Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-31

Recently, near Jeffersou, young married
couple wero 10 bed with their infant child.
During tho night the young mother felt
something strange on hor foot, but thought
nothing Of it. In tho morning both parents
were horror struck at finding their child ip
tho coils of q rattlesnake, with cold, slimy
folds, forked tongue and glittering eyes.
Without thinking of alarming the reptile the
mother seized the child and snake in
twinkling aud separated thom. The little
innocent .odied some days after, supposed
from bite on tho hand.
Secretary Sherman has, it is true, $685..
600, 900 in gold on hand, but there arc out
standing about s30,000,00 in coin certf-
Gates, and the called bouds FILLING duo
before January lst amount to 10000 900.
Those amounts will not lcavo more than
$l70, 1000 900 at tho disposal of the secretary
for resumption purposes. OF this Is, 5,000,.
600 will consist Of standard silver dollars,
and it is said to be the intention of the
secretury tUA6egin tho redemption Of legal
tenders with this kind of coin. Mr..
Sherman is getting to bo on excellent prao.
tical joker.
VIM. E. Earlo, q prominent Republican,
who hos novor wavered from his party fealty,
hos written o leltor to Senator Conkling cor,
recting tho false statements against South
Carolina which have been circulating ut the
North for campaign purposes and showing
that poace, law and Justice reign supreme in
tho State
"When q mans chin whiskers turn gray
before tho hair on his head does. in shows
which part of him hos done tho most work."
observes philosophical exchange
Out of thirty eight men employed on the
Memphis Appcal, only two escaped the fever
and out of forty four employed on the Aua-
tdnche. only two ore left; twelve have died.
twenty four are sick or convalescing, and
eight have loft. Each paper was at one
timo reduced to ono editor and single CONF
positor.
A darkey who was STOPPING to wash his
hands in creek, didn't notice the peculiar
action of a goat just behind him, so when
he scrambled out Of the water and was asked
how it happened, ho answered: II dunno
'zackly; but it 'pearod as Of do shore kinder
histod and frowcd me-"
Some of the blessings Of fat money arc
enjoyed by the people of Buenos Ayrus.
There is elk column papor, called the Bue-
nos Ayres Herald, of which the subscription
price is put at the low rate of thirty dollars
month, paper currency; that is. about dollar
number. The subscription to paper of
avo cents a month. The advertisements, too,
will be found edifying reading by soft money
mon. Tho clothing house of Grand St.
Martin advertises suits of clothing for $700.
Another house offors to sell children's suits
at prices ranging from $3.50 upwards and
still another firm advertiaes a new line of
choice cravnts at 500 each. 1t seems from
tho market reports of this journal, that q gold
dollar at that time was worth $3l 05 10 papor.
Boston Herald
Should tho election of the President be
thrown into the House, each State will
cast one vote, majority Of the delegation
dcciding how this voto shall be cast
Should the States having yet to elect show
no change in the political status of their
delegations; the next House will stand as
follows: emooratic-Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missis-
sippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Oregon, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, West Virginia--20. Re.
publican colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mime.
sofa, Nebraska, Nevada, Now Hampshire,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Vermont, Wisconsin-l6. Diyide-Cali-
fornia, Floridia-2 OF these two divided
States, Florida will in all probability go
for the Democrats, which would give them
twenty one votes in the House out of thirty
eight. California is doubtful.
VERDICT OF A HoNa JURY.-One of
our legal friends toll US that he once hoard
Judge Battle relate the following amusing
incident as occurring in one of our Western
counties while he was on the benoh:
The plaintiff had suod the defendant in
an action of trover for tho conversion of
crib full of corn, and had made out his titlo
and the conversion pretty clearly by the
testimony, the difficulty was as to the
amount of corn which the olib held. The
case was argued with zeal on both sides,
and the jury retired to find their verdict,
but they seemed to bo hopolcssly disagreed.
The Judge, however, sent them out again
about dark, and as they did not return by
bedtime he retired for tho night, which was
cold and bitter one About midnight
the Sheriff aroused the Judge and announced
that the jury had agreed and wished him to
como to tho court house and receive the
verdict, 80 they could DO discharged. The
Judge after some hesitation, dressed,
wrapped up in bis cloak and won't down.
The Judge asoendsd tho bench, and the
jury bieng called he said
"Geutlemen, have you agreed in your
verdict OF last7"
"Yes, sir" said tho foreman, his teeth
cbattoring with cold.
"What have you agreed on2" said tho