Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-07

$ Mr.. CooPER's GIFT To SoUTH CARROLL
NA.-The munifcent offer of Mr.. Peter
Cooper, to establish in this State an iusti-
tuition like the Cooper Institute of New
York, is in keeping with all tho actions of
tho rhah. The correspondence has alrcudy
been published. The Now York San, al
luding 10 the mattor, soys:
Believing industrial education the great
need of the country and also dcsirous to
give fresh proof of Northern good will to
tho South, ho intends to present to South
Carolina school for tho education of q
in such useful arts as will enable thcr
obtain livelihood bv their own labor.
Later, he thinks Of adding school of man
ual labor for boys. 1t is believed that the
Legislature will exempt tho property FROM
taxation.
The teachers will bo selected from the
Cooper Union, and the institution will be-
oontided to board of trustees. Prof
Thomas Fl. Domar, the owner Of the PROPER
ty, who will have the temporary charge, says
that it will probably be fully under wuy
within yoar. In the meantime he will
open girls school, The limestone quarries
upon the property arc very valuable, and
their product fluids ready sale. 1t is ex-
pectcd that large yearly income will be
derived from these, all Of which will 60 to
the support of the institution.
TIE BLUE RIDGE RAILRoAD.-The bill
relative to the employment of convict labor
on the Blue Ridge R,ilroad has been made
the special order for Thursday next The
bill provides:
| That the Governor be authorized and
empowered to tender two hundred able
bodied male convicts iu the State Pcuitcn-
tiary to any reliable company who will
complete tho Blue Ridge Railroad from
Walhalla to the North Carolina liue upon
such terms and conditions as tho Governor
may think wise and proper: ProvMca
That the company receiving the convicts
under this resolution shall give proper
guarantees that said railroad shall be cou-
pleted within four years from the date of
tho beginning of the WORK on said railroad.
New YnRK, February 2-Hon Thomas
A. Hendricks has written a letter in reply
to Mr.. Bomont's letter in relation to the
silver question, in which he says he thinks
that silver money should be restored. The
pledge of 1869 of payment in coin aud
the assurance in tho act Of 1870 of
payment in coin at the then standard value
would seem to authorize, almost to require,
compliance with the contract. It cannot
be breach of public faith. Our country
is large producer of silver. Tho quality
of money is important to its value. think
that whom restored, silver will approach,
and perhaps rcachs gold in value, but
should experience prove that it must remain
below gold because Of its greater produc-
ton, Congress has ample powers to provide
against any OWLS likely to follow.
a Consantinople, January g. letter gives
an interesting account of the disturbed con.
dition of that city, the apprchcus;ons of a
revolution, aud the new departure Of the
Turkish women. Tho participation of Tur.
kish women in the care Of the wounded is
one of the strange things that has come TO
pass in this war. For the first time n tho
history Of the country thcJ ilavo Abandoned
their habits of sc:,usion, shaken OF their
prejndlces against assoein ion 18th Giaours,
""d arc rendering good service as nurses,
cooks and attendants in the hospitals The
English volunteer lady nurses and the
French Sisters Of Charity praise their will
ing disposition and natural Intelligence.
So even in Turkey there seems to be the
beginuing of new era for women
The highest authority in New England,
tho State Assaycr of Massachusetts, after a
cnrcful analysis of Halls Vegetable Sicilian
Hair r newer certified that it ii the best
preparation for its intended purposes that
has been exhibited for examination, that its
constituents are pure and carefully selected
for excellent quality, and that it forms an
efficient preparation for promoting the
growth Of the hair and restoring the original
color. This world-rcnowncd preparation
is for sale by all druggists. Record, Red
Oah, IoWa.
Tho Cincinnati Commercial quotes OK
United States Treasurer John G. Now as say.
ing: The 4l2a grain dollar is equal to the
silver standard in any country, and, therefore
good enough for us, debtor nation and a
debtor people. Until it's reconciliation the
silver dollar was worth as much as tho gold
dollar, und when rcmonetizcd it will again
be."
A sad story comes from Texas. A Miss
Moore was preparing for marriage, aud
: invited friend, Miss Williams, to assist
her. In rumagng through drawer an old
pistol was c,relcss'y handled by Miss Viii
lians, resulting in the shooting and instant
death of Miss Moore. She was buried on
the day that was to have been her wedding
} day, and Miss Williams has become insane