Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-08-05
MISCELLANEOUS Items.

40 ,414.
Chester County promises balo Of new
cotton by August 18th.
Lice arc reported rs injuring tho cotton
crop in North Carolina.
stalk of cotton i'll Darlington County has
sevcn hundred bolls and forms on it.
Twentysthroe bales Of now cotton have
been shipped from Austin, Texas, This season.
Abbcville reports opcn boil of cotton on tho
25d July, Aikon on 25th and Richlund about
tho Goth.
Spartanburg County has q population of
40,47l as against 25,7S4 in 1870, a heavy
Increase.
Ncwborry has &c candidates, Spartanburg
dt and Edgciicld 40 for the various Offices to
be filed this fall
The United States Court at Croenvillc met
on the I'd instant and adjourned TO Scptcm-
ber l6t.
Two Atlanta, Ga, farmers mndo 500
bushels OF Irish potatoes on one mere of land,
which they sold for $.l0O.
Tho expenses of The recent term of court
at Grcenyilc, which lasted II days, was
l,009.2l.
There is ono man in Albany who never
gets too drunk to tell his own name. 1t is
Hicks.
Figures won't lie" is a mistake. Some
of the finest female figures upon the streets
arc nothing but -!
Educate the whoic man-tho head, The
heart, the body; the head to think, the heart
to feel, tho body to act.
Anapplc has been grown on native tree
in Chester County measuring thirteen inches
in circumference
The Sumter County Convention has
adopted the primary plan Of nominating
candidates
1t is very generally conceded that both
New York and Indiana will be Democratic
in the Presidential election.
Tie Orangeburg Comfy Republicans will
run county ticket under the direction Of the
old leaders.
1t is reported that 100000 people arc ON
tho verge Of famine in Kansas, from
drought which has prevailed from November
to May.
Mr. John Barber, an experienced cotton
spinner from Lancashire. England, is form
ing company for the erection Of n factory
near Grccnyil!c
The Democratic and Republican canli
dates lor Governor OF North Carolina will
peslh JOINT canvass and discussion o fl
political matters on the 4,h instant.
Mrs Mary Lnmsdcn, of Masonboro Sound,
N. G. was killed by lightning on tho oSth u!..,
one was ut the timc sick in bed and an
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There has been but one duel fought in !
Indiana since it became :, State. The sur
vivor Of that duel was tried, convicted ynd
executed for murder.
Statistics show that 1881 persons living
in Europe are over ninety years Of age.
Ccntcnnrians arc not uncommon, Italy hays
ing doe, Austria Il2, and Hungary 1850.
There 5 contained in the corn cobs raised
in tho United States from Ia, 100000 to
TOO, 900 0O0 pounds Of carbonate of potash, |
which is the third most valuable article re-
CURED in agriculture.
1t is estimated that Oregon will furnish a
surplus Of $50, 900 tons Of wheat for export |
described as more encouraging than for |
many years past, with much larger acreage
than formerly.
There were fifty four cotton factories in
North Carolina at the close of 1879, aud !
twenty additional ones will be put in opera
ton this year. These mills arc ali doing
well and making large profits.
T. -. p
President Hayes, that he will have put aside
one hundred and sixtyfvc or seventy thou
sand dollars Of his salary by tho time his
term expires.
Memphis is, so far as heard from, the only
city in the United States that has decreased
in population. In 1870 its population was
&c, ,22G and in 1880, 33, 900. Yellow fever did
tho sad work.
Harriet Davis, colorcd, II cook for Mr.
Barrett, Of Camden, was burned to death last
week by the careless use Of kerosene. She
was pouring oil from tho can into the stovc
fire when it exploded. The houso WAS saved
with difficulty.
The census Office says that the total
population Of the United States will be
little over 40 600, 900. Tho Official count
will bo needed to determine whether Ohio
or Illinois is the third State Of tho Union
in population.
Tho Grccnyillo County Convention in
structcd it's delegates to vote for Eyins fer
Congress and Cothran for Solicitor. The
primary System, by plurality was adopted for
nom; mating candidates.