Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-06-02


The State Convention sof tho Young
Mems Christian Association will meet at
Newberry on Thursday, the 9th Of June. and
continue three days. A large attendauceis
expected.
The Galveston aud Pacific Marrow Gauge
Railroad Company was organised 10 Calves
ton on last Saturday with capital stook Of
$760,a00. The route Of the road will be from
Galveston to Viotoria, San Antonio and Car
mago.
The receipts Of cotton at ell tho ports, up
to May ~, is $500. 1854 bales against 4,744,-
600 at the Same .imo last year. An increase Of
646. AGA bales.
In HolYoke. Mass. there are seven thou-
sand French Canadian mill operatives. and
the children have become Amerioanixed 80
that they speak English instead Of French.
President Eliot. Of Harvard College.
Mary l.. Booth. editor of Harper's Bazaar,
and the cook at the Parker House. Boston,
receive the same salary-said to be $4,000 a
year.
Liberty is TO the collective body what
health 10 to every individual body. Without
health no pleasure can be tasted by mnn;
without liberty nc happiness can bo enjoyed
by society.
The wheat harvest has begun IN Texas
and the quality is better than at any time
during the past twelve years. The yield will
average eighteen bushels to the aere.
"A Convention of the Ancient Order of
Ilibernians recently met in st. Louis. The
m EN- bership embraces some 500 900 persons
in the United Statea and there ore $500, 900
in the treasury.
The Soath Carolina Railroad Company
hos commenced laying its track to the waters
edge in Charleston. The dray interests will
suffer from this movement, but progress
is onward and calls to every obstacle to stand
from under.
The work Of opening the channel of the
French Broad River, which is being done by
the United States Government, is progressing
well, and steamer will be plying regularly
between Brevard and Asheville by the 4th Of
July noxt.
1t is said of girl out in Indiana, that
last year che cultivated, harvested. threshed
aud sold $50 bushels Of wheat. Aud now,
Instead of going to Washington to press her
claims for post Office. she has bought new
sulky plow, and entered on another CAM
paign.
Tho building boom in New York city is
unexampled. The number of new buildings
which have been begun in that city since the
lst of January laet is LAS and their cost
is to bo $l8.685.270 Then there arc hum
dreds Of buildings undergoing alteration,
mainly having additional etories put upon
them. The new buildings will average more
than four stories above the basement
Two Polish women arrived in New York
with small pox and were taken to the hospital,
only ono being married. Their identity be-
camo confused, and whom the married ono
died it was reported to her husband that 1t
was tho other. Goiog at lost to greet his
&ife on her recovery, he discovered for the
frst time that it was tho maiden who was
we'll and his wife who occupied grave,
the stone Of which bore the fve woman's
name.
"A remnant of the Seminole Indians,
estimated to number 600, is etill left in tho
ewamps Of Florida. Chief Chipcoe, who
participated in tho Fort Dade massacre, is
hale old savage Of ninety yenrs. 1t is said
that negroes are still held in slavery by
membcrs of tho tribe. They. keep as far as
possible from the officers Of tho government
and are still unreconstructed rebes. They
dress in the costume Of their forefathers and
live in rude style, with very little labor and
not many of the conycniencies of civilized
life.
The Washington arsenal has beon abol-
ished and the buildings will be converted
into barracks. 1t is explained that this
movement to gather troops nc Washington is
intended for the protection of the Treasury,
where are deposited over $1,000. .00O,o 900 in
securities. Tho government is afraid of
burglars and mobs and it is proposed to
keep soldiers pacing around tho building,
day and night. At present twenty cripples
guard the Treasury building, but it has been
perfectly safe under such protection. The
government. however. seems ts be nervo us
about sudden raid of burglnfs.
"A great procession, such one as Europe
has not seen for somo years, is now on the
march. 1t is not so gay and picturesque
procession rs that which recently entered the
city of Venice amidst the bonsing of cannon,
the ringing of countless bells and tho plaudits
Of the multitude, but is nevertheless q great
procession, worthy of some notice. Riding
ahead is company of Cossacks heavily
armed. Behind them are twelve regiments Of
human beings, one thousand to each reg.
ment, men, women and children, broken
hearted and forlorn. Most Of this wretched
army wear heavy manaclcs on their ankles