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Connecticut western news., 1878-09-26

A delegation of laborers, headed by Cohen, the agitator, called at the de- partments at Washington, to demand an increase of wages for laborers Cohen was arrested for violence.
 The Connecticut Democrats re- nominated the present State officers Colonel Loomis having declined, Charles Durand, of Derby, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor the platform favors gold and silver as the basis of the currency, but is Hnfavorable to re- sumption and the National banks.
 The Democratic State Convention of Massachusetts was to meet at Wor- cester, Mass, on Tuesday. The Butler delegates took possession of the hall at an early hour in the morning and could not be turned out. The Mayor of Wor- cestor declined to interfere, fearing, as he said, bloodshed if he did so. The Democratic State Central Committee then announced that the convention would be held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Wednesday, the 25th of September. Ot the LAO delegates 523 withdrew. The Butler delegates met, however, and nominated their chief for Governor, John F. Arnold for Lieut. Gov, Charles M. Strauss for Secretary of State, Caleb Cushing for Attorney General, J. Boyle O'Reilly for Auditor, and D. N. Skillings for Treasurer. A plat form was adopted, calling for economy and reform, expressing astonishment at tthe election of President by fraud, and declaring that there ought to be g change in the Government of the State. No allusion is made to resumption ol finance.
 The cholera is making sad ravages in Morocco.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
lYES7ININSTIgR LOCILS.

at the hour of two on the lovely bright
afternoon of Saturday, the 29d. jolly crowd
left the pleasant though quiet little village of
Westminster; and very pleasant ride Of an
hour brought us to the beautiful shady grove
of llaulcomb's mill pond, where quite num-
Der of young people from every direction had
assembled for the purpose Of attending a
fishing party. Each eye tcamcd with the
hope of pleasant and agreeable evening,
which vac certainly realized; each had
pleasant smilo and lively change of thought
fo: the other. short time having elapsed
in pleasant conversation land love makipg)
and enting fruit, tho different amusements Of
the evening commenced, which consisted of
target shooting, fishing (bus we suppose there
were moro fish caught on dry lind than out
of weter,) promenading and bateau riding.
How charming the fnir ones looked as they
were so gracefully rowed across tho beautiful
water Afew hours thus being PLEASANTLY
spent tho timo approached for sweet-hearts
and friends to part, for tho gay md much
enjoyed party to close.
Freeman, very energetic farmer boasts of
the first cotton blooom in this vicinity.
j. M. Dixon, the thrcshing man, Gays the
wheat cropis littlo more than half what it
was last year. Sow in fallow or clovercd
lands if you want good yield of wheat every
year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
The Miragc of City Life.

Throughout this country thousands of
young men look with anxious hearts TO the
city as the Paradise of brick and mortar
where their imaginations have depicted to
thom glorious visions Of wealth accumulated
by honest toll. All they desire sa chance
to earn al honest living, aud their belief is
firm that everything is possible to deter
mined soul. Every year tho stream pours
into the city of young, fresh hearts to find,
alas! too soon, that all their bright visions
were mirages of the city. The avenues for
spending money are greater than those
for making it. Wants IRE increased with
out the ability to crafty them. Dcspond-
ency takes tho place of buoyoncy, and the
spirit is crushed beneath the weight of un-
satisfied ambition. A panic sweeps over
the lcnd, and oil tho departments Of manu-
factures aud commerce give way under the
pressure. Many are reduced to lower
wages or turned loose without resources or
employment It is we'll to learn some use.
full trade or gil up tho ranks Of the pro-
fcssions. Both are necessary. Yet com
munity cannot survive long when its ranks
are altogether made up of consumers.
In al! our great cities there arc thousands
of families living from hand to mouth-ayc,
many who barely subsist. In Now York
city alone there are said to be 10000
persons leading wretohod existence, be-
cause they cling to city life, whore com
petition is overwhelming, prices OF every.
thing the highest, and poverty the most
extreme and hopeless, when work and
health fail. Yet the mirage of city life
constantly looms up before tho youthful
mind, and the stream continues to flow in.
IF they could but read tho record, as un..
folded on the registers Of charitable institu.
tious, and prisons, and jails, or the un.
marked graves in Pottcr's field, where bodies
have succumbed to physical want and spirits
to moral woe; or, follow the hungry hollow
eyed witnesses to their squalid obodcs, they
would deem him no friend who points away
from tho cottage home and we'll tilod acre
to the mirage that rises through the
smoke and dust of tho sitting hive where
toll, day after day, year after year, through
all their lives, and die paupers at last.
Ear botter were it for the body politio if
oven the Irish :enantry system could be
adopted, aud If tho spirit Of communism is
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
THE KEOWEE COURIER.
BY KEITH, SMITH & co.
WALHALLA, S. c.:
y a .iy {. i si->>--T---0--------
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1878.
TER MS

