been burned out.
a physician states that no has tho
means of knowing that 500 children wcro born
on tho prairie and on tho streets of Chicago.
during Monday and Tuesday nights of tho
fire.
- The Pittsburg Iast comes out for Thon,ask
ms A. Scott for Presidents, aa o man to carryse
Pennsylvania against Grant by an ovorwholm-
ing majority.
An eclipse of tho sun will occur on tho
eleventh of next December, which will bo
visible as total one ip India, Ccylon and
Australia
William II. Seward, who has just com.
plctcd trip around this mundane sphcro j
says "Amorloans arc tho fashion now all over
the world" .n a
Mr.. A. T. Stewart, tho New Yorl
prince, las contributed City thouI I%Es
sand dollars to tho fund for the rolief c.
Chicago. 81
There woro cighty-nino ncwapapos o.
Establishments destroyed in the Chicago, ,hurgf$,
district embracing dailics, wcoklos;
The snow storm Of tito 12th,ihstani
territory wasvcry. sovorp, tho sn
being four feet deep in somo phces,. M