Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-04

lie SALE OF TIE GREENvILLE RAIL.
RoAD.--Ar. Barnwcll, Master for Richland
county, yesterday delivered the deed of
conveyance of the GrccnyiIle and Columbia
Railroad to Mcssrs. w. p Clyde, r. NJ.
Logan James Bryan and Wm. a. Courte-
nay, pursuant to tho decree of court, at the
purchase sum Of $2,303, 600, opc.third of
which was paid in cash and bond aud mort
gage given Tor the balance. Accordingly,
under instructions from General Conner,
Receiver, possession was delivered to G en-.
/. Nj. Logan on behalf Of the purchasers.
Under tho new management r. Il. Me-
Caughrin, Esq, will take general charge Of
the property. Col II. NJ Il. Taco,t has
been appointed general manager, j w.
Fry, ESQ, general superintendent Sol.
Hans, Esq, general freight agent, and A.
Pope, Esq, general passenger agent. The
general superintendent has issued circu.
lar requesting all officers, agents and en-
ployces to continue in charge of their 70
spcclivo departments and duties until furth-
er notice. -Iecgistor, 24h.
Judge kcrshaw, of South Carolina, who
is president of al anti dueling society, said
IN his charge to Spartcnburg Grand
jury: off the duel is to be tolerated at
all, it IS due to our people that it should to
openly legalzcd and regulated under the
law, and the Code of Honor, so called, in
some form spread upon the statute book.
If the duel were thus sanctioned by the
law, and this form of homicide legnizcd,
We would at least comprehend the necessity
nj tvuIn I :
skiiu use Of the pistol, reverse oul ethical
system, and omit from tho Lords prayer so
much as doth teach us to do the deeds of
mercy
The legislature of Georgia meets next
Wednesday, 3d of November.
Lancaster, South Carolina, has rat
sixteen inches long.
The annual production OF kerosene is
now about $4,000, 900 barrels. The first
oil well was sunk nearly twenty one years
ago.
In the year 1878 the number of postal
cards used in Europe was $40, 100000
During the year 1870 the number of cards
posted in the United States was 2l6,O0O,-
600.
y heroic and noble Bostonan's first
thought when his house took fire recently
was for his mother in law, whom he saved
from burning staircase by promptly throw.
ing her down from three story window.
The duty on paper-To pay your sub
scripions promptly and under the con-
scousncss that you get more for tho money
that can bc had in any other way.
Congress will again be in session in about
six weeks, and the officials ut the Capitol
arc already preparing for the advent of the
lawmakers. Carpets arc being laid,
desks put in order and things generally
frightened up.
The poorest paid men arc the ministers
next in order editors. The most men
think these two classes live on ar-thin
air at that.
a mans general character for honesty
and fair dealing with his felow men can
be measured pretty accurately by refer
cncc to the subscription book Of ncwspa-
per, When lie is found right there You
can put bim down as ''eood egg" With
out going TO hunt for secret record
\ murderer under sentence Of death was
baptized by immersion at Dallas, Texas.
During the ceremony the Sheriff stood on
the shore holding rope attached to the
prisoner.
\ man is astonishing tho people of Mil
waukcc by walking on water. lie wears
shoes resembling collins, and gocs three
miles an hour at swinging gait.
If q country EDITORS purse was as long
as the time his delinquent subscribers take
to pay for their paper, and as well filled as
his Imagination, what mine of wealth he
could command! And f--bu. let us leave
that painful subject.
a colony Of lcapers has been discovered
in one of the back districts Of tho parish Of
Lafourche in Louisiana, tho victims hiding
themselves from the world The disease
has existed in that State since the time of
the Spaniards.
We frequently hear a young lady
cxc!aim: ooh, dear, wish were man!'
but we do not rcmcmbcr ever hearing
man wish himself woman. No; man
high. He is content to admire rather
than be tho thing admired.
The steamer Alpcna, of the Goodrich
Line, which for years has piled between
Chicago and various ports Oh Lake Michi
gan, was lost in the recent severe storms.
and not a survivor was left to tell the tale,
Portions of the wreck have come ashore,
and ono body at least has been recovered
and recognized. No exact list of passcn-
gers was kept, but it is estimated that the
whole number lost cannot be far short of
eighty