Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-17
A shoe factory 10 areentilto turns oa
one hundred and eighty pairs of shoes por

week. .f ..tl
The Governor has Appointed Il. l., koehe,
Of Charleston, special ageht OF phosphate
mining, to All tho vacancy oG6asioniccd by tho
death Of General Anderson. +
The Frksr -uALYssTos, Texas,
July 1.-The first bale Of new cation was
shipped to-day from Dewitt county to Ieiden-
iieimer Bros. Of this oity. The earliest bale
on record oamo from tho same county ON July
Sd. 1860.
DR.. Nebihger, of Philadelphia. maintains
that short-sightcdness is on tho incrca8c
among shool children Ile attributes ,hia to
tho position in which children are kobt wHile
studying, to insufficient light, aid other un-
wholesome conditions of life in tile schools.
The higher education Of women has
rouchod such point that more than ono
prst month from Vasser, Wellesley and Smith
Colleges, and similar institutions. Cueduca--
ton of the scxcs may yet DO far in the future,
but equal cduoa,ionAis an accomplished fact.
St. Aldaas Advertiser.
FREDERIcKsuuRo. Va, July l2 Masonic
Lodge No. 4, Of tbis city, il which George
has determined to take part in tho dedication
Of the monument ordered by Congress to
mark Washncton's BIRTH plaso, and lbs i'd
dressed resolutions signifying their desire to
tho Secretury Of Slhto.
Tho crop OF tho hrheiiccment oratory
and learning and beauty has been harvested
md IN abundant yield is the result How to
employ all this surplus talent will Ec tho
question that will vcX the world next Tai
cnts, like wheat, aro cheap, very, and are
only worth what they will fotch in the
| market.
| NEW ORLEAAs, July 10. Captain j. B.
Eads, in n telegram from Port Euds to ihe
agent of the Associated Press to.dny, says
''rho greatest depth aud Width Of tho ohan~
mel required by the jetty net Mt the mouth
apd also at the head Of South Pass has been
secured. and tho fact wns this day certified
to tho Secretary of War by Capain NJ. r..
Brown, United States engineer and Inspector
Of the work"
This virtually comiplctes tho work at the
mouth Of tho Mississippi The jetty channel
il over thirty foet dccp and II good nnvigable
| clannol Of t*eutY-siS feet, measured Mt tho
lowest stage Of tho river, exists ut tho head Of
the passcss.
The New York Woyid publishes list Of
persons killed aid wounded. by the use OF
firearms and fireworks oh tho Fourth Of July
1t fills un entire column, though each causal-
ty is narrated id tho brlefest style, and /.
doubtless very Incomplete There arc Sigh
teen fatalities, not including Mr.. Seymour
;,;lsl Gid the wounded eum up l07, many of which
are so serious that they wii44ss probably result
in death It is truly said that il '1y8S;Ii,PSete
list could bo mado the causalties would be
found to equal that of very respectable
South Americun battle.
ABBEyILLE COUNTY, July l2.-The hot and
dry weather here is becoming alarming. The
crops nre approaching tho last stage of recnv.
cry. The heat ls OPPRESSIVE the thefmomer
ter in tho shade ranging from % to 100 de-
grees. No signs of rain at this time. The
planters and merchants both have the blues
On sandy lands it is larger and wlted, bloom
ing to the top and shedding leaves. the stalk
having scalded appearance. The bnlk Of
the corn crop on upland will almost he fnl,
ure, on bottom, lands tho prospects are fair
for crop. -GreenriUe Daily Nc,cs.
The Rev. p. L. StStcns, lately elected n
Bishop by the llG(orined Btlsconol Council
at Chicago. cnmihandcd The battery which,
fired the first shot Of the late war, on Morris
Island, Charleston IIatbor. at tho Star Of
tho West" Ile was also wounded Mt Antie-
tam. Lately ho was elected school suporin-
tondent Of Charleston, S. c., ON tho Demo
cratic ticket. Tho council which elected him
bishop, 1t is we'll known is Republican, LET
Us have pcacc."- Cincinnati Commercial.
The FRA,LTY OF MANKlxD-Gcorgc w
Williams. IF Charleston, S. g., somo years
ago, wrote d book in wliicli he advised all
young men to DO honorable and pay to the
if Ia hi ,T tltnt, ~.
was the way to make an honorable character
etc. Now. when George W. Williams is said
to be worth two millions of dollars. his New
York firm becomes involved, and G. W., it is
snd, goes back on his Arm obligations for seven
hundred thousand dollars. with half enough
assets to liqudats tier ljsses. Verify, it
makes great difference whether II Lazarus
or Dives gives good advice IL is said Gcoise
". is dcdgihg nbohL to avoid the payment of
his obligations rs earnestly ds he used to
advise the payment of e-ett lirnest debt.
Wc hope this is not true; but il it is. it ia q
very strong commentary as to tile old ndagc
that it makes great difference us to whtther
ones own OK is gored or only neighbours
Gainesville (Ga Edyle.
WHAT THE Sourn GAINED by THE EXTRA
SESSION. Tho Southern Democrats nre feel.
ing very jubilant over the result Of the extra
session, They cay that they have gained all
that has been gained out Of the legislation
that has becn accomplished and boast of it to
show their influenza in Congress. They
claim to have accomplished seven imrortant
results, as follows: First, limiting the power
Of tho President to uso tho military at the
polls second, tho rcpehl of tho test oath;
third. changing tho method of drawing Jurors
in the United Statos Court; fourth; tho
notification of the law authorizing tho ap-
tontmont of deputy marshals ut elections;