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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27
CONNECTIONS.

At Atlanta, with The Atlanta L. New Orleans
Short Line, CA. & w. Pt. r. R.) and
kcnnesaw Route, w. e. A. r.. RS for all
points in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan.
sas, Texas and the Northwest.
With the Central Railroad of Georgia, for
Macon, Savannah, Brunswick, and all
points in Southwestern Georgia and
Florida.
With the Georgia Railroad for Augusta,
Charleston, Port Royal ard Savannah.
at Lula, Ga, with tho Northeastern Rail.
road, for Athens, Ga.
At Seneca, with the Blue Ridge Railroad
for Walhalla and Bolton, S. G.
AT Grccnvillc, S. G., with the Grcenvilo &
Columbia II. II.
At Spurtanburg, with tho Spartanburg,
Union Il Columbia Railroad, with tho
Sportanburg e. Ashcvllo Railroad, for
Tyron Mountain, connecting here with
stages for Flat Rock, ucndcrsonvillc,
Asl,cvillc, and Warm Spring, N. G. A
fine and well finished hotel at tho foot of
this mountain.
At Charlotte, with tho Richmond & Dam.
villo Railroad, for all points North, East
and West, and for Virginia Springs.
With t..o Carolina Central Rairoad 70.
Wilmington aud intermediate points
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

FLoRIDA's PolsoNED WAVES. Reports
brought by tho sponging fleet inform us
that iu the bay, that sheet of water extend
ing from the Torlugas to Cape Florida, they
found millions of the largest sponges float
ing upon tho water all perfectly putriJ
killed, as they believe, by tho poisoned
water that not long since destroyed myriads
Of fish.-Kcy ITcSt Vacuc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

In passing sentence on negro convicted
at Lancaster last week for stealing COW,
tho sentence being two years at hard labor
in tho Pcnitcntiary, Judge Presley took
occasion to say that the Circuit judges are
determined to enforce rgidly the law re-
Gently passed by the Legislature for tho
protection of live stock. If two years is
not sufficient, tho term will be doubled, or
even quadruplcd. Growing crops and live
stock, he said, should bo protected to the
full extent of tho law; and thieves will bo
taught that they cannot with impunity
prowl around and steal tho property Of hon.
est mon while they oro asleep. Let the
jurics Of tho country show no mercy to such
rascals. The Judges may safely bo rc :
lied on to do their whole duty.
Marion STIR.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

SEC. %. 1t shall be tho duty Of tho marshal
to hayo all tho streets Of tho town Of Wal.
hnlln between North and South Broad and
North and South Broad streets opened.
SEQ "a. Whereas no penalty is fixed for the
violation of the provisions Of any Section of
this Ordinance. tho punishment for such vio-
lntion shall be by tino or imprisonment, at tho
discretion of tho Council, within tho limits of
their authority.
SEC. 25. Rcsolrcd. That NIL laws enacted by
the Council heretofore, not in conflict with
thcse Ordinances, arc considered in full force,
and that each and every ono of them shall be
IN inll torco after tho publication of tho same.
Done and ratified in Council and tho Seal of
- tho corporation Of tho said town Of
l.. S. Walhalla affixed thereto, this tho 5th
l~ day of February, a. d. 1879.
G. l.. REID.
Intendant.
G. +. WATSON, Clerk Of Council
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

In reply to suggestion by Mr. Blaine
that the Democratic Congress would not
hold together on tho question Of voting no
appropriations until tho election laws were
repealed, Senator Butler, of South Caroline,
replied that, under the new organization,
the mcmbcrs Of both houses and their en-
ployccs would not reach more than 500
perso1s, while the Republicans, by their
obduracy, would be starving 100000 per
sons. ho could afford to hold out long.
cst!' inquired Senator Butter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

One Of the greatest pedestrian contests
ever undertaken has just been concluded in
Gilmorc's Garden, New York. RowcI, an
Englishman, and o. Lcary, Ennis and lIar.
riman, Americans, were tho contestants
The contest was to begin at 12 4. NJ. on
Monday morning and end at IL p. NJ. on
last Saturday uight, tho person walking the
greatest numbar of miles in that time to
receive the champions belt, besides large
sum Of money, as were also ali who walked
moro than $50 miles. Rowcll won, walk
ing 500 miles; Ennis was second, walking
473; Hartman was third walking $50,
and O'Lcary, who had hitherto becn
tho champion of the world left the track
several days before the end of the contest,
making less than 250 miles. No one of
the first three were off of tho track moro
than forty hours during tho whole six
days.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

