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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08
The Central Ae eailroad.

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The Central Railroad of South Care lima
is making very favorable progress. The
entire limo is under contract, and the grad
ing is going forward at o rapid rate. There
orc about 800 hands employed by the Diff
ferent contractors.
On tho Sumter end of the liuo Mr.. J..
ID. Hardiu has contract for grading
eleven miles Ilo has 200 bands at work
and during the past month has flushed four
miles Of his contract and will com pote tho
rest of the distance by the middle of Octo.
ber. This contract carries tho road to
within about sovon miles of Mauuiug, the
remainder Of tho road to tho town being
under contract to three parties, who have
150 hands employed.
! Seventy hands are at work getting out
timbcrs for the Black River trestla, aud at
Manning some sixty hands are engaged in
grading thoiroad. The work at this point
is the heaviest on the limo, there being ono
cut fifteen feet in depth On this side of
Manning, NJ II. McLaurin & Bro. have o
contract for grading ten miles and have
200 hands employed, More than one
third of their contract has been finished
Maj. Llnd is working contract of three
miles Forty hands are at work taking up
the old irou nnd laying tho track with new
steel rails
The company now have one cargo of
steel rails at Wilmington. 1t is being
transported to Sumter over the Wilmington.
| Columbia and Augusta Road and unoaded
at that point. Another cargo is on the way
to WILMINGTON, and the bill of lading has
been received Of another cargo Of sx or
seven hundred tons of rails from Now
York by the schooner T S. Powell
which is expected to reach Charleston on
the 5th instant. a contract for fourteen
hundred tons of rails has been made in
Europe. This shipment will reach Charles
ton by October !, and furnish enough rails
to lay the entire road, which will BE- ready
for service by the first OF middle of Novcm-
bcr. The maximum grade Of The road is
thirty five feet, aud the line will doubtless
be one Of the most profitable roods in the
State It's advantages to Charleston can
hnrily be over estimated.
The Central Road commences ct Sumter
and will intcrscct with the Northeastern
R1iroad above Charleston.
We had the pleasure of graspiug the
hand of our old friend O Il. p. Fant, Of
Anderson, who made short visit to our
town on last Thursday. lIo thinks this
year will he worse in his section than in
1915, that memorable period known as the
dry year, when farmers gave away good
horses to keep from feeding them. They
bad to haul c,rn from tho mountains
Now they plant cotton in the mountains,
and the mountanccrs will have to do like
the black bear, crawl into cave and suck
their paws until spring of the year when
cabbage plauts begin to sprout and worms
to crawl. Speaking Of worms We rcmem-
ecr that th, army worms that year ate
everything green that came in their way,
md we know two stage vcrs who were
dcvoured by them. Nothing of them was
left hnt their toc>nails and whiskey flask
-XdrttccN San.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08
Special Notice.

Those who are indebted to tho KEowEE Cou-
BIER for subscription, advertising, job work and
by note, are earnestly requested to come for
ward and make immediate payment. We arc
needing money and now is the time to pay.
We know that the crops are short and those who
cannot pay in full can pay us part.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08
Notice to Creditors.

James II Rulcdgc. Administrator Estate Of T..
Is. Rntlcdge, Deceased, Plaintiff, against
parthenla Snead and others, Defendants
COMPLAINT ron RELIEF, &c.
PURSUANT 10 M order in The above stat.d
l. action BY Hon. j. B. Kershnw, Presiding
Judge. The creditors Of the estate of Nancy
RuIlcdge, deceased, are hereby notified TO- pre-
sent and prove their demands brforc me on or
before Saturday, October Isl. 1881. or bc barred
RICHARD LEWIS
Master Oconcc County.
September l, 1881 4o.5t
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08
FIVE DOLLARS,

Five dollars will be giyca for the largest
and best collection of medicinal plants.
roots and herbs, delivered at Walhalla. for
the Atlanta Exposition.
G. WANNER, Chairman.
September 6, 1881.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08

oFF FOR AUBURN Redmond, Kell;
and Moore left Greenvilo on Saturday for
Auburn pcnitentiary, where tho first will
remain ten years, the second two years and
eight months and the last two wears.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08

Yonng Harper, who was hanged for mpr.
dcr recently, in Arizona, said: "Stand
heap from man before killing him. MANY
young man has become murderer simply
because no had pistol handy"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08
La Crosse Republican Leader

Having been cured by St. jacobs OIL I
recommend the same to all sufferers with
rheumatism. says Mr.. Il. Shffman. 1904
Calumet Ave, Chicago III.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08
BACON, BACON Z!
JUST RECEIVED A NICE LOr or
C()Uu T R I
B BACON.
HAMS, RE E-g GENES HDEHs
POUND.
My Fall and Winter
stock Of Goods, at
pricesto suit everybody,
will be on hand in a
few days.
]. C. MICKLER,
Notice to Creditors.

