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

Ills living for others,
To tighten their lcad
'Iis helping your brothers
And Trusting in God.
TIE SALE OF THE GREENvILLE RAIL
RoAD.--Mr. Barnwcll, Master for Rchland
county, yesterday delivered tho deed Of
conveyance of tho Grccnville aud Columbia
Railroad to Mcssrs. w. p. Clyde, Y. NJ
Logan, James Bryan and Wm. A. Courtc-
nay, pursuant to the decrec of court, at the
purchase sum of s2,393, 600, opo.third of
which was paid in cash and bond aud mort
gage givon for the balance. Accordingly,
under instructions from General Conner,
Receiver, possession was delivered to Gen
Il. Nj. logan on behalf Of the purchasers.
Under tho new management Il. L. Me-
Caughrin, Esq, will take general charge of
the property. Col Il. NJ r. Tacott has
been appointed general manager, j. w.
Fry, Esq, general superintendent, Sol.
Haas, Esq, general freight agent, and A.
Pope, Esq, general passenger agent. The
general superintendent has issued circu.
lar requesting all officers, agents and en-.
ployecs to continue in charge of their 70.
epcctivo departments and duties until furth-
er notice -It'gistos, 24lh.
Judge Kershaw, of South Carolina, who
is president of an anti ducling society, said
in his charge to Spartcnburg Grand
jury "If the duel is to be tolerated at
all, it is due to our people that it should be
openly lcgalizcd 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 tho
law, and this form of homicide legalizcd,
we would at least comprehend the necessity
of training our sons from infancy to tho
skiltul use of the pistol, reverse our ethical
system, and omit from the 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 $1,000, 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 342 100000
During the year 1870 the number of cards
posted in the United States was 246,0O0,-
900.
~ heroic and noble Bostonian's first
thought when his house took fire recently
was for his mother in law, whom he saved
from n burning staircase by promptly throw.
ing her down from three story window.
The duty on papcr-To pay your sub
scriptions promptly and under tho con
sciousncss that you get more for tho money
that can be had in any other way.
Congress will again be in session in about
six weeks, and the officials at tho 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 tho ministers
next in order editors. The most men
think these two olassos live on air--thin
air at that
a mans general character for honesty
and fair dealing with his fellow men can
be measured pretty accurately by refer
cncc to the subscription book of ncwspa-
per. When he is found right there you
can put him down as 'good egg With
out going TO hunt for secret record.
A murderer under sentence of death was
During the ceremony the Sheriff stood on
the shore holding rope attached to the
prisoner.
a man is astonishing the people of Mil
waukcc by walking on water. lie wears
shoes resembling collins, and goos three
miles an hour at q swinging gait.
If country editors purse was as long
as the time his delinquent subscribers take
to pay for their paper, and as well filed as
his imagination, what mine of wealth he
could command! And if--but let us leave
that painful subject.
a colony of lcapcrs has been discovered
in one of the back districts Of tho parish Of
IIafourchc 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 wcrc mani"
but we do not remember ever hearing q
man wish himself woman. No; man
never dared allow his wishes to soar so
high. He is content to admire rather
than be tho thing admired.
The steamer Alpona, of the Goodrich
Line, which for years has piled between
Chicago and various ports on Lake Michi.
gan was lost in the recent severe storms.