Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-01-30

V''AoN w Pa0oSoe uth WIN u puCbO VI pZO,t
600, but ho declines it and it will DO giyon to
charities. His hoalth is very poor. Tho
members of his church aro moro than 5000
in number
A noted sharper, Wishing to ingratato
himself with clergyman, said: "Parson, I
should like to hear you preach moro than
can tell you" "Well," responded tho oers
gyman, eff you had been whore you ought to
havo been last Sunday, you would have heard
me-" "Whore was that?" asked the sharper.
"ln tho county jail" was the reply.
In view of the interference of Federal
officers with State elections tho Legislature
of Alabama now in session proposes to return
to the plan of choosing Presidential Electors
by tho Legislature. If this can bo effected
in overy Southern State the Radicals will bo
fankod and the country saved.
Judge Hudson decided at tho Orangobure
Court last week that defendants in misde-
meanors as we'll as in folonos aro entitled to
have jury impannolcd from the entire array,
as in tho practice in capital cases, except, of
course, that in misdcmcanors defendants have
only i've porcmptory challenges.
Threo years ago, with an endowment in
bonds of 100000, Furman University, Ct
Grcenyille, S.. c.. was opened withfsub tuition
to- oil who might seek adp,;ttttance. But tho
bondholders' 'hha.vo n3t paid up we'll, and tho
! trestces are in debt to the faculty $4,000.
Hard tines
Tho Secretary of State has three agents
travelling over tho State constantly making
collections from tho scttlors on tho lands pur.
chased by tho famous Land Commission
They arc paying up with moderate prompts
ness.
A baptist preacher in North Carolina has
read tho last fifteen years by torch lights.
Last year besides raising with his own hands
two bales of cotton, fifty bushels of corn and
200 bushos of potatoes, ho travelled 1000
milos, preached 100 sermons and received for
his ministerial services 1920
Tho planters of Mississippi arc taking
advantage of the cold snap for slaughtering
hogs and curing mcat, and to thcir credit it
is said most Of them have now on hand
sufficient quantity to supply thcm drrng the
current year. For tho Southern planters
this is tho truo road to independence.
a petition for tho pardon of the corrupt
Cardozo, Treasurer of South Carolina, un(or
Chamberlain, is to 30 presented to Acting
Governor Simpson. Governor Simpson will
net both wrongly and unwiscly if he shows
any clcmency to such o criminal.
A canc brake in Union County has boon
appropriated as n roosting place By the robins,
and as many as 5000 have bccn killed in ono
night, torches and long poles being the outfit
of the sportsmen. l85 is reported as the
highest number taken by one man.
All accounts from Washington represent
| that Hon. A. IL. Stephens has nearly if not
wholly recovered from the effects of his recent
painful accident. IIc is regularly in his seat
and pays close, attention to his dutics as
chairman OF tho Committee on Coinage.
The King of Siam has hody-guard of
female warriors. 1t is composed Of 400 girls,
chosen from amongst tho strongest and most
handsome of all tho ladios of the land at
| the age of thirteen they enter Tho service nna
| remain in it until they arc twenty-five, when
| the pass into the reserve. Their weapon is
| the lance,
Governor Robinson, Of Now York, said in
| his message; 'rhe laws which wo enact do
not express our will; they are the voice Of
the people. The money which we handle
belong to thcm, not to US. Wo can only take
it from them for tho Legitimate purpose of
governments. More than this is robbery.
Official generosity is official crime"
preacher in Kontucky the other Sunday
becoming cxaspcratcd paused in his discourse
to say: Ladies', if you will give mo your
close attention I will koop lookout on that
door, and if anything worse that q man
enters will warn you i'll timo to mako your
escape"
The salary Of General Bonlam, tho Rail
| road Commissioner Of South Carolina, is
twcnty>one hundred dollars u year, with
twelve hundred for tho hire Of clerk. The
| act also gives him an Office at tho capital of
| tho State. Tho salary is raised by an assess
| mcnt on the gross earnings of tho railroads of
tho State.
| Abbcyillc Press and Banner: The county
fences have becn lot out by townships at
prices ranging from $lO5 to $lGO per mile.
Total length of fenco 34a miles; total cost
$4,43l, to pay which a tax of thrco fourths of
ono mill is lowed on all tho property in tho
county, which will raise about So 900, leaving
o balance to bo provided for by future lcgisla
ton.
Sinoo tho announcement of the decision of
Sunrcmn Gourt in tho Royno1do oo.o it,.