Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-16

CHICAGO, October V.-~General Manager
Mullin, Of the Chicago and Alton Railroad
! offers Il reward Of $4,000 for the gang of
train robbers who last night stopped tho Chi
cago and Alton train and riled tho cxpross
company's safo Mt Glendale, Mo. A propor-
tionnte part Of tho amount will be given for
the capture Of IL part Of tho robbers.
KANSAS CRY, Mo, October 9.--.Tho CHI
cago and Alton train which left this city last
| night was robbed Of it's express money at
Glendale, fifteen miles East Of this city. The
train wns stopped by about twenty masked
mch, who kept up n continual firing while tho
messengers safe was robbed. The mcssone
ger was knocked down, but not seriously
hurt. Fifty thousand dollars is tho estimated
loes. Tho agent at Glendale is missing.
ATLANTA, October lI.--Tho Senate to-day
conourrcd in tho House resolution for the
Governor to issue executions against Troas-
uror Rcnfroo and his securities to recover in-
tercst on deposits amounting to about S2O'
600. State School Commissioner Orr mp"
pointed to~day fourteen colorcd pupils to tho
Peabody scholarship in Atlanta University.
GALVESTON. October IA News special
from Sulphur Springs Texas, says that
Thursday night whilo city marshal John
Norris was taking drink with friend some
one outside Of tho saloon shot Norris through
the heart, killing him instantly and escaping
in tho darkness. Tho assassin is supposed
to 10 q friend Of man shot by Norris whilo
resisting arrest.
CuMBErLaNp, MD, October IA colliss
ion Of two express trains III q curve on q
single track occurred on the Baltimore and
Ohio RAILROAD at Bolton, near Wheeling, Va,
on Saturday night, the East bound train rum
ming ut thirty>lvc miles an hour and tho
West bound train twenty-five. Engineer
Askew, of Wheeling, on the East bound train
and his fireman, tho fireman of the West
bound train and n tramp were killed. An
other tramp and postal clerk were seriously
injured. Several passengers were slightly
injured. Both engines were totally wrecked
and the most of the cars badly damaged
GALVESTON, October IA NcwS special
from Dallas reports that tho cabin Of negro
woman named Esther, on Mr.. Adrdse's
plantation. was visited yesterday morning Gy
a band of forty disguised men, who demanded
complied with. tho door Of the house was
fired into, resulting in tho wounding Of u
girl in the head. y freedman, who was n~
side, then fired on the attacking party, wound
ing one of thcm. At this junctrrc tho door
was forced open, and Esther and her family,
with negro from nc;ghboring cabin, wcro
carried away, several other negroes escaping.
Tho closing net was tho murder Of Esther
and her son Charley, both being riddlcd with
buckshot Several arrests havc been madc.
and others arc to follow.
DETROIT, October, l0.-Thc Pacific cx-
press. which left hero on the Michigan Ccn-
tra Railroad forty minutes late, col!idcd with
II switch engine OH the tho main track ut
O'clock this morning, tolcscoping tho baggage
and express cars and pilng eleven coaches on
top Of each other. The first coach was filled
With cmigrnnts, most Of whom were killed or
seriously injured, Many Of the occupants of
the other coaches were also killed or injured,
1t is supposed that twenty-five were killed
and thirty wounded. the majority being cmi-
grants. Physicians and others arc doing
everything possible to alleviate the sultrings
Of the wounded. The engineer and fireman
Of the express train wc,o literally torn to
pieces, but the engineer and fireman of the
switch engine escaped injury by jump.
ing from their engine. No Southern people
among the names Of the killed and injured.