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will be charged for as advertise
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cheaply executed.
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adhere strictly to the require
ments of cash payments.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
TO IVNVILLE LOCALS.
T0wNyILLE, Juno rs.


The yield Of fall oats is fair.
The growing corn is ON encouraging prospect
Wm. s. Woolbrght, Esq, had cotton blooms
on Monday, tho Gath.
The people are luxuriating in early varieties
Of ripe fruit.
Maj. a. r. Broycs has just completed an
elegant new residence.
Prof Werner will begin the second session of
his school on next Monday, Tho | st day proximo
There were several very cool nights last
week md slight injury 10 cotton and divers
'bad colds' are the consequences.
live Democratic Club is in working order at
Providence Church, four miles West of this
place, with Mr.. Frank L. Sitton as President.
Mr.. James L. Campbell, residing in Oconee,
near here, made thirty bushels Of wheat from
thrce sowcd, without manuring, which is the
hest yield that has occurred in this section, and
the worst yield undoubtedly falls to oolored
man hcro who declares he "didn't got tDo bun.
dies" from bushol sowed.
Elias Mason, Of "Nubbn Ridge" has dis
patched nno rattlesnakes at as many different
times this year. The youngest Of .hcm was
four and tho oldest fourteen years old.
Mr.. John q. Harris has four acres and Mr.
Benneau Harris eight acres Of cotton that for
luxurance and regularity of stand orc doubtless
the finest specimens of the crop in Oconeo.
Rev. Dr.. Adger, to be assisted by the Row.
Prof Riley, Of Adger College, will conduct
divno worship in the Presbyterian Church hero
on next Saturday and Sunday, tho 29th and 30th,
on which latter day tho sacrament Of tho Lords
Supper will be. observed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

crushed out, 1t must be not by forco, but by
giving employment to tho unemployed thou :.
sands. Give them chance to leave tho
city with it's thousand sewers Of orirne and
disease and 90 to tho country where, drink.
ing in its pure air and uutuntod water,
thcy can be of service to themselves and
tho country.
There arc millions of acres oi uuimproved
land, lying on either side of tue Piedmount
Air Limo Road, capable of sustaining many
millions of people. Here is field for
practical philanthropy and true benovolen
Where is the George Peabody or Peter
Cooper that will put the ball in motion by
which tho unemployed thousands of tho
land can be supplied with cheap homes, and
made to feel that thoy are not Creations
foulcst b!ot-a blank. Hero is rccou-
struction policy that might well engage tho
attention of the statesmen, for fully carried
into effect, it will bring in richer returns
than all our revenue laws. Here is a plan
more beneficial in its results than any silver
bill that could be framed. Here is re-
formatory scheme cheaper aud more cffi-
oient than alms houses and prisons. Give
the unemployed employment ard cheap
homes.
All along tho Piedmont Air Limo thou
sands of acres lie idle. They can be made
to blossom as the rose. Who will start the
ball in motion?
Piedmont dir Line Head Light.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

LONDON, June 24,-Tho Times Berlin corre-
spGhuen: spJ says sofa will be included in Bulgaria
and aI not In Noumelia. The powers consented to-,
this on condition that the frontier pass so CLOSE
TO the Sonth of the town as not to menace Ana.
trian interests in that quarter.
= Inc new autonomous province South Of tho
balkans will be named Eastern Roumelia.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

The Union Times is not Of those who hold
that the members of the Legislature are
o,yGrpald. For sixty days session they gcc
95oo: 1t costs member II months work.
worth sfo' to DO elected, and his expenses in
CoIompia are at least Sl.75 a day Now he
has neglected his own business for thrco
months. which is worth $l35. Grand total
S3l5; which lis SIS less than he receives.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27


