Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-23
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Two prisoners got into fight in Bcnuotts.
villo Jail on the 10Th instant in which ono
killed tho other by blow with knife, sew
ander CHM (white) and John NicQuocn (co-
!orcd), played cnrds in the morning. the stake
being the coming dinner. Mcqueen won the
dinner, and when tho deputy sheriff handed
IN tho dinner CHM took his, and when he
began to eat it McQuccn knocked the plate in
liinn's face. The parties took hold Of each
other and in tho scutilo McQucon was killed.
Both parties wero from Chesterfield, Ginu
under n charge of assault and battery and
| hlcllueen Tor rape, and both wero bad cha
ractcrs. a strange place for n murder, and
tho only one We crer heard Of in Jail in this
| State. "
Tho annual meeting Of the Stockholders of
the Spnranburg and Ashevile Railroad was
hold at llcndersonville. N. c., on tho Sth Of
August Out Of 1920 shares of capital
stock 10, 1873 wero represented The Prcs.
dent stated that $S5,0O0 were necessary to
complete the work to lIcndersonvillc. OF
this amount 500 900 were taken by the stock
| holders in first mort gage bonds on tho road ut
50 cents on the dollar, and it is thought tho
whole sum will be speedily raised by the
stockholders along the line. Tho road is
running to Mt. Tryon, 27 miles above Srar-
tanburrg;. The following gentlemen were
elected directors for the ensuing year. ID. r.
| Duncan. r. B. Vance. ". b. Jcter, G. Cannon.
Y. Ripley, ). II. Evins. G. w. Fletcher. j. s,
Fairly, G. w. Williams, j. s. Wiley, w. IL.
lnmam and j. p. Sawyer At meeting of
President; L. Coleman, Chief Engineer, and
w. IS. Blake, Secretary and Treasurer
WAsnINcToN, August ia proposition,
said to have como from prominent Southern
men, is being considered by tho administration.
viz: TO increase tho infantry regiments to
| twelve companies, or tho same as calvary and
artillery The increase is to create tho fol-
lowing new officers: Twenty five Lieutenant
Coonels. twenty five Majors, fifty Captains,
from civil life. The idea is to take these from
the south and by SO doing get Southern mems
| Dcrs in favor of the theory Of such basis r.r
the army, which has long Leon pct one with
| General Sherman.
| CHICAGO, August l0.-N. a. Gesncr aud H.
| Il. Weston, said to be part Of gang of for
gers, have been arrested hero. Thirty-six
thousand dollara was captured from lhcm
AZ tho same time II. Il. Henderson was ar
rested re-, IN Michigan who is ono of tho gang
| Ihey have been operating heavily in New
York and Michigan. Tho officers did not
have amy requisition frnm New York, as thew
aicgc that they wero afraid tho affair would
leak out through the attorney generals Office.
The mcn arc said 10 have vicimizcd New
York banks, the New York Life Insurance
Company, and several banks in Minnesota
and Michigan, t" II total amount Of $3.50 900.
by raising and forging checks. They now arc
en- route to New York.
New YORK, August l0.-A Wilkosbarrc
dispatch to the Uh.aM says thirteen arrests
were made Saturday Of rolcrs, and all were
| brought To Wiikcsb1rrt uud0r strong military
guard. The strike in hat rcgon is stronger
than ever and an old mncr asserts that it is
rnrrosoly kept going by paid agents Of prcsis
dent Frank Gowcn. Trains are stoned daily,
switches turned, boulders ro!lci on the tracks,
and other similar acts continue. At Ply
mouth, where soldiers doing picket duty have
bccn shot mt after dark; farmers are bel nr
robbed continually by rowing gangs Of men,
and tic farmers arc about banding together TO
protect their crops.
The negroes Of Cincinnati are not anxiops
to be pncEcA of to Liberia by their RnpuhIi
can friends" at meeting held Monday
in that city they resolved that, rs the negro
was not appreciated in either the North or the
South, 1t was the duty of the race to form o.
colony in some western or sruthwcstcrn State.
AS TO liboria. they declared that thoy viewed
the scheme with sentiments Of profound dis
satisfaction, us ruinous TO life and cnpilni !"
Kansas would be IL good State for these ncopc
to occupy, or pcrhaps Nebraska might suit
shom better, there being larger population
according to their professions, share their
houses and lands with the new comcrs
Courfcr-JouHul.
Yesterday afternoon, between 8 md 4
o'clock, three Pententiary convcts, (colorcd)
employed on the Suluda dam, ATTEMPTED to
escape, and struck enc of tho guard a white
man. na,ned John Ashford, on the head with
bar of iron. severely injurng and knocking
him into the river Felix Ashford, brother
n l,n "a Al
killed tho assalant. and thcn jumped into tho
river and rescued his nearly drowned brother,
Ihc two remaining convicts then ran off.
Tho wounInd man received prompt medical
attention. but his injuries arc thought to be
dangcrous.-.-iHaniH, l7M.
The long silence of Kecly. Tho new motor
man, is at last explained. lie has been en-.
gagged for over year in :hc construction Of
machino weighing 20 tons and costing $60,e
900, to generate tho how force ho claims to
havo discovered. The "Keely hIotor Com
pany" sccm to have confidence in tho mpor-
tnncc Of the discovery, and invite scientists,
machinists and learned societies to come and
mako every tost they can think of. Cold
water and air are the only clements used to
generate this mysterious force.
Mcssrs. Geo. w. Williams d Co. have lust
received bale Of new cotton from Macon,
Ga. This is the second bale of cotton of this
years crop raised in Georgia. The cotton
was grown by W. b. Hill, of Macon County
and was bought and shipped to Mcssrs. Camp.
bell Jones, factors of Macon, by W. ii :.
Willis, of OSlc,horpc, Ga. Mcssrs. Geo. W.
Williams & Go. have classified it rs 4 full
style Of low middlng. We foel assured that
they will obtain its full value for their Georgia
friends. The abovo bale has boon sold at l1c.
por pouna.-News oG Courier
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