Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-30
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Tho shipping of Southern fruit to tho
Northern market. by way Of Petersburg, is
noticeable on the increase over former years.
Largely over ono million pounds of fruit have
within tho pust several weeks been carried
North through Petersburg by express.
A dispatch from Abbevillo states that a
colorod man named Ben Williams diod from
hydrophobia. lilo was bitten by rabid dog,
abont nino weeks ago, but he felt no symptoms
until Saturday last. and did not havo the Rrst
paroxism until Monday. Seven other persons
were bitten by the samo dog, and there is
much excitement in tho community. Will
liams was good citizen, and an active Demo
crat in the last campaign.
The yirginia Agricultural Society has inc
vited General Wude Hampton Of South Ca
rollna." to deliver the annual address at the
next State Fair. 1t ia also rumorcd that Gov
| Hampton will he invited to deliver an address
on agriculture ut tho North Carolina State
Fair. The Governor will not be able to ac-
cept tho numerous invitations orowding upon
him from different sections of tho country
NEW YoRK. August 23.--The detectives
havo arrested John II. Hustled and William
Carrier, on q charge of forgery, preferred by
William j. Tucker, of ST. Louis. Hustled
was arrested while ncgotinting the sale of
ten ono thousand dollar forged bonds of St.
Louis County. His accomplicc was arrested
while negotiating the sale of sonlo more coun-
terfeits. Hustled acknowledged having within
tho past few weeks sold n number of forged
bonds Of tho City of Quincy, Illinois.
Another Of the gang, John Cannon, has also
been arrested. but thore is no evidence against
him. Other arrests arc expected.
The two veSed questions which have agi.
totcd tho Georgia Constitutional Convention
most seriously after the bond question, have
been scttlcd-the homestead aud tho capital
location. Regarding tho first, the homestead
provision, tho Convention refused to recon.
slider its action of the day previous. SO it
stands that every man in the State is entitled
| to homestead of the value of sixteen hun
drcd dollars, with the right to waive it entirely
in all cases in which he may dcom it advisa-
bic so to do. AS to the capital question that
| is left to the people to decide upon, and it
will be be submitted to them at tho polls.
WHITING, ALA August o. To-day, ns the
| train was leaving Pensa co the sheriff with q
| posse boarded the cars to assist two Texan
| officers to arrest the notorious John Wesley
Harden, who is said to have committed twenty
| sovcn murders, and for whose body $4,000 re-
ward has been fired by act ofthe Legislature
| of Texas. His last murder IN Texas was tho
| killing of the sheriff of Camanche County.
| lie has lived in Florida for years as John
Swain, and being related to the county offs
| GERS, has escaped arrest. About twenty shots
were fired in making the arrost. Hardon's
companion, named Manu. who had pistol in
! his hand, was Billed
New York. August 22-Thc Tribune
| thinks if there is any solution possible of the
| great economical problem of the relations of
capital and labor, it ought to DO discovered
during the present campaign in Ohio, and
! throws out this suggestion: 1T does not secm
to have occurred to the leaders that it might
be safe to go to the people with tho plain and
honest statement that VIC owe money and
| must make sacrifices to pay it and thai is
what We mean to do, tits quite possible that
the people would recognize and admire the
| honesty Of such course and throwing aside
| all crooked devices Of Reputation adopt it,
| this!"
LONDON, August PA Times dispatch
| from Thcrapca reports that the Porto has
| officially informed the British embassy that
| Mclemct All has gained great victory
between OSman Bazaar and Eskm Diumn
capturing several guns and innicting great
loss. The Russians were tho attacking party.
Several special dispatches remark tho hos
| tile tone of tho German scmi-otlica press
| towards Turkey. Tho Turkish embassy ut
| Berlin having through q Berlin telegrauhic
agency cohtradic,cd tho report that the perpe-
traitors of Saloncn massacre have been re-
| leased, tho ministerial Nord Daiche expressly
bcgs to observe that the Statements nut for
ward by tho Turkish foreign department arc
notoriousy untrustworthy.
LONDON, August 25.-Accounts of tho
battle before Eski Djnma are very fragm en- tory
| and CouIlictinr rhr nnmhors onn,rol H.,
not appear to have been very great, althou gh
tho battle was stnbbornly contested. The
Standards Vienna special says the Russians
numbered 900 and tho Turks l4,OO0. Al,
luding to Russian official accounts, the cores
pondent says tho Turks took the offensive in
great force on August %, and drove back
two Russian battalions from Jaslar. The
Russians subsequently retook Jaslar. Skir~
mishing continued throughout tho night,
The next dny tho Turks mado three attacks
in the noghborhood of Jaslar but were thrice
brilliantly rcpulsed. A renewal of the attack
il expected.
The STANDARDS dispatch dated Eski Diuma,
, thursday night reports that steady fighting
has been going on for tho last thirty six hours
between the Turkish advanced posts and the
, ltnsslans, who are attacking in orcc along
the line from Jaslnr to PopKoi. The Turks
wcro first driven in, but were reinforced and
rctook their original positions, which they
hold at this moment.
i. DEADwooD, d. Y, August 25.-Tho party
, OF twenty persons who left hero about two
, weeks ago for Little Missouri RiSor returned
= to-day. They report that lbs. Tuesday after
. noon tho party discovered Indians close tc
them. They selected high ground and dug
: rifle pits, and had been digging about twenty
+ minutes when nearly 500 Indians appeared
on n bluff opposite about 400 Yards or ond