Jury Case Transferred to Andcrson-
Effort TO hare IL Removcd to the United
States Court.
PIcKENs G. H., Juno 24..-Judge Korshaw
is now holding the Court of Sessions here,
aud tho case ct the revenue raiders, Kanc,
Durham, Moose and Scruggs, charged with
the murder of young man named Amos
Ladd while standing in his own doorway,
was brought up before him to-day. The
prisoners surrendered themselves some time
ago to the sheriff of Greenylle, and have
been in Jail in that place cvor since, and on n
pretence of being afraid of lynching were not
in court in person to-day, but wcro fitly
represented by William. II. Earle, Il. W. ~
Mackey and Absalom Blythe. Earle and
Mnckey arc sufficiently we'll known to your
readers without further description than
their names Blythe is o broth or-in-aw
OF Earle, and very much OF the same stripe
This worthy trio moved for change Of tho
venue to Anderson County on the ground that
tho prejudice in Pickons against tic prisoners
was such that they could not get a fair trial in
this county. Judge Kershaw granted the
motion, and the cnse will be tried at Ander-
son in September, so that if these fellows arc
hung thcir friends will not 10 able to raise n
hue and cry about local prejudice. The
counsel for tho prisoners nlso asked pcrmis-
sion, which WAS granted, to argue ut 'Greon-
villo on Tuesday next the right to remove the
case to the UGtcd States Court. and there is
no doubt that desperate effort will be made
to have tho trial come Off before tribunal
where tho jury can be packed with negroes
and RadiceIs in sympathy with these wretches
who havo been induging thoir brutal pas
sions in oil kinds of outrages upon tho
deienceloss people of tho mountain districts,
1t is to DO hoped that tho effort will not sue
ceed-Nc,os and Courier
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
The state Sunday School Com
YaMll0n.

This body will moot in tho CITY Of Green
vile on Wednesday md Thursday, the 21st
and 22d of August. Tho County Chuirmen
will attend to the appointing of delegates as
soon as practicable. Should there be any
Countios 10 which the Chairmon do not act,
We would request tho Sunday School Su..
perntendcnts living at tho Court Houses to
appoint delegates. 1t is very desirable that
every County bo represented. The local
committee of arrangements and tho terms
offered by railroads to visitors will bc pub.
lished in duo time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

., llalt way between Austin and San Antonio.
Texas, there arc somo very lourishing woollen
MUS that turn out excellent cloths, woven alf
OF pure wool, at the moderate rate of eighty
cents per yard. Tho wool is abundantly
!aken from tho sheep running in tho neighbor.
ing pastures.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

Therois one place where this Congress- ia
popular, and that is Washington. 1t las not
only given tho District Of Columbia n nav
government. Of which the United States nnv
nall the bills: put authorized great cxpcndi.
lures for public buildings.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

NEw YoRE, June 23.-Tho will of tho lats'
Wm. Cullen Bryant is in Mr.. Bryants own
handwriting. Only two persops besides hiS
Two daughters get my Of his property. Ail'
his rea! estate, books, pocms pictures lnrni-
t"rc and interest the Eecning Post aro be-,
auonthed to his two daughters. Fannic }tyant
uooawin and Julia Sands Bryant, with tho
exception of small legacies to the two narties
before mentioned. The value Of the cstotc'i1
not given. -
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

IL will be seen by the lcttor Of Secretary
ochnrz' which the President adopts rs the
rule OF the administration, that few planks
have been saved from tho wreck of the civil
service platform. The Office -holders are in
formed that they can do what they please
WIN the,r salaries. If they contribute. wsll
and good; but if not, thoir standing will not
be injured in the department. PASS around
de sasscr: brud1cr, and keep your eye we'll
skinned for buttonS!"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
AloNRoyIA. juno z

u -, Ila SOUTHAMPTON, Juno %. {:
The L'beran bark. Azor, from Charleston
on April 2ist. arrived here to day. Nothing
OF Importance occurred after the bark touched
at Sierra Leone The emigrants arc in GOOD
spirits, and will be warml welcomed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

