Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-07-08
LOCAL MATTERS

placed in position in tho college steeple.
Mr.. James Lee, who lives right at tho foot of
tho mountains, had cotton bloom on tho 4th
Of July.
Mr. Wm FAINT, Of Central, Piokens County,
died recently in tho seventy.soventh year of his
age.
fine drove Of beef cattle passed through
town this week On their way to tho Charleston
market.
Tho census shows that four hundred and
sixty.four children were born in Oconee County
during last year!
Mr. Zophaniah Smith, Of pickens County,
aged seventy years, died ut his residence in
that county on tho 25th ultino.
Rev. J.. NJ. Aver, of Anderson, will preach in
tho Union Church Ut Seneca City on next Sunday
morning and at night, the llth instant.
Tho fast mail trains will 10 put on the Air
Limo Road in November next, when il is hoped
they will be continued regularly thereafter.
We arc requested to give notice that Rov. ].
G. Wingo, of Jacksonville, Georgia, will preach
in tho Walhalla baptist Church on Wednesday
evening, July 18th, at 8 o'clock.
If any ono has buggy horse he wishes to
lend out for his feed for month or two VIC can
mako the arrangement with reliable man.
Light work and good feed.
DR. J. NJ. ZACHARY will remain at home, near
Highlands and Cashiers Valley, from the 10Th
of July until tho 1st of October prepared to
work in dentistry.
Messrs. Wright s Sigh will soon have one of
tho neatest and freshest looking little drug
stores in all the up country. They arc giving
tho store inside and outside fresh coat of paint.
Mr.. J. N. Sutherland, formerly postmaster At
Bolton, has been appointed mail ngcnt on tho
Anderson Branch and Bluo Ridge Division Of
the Grccnvllc and Columbia Railroad vice Wm
Pelham removed.
Tho Alumni Association Of Ncwbcrry College
has chosen Wm. J. Strbling, Esq, of Walhala,
10 deliver the Alumni address at the commence
mont in 1881, with Rev. Robert 7. Campbell as
alternate.
Capt. sagc and party, of the Air Line Rail
road, passed up on Tuesday to survey tho pro
posed limo of railroad from Maryyle, Tenn, to
connect with the Air Limo Railway in this State
OR Georgia.
Mr.. Il. Brandt, one of our most energetic and
worthy German fellow citizens, has presented
us with tho first sweet potatoes of the season.
They are of the Florida yellow yam variety and
grew from slips set out about the first of April.
The Misses IIollingsworth, daughters of Capt.
c. L. IJolngswor,h, of Pckcns, have returned
homo from the Wesleyan Female Institute,
Stanton, Virginia. to spend their vacation.
Miss Addio brought home with her fine gold
medal awarded her for superiority in general
literature.
The Anderson Journal says that Mr.. John
Kaufman, of Walhalla, has recently CONS
peted the splendid bridge which ho con-
trnctcd to build across Rocky River near
Milford's mill in Anderson MIR. Kaufman
has made quito reputation on his excellent
bridge building, giving satisfaction both to
the commissioners and tho people, and ut the
ratio hc is going now he will soon have
monument to his namo across nearly every
stream in tho country.
Our list of candidates is sill increasing. In
this issue appears the names Of Sloan Y. Strib-
ling and S. p Dcndy for tho State Legislature
and that Of V. L. Norman for County Auditor
Our list of candidates embraces good and worthy
citizens, and the choice among them will be
moro one of personal friendship than anything
else. AS yet no ono seems 10 want the Office Of
County Commissioner, or at least no ono has
offered for it.
We have received tho catalogue of vii.
]iamston Female College for the year ending
Juno 18th, 1880, and it appears to be in a
hourishing condition from tho number of
pupils. The course of study is embraced
under three heads, the school of lotcrs, the
school of arts and the kindergarten, and the
plan OF teaching is ono department ut time
Rev. Samuel Lander, D. D., is tho President
and he has q number of professors. The
college is in healthy locality and its cur
riculum, high.
Rev. S. L. Morris dwelling house was entered
on last Monday night by robber, who got into
the house through window in tho rear part of
tho building, and had passed through one room
and had made his appearance in tho bed room
where Mr.. Morris and his wife were sleeping,
when Mrs. Morris heard tho noise of somc ono
in tho room. She awokc Mr.. Morris and called
his attention to tho fact lie jumped out of
bed and as ho did so tho thief ran out of the
room into Mr.. Morris study room, stumbling
over chair which was sitting by the window
through which the robbcr made his cscape H;s
barcfect tracks were plainly visible The next
morning where he had jumped from the window
to the ground. The tracks, from tho sizo and
general appearance Of the imprns, wcro cvi-
IDENTIFY those of negro md ho must have under
stood tho ms and outs Of tho house pretty well
to havo dared attempt such bold adventure
Fortunately Mr.. Morris lost nothing, although
the thiof was making of with his clothes when
discovered. Mr. Morris proposes to administer