Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27
VOLUME NIV.-NO. 10.


The quickest time ever made across tho
crnor John Whitaker, Democratic Congress.
man from Oregon. When the President
called nn extra session Of Congress for tho
18th the Democratic managers as Wash
ington tclesraphcd Whiukcr to como i'm
mcdiately. Whitaker took special train
at his Oregon homo on March 7, took a
steamer to Portland on March s, aud ar
rived at San Francisco on Wednesday,
March IL, twenty -four hours after the
train. had left which he must take to reach
Washington in time for tho organization of
Congress- a spcca train was provided
for him at San Francisco, and Lo went
flying over the country, sometimes at tho
rate Of forty five miles an hour, and never
less than twenty-five miles. lie left San
Francisco ut 1925 A. NJ. on March l2
and arrived at Omaha at $50 a. M. on
Saturday, having made the iun of ,02S
miles in sixty.four hours. The usual fast
time between those points is one hundred
and Que hours. lie arrived at Chicago a1
SIS p. NJ on Saturday, and there took his
first regular schc 1ulc train. lie arrived at
Washington at oO2 A. NJ. on Monday,
thus making the trip across the Continent
u.
Governor Whitaker last crossed the plains
in 1852 with an OK team, and was five
months in doing it.
VlcKsnunu, March ia shooting
affair occurred last night between Captain
w. +. Fitzgerald on one sido and w. J..
Andrews aud W. j. Greene Andrews ond
Greene were killed almost instantly. Fits
gerald is dangerously wounded. The diff
Guilty originated about the llibcrnian meet
ing on Monday night, at which Andrews
was elected President. Fitzgerald claimed
still to be President of the Tlibernian Soci-
city, and denounced the election Of Andrews
as farce. Greene objected to Fi,zgcralds
remarks, and threatened to draw weapon,
but Fitzgerald first shot Greene through tho
heart Andrews then shot Fitzgerald, who,
in turn, shot Andrews, the tall piercing
Andrews skull at the top of tho forehead.
All were well known citizens. Andrews
was tho head Of the firm of Andrews e.
Bro, aud was President of the Howard
Association after Mr.. Iockwood's death
last summer. w. L. Greene was attached
to tho firm of Andrews T. Bro. Fitzgerald
is prominent lawyer and was oncc Res
publican State District Attorney. Andrews
and Greene were natives of Vicksburg, and
Fitzgerald of Jackson, Mississippi.
y fire at mdni ,,ht in I.owcrthal & Co.'S.
store caused the following losses: Lowcn.
thal's dollar store, loss $4,000; fully in
surcd. ID. Davidson Il Sons, groccrs, loss
s., $500; insured. Louis Hoffman, hard.
ware, loss $4,000; insured for $1,000.
Woodbiuc's saloon was badly damaged.
WHITE KID GLOVES IN CoURT.-
Georgetown, M,rch l7.-Thc court opened
to-day, his Honor Judge Il. j. Nlackcy
presiding, (thc first time in this countv.)
Solicitor NJ. j. Hirsch was promptly at his
post. Several bills for hog steuIiug. riot,
liquor without license, grand larceny, horse
stealing, Nc were submitted and returned
into court with an entry upon most Of them
OF "No bill" At 3 o'clock p. Nj. tho
grand jury were discharged after making
their finol prcscntmcnt, aud tho criminal
side of the court was closed for wan. of
business.
In the annals of Georgetown County, all
proceedings being regular, this is the first
time that the court has beer held and not
a single case tried. 1t speaks well for tho
county aud deserves more than pas.
sing notice. In commcmoraton of tho
even: in following out the custom practiccd
in England for many centuries, the Solici-
tor, in few appropriate remarks, presented
n pair of white kid gloves, cmbcmatic of
peace and good order, to the court, on
behalf Of tho high Sheriff of tho county
Judge Mackey. on receiving tho same,
spoke in glowing terms of the present peace.
lul condition of tho county as compared
with times past when the fires of civilization
had been almost cxtipguishcd IIo con
graduated the county, aud hoped the sue
cccding presiding judges would in like
manner be so fortunate as to be enabled to
receive similar symbol.
NcwS and Courier.
The Chinese question has not been qui--
cted by the veto. 1t is to be fought over
again il tho next Congress. Senator Jones,
Of Nevada, we arc told, has already pre-.
pared q new bill to be presented in tho
Senate, as basis for the second agitation,
and he will bring it forward at the begin,
ing of the extra session This bill avoids
the objections urged against the first one 10
the veto message, being carefully framed so
as not to involve any infraction or violation
of the Burlngomo treaty. 1t is alleged
that nearly all tho Chinese immigrants TO
:his country are brought iii as coolies, under
contracts for Labor made at Hong Kong
and if this business eau be broken up tho
Mongolian Immigration will be arrested :.
The Jones bill is directed TO this point