Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-18

COLUMBIA, September l4.--Prof. Bibi-
kov returned from Aiken this morning,
where he has been prosecuting his search
for coal. He reports having sunk second
shaft and discovered q second laycr of
brown coal, which is cntiroly FREQ from veg.
etable matter. The Professor says thet
this establishes beyond question the exist.
enoe Of coal in this locality, and ho is Of
the opinion that deeper down there is still
moro valuable deposit.
WASHINGTON, September 25. Collector
j. j. Mott, of the Sixth District of North
Carolina, waited upon Commissioners Raum
to-day in relation to tho enforcement of Tho
revenue law in his district. The commits.
sioner assured him that allowance would be
made for the employment of suitable num-
Der of special deputies to enable him to
suppress Illicit distilleries, and to secure the
enforcement Of the law.
ROME, GA, September l5.-Gus Tams
mel, while under tho influence of whiskey,
shot and fatally wounded his brother Van
Tramnel, this afternoon in DeSoto, a suburb
Of Rome. Gus was arrested and confined
in Jail. Ho had armed himself to kill an
enemy, and Van's attempt to prevent q diff.
GUILTY vas tho only cause Of Disagree ent.
Trammel's wife was following him trying to
persuade him to return at tho time.
HAVANA, September l4.-Ropofts have
been received from Santiago de Cuba that
the slaves on the plantation have demanded
liberty, and that their masters have prom
iscd to give them freedom if they will
engage to work three years for wages.
Many slaves arc running away, and the local
authorities have asked Captain General
Blanco what they shull do. A dispatch
from Madrid announces that the Govern
meat will propose to tho Cortes that all
slaves b. given their liberty on July lst,
1880, on condition of seven years obliga
tory labor with wages paid
MONTGOMERY, September 12-- \ man
named Bales WAS sentenced to hang 10
Athens, Alabama, to-day. The case was
appealed to the Supreme Court at its next
term and the sentence suspended. Bales
murdered his wife, oDd tho lynch law was
prevented with difficulty when ho was first
arrested. About 5000 people assembled at
noon to day, broke into the JUL and took
Bales half mile from town for the pur.
pose Of hanging him. Not man would
tic the knot. Tho Sheriff then jumped
INTO tho wagon, pistol IN baud, and drove
back with Bales and lodged him in JAIL
The crowd slowly dispetscd.
The nnmo Of Miss Annie It'll was on the
programme Of last evenings concert for tho
benefit of the yellow fever sufferers. but
having contracted severe cold, her friends
feared sho would bo unable to fulfill
her engagement. However, she appeared
and sang Nrnani Invoami in tones so clear,
and with such artistic execution, that she
received u hearty encore. was enabled to
do this, she said, by using Coussens' Honey
of Tar, tho best compound in tho world for
clearing tho voice. relieving hnarsencss, Gu
ring coughs and colds. Price 80 ccnts For
sale bc X. II. Norman & Bro.
you have Corns or Bunions use Cuussehs
Lightning Liniment, and you can trip the
ii ,ht fantastic with ease and grace. 1t will
also cure Rhcumntism I,amo Back. Spruins,
Bruises, etc. On animals, for Calls, Spavin
Ringbono, etc, 1t effects a speedy and per.
manent cure. Remember Coussons' Lightn
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r II. Norman & Bro.