-
BAhTIMoRs, MD., juno 23.-Alayor Kano died
at 3:42 this A. Nj. at his residence. Ho WINS
unconscious since tho preceding morning, hiH
tongue being also paralizcd. IIo was born in
lozo, Of Irish parentage. At an early ago ho
started business rs grain dealer, and was very
successful. In l84o he was appointed d Coleoinyr,
OF tho Port of Baltimore by President TAYLOR.
holding 1t through tho administration of Prosi,
dent Fillmore, and was subsequently appointed
Marshal Ia of tho city, aud it was mainly through
ms instrumentasity ny that the celebrated riot Of
Aprii lV, 1851, when tho mob attacked Tho
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, at Cnmdon
Station, was put down, and great loss Of l;Ca
prevented. That Same year he wns indicted cor
treason, and was confined in Forts Warren.
Lafayette and MoIienry for q period Of fourieoI
where ho remained until tho close Of tbe war
and returned to this city in 1865. In 1878 hc
was elected Sheriff, and in 1877 Mayor. whic,'
position he held at the time of his death.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

Do not put your pillows or feather beds;
II so unfortunate rs to have feather beds..
into tho sun to air, but in shady place with
a clear dry wind blowing over them. Ifit is,
cloudy. but not damp. and tho wind strong
it is all tho better. This, if practiced often,
Will keep we'll cured feathers always sweet,
Badly cured feathers cannot be mado sweet.
hot sun on the best Of feathers will :htn.
them rancid
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
COLLEGE, NOTICE

THERE will be meeting Of the Stockholders
L OF Anger College. at tho college building, at
10 O'Clock A. NJ, on SATURDAY, the Gtn Of,
July next' The meeting is an important one,
and oil Stockholders are urged to attend.
The election for Professors and the Finances
OF inc college Will come before the meeting.
Tho second installmont of interest on Tho
Endowment Bonds will fall due on the first dav
Of July. Prompt payment is expected.
j. W. STRIBLING,
Secretary and Treasurer:
WAInaLLA, s. c., Juno II, 1878. 32-2t,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

The AIR SnIr.-Professor Richtels mir
chip made o successful ascension in Hartford
on wednesday. Tho operator was Young
man weighing ninetyosix pounds, whose
up from the enclosure of the ball grounds ~
u height At least twice that of tho spiro NJ
the Church Of tho Good Shepherd, and then
struck off in an Enstcrly direction toward thn
river, intending. as he afterward said, to cross
tho Conncc,icut. AS it was apparent TINT n
storm was comirg m, the Professor signnllcd
to him to return. Tho operator turned tho
car around in mid-nir md returned, descend.
ing at tho Professors feot. Previous to This
flight tho operator asccndcd turned tho ;nr
nbont and descended several times. to shaw
his perfect coptro over his machine.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

Now that the Kcely motor hnmbus has
collapsed it c,mcs out thaA S150000 Of tho
money of the stockholders has been subscribofh
and paid out FOR useless machinery, and oyor
q million and half has changed hands in
the rise and full Of its stocks. There woro
Zo,oo3 shares Of par value Of 500 each,
issued which sold ut first for $50 per share,
but the scheme was so skilfully manipulatej
that they frequently changed hands at $500
per share. Now they arc without value, and
could not DO sold for cent even if offered in
lots to suit customers of small means.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

TIE FAMINE IN BRAzlL.-The New York
Journal Of Cimmcrce publishes the following
abstract of letter from Brazil, describing
tho ravages of famine in somo Of the pro, inccs
OF that country;
"Pernambuco ndvices to May l3 state that
the drought continues with ali its horror in
tho centres OF tho various provinces Of the
North rs we'll rs that Of Pernnmbuco There
are now no hopes Of planting cotton for want
of rains; in this branch therefore, it is ccr-
tain that VIC shall have no crop this year.
For the sugar canes, however. rains may yet
arrive in timo if they come soon if not the
sugar crop nIso will DO very small. That
which is finishing would have boon an i'm,
por'ant one if tho blazing rays of tho sun
hnd not dried up and left so little juice. Az
for cereals, if it should not rain the want Of
them will be absolute and the people continue
to suffer the consequences Of famine. daily
more frightfnl Succor is most difficult for
want of conveyance on account Of not having
water and food for the animals The fam
ishcd population flock in bands to the capitals
Of the provinces, and IL causes horror to sec
these unfortnnates, almost naked and thin as
corpses wan. and cnfeeblcd by weariness with
tho long and painful journey they have
undergone, and suffering from the effects Of
diseases produced by tho wild roots and other
substances they have eaten. The situation is
most melancholy. In the meantime tho prices
of the leading neccssarics Of life have risen"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

