Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-01-29
LOCAL MATTERS

80. 8. y s
The regular monthly COMFORT of PRAYER for
loro'gn missions will bo hold in tho Lutheran
Church on next Sunday night at the usual hour.
J. Il. Hendrix is advertising celebrated par-
den seeds this week. Give him call and ex-
amino his seed.
Cotton is quoted firm in tho Walhalla market
at tho following figures: Good middline 12a.
middling IL, low middling liz.
We regret to state that Mr.. Horny Ritter,
while driving one Of Mr. Bicmanns horses, was
run away with noar tho depot, getting ono wheel
OF tho wagon smashed and his arm broken.
Merit will tell. Buy the genuine article and
40 not expend your means On vile trash Shri-
ners Indian Vermifugo is guaranteed il taken
according to directions
Tho United States revenue forces havo re-
turned from Rabun. Nine stills were captured.
A number Of persons, charged with violation of
the revenue laws, wero also arrested.
We acknowledge tho receipt Of annual pass cs
over tho Greenyille and Columbia Railroad md
its branches for tho present year, through tho
courlesy'of Jabez Norton General Ticket Agent
We see from our Abbcvilo exchanges that
there are sixteen prisoners in jailin that CO unity
two Of whom arc charged with murder, three
with arson and the rcmaindcr with q variety of
crimes Of less magnitude.
Smoke cubobs for asthma and catarrh, tho
best remedy known. Smokers Gun have il mixed
proportionatcly with their tobacco. 5000 pounds
bark of the sassafras root wanted at two cents
per pound cash. r. Il. NORMAN s. Bno
We have had several cold days during the
past week, and on Monday light slcct fell,
which terminated in the cvoning in hcav
rain Tho remote mountains ore covered with
snow, but with us the weather has so moderated
that Tuesday rcscmbled a May day in tcmpcra-
turc.
Turner Osborne, charged with Bradbcrry with
tho killing Of Mrs. Compton, near Fair Play,
about Christmas, has been arrested and vas
brought to Walhalla last Friday evening and
lodged in Jail. On his first arrest, before the
death of Mrs. Compton, he escaped from the
constable.
We publish q communication from Mr.. A. G.
Sigh, good aud observing farmer in the Rich
land sectiono Of our county, in reference to the
pt st which has been destroying the wheat. Mr..
s., after u careful examination, is satisfied that
the worm and not the fly is doing the damage.
The worm resembles the common cut worm and
certainly feeds on green vegetation.
The Directors of the Pcnitcntiary have con-
tractcd with Mc3srs. Dolby & bangs, contractors
for the building Of tho Charleston jcttics, to
supply them with granite from the Slntc quarry
They nre TO pay the State Is cents per ton for
the granite loaded on the cars md The State is
to furnish 200 tons per day, worth 800 TO the
Slate.
Several new students have entered Adgcr
College within the pas. few days, among them
w. Z. Castles from Chester, W. Griffin from
Abbcvillo and g. G: Johnson from Anderson
We have heard of several others who arc TO be
hore in few days. The future outlook of the
College is quito cheering. Tho Faculty are
working hard to lay the foundation broad and
deep.
NoTlcE To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. We
expect TO leave this place next week for other
fields, we hereby give notice that Mrs. II. j.
Lcgarc is rduly authorized Agent ard Teacher
for Evans & 1dcson Convex Miniature Process
for and within Oconcc County, S. c., who will
furnish supplies and liccnscs to pupils at usual
rates. #. O. DCWD
General Agen, for Evans, 1dcson s. Co., Balti-
more, Md.
We regret that VIC aro called on 10 chronicle
another homicide in our county. On Friday
evening about sunset Thomas o. Parker shot
md instantly Killed a man named jesse Horn,
who had, some time previous, been engaged as
n laborcr Of W. r. Parker at his steam saw
mil DO, :,
Parker and about eighteen ycars of ngc. AS
the matter will doubtless undergo judicial in
vcsigation We forbcar comment rs to The cause
or any of the facts brought ont on thc inquest
Parker has not yet been arrested.
Bargains, selling off at cost, are attractive
words to The people and shoul have due weight
in tho minds Of buyers. AZ the sign Of Tho red
flag an entire stock of merchandise will be run
off at cost, and we suggest to our readers desr-
ing goods to call and examine the stock and
prices Of Mr.. II. o. Sigh. Mr.. Sligh desires to
close out his business on account of his bad
health, and for this reason oCcrs bargains TO
all. Ills stock consists of O. general assortment
of articles adapted to Tho trade Of this section.
Hc also desires to collect all clnim5 due to him
and asks his customers to call and settle up.
Sec his advertisement elsewhere
we publish in this issue The proclamation of
Gov. Simpson, offering n reward of one hundred
and fifty dollars for tllc arrest of Turner
Osborne. 1t bears date shc 81, of January,
1880, and on The back is endorsed Statement,
that the first proclamation must have mis-
carried. The present copy of il bears date as
forwarded the 23d instant. This vas q strange
freak Of tho mails with so important paper.
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