Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-12-23
From the Mountains to tho Sea-
board.
CHARLESTON, December 10, 1880.

instant for tho purpose of visiting tho
Queen City of tho South, and propose to
give you birds eye glimpse of what
saw aud heard.
Tho first items Of interest that saw along
tho road 10 3cncca City were two new
churcacc-Scuth Union and New Bethel,
beth of which ere fine structures aud will
soon receive their finishing touch.
On arriving a. Seneca City and stopping
in to Fir l. u. Fincannon's 10 warm, learned,
that the mocscaGo. death had cloimcd his
infant child, one year cl:l, tac n'sht before,
which died from mcmbrarcous Group. The
messenger always brings sadness to the
in,nateo Of any fsmily, bet our fucr SYN
! pa,hics ofc clioitcd in such casca whcrc the
innocent helpless babe is transferred from
earth to heaven by the ruthless haud Of
death. The bcrcavcd parents have our
sympathics.
| remained in Seneca but ai,ort time,
but the hand Of improvement was heard
and occn on all hands. noticed Mr.. j John
Q. Cary's Hotel is being pushed or aud
soon will be ready for use. This house
when fnichcd and It's proprietor Till 10
quito all acquisition to Seneca City. Tc--
totalism aud indcmisahic energy Cnnd oac
bcgcts tho othcr) is better than alcoholic
spasms.
Nlcssts. pullen and family, Of Fair Play,
will be another valuable acquisition, WHO
| will characterize themselves for fair dealing
and energy, and who come on the list Of tc-
totalism Such men arc bound to succeed
But just at this point in my correspond.
cncc the whistle is heard and the Blue
Ridge is on hand and tho welcome sound is
heard "All aboard" and VIC arc of for
Charleston. Nothing Of note occurred
during the day. The weather wuu very
cold, the time made was pretty good, the
officers were courteous and attentive. |
noticed good deal OF cotton in the fields as
we fitted along through Anderson aud
At6cvillc
We reached Columbia about dark 10
judge Of the size Of Columbia by the noise
Of the parties representing the diiisreu!
hotels one would Imagine he had arrived at
Gotham.
After leaving Columbia there is an im-
provcmcnt both as to comfort aud time
Two miles below Summcryille and twenty
miles from Charleston Mr.. Walter Whildcn,
brakeman, who had been detailed 10 watch
hot box, aud while leaning from the
platform was struck by woodracls and
knocked OF and it is thought fatally in
jurcd hy fracture of the skull No body
kncw it OF the time and on arriving at
Charleston special car was dispatched TO
tho missing man. lie was found lying in
the water nearly frozen, having lain there
three hours lie was brought to Charleston,
where he received surgical skill, but lie has
since died. He he'd only been married
few weeks.
ain stopping at Mrs. Goodin's, on King
street, in the upper portion of town, who is
very kind ana keeps good table at rcaaon-
ab!o pricca.
went 10 tho races one day, but the
weather was so intensely cold that small
turnout wus Oh the grounds. The lovers Of
the turf were pretty eager and bets were
freely taken and the epccd was pretty good.
attended the Industrial Fair. 1t 10
attracting large crowds, notwithstanding
the stinging Geld weather During tho
tight l attended The fair the building was
brilliantly lit up, band CT nueic dis
courscd sweet music and everything "wcnt
merry ns marriage bell" TO enter into a
description Of the whole catalogue Of won
dcrs would be hcrcu'can task, but will
give description Of few things that
struck me With interest. | saw two pairs Of
antlcrs of deer fastened or locked together
and could not be separated aud had pcrishcd
in this condition. They wcre found in
Goose Greek Parish swamp, near this city.
| saw bust Of Osccola, taken two days
after his death by an Italian sculptor. His
head when chronological would Indicate
high order of intellect. lie seemed to be
wanting in accusativoness, but the organs
of ycncration and firmncss were very promi.
ncnt. I saw pair Of old English flint and
steel pistols used for dueling, but in no case
has any fatul casualties resulted. They
have been in uso eighty years. saw n
pitcher that had been in uso 20S years aud
has been preserved by family descent. It's
history during tho Revolution was Interests
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