Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-11

Weather melting hot.
Read the Sheriff sales in another column.
Blank Liens just printed and for sale
Mt this office, for tho cash.
We Ind refreshing showers of rain on
Sunday aud Monday.
second hand cooking stove, in cook repair,
for salo. Pricc $40. Apply at Burns s Hayes
store, Main street.
Ono death by sunstroke in Charleston OH
the 9th instant.
Hon. A. Burt, of Abbeville, passed through
town last week on his way to the mountains.
Preaching in tho Baptist Church on Satur.
day and Sunday by tho pastor.
Preaching in tho Methodist Church on
Sunday and Sunday night
DO sure and attend tho Stub meetings on
Saturday and send good delegations to tho
County Convention on the Goth.
QUERY: "Why will men smoke common
tobacco, when they can buy Mnrburg Brothers
Sealof North Caolina,' at the same pricc?"
Judge L. +. BIccklcy. of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, Was in town last week on
his way to his old home in Rabun.
w. w. Burley, Esq. of Seneca City, has
placed upon our table tho finest specimen Of
German millct that wc havo seen this season.
The head measures twelve inches in length.
Wo learn that Professor Moore, of Adgcr
College. delivered al address before the "Rcad.
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last. We have heard tho address Of Profcsser
Moore very highly spoken Of.
Tho tomato is ono Of the most powerful
apcricnts, and in all affections Of tho liver,
where caloncl is generally used, il is tho most
effective and least harmful remedial agent known
TO tho profession,
Died, in Grccnvlle, Texas, on &c 2lst Juno,
1878, Margaret Vinetta infant daughter Of
Frank p. ana Georgia a. Alexander, at the ngc
of three months and twenty days.
Lees powder was expended in the celebration
of The 4th of July than ever known before,
though many band of music, supplemented by
the exercise Of q numerous procession, "wastcd
its sweetness on tho desert air."
The officers Of the South Carolina and Green.
villo and Columbia Railroads have been served
with what is called q restraining order, and also
notice Of motion TO appoint receiver for said
roads, and other relief, to be heard before
Judge Bond, in Baltimore, OIL the 4th of Septcm-
Der next.
Sylvester Blockloy, Esq, wife and child.
and his three young daughters, Mary G.. Ella
@. and Annie NJ, Blcckley, of Anderson,
passed. through our town on Wednesday, on
their way to Clayton, Gu, to spend few
weeks with relatives.
A lcttcr recently received by NJ u. S. p.
Dendy announces tho arrival in New York of
Rev. John G. Law. Mr. law made tho pas
sage from ireland to New York ia eight days
1t is thought that ho will bo in Walhnlla in
about ton days. Our people will gladly vel
come this man Of Gvd amcng us again.
Professors Riley and Strong will leave In
(. few days canvassing tour to get up the
endowment for Adgcr College. Their course
will be through the lower part Of Oconce, An
dorson, Abbcvillc and Laurens. Already Mr..
Riley has secured $625 at Bachelors Retreat
and Fair Play. He has also been promised
larger amounts at these places.
Mr.. S. +. Maxwell has handed us an Irish
potato composed Of three large potatoes cons
neoted together, from tho sides ofwlich eleven
small potatoes project making fourteen we'll
shaped potatoes connected after tho Siameso
twin fashion. Tho cluster is eight inches
long.
Notice of tho concert of tho musical class
Of Prof. Evans will be seen in another
column. This entertainment is given TO assist
the class II making up the salary for Prof.
Evans during the time which he has been
the professor and his class guarantees to all
who may attend q valuable compensation
for their timo and money thus spent.
We spent few days last week on Kcoweo
Rivor. Tho crops in the ncighborhood of
Old Pickcns and on Kcowec River and Cane
cotton crops. Corn looks well, but we have
soon better crops on corn of tho river, but tho
cotton Is larger, cleaner and better fruted
than wo ever saw it this season of the year.
Thore is also larger area than usual planted.
The wheat crop generally has been a failure,
but tho ont crop is good. Fruit Of oil kinds
abounds, and tho year looks to season of
plenty.
Mr.. j. N. Rutherford has handed us n
cluster of tomatoes five in number, attached
to stem four inches in length, which weigh
ono and three fourths pounds. Tho central
tomato is very large, weighing about ono
pound, and the four around it making
cluster rarely seen. lie also handed us an