Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-07-15

priccs.
A disease called tho carbon is killing
horses, mules and cattle near Marksvillo,
Louisiana.
The cotton worm has put in an appear
ance around Natchcz, Miss.
''Will Succeed" Hancock is the generally &c
ceptcd version Of tho initials Of our coming
President, W. S. Hancock.
There is more activity in tho mining bu..
sncss around Charlotte than has been
known for several years.
II is stated that Gen, Gary was the first maj,
! in South Carolina to advocate the nomination of
Gen. Hancock for President
BY the recent census, Charleston CITY
has population of 49,027--an incrca Sc
since 1870 of 1,07l.
Judge Thomson decided on Monday tha.t
an appeal from a Trial Justice Court carries
with it Tic right to 4 cmand Il jury.
The Ulman woolen mills, of Bay st.
l. ouis, Mississippi, are making largo mum.
her of beautiful shawls which they arc
selling rapidly.
The cotton prospects in this State is reported
favorable, with q clean crop, and carly planting
doing we'll. The weather Cor tho month Of juno
IS universally reported us very dry.
a. a. Clsby has hccn admitted to bail in til
sum of $4,000 and a. a. Glover in The sum of
50 600, to answer tho charge of murder in tho
H., 4 n
The Campbcliitc Sect to which General Car
field belongs, has SIS. 600 members in tho
United States. 1t is aail that nine United
States Senators and good many Representa-
tivcs arc nc rbcrs Of it.
GALVESTON. July l3-Tho first bale of
now cotton was received hero yesterday. A
telegram from Iioaston also reports tho
| receipt Of new bale at that point
Isaac Matthews, coiorcd mau, Of Now
River, Florida, has a fiuo cotton crop of 35
acres planted in February. He has ships
ped cae bale Of new cotton to market.
ETEnsprRG, VA, july IA protractcd
drought has rendered The water in the city
icScrv"'r ''HuiEclcn1 To supply more thnn
hall the city, and to,night the water was
turned in from The canal to meet tho dclici-
cncy. The supplving Of tho city with water
| from the canal will probably cause several
rii!s here to close operations.
The census en0mcrators in Utah wcre un-
able to determine whether they ought to
classify tho plural wivea of Mornons as
marrcd or single, and III their dilemma
they applied to Superintendent Walker for
Instructions. lsc directed that tho wo-
mems answers he accepted in all cases, and
entered as they gave them.
The number of inhabitants of Grcenville,
under the ceusCs just completed, is G,l55.
In 1870 the census was 2.757. Tho gen-
cral estimate Of tho city's population, quito
recently, previous to the completion Of the
enumeration, was at least l, 500 more than
it is reported.
NEW ORLEANS, July 12.-The bark
Excelsior arrived here July 5, fifty eight
days from Rio. Tho vessel had been de-
tanned ut quarantine station twelve days,
and thoroughly fnmisatcd. On Saturday,
July 10, james Kennedy, sailor, aged nine.
teen, native of Scotland, was sent to tho
infrmary. The patient presented symptoms
Of yellow fever, and died Saturday night
The board Of health at once ordered tho bark
to return to tho quarantine station and have
taken every prccnuion to protect the health
Of tho city.
MONTREAL, July l2.-Jke anniversary
Of tho battle Of the Boyno Id progressing
here very quietly. Tho Orangcmcn have
confined their celebration to their lodge
room, and in tho evening they will dine to.
gcthcr. The Catholic communion society
members assembled ut their lodge rooms
this morning, but finding that :hcre would
be 10 outside demonstration dispersed to
their homes.
"hround the world in eighty days" is
nothing extraordinary now. A party con-
sisting of gentleman, his wife aad son
left Liverpool, March 10, and reached
Hong Kong, via the Sucz caDa, in 36a
days and New York in 66 days, the fast
est passage on record. AllowiDg0 days
for crossing the Atlantic the journey would
have been completed to Liverpool in rs
days, beating Jules Verne by five days. A
RAILWAY across Turkey md Persia will
eventually shorten this time very matcri
ally.
BEOFEs. ARRIVALS.