Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-04-17
The K.so or TRAnrs.-rhe king Of tremps

The KINa or TRAMps.--The king Of tramps
has put in an appearance at Danbury. This
remarkable parsonage answers to the name Of
John Wilson, and when the officers found
him upon the streethe was clothed 10 mass
Of rags that auttered from his body like u
thousand strenmers. IIe was taken to the
Jail and searched. Nino pairs of pants. o
dozen vests and an equal number of ooats
were removed before the searchers came upon
tho framework Of the "man" himself This
mass Of clothing weighed in the neishborhood
of 200 pounds, including tho contents Of the
numerous puckets. Upon searching these
receptacles the officers were astonishod to-
find over o dozen pairs of rusty scissors Of all
shapes and sizes, broken nails. knives, cbiscls,
buckets. tin cans, horse shoes aud every cons
ceivable article Of hardware. Tho acoumu.
lated mass Of rubbish must have been load
to carry about during his long time of wan
dorings. for whom taken from their resting
places they appeared to have lain there for
number Of years. Each pocket contained
also mass of rags, papor. card board and
even Jumps of soil. Amid all this rubbish,
carefully concealed in bits Of paper, was the
sum of 1T in grecnbaoks some of them is-
suod in 1861, faded and worn as if they had
lain thore undisturbed for decade. The
mass of rags, iron and other ,yaluNblcs tnken
from his pockets would fill M arE;nary -four
barrel l-Ne,o Haren Palladium, Murch 25.
Il SUpEME CoURT DEcIsIoN IN. Z.
Craig, ct al, against Wm. 9 Beatty. execu
tor Of Nancy Blair, deceased ct at. The
appeal in this case wont up to tho Supreme
Court from York County, and involved the
validity of bequcst by the testator, Nancy
Blair, deceased, to trustees ia trust for
certain Of her slaves The will took effect
in l860-before emancipation. The Cir
cult Court held that the bcqucst was void
under the act of l841, and that their sub
scquent ,omsnoi patton could nol,inure to the
benefit of tho slaves. This decision has
recently been affirmed by the Supreme
Court. The fund, some FIVE thousand
dollars, goes to certain relatives of the
deceased for whom she provided in the
event that the slaves could not take OF
course the act Of 184l is now dead letter.
The case is mentioned because it settles the
construction Of the act oven in tho light Of
emancipation. - KorkvtNe Enquirer.
i
Two hcrdsmen quarelcd on3a Nebraska
prairie, and each threatened to kill the other.
Neither were armed, but there was gun
in their hut, mile uway. Both startet
for the weapon, and it was a race for life,
for the manwho got it was certain to shoot
his compuion. They had several fights on
tho way, and were bruised and exhausted
when they neared the goal; but they ran
with desperation, and kept abreast until
close to the house. Then one tipped and
fell, giving tho other the lead. Tho victor
dashed in tho bAQding, pulled the gun
down from its hooks, and morclessly mur-
dored his fallen foe.
There are six tunnels from Hcnry's fo
Swanannoa Gap on tho extension of the Yves.
tern N. O. Railroad, distance of 81 miles
The length of the tunnels are 3,482 feet,
the longest of which is Swannanoa, it being
| 1910 feet. At Mud Cut, 10000 cubic
yards Of earth has been remo7ed Tho
work is progressing towards Ashcvillc slowly
but surely, tho grading, exoavating, etc.,
being performed by convict labor.
The whole number of State convicts in
the whole United States employed in mes
chanical industries is l3, 1856, out of State
prison population Of 20, 1877, and they earn
on the average forty cents per day. AT 50
per day, tho average price for labor outside
Of prisons, these men would earn So, l22,-
376.
| Enough money has been invested III govern
mcnt bonds for the benefit Of tho widow Of
Lieutenant IIirnm II. Bcnncr, tho yellow
hundred dollnrs. Besides this income she
has been presented with cosy house at
Elgin, III.
Utah is to apply for admittancc rs State
into the Union. When Artcmas Ward was
exhibiting his show in Salt Lake City. his
! complimentary tickets to tho city officials
read: "Admit tho bearer and ono WIFE,"
Congress ought to admi, Utah on similar
ticket.
Virginia, no longer tho mother Of Prehi.
dents, is, however. the parent of Senators,
being represented in tho United States Senate
| by six Senators, to wit: Johnston Wniers,
Hereford, Dnvis. Coke. Thurman. rhe two
latter represent Texas and Ohio. but we're
born of Virginia parents in Virginia.
The Memphis Appeal snys tha Memphis
was never better governed than she is now;
was never in better sanitary conditions;
never had better outlook, and never saw
the time when her people should be more
cheerful as to the future.