James Nichols, rs Administrator of James
Nichols. Deceased, Plaintiff. against Martha
Nichols and others, Defendants -CoMpLA,Nr
FOR RELIEF.
PURSUANT to nm order in the above sloted
1 action by Hon. j. H. Hudson, PRESIDING
Judge; tho creditors of tho estate of James
Nionols. decensed' and John Nichols, dcccascd.
n,o ',ay noIeoy nolihod TO present and prove their
ue,hanos % neIore me on or before tho 4th day Of
October, 1881, or DO barred. ' "
RICHARD LEWIS,
Scptcihbcr 8, 1881 '>0ay a. !;
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08

Is it possible that q remedy made of such
common. simple plants as Hops, Bnchu,
Mandrake. Dandolion, 60, make 40 many
and such marvellous cures rs Hop Bitters do7
II must bo. for when old and young. rich AMI
poor. Pastor and Doctor, Lawyer and Editor,
all teatify to having been cured by them, VIC
must boieve and doubt no longer - Toat.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08

Mrs. Brayton, widow of Deputy Marsh nj
Thos. L. Brayton, will probably bo appointed
postmaster nj Grccnvile,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08

The Oconce Fcma'o University opened
at Wahalla last Thursday under churge Of
Mrs Cobb, as principal. She is well edu
GATED and has sevcrul years experience in
teaching, two years in connection with the
Female College. Her terms are reasonable
and she literally proposes to teach tho
children Of deceased Confederate soldiers
FREQ of charge. We clip from tho Edge
field Adccrtiscr the following compliment
tary notice Of her school:
FREE ToITIoN TO CoNfEDERATE ORbuASs.
Free tuition to the daughters of deceased
Confederate soldiers. This is q feature
which in any school in South Carolina ought
to make the whole State rise up and call that
school "blessed" And in this connection
we would call tho attention of our readers
to tho card, in another column of Mrs. Sal
lie Sloan Cobb, Principal of the Oconee
Female University, ut Walhala. This card,
moro than in ordinary cases. is worth tho
careful consideration Of parents and guar
dinns. Mrs Sallie Sloan Cobb was formerly
Miss Lynch Of Abbovile and s an older
half sister Of our beloved friend and towns.
man, Mr.. W. e. Lynch Mrs. Cobb has n
very fine reputation ns teacher. and wo
would BIO much rejniccd to SEQ Edgeield con.
suit it's best intcrcsis by becoming foremost
among her retrons. --Edgedeld Adrertiser.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08

The phosphate business Of thia State has
become very important ono. In 1867 the
shipment of crude rock amounted to only
six tons, 10 1881 to threo hundred tho1,
sand. In addition to this there are 10
Charleston thirteen factories for preparing
the crude rock for fertiizing purposes
which ship annually ninety thousand tons.
The school boy is now feeling bad over
the near approach Of school days.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08

Capt George Anderson died nt residence.
at Waterloo. Laurcns connty, on tho 3Oth
ultimo. at The adsanccd age Of S5 years.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-08
Notice of Final Settlement and
Discharge.

MOTTO Z is hereby given that tho undersigned,
~ administrator of the estate Of Moses Can
trcl. deceased, will make finn, settlement Of
tho estate Of snid deceased in the Probate O.lico
Mt Walhalla, s. G, on Monday, the Sd day Of
October next, and will on that day apply to
N1chard Lewis, Esq. Judge Of Probate, for q
final discharge ns administrator Of said do
censed. Creditors, distributes and all others
claiming m interest in said estate will take
notice to appear on that day with their claims.
JOHN Il. CANTRELL,
Administrator.
September |. 1881 az 81
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07

