Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25

BosToN, September I8. .--hato last night
y fire OF incendiary origin broke aut in a
tenement house ia South Boston onounied
principally Germans, nearly oil of whom
woro asleep 1t tho time. Tho Gre broka
out In the rear portion of tho lower htorv.
and made suoh rapid hendRay that before
those IN the upper stories could descend all
avenues Of escape were out of,
The scene was one of the greatest distress,
as tho imprisoned victims appeared on tho
roof aud at tho windows, 10 vain attempt
to seek safety. Several were burned to
death, and others were badly injured; and it
is not yet known what is tho full extent of
tho disaster. Mary Huldreth vas burned
to death. Her husband is also badly
burned and has been removed to hospital.
Ferdinand Mayruth jumped from tho roof
OF the burning building aud vas killed.
His wife, Amelia, uged %, jumped from
third story window with her son. Sho had
leg and an arm broken, aud was otherwise
injured, aud tho boy way badly hurt in tho
spine. The body of man, who is not yet
recognized, but who is supposed to DO
Christian lifer, was found in the ruins. A
young woman and two children, known to
have been in tho house OF tho time, are
missing, and are probably burned.
BOSTON, September 18-9P. M.-The
list of dead taken from tho tenement house
in Gold street, which was burned last
night, comprises five persons, which may
be increased to seven or eight.
BosToN, September 1911 d'. MI
q or n oA off 81 &1,ok g..
sons perished in the Gold stree. fire.
Mr. j. G. IIemphill. editor Of the Abbe-
vile Medium, writing to his paper from
Charleston, under dato of September IL,
says:
"Chicf Justice Corbin, of Utah, has
opened all office in this city for the practice
of law, and established himself as q perma.
ncnt citizen. Ho is tho same sleek sinner
be used to be, when no manipulated tho
phosphate money and pulled tho party
wires at Columbia. Ho has q pretty
strong hold on tho Radical and fusion ele
ment, is favorte with the general govern
ment, shrcwd and managing lawyer, and
will get enough to live on in the ordinary
way of his profession until he can make an
opening or tho demands of tho political
situation will give employment to his special
gifts. llc has already been prominently
named in connection with tho neSt Radical
nomination for Governor"
SMALLNEss OF THE WoRLD.-Dr. Mot.
ley, after thrco years and half spent in
voyage OF scientific exploration around the
world, says tho voyage left deep impres.
sion Of tho smallncss of the earth's surface.
Wo live in tho depths of the atmosphere as
deep as tho sea animals live in tho depths of
tho sea. Like these wo can crawl up into
the shadows or mount at peril 10 balloon;
but tho utmost extent of our vertical range
is no greater than VIC can walk horizontally
on the earth's surface in couple of hours.
1t there werc land the entire length of the
equator it might be possible to run around
tho world in three weeks. A walk Of
about four miles day would bring man
from Behring Strait to Cape Hope in about
seven years. The earth as a component
part OF tho universe may be compared to
small isolated islands on surface.
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NEW York, September la---A letter
has been addressed to w. II. Vanderbilt By
the committee Of the Chamber of Com.
merco on railroad transportation, suggesting
Congressional action to regulate railroad
traffic throughout tho United States. The
letter proposes that tho President of the
trunk lines should cause to be prepared for
prcscn alton to Congress at its next session
bill designed to accomplish this object.
They further suggest that tho bill should
be presented for criticism to representative
commercial bodies in several oitics.
The Wahnsgtou Post says: "The South
will raise this year about five million bales
of cotton, two hundred thousand hogs
heads of sugar, and nearly six hundred
million pounds of tobacco. This will be a
half million more bales of cotton, twice as
much sugar, and twelve million more pounds
ct tobacco than sho ever raised before. If
prices continue fair tho South will be com.
parativcly richer whom she markets the
present crop than any other section of tho
country"
1t is stated that Mr.. George w. vii.
liams, of Charleston, lost about a million
by the operations of his wicked part ner in
New York, aud let out some S7OO 900 in
cash before stopping payment. Hc is very
much broken down by his roverscs, and has
retired FROM all active business.
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