According to tho Darlington H,wheye, a
boy on Vest I'LL started to school on the
opeping day Of the term, and before he was
live blocks from home, he lamed dog, lost
his geography, scared horse, broke his
slate, and had three Gyh!s. Times arc
looking up.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

A class was being examined recently at
the sea beaten town Of Sussex. Tho sub.
Ject under discussion was tho flood
Among tho first questions put was, GLOW
did Noah understand that thcro WAS going
to DC flood" "'Causc," shouted an ur-
chin, che looked at his almanac!'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

y Chinaman never swcars when he gets
mad, because there arc no "cuss' words in
his dictionary. lie simply upscts his
wnshtub, butts the bottom out, kicks dog,
anu feels better.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

The Missouri House Of Representatives
has passed bill making it unlawful for any
dealer to sell minors pistols, sIung shots,
brass inucklcs or other dangerous weapons.
The Senate also vii! puss the bill.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

NEw ORLEANS, March 20.--A special
dispatch to the Times from Marshal, Texas,
says that last night after tho Ward Barry
moro Combination had finished playing, tho
company went to the depot to await train.
Maurice Barrymore, B. G. Porter and a
fomalc attachoc of tho combination were in
a lunch room, when James Currie, detcc.
tive, entered and made sighting remarks
about tho lady, to which exception was
taken by Barrymore and Porter. After
some words, Currie drew pistol and shot
Porter in tho abdomen, killing him almost
instantly; then turning, ho shot Barrymore
through the elbow, the ball coming out
under the left shoulder, making severe if
not dangerous wound. Porter and Barry.
moro were unarmcd. Currie has been
placed in JAIL
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

The Supreme Court Of Ohio has decided
that where druukop and unruly passenger
is put oil railroad train, and is then run
over by another train, tho railroad company
is not liable. 1t was the duty of the con.
ductor to protect other passengers against
him be cjccting him, aud, if lie was too
drunk to take care Of himself after that
it was only his own fault. Similar law has
been laid down in New York aud in most
of the other States of the Union, aud it
seems to be about settled that, if man
will get drunk, the safest place to 10 it is at
home.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

4 :
Circuit CIe'k-Jamcs Il. IIagood.
District Judgc-Gcorgo S. Bryan.
Clerk-Dauicl IIorlbcck.
Marshal-R. NJ: Wallace.
District Attorney-L. G. Northrop.
Terms for holding United States Circuit
Court.-First Monday in April at Charles.
ton; fourth Monday in November ut Coz
lumbia.
Terms for holding United States District
Court--First Monday in January, May,
July aud October, in Charleston, for East
crn District; First Monday iu August, at
Grccnville, for Western District. (rho
court held at Grccnvilc exercises Circuit
Court powcrs.)
United States officers IN Oconec.
Post Mastcr-J. ii. Sligh.
Deputy Collector Internal Revenue II.
NJ. Brayton.
Government Of the State Of South Carolina.
Govcruor-W. D. Simpson.
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary OF Statc--R M. Sims.
Attorney Ccucral-Lcltoy L. Youmans.
Comptroller Gcneral--J ohnson lIagood.
State Trcasurcr-S. l.. Lcaphart.
Superintendent OF Education Hugh s.
Thompson.
Adjutant and Inspector General +. w,
Noise.
Superintendent Of Pcnitcntiary-T. j.
lipscomb.
Superintendent Of Lunatic Asylum DR.
Z. II. Griffin.
Governors Private Sccrctary--Wado II !.
Manning.
Suprcmc Court of South Carolina.
Chief Justicc-A. j. Willard, Columbia.
Associate Justice -IIcury McIycr. Che
raw.
Associate Justicc--A. G., Haskell. Co..
lumbia.
Clcrk-A. NJ. Boczcr, Lexington,
Rcportcr-J. S. G. Richardson, Sumter
r;u: r
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

Tho people of Rhode Islands are taking
q wonderful interest in negro convict, who
is OF present stopping in the pcnitcntiary Of
that State. lie has studied very diligently
since his confinement, aud tho result is that
he is today ono Of the best scholars in the
State. and as linguist has few equals in tho
country. He has mastered French, Ger
man, Italian, Spanish. Hebrew, Greek,
Latin, Sanskrit, Portuguese and number Of
other languages. He has frequently dcliv-
cred orations before the other prisoners.
Ills pardon is recommended by the City
Solicitor Pcckham, Governor Van Iandt
and and others will DO granted. The Rev.
Charles Howard Malcolm, D. D., of New
York has obtained for Peters position as
missionary in Libcrio.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

