Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-01
LOCAL MATTERS
Candidates will soon begin to bud.

machine for sale at this office.
Tho tax assessment in Piokens County
this year is 27a mills.
Nlfousekeepers have to depend almost alto
gether on bacon and green's these days.
Tho South Carolina presbYtery. will moot
ut Williamson on "Wednesday, April Z.
Governor Simpson has re.appointed Col. F.
A. Hoke Trial Justice for Seneoa Township.
Mr. Vim. s. Reese, native of Ocouee, died
in Greenvillo on the Goth 1it. He leaves o wife
and children.
There are Mirtysin tunnels GU the Cincinnati
Southern Railway, instead Of thirteen, as mis-.
printed last week.
Lost, gold watch key. The finder will re-
,ceve our kindest thanks by leaving 1t at the
CouRIER Office.
DR.. I G. G. Fnhnestdck. we learn, is fixing
up q dentalofico IN town with tho view Of prac-
tcing his profession in odr' community.
Miss Carrie Kiser, of Lexington, Lox-
ington County, entered tho Walhala
Female College on last Monday.
preaohing ut Westminster Methodist Church
on next Sunday at lot A. NJ. and at Center
Methodist Church at 81 7. Nj by Rev. A. W.
Moore, pastor.
Attention is directed TO the advertisement in
this issue of Martin & Mower, Ecwbcrry, S. c.,
who want two hundred cords Of tan bark. Here
is good job for some one.
We understand that we aro soon to have
another resident physician in our town--Dr.
eourdin Sloan, recently Of Anderson County.
The weather hos been quite cold for the past
few days. with plenty of frost and some ice.
1t Is thought tho fruit crop has suffered con-
siderable damage by tho cold snap.
Biemann & Son have recently added an
omnibus 10 their livery stable. which they pro.
pose TO run TO the depot for the accommodation
of passengers.
A colored man by the nnme Of John Thomp.
son died in Wcs. Union on last Saturday with
pneumonia md was buried on Sundny afternoon
Mt Flat Rock Baptist Church graveyard.
Our merchants nrc now receiving their spring
goods. little printers ink in the shape of an
attractive and suitable advertisement will help
them wonderfully to sell their goods. Try it
and bc convinced.
Tho usual Monthly Union Concert Of
Prayer for Foreign Missions will he lleld in
tho Prcsby yterian Church on next Sunday
night at 7.3o o'clock P. NJ.
After tho first of April tho conductors and
trainmon on tho passenger trains Of the
GrccnviIle ana Columbia Railroad will
appear in hnn'rorno uniform. This is m
evidence that Superintendent Temple has On
eye to tho aesthetic as we'll as to the strict
oommon rules Of business.
Wc aro rclubly informed that in about
two months tho management will put fas,
passenger schedule on the Greeuville and
Columbia Reilrond, making the time from
Columbia to Nreenvillo six hours and half,
instead Of eight hours and Ave minutes as al,
present.
President Hayes has appointed commission
OF three persons to negotiate new treaty with
China. Hon. Wm. Henry Trcscott, OF South
Carolina, is on the commission. If tho "Chincse
nre TO go' we shall soon hear Of it, We do no:
want cmigrants from China and Africa.
We are informed that there are now ninety>
nino hamcs on tho roll of the Walhalla Fes
malo College. The DR.. should ondenyor 10
squeeze out the hundred by tho timc he has
his next catalogues printed.
Tho largo valuable tract Of land. near
Seneca City. belonging to The estate of G Gorge
A. Trenholm, deceased, will be sold ut Wal.
ha'la on Monday next. plats of tho same
'oan be seen at Mr.. M. w. Cocman's in
Seneca City.
We are indebted to Master J. II. Hagood, of
the Bruins Literary Society Of tho High School
OF Charleston for an invitation to attend q
public eebate of tho society at the Charleston
college on the 30th March, 1880. The question
Tor dcbate rs ""ere the Crusades benefcia, 10
Europe'" For the affirmative appear Masters
B. G. Chisholm and L. Toomer Parry, and for
tho negative Masters r.. T. Mood and r u
Iagooa
We are glad to see improvements being
mado nj Seneca City. Mr.. Jordan is COM
pleting handsome twn>story residence on n
desirable sito. Mr. Stanton is also buildior
a largo two story residence. f'hese DWELLINGS,
will be ornaments 10 tho town. slcssrs.
Gignlliat & Co. have commenced the erection
OF store house and residence combined.
Other improvements are being made.
All singers and their "eisters and their
cousins and their aunts" will sing 'Love Me
Darling" charming new song wrtton Inv
|. Edward Orchard and jus. published by
onr great Southern Music Iionse I.udden &,
Bates, Savannah, Ga. In sentmont, melody
and harmony, it satisfies both singer and
hearer, and once heard will be called for
over and over again. For soprano or tenor.
Easy accompaniment. Elegant titlc papo
Price 40 cents.
We regret TO announce tho death of Mav