Mr.. Christian X. Ross has boon appointed
Master Worden of The Port Of Philadelphin,
Mt yearly salary Of $500. II hayd. spent
all tho money had and nll tho money J
could got hold of in my SEARCH" said Mr..
Ross, when asked how much his efforts to
find his lost son had cost him. Mr. Ross says
zcns' committee. nearly &8O. 900 has boen
expended in efforts to restore tho lost child to
his parents. and he docs not propose to Give
up the search SO long as he can get the means
to pursue it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
Prosecuting the Raiders.

The Reren"c Murdcrers Afraid Of a l'ickens
Jury Case Transferred to Andcrson-
Effort to hare IL Removcd to the United
States Court.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27
CHARLES PETTY,
Chairman Executive Committee.

TIE CAMruoR TREE.--One of the most use-
full and magnificent productions Of the yegeta.
bio kingdom that enrichcs China, and moro
particularly the provinces Of Kings aud
Canton, is tho camphor tree. This stupon-
dous laurel, which often adorus the banks Of
rivers. was in several places found by Lord
Amhersts embassy above fifty feet high. with
its stem twenty feet in crcum ference. Tho
Chinese themselves affirm that it sometimes
attains height of moro than three hundred
teot. and circumference greater than the
extended arms of twenty could embrace.
Camphor is obtained from the branches by
sleeping them, while fresh cut, in water for
two or three days, and tien boiling them till
tho gum, in tho form Of white jelly, adhcrcs
to stick which is used in constantly stirring
tho branches. The fluid is then poured into
glazed vessel, where it concentrates in
few hours.
10 purify it the Chinese take quantity Of
finely powdered earth. which they lay at the
bottom Of copper basin; over this they place
layer of camphor. and thon another layer of
enrth, and 80 on until tho vessel is nearly
hlled, tho last or topmost layer being Of
earth. They cover this Inst layer with tho
leaves Of plant called po ho. Which seems to
bo species Of nentha (mint). They now
invert second basin over the first, and make
it air tight by luting. The whole is then
submitted to tho action ofa regulated fire for
certain length Of .imo, and tl,on left to cool
gradually. On separating tho vessel the
camphor is found to have subimcd, and to
have adhered to tie copper basin. Repeitions
Of the same process c,mplotc its refinement.
Besides yielding this valuable ingredient, tho
camphor tree is one of tho principal tim
Der trees Of China, and ia used not only in
building but in most articles of furniture.
The wood is dry and Of light color, and
although light and easy to work, is durable
and not likely to be injured by insects.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

"IIowdy! howdy! howdy.du2
How is your wife and how are you?
All! it suits my foot as nothing can,
a stern rcbuke to the workiny>man!"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-27

Brothers, who labor from morn till night,
Get good bludgeon and keep it in sight,
And crack the mans head who says unto
you:
"IIowdy! howdy! howdy dor
How is your wife and how are your"
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-05
GOOD NEWS FROM HAYWARD.

Letters from Hayward City inform US
that the quartz mill is finally in operation.
II was run twelve days to test the machinery
and during that time ground up n hum
dred and forty tons of Red Cloud ore. The
yield, with the machinery in imperfect
working condition and new plates, was
1864 worth of gold, which was only about
forty per cent of the gold in the rock. Or,
in other words, sixty per cent was lost
through imperfections which will be rene
died after the machinery has been run a few
weeks. This is a good beginning and - 1t
is the first actual test of Hayward quartz,
the result is highly important. 1t estsb-
fishes the fact that the rocks Of this region
are rich in gold. Other mills will speedily
follow this pioneer crusher into the Hay
ward district and q few months will witness
the settlement of all of the southern Hills.
Returns from this Hayward mill have
been long and anxiously looked for and
that they are SO favorable il = matter Of
congratulation.