Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-07-14
a Terrible ITurder.


nc.r J. ,u.aville, Kentucky, which in all itg
circumstances is one of the most revuitiug
thai, the press has ever recorded. The Wirx
family. consisting of father, mother aud one
dausl cr, it3cd in log house abous five
miles fo,n the city The i,ug!tcr lizzie,
was engaged to be inarricd to u young man
named Jacob Rein, an in lls,riuus aud hiyh.
ly respected artisan, and Last Sunaly was to-
hare been their webbing day For about
two months another young man named Val
cntnc ii,hbi;t has becn trying to nuke loyo
to lia1ie, bat had been rrpuIscd'; still he
was received at the Wirz f,niIy as i friend
AS he pretended to be- Toe rival lovers
would frequently meet at the house,. and
seemed 1, b. on good terms with each other,
set it Was known that Rabbit had shot at
Rein once just as he was on the threshold
of the c'b!n. Atabout two O'Clock on tho
afternoon uf Sunday Rein called upon his af-
iirnc:i bride, and asked her to have the we'd.
dN. postponed for n month to this she
agreed, aud the iwo It together all the after.
n"m coavcr ing about such ulatters Ms are
likely To be subjects much thou, ht of ut such
times n''l IN the evening they we're joined
by Rabbit. who seemed in Wonderfully high
spirits n - rejected l,vcr They talked and
hushed ill ab,ut nirs o'o.>ck. wh.n R.in
rose t. 90, but stAvci a wll;lu Ions,r at Rib.
BITS r'rn"st rcIu st. AZ ton ncnck ,b.
bl'l to'k leave of til" family for the futher
aui mother had nndc part Of the porty--au,l
Ic't ne house, g"'n:. out Of the yard by
pitl leading IL \ ,.th.rn direction Elf.
teen minutes Later K in lctt, taking West.
cry course. ana in Il few minutes s.w 10.
bit con,ug towards BIN with pistol in his
haaj. .As he npprJachcd nniu said IL know
yoa, Na'rntlnc; y"I ave IL. going to shnot me,
art yIi :. Rabbit made no answer. but
picei.hc p!s.o! At his victims brcrst and
hr1t. The wounded nan tutscrrts back to-
wards si"' house, an biz .,r,e,,s attracted tho
attention OF Mrs. WIZ aud her daughter,
VIII went out an! carried btu into thr house,
where he WIS lil Oh bed. A physician
wa| c'lcd, Dut R,lh va, uurtaily wounlcd
Justices Sclariin. unli Ga,r were summoned
and took the deposition OF the dying man,
the substance Of which is given above He
died at one o'clock. Rabbits has been arrest.
cd, but denies ali knowledge of tic alf.ir.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS Every section
"l the country prosprrs at the expense Of the
South. For years New England and some
OF lie Central States have derived their lar.
est revenues from working up Southern raw
material 4 nnn,hnr Of ,,,,r,.,,,,.., =;
t,n, S,..,,. hara ,,,,a,,, ":, ",''',r'sls ~
Lv dim, w,,t thn S'm,Ion, ~ "oo', ''''"aps
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s,v, ,hit the manmfactur. Of ratrsm .nnJs ,'Ja H.
to hc inangnratcd n that city by ioiut stock
company on large scale 1t adds
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,h,n E,s,or, ,r.n,r,,,1,.r, ~ o'' ''s'
here --y,,b,,,eny Iybia ,''''S o'" SCH '''0n'
An JNropr,xr ~ C,,r r,o o.oo
of james B Cam, Ill vs. Nm Er,sor .m,I
Co., now hcinr he irj o IL. r;r.u;t '1,u Ta,,t;n ~
his city cycilcs mncl cnmn,out 7, -
.m,..cra t,fr. lis IIonor Jm,,no =
q srccinl ury Of merchants anr.rl , n,n,' ~, W.
The parties to the silt, on ,he OOH ult '" oni
will Iikclv cnptinur MI tj;s weok r,o onn,,
:; ~ "fo'-