GOING EAST.
Night Mail and Passenger Train:
Arrive at Seneca, 8 25 D III
Leave Seneca, 26 D IN
Day Passenger Train:
Arrive at Seneca, II sc n m
Leave Seneca IL 81 am
GOING WEST.
Night Mail and Passenger Train:
Arrive at Seneca, 7 ~ am
Leave Seneca, 7 08 a m
Day Passenger Train:
Arrive at Seneca, K 10 D NJ
Leave Seneca, 4 so pm
GOING EAST.
Local Freight and Accom- III modaton Train:
Arrive at Seneca, 4 80 pm
Leave Seneca ls um
Through Freight Train:
Arrive at Scnc;a 11pm
Leave Seneca s 81 pm
CONC VEST.
Local Freight and Accommodation Train:
Arrive at Seneca 5 so m
Leave Seneca 6 90 a NJ
Through Freight Train:
Arrive ut Seneca 9 90 n M
Leave Seneca 9 90 m
Close connection at Atlanta for all points
West and ut Charlotte for all points East.
G. j. FOREACRE,
General Manager.
W. j. IIoUs.oN, Gcnl Pass. & Ticket
Agent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27
HIS RESPONSE TO THE GIFT OF CHAIR
FROM THE VILLAGE BLACKSMiH'S
CHESTNUT TREE.

street
Its blossoms whito aud sweet
Enticod tho bees, until it seemed alive,
And murmerod like hive.
Aud when tho winds of autumn, with q
shout,
Tossed its great arms about,
The shining chcstnuts, bursting from tho
sheath,
Dropped to The ground beneath.
And now some fragments Of its branches
bare,
Shaped as stately chair,
Have by my heorthstono found homo at
And whisper Of tho past.
The Danish king could not in all his pride
Repel the ocean tide;
But seated in this chair can in rhyme
Roll back tho tide of Time.
see again, as one in vision secs,
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear tho childrcn's voices shout aud
call,
And the brown chestnuts fall.
I sec tho smithy with its fires aglow,
hear tho bellows blow,
And the shrill hammers on the anvil beat
The iron white with heat.
Aud thus, dear children, have yc made for
mo
This day jubilee,
Aud to my more than thrccscorc years and
ten,
Brought back my youth again.
The heart hath its own memory, like tho
mind,
And 10 it arc cnshrincd
Tho precious kccpsakcs, into which are
wrought
The giver's loving thought.
Only your love and your remembrance
Give life to this dead wood,
Aud make these branches, leaness now so
long,
Blossom again in song.
KINasTREE, March 1S.-Unitcd States
District Attorney Northrop, the counsel of
John Pcndcrgrass, came up here to-day on
the 2 p. NJ. train, and paid over to the
Clerk of the Couit $50 25, the amount of
the fine and part Of the costs imposed on
Pendrgrafi, who was convicted Of libel at
the recent term Of court nt this place. The
sheriff rcmitted portion of his costs
Pcndergrass, it will be remembered, was
tried before Judge Muckcy on charge of
publishing lbclous article in the Nation
al Republican against certain respectable
citizens Of this county II vas convicted
and was sentenced by the court to pay a
iinc Of $500, or in default thereof to be
imprisoned in the pcuitcntiary. Mr..
Northrop, his counsel, made application to
tho Court, after sentence had been passed,
to have the prisoner set at liberty, in order
that he might secure the amount of his fine.
This application was denied, his counsel
having refused to be responsible for the safe
keeping Of the prisoner. On the 18th
instant Pendcrg,ass was sent TO Columbia
to servo out his sentence, and the payment
of tho fine to day came just in time to save
him from being incarccratcd.
nno nCk 81.
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OC0IlCG County.

Scnator-J. w. Livingston.
:, Representatives. George Il. Cherry, Joel
Beard.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27
Circuit Ju7ycs,

First-B. 9. Presley.
Second-A. u. Aldrich.
Third-T. B Fraser.
Fonrth }. III. Hudson.
Fifth--Joscph B. lIcrshaw.
Sixth-T. j. Mackcy.
Seventh Ny. II. Wallace.
Eighth Thomas Thomson
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-27

On and after SUNDAY, December Sth,
Double Daily Trains will run on this Road
rs follows:
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24
For lie Smyrna Times
Methodist History on the Peninsula.

