Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-24

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Bouiand, Catholic priest, has written to Mr.
Carp'n. Of Greenyillo. who has been 90 sue
o'asfnl In the culture of tho grape. and
asked him to g. 10 Atlanta and ascertain
from Coi. Foreacre all .ks pArticnlsys Iwi,,,,,
reforenoe .osahe lands Tying oontisocas&atoi
the A'lauta and Charlotte AIR Limo IL ilyay
tho object heing the location, il possible, 6n
a tract IF 3.SO).. a. -es. II a French sninnv
whose chief industry would be tho cultivation
of vineyards.
Mr.. W. L. Webb. Of sampit. Georgetown
county. who was sentenced by, the, United States
Court to Two mon.hsN am pti5ondieu@ id I'LL
county Jail. for voting more than once, wss
made hnppy on last Saturday by receiving a
pardon If, m ex-President Hayes. The pardon
was- s'goed ont the Sd instant. tho day before
H"yss went out OF cofdoe. iiAbout Ava minutes
at'sr Ss Sheriff D0ar received the pardqnhe took
.,.y Gp Z M1 Wsss, a1a g le''tsr w im~ed
j. l.,d,t Il LII. .mH .,J ~
The frst caso in this county under the
fActaof' the Legislature prohibiting Tho sale
Of liqupr to minprs came up befnre Trial
Justice Neil On Saturday, Mr.. w. B. Sloan.
Of Blaokssack. boing the purity Iobarged. The
PROSECUTOR. Mr.. j. q. Mackureil, alleged tha,
the defendant had cold liquor to his con. The
deisndans blended guilty and was sentenced
to dpss fne' Of S2s aud the co.,. Of tho
proceedings. .-Fai.,sela Herald. + '.t'H
FoRr scorr. RASaAs, March l9.-A storm
from the N"r'h west 40, in yesterday after
noon. Snow has fallen to the depth Of
Twelve Inches aud 10 stll falling. '.e
| D LnNpnH. March l9.-The town Of Mel,oli
on the Black Sea, in Anatala, has been
nearly destroyed by ire. Three hundred and
fifteen houses. including the custom house
and foreign ooneulates. are burned. The
homeless Inhabitants are destitute.
| CHICAGO. March l9.-One Of tho tierces,
storms Of the season bsgan about day break.
At first rain fell, but it quickly turned to
enow. accompanied by a furiou. gallo. Ia
! few hours the streets wero rendered almost ae
'mPasHahle as atanY time during winter The
storm was not very severe in the North. bn,
extended West as far as Omaha. Snuth TO
st. Louis and Kansas City and East to Crest
limo.
ST. Louie. Maroh IT, A tornado pas.ed
over q considerable part pf Snuthwestern
Missouri "n Tuesday "igbr. ACORN anied by
rain md hail. At Galena it demolished 8r.
teen buildings mortmllY wnundng two per-
sons aud severely injnring six others.
General Longstreet, It is believed. will be-
retained 10 the diplomatic service nf the
goeeromont under the new administration.
Tho women Of Minnesota nre contrndiop
for the right to vote on the liquor question,
20 vital to ti.em Bishop Foster, of the
Methodist Chorch. aud Bishop Whipplc of
the Eoiscopul Church, are sustaining the
wouen in their effort,
British consola on Friday last again rose
above par, selling for 2 sixtecuth ovo. 100
cash ahd 100 3-l6 for tbr account The
extreme e'sc Of tho British money markat
ond The difficulty IF securing profitable, in-
vestWrnts Ia thus again illnstrat"d. The
withdrawals Of money apparently for shin
ment to this country reached E25O 900
British Investors have seemioyly ia mucl,
difficulty us ,hnso rpnu this sidy Of tho
ooeAo io placing their surplus funds prof.
bly,.
Germany is again acitated over the enor
NOUS emigration to thi. country. and is
taking measures to prevent it. The Gable
tells us Tint the eotire population Of
numb' rs Of villages are migrating. IDdi.
cations arc plentiful that the coming
aeoson will witness tho largest mipratnn
from Germany and Ireland ever known
AL! attempts to convince the Garn,ap M
th"rities Of the fully Of impending cmisra,
t'"n have been futile, and steumship agents
are warned that thev must not enconrane r.