Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-17
A Careless Meteor.

"A Careless Meteor.
In tho Northwest ccruer Of Emmett Coun.
ty, in the town of the same name, State of
Iowa, bordering Minnesota State line, a
meteor Of unusually large dimensions re-
Gently fell. A correspondent of ono of our
Western contemporaries, who has visited
the place, thus describes the meteor and
scenc attending its descent:
II was about 8 o'clock in the afternoon
Tint terrible, indescrbable noise was
heard. soaring tho cattlo and terrifying
the Inhabitants for twenty miles about.
There was line OF yellow reddish smoke.
colorcd haze, inside of which was an infer.
nal rumble, US, ut the rate of fifty miles q
second, this strange, bowling monster, or
wonder, came toward tho earth with q roar
aud n crash that fairly shook the earth.
Before it struck there was an explosion,
terrible to hear, and suggestive of tho Gnul
dissolution of all things, und then, with q
shock and thud, something struck. Men
ran to tho spot to fud that, at point with.
in thirty feet of tho county line, tho sod
had been torn as though ripped by light
ming, and that hole was loft 10 proof that
something had gone in there out of tho
way. Chunks Of sod were thrown forty
rods away from the hole, which, on beipe
dug into the depth of fifteen feet, ten feet
OF which distance was in solid blue clay,
revcaled Il lump Of metal resembling iron
mixed with silver The hoo was dug
larger, and by moans of chaius tho mineral
was taken out and found to weigh 43lfb.
1t is two feet long and about sixteen inches
square, if q ragged chunk cen be called
square. Another chunk, weighing 32lb, /,
fell not for distant, plowing up the sod
within twelve rods of tho school house neur
the residence of John Barber, Another
piece, weighing I56ib., was found bedded
five feet in blue clay.
There is trouble here over the end. One
man, who owns the land, declares that the
property is his, while the man who first
found it says it is his by right Of discovery.
The same is the case 10 euch Instance.
Suits at law have be entered by the owner
of tho soil against tho men who dug thom
out, and who havo hidden their treasure
where tho officers of the law, as yet, cannot
find them.
These arc the facts. What is the thing
that fell, and where did it como fromY
S. Mr..
10 this the editor Of tho Lo Crosse Dem,
ocrot replies that it was undoubtedly a
meteor, or q fragment of comet thrown
out by explosion: and following its orbit
perhaps for thousands of years, till, losing
its momentum, it came within tho atmos.
phcro Of tho earth, and was then. cooling
as it whirlcd through space, attracted TO
the earth. and, rushing with terrible speed,
drove itsclfinto the SOIL Us above described.
Tho material of which. metcors is com
posed is known as mctcoric iron, useless,
burned metul, resembling cnder of iron,
but utterly useless, except as curiosity.
AN EXMoRTATIoN.-T Univcrsalist
prcucher had taken his seat. A man who
had puid very close attention to tho sermon
roso up and stepped in tho aisle, aud said:
"My friends, have o few words to say
In confirmation of what has alroady been
suid. No doubt you have all heard of the
inhabitants of tho world before the food,
how wicked thoy became and what violence
uDd bIoodshed was OIL the earth until God
in wrath cent the waters of tho dcluge aud
removed them from tho earth aud took
them all up to dwell in glory. But there
was Noah, just man, who vcxed his soul
with their filthy communications; the Al
mighty shut him up in an ark with
great lots Of beasts, birds and reptiles, and
was buffcted about by tho waters Of the
flood until the ark rested en- Arsrat, and
then ho did not dare to como out Of tho ark
until ho first sont raven and dove out
of the nrk to see whether the wuter had
subsidized. And, my friends, there was
Sodom and Gomorrab, tho cities of tho
plains, whose inhabitants wcro corrupted
and guilty Of abominublo iniquity; tho
/ Lord sout down fro and birthstone on them
in wrath, aud then took them all up to
happiness in heaven. but poor Lot, who
was voxed with their filthy communications,
the Lord sent him out Of tho city Of Sodom
and he went wandering about in much feor
and pcrplexity. Now, my friends, my ad
vice to you is to 90 home, lie, steal, swear,
break tho Sabbath and then God may, 10
wrath, tuko you from this world Of trouble,
aud if what the speaker said is true take you
up to glory like tho Inhabitants of tho world
before the food end Of Sodom and Gomor-
rah. But if you obey God and keep his
commandments, repent of your sins, and
trust 10 Christ for salvation, God muy keep
you hero for long time 10 this troublesome
world before you aro called away and he
tukes you unto himself to 1.-Two in heaven"
The audioroe, pleased with these remarks,
laughed heartily and no converts were mado
to Univcrsalisn,.
The new steamer, Arizona, which passed
Sandy Hook at half past fivo, Juuo IL,
arrived at Queenstown ut twenty minutes