AS Captain Webb introduced Methodisn
IN the Northern part of Delaware, cannot
pass him by, without adding little of hi,
previous and subsequent history, as
consider it full of interest, and not ex
traneous to the subject that solicits our at.
tentlon. Mr. Lednum says the leading
event Of l767 in reference to the interests
OF the infant cause Of Methohism in Amer.
ica, was the Identification of Mr.. Thomas
webb with it. He was with General Wolfe
at the taking of Quebec in l75S, where he
lost his right eye" "In 1864 he was
awakened to see and feel his need of a
savior under the preaching of the Rev.
John Wesley. After sore conflict which
lasted year or more, he obtained an assur-
ance OF sins forgiven. He related his ex.
perienoe with great power, and it was made
a blessing to many. Soon after his CONVEX.
sion he returned to America, and was
stationed at Albany, New York, as barrack
master. His appearance among the Meth.
odlsts IN military costume embarrassed
them at first, but he soon began to offiaiate
among them as public speaker"
When God proposes to disturb the con.
sciences OF men, and to arouse them from
their lethargy in which sin has placed
them, he can find mon suitable to every
grade OF society to work in his VINEYARD.
Here was great Continent with people
varying i'll intelligence, different in persuits
that needed something more than they
had to lead them to God. In this emer.
g"ncy he sent men to this country from
Ireland and England, that had to labor at
trades, at agriculture, or the profession OF
war Tor support. They came with a
spiritual baptism, and waited not for a
Church to preach in: nor salary for their
support, but like Paul, labored with their
own hands, for su3tenance
Mr.. John Wesley in writing to friend
says of Captain Webb, che is a man of tire,
and the po,cer of God constantly attends his
word" Again, Mr.. Wesley saws. 81 adj.
mire the wisdon of God in raising M
preachers according to the various tastes of
men. The Captain is all life and fire
and many who would not hear better
preacher, flock together to hear him" In
l1'4 John Adams heard Captain Webb and
said that he was one of the most fluent,
and elequnt men that he had ever heard y
In luo the Colonies took up arms against
England, and Captain Webb returned to
MS native land, doing all the good he could
while lie lived. His death was sudden. but
not unexpected to himself. In Dec 1876
he retired to bed apparently well, but soon
began to breath with difficulty, and ex.
PRED in few moments without struggle
or groan."
While in America he labored in New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
and Maryland, and contributed largely in
some places to the erection of Chapels.
After his return to England he built a
Methodist Chapel with lis own means at
Portland, and the gentry Of the place put
cupalo on it, and in the cupalo bell.
After his death, his two sons came to this
country to reside. One became preacher
among the Society Of Friends, but always
protessed great love for the Methodists."
SMYRNA, Dec. IA, 1879, S. P. NJ.
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24

Coop News FOR THE DEAF: The AUDI.
PHONE.-ln this progressive age we are not
easily astonished. Inventions are 50 numer
GUS that we have come to regard them as
everyday occurrences. Among the MANY.
however. there are some which claim more
than ordinary attention. OF such is the
"audiphone," the simple instrument by
which the deaf are enabled TO hear. A
gentleman in Chicago putting his watch
between his teeth, and stopping his ears,
discovered that he could hear the ticking of
his time.piece. This led to the manufac.
turs of fan.like instrument, which held
between the teeth, greatly helps deaf people
to hear. The test was aprplied to several
deaf adu is and children. who were not a
little surprised and even more delighted at
the results. AS dumbness is only the result
of deafness, it follows that by use of the
audiphone the dumb can lie taught TO
speak. This many have been taught to do
by other means. but with great labor, and
not with entire success. In size and weight
the audiphone resembles an old-fashion-d
watch. II weighs less than two ounces and
so is conveniently carried in the pocket.
Tho sound eaters through the instrument
on the principle of the microphone, is con.
Quoted to the teeth.piece, and thence
through the teeth TO the auditory nerve
So carefully has the instrument been tested.
and so reliable is it in its effects, that a
man totally deaf for forty years was enabled
by Its aid to hear distinctly.
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24

From the tone Of the Cuban press il is
evident that Spain can never hope to effect
the abolition of slavery on the ever faithful
isle without resort to harsh and arbitrary
means. Every Cuban planter, like every
Southern master, isa aholitionist in theory.
and sticks to the theory until it touches
ms pocket. Every Spanish politician or
Cuban administrator too is opposed to the
sacred institution until its destruction
lnterferes with his constituents. Slavery is
one OF those evils which cannot be anelio.
rated. but must be extirpated, and if King
Alfonso wishes to signalize his reign he will
do 1t by simple and summary proclama.
ton of emancipation.
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24
PROGRESS.

Steadily. steadily. step by step,
Up the venturOus builders go:
Carefully placing stone OIL stone;
Thus the lOftieSt temples grow.
Patiently, patiently. day by day,
The artist tolls at his task away;
Touching it here and tinting it there,
Giving it ever with infinite care
a line more soft or hue more fair,
Till little by little the picture grows.
And at last the cold. dull canvas CLOVIS
With life and beauty and forms of grace
That ever more in the world have place.
Thus with the poet-hour after hour
He listens To catch the fairy chimes
That ring in his soul: then, with magic power,
He weaves their melody into his rhymes
Slowly, carefully word by word.
Line by line. and thought by thought,
He fashions the golden tissue of song
And thus are immortal anthems wrought
Every wise observer knows
Every watchful gazer sees,
Nothing grand or beautiful grows,
Save by gradual. slow degrees.
ie who toll with purpose high,
And fOndly the proud result await,
Murmur not as the hours go by
That the season is long, the harvest is late.
Remember that brotherhood, strong and true,
Builders and artists and bards sublime
Who lived in the past and worked like you,
Worked and waited a weariSOme time.
Dark and cherries and long their night
Yet they patiently tOiled ut the task begun.
Till, To- thrO the clouds broke that morning light
Which shines on the soul when success is won
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24

Tommy, says the So,d1y Courier, who lives
in the Roxhury district, had finished saving
his prayer the other night, and was sitting
on the bed with his arms clasped around
his knees, when he Intercepted his nurse
in this WISE Mary, why do We always say
amen? why don't we sometimes say sheep,
a dog, horse, a COW? He was tucked in
with the remark that curiosity led to the fall
OF our first parents, and he went to sleep
puzzled, like many another religious
inquirer who had been graphing with sub.
jects beyond his comprehension.
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24

With the close of the old year the farm.
ers of our country, as a class, have good
cause to rejoice at the result of their labors
for the past twelve-months. Providence has
smiled upon them with his broadcast smile ;
in fact has turned his pockets inside out
for them, blessing them with an abundance
A gatherer of agricultural statistics estimates
that the butter produced during the year
will be worth about 10 millions Of dollars :;
cheese and milk 1870 millions; beef and its
products, go millions; corn, 4l0 millions ;
and wheat, 400 millions; making in all
1880 millions, an increase of about 2S per
cent over the average of the last ten years
This aggregate is equal to nearly $50 for
each man, woman and child in the United
States, to say nothing of cotton, wool, fruit
and the many other agricultural products
not enumerated above which would largely
swell it,
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24

ONES CHANCES OF LIFE.-The following
is one OF these well.authenticated tables in
use among London assurance companies.
showing the average length of life at
various ages. In the first column we have
TIA" present ages of persons of average
health, and in the second column we are
enabled to peep. as it were, behind the
scenes OF an assurance Office and gather
from their table the number Of years thew
Will give US to live. This table has been the
result OF careful calculation, and seldom
proves misleading. OF course, sudden and
premature deaths, as well as lives unusually
extended, occasionally occur, but this is n
table OF the average expectancy of life Of
AN average man or woman:
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24

The Chinese have begun to 20. The
steamer that sailed from San Francisco for
Hong Kong on the 18th took COL of them
to their native land. The port statistics of
San Francisco show that the arrivals of
Chinese during the year ended November
were G.l2S, and departures S,746-of whom
6,229 went to China and 2,jl7 to Honolulu
the excess of departures over arrivals
being 2.GlS. II is estimated that there are
$4,000 Chinese on the Pacific coast, which
shows that this population is decreasing in
stead Of increasing, for when the anti.
Chinese agitation was begun, few years
ago, the estimate was 100000. The total
number Of Chinese arrivals for the twenty
years ended December, 1878, was 230.43O.
and the departures and deaths l33,49l.
At this rate the Chinese will soon cease to
trouble California workingmen.
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24

General Won Moltke retains to a good
degree his freshness and vigor. His politi.
cal opinions include DIGESTION Of the
Socialist Democrats and feeling nearly
akin for the Catholics. He is sparing of
words and of money, and is economical
even in trihes. His only luxury is a good
cigar. He works in lis study for eight or
nine hours on a stretch. taking during the
time only glass of wine and a biscuit.
Smyrna times., 1879-12-24

The Churchman property at Claymont,
containing seventy acres of land, upon
which is situated six dwellings, grst and
saw mill, etc, has been sold by Philip
Quigley, Esq, Of Wilmington, to gentle
man of Philadelphia named Richie, for
$3l ZOO. The purchaser contemplates max.
ing number Of improvements, among
them being coal depot and phosphate
works. 1t is said that the P. w. & B. .R.
will extend their tracks 70 that point.