The Queen Dowager of China,
died some time ago, and the quarters
of the Chinese Embassy at Washing
tonhave gone into mourning. The en-
trance was draped in white, and the
members of the embassy assumed a
white cotton dress, which they will
wear for twenty-seven days, during
which time also the entrance will re-
main draped and memorial services
be held twice daily. AT some of the
legations the room m which the SER
vices occur is draped and q memorial
tablet is erected, but the only dra-
perry at the legation here is over the
entrance. All members of the house.
hold, including servants, are reqired
to attend the services, which are
held early in the morning and at
evening. The senior minister leads
the way to the service-room, follow
ed by the others in the order of their
rank. When all have entered they
kneel. and then throw themselves on
their faces, in which position they
remain for moment. This form is
observed three times morning and
evening. at short intervals. After
twenty-seven days the ceremonies
are discontinued and the mourning
dress and draperies are removed.
The legal period of mourning, how
ever, is twenty-seven months, dur
ing which time subdued colors must
be worn excepting on state occasions,
when full dress is allowed without
restrictions. The rules that apply to
men apply also to women. They
must wear white for twenty-seven
days and no ornaments. Thereafter
they may use ornaments sparingly,
but must avoid bright colors in dress.
These ceremonies are similar to
those observed at the home court.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07
THE WEST PorNTERs.-The follow

THE WEST POfNTERs.-The following
assignment of the graduates of the West
Point Military. Academy as second lieu
tenants have been made Engineer Corps
John Mills, John Biddle, E. o. Brown,
Fl. F. Hodges and j. G. Warren; Second
Cavalry, Guy Carleton and Al. Grifiiths;
Third Cavalry, D. H. Boughton, F. o.
johnson, j. T. Dickman and P. W. West.
Fifth Cavalry, L. W. Cornish and Britton
Davis; Sixth Cavalry. G.. Hodgson and
j. NJ. Stotsenburg; Seventh Cavalry j. G..
Waterman; Eight Cavalry, ]. A. CASTOR ,
E. Fl. Crowder, A. J. Hammond and j /,
II. Gardner; Second Artillery, E. 8. ].
Greble and NJ. Q. Richards; Third Artil-
lery, G.. T. Bartlett, A. G. Blunt and c. A.
Bennett; Fourth Artillery, Williston
Fish, c. L. Phillip and c. p Townsby;
Fifth Artillery, s. A. Allen; Second In
fantry, V j. Brumbach; Fourth Infantry,
F B. Andres; Fifth Infantry, r. B. Tur-
ner; Seventh Infantry, ]. L. Barbour;
Ninth Infantry, A. S. McNutt and w. r.
Stoll; Eleventh Infantry, B.F. Handforth,
J. A. Emery and 5. NJ. penkins; Twelfth
Infantry, D. E. Mccarthy and c. H. Barth;
First Infantry, L. w. V. KEENAN,; Fiji
teenth Infantry, A. S. Rowan; Seven
teenthInfantry, ]. T. Kerr; Eighth Infan-
try, ]. d. Mcdonald; Sixteenth F. T. Van
Lew; Twentieth Infantry, r. g. Hill,
F. Morrison and j. II. Waters; Twenty
first Infantry, F. j. Herman; Twenty
second Infantry, Fl. G. Hodges, jr.; TWEEN
ty-fifth Infantry, II. A. Leonhaenser
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07
Abuses at Washington.

Everybody will remember the
shock which the discovery of the pri-
vate carriages which every bureau
had charged as email wagons" Gre
ated, yet the abuse was not correct
ed. The private carriages arc still
used by every bureau official and his
family and the government is still
paying for them as mail wagons.
They are still driven by private SER
wants, borne on the rolls as "messen-
gers" and so paid out of the United
States treasury. In what Custodian
Pitney has done he can point to
many precedents. Bureau officers
have had their houses furnished in
whole or in part at government cx-
pense for twenty years, and the same
little rings have f1ourished about the
chief clerks room. The sales of
Custodian Pitney differ nowise from
other like sales. Only the most
worthless stuff was exposed at auc-
ton. The rest was bid in by favor
ties at merely nominal figures. In
Pitney's case there are said to have
been exceptions. On one occasion a
large lot of mahogany boxes, which
cost the treasury six dollars a piece,
and which were almost as good as
when bought, were to be sold. Many
of tho clerks went to the sale in or
der to get some of them. They
found that the boxes. were sold in a
lump and dealer who was known
to be in with the ring purchased
them. The favorite dealer turned
right round and sold off his pur-
chases singly and at treble the
price which he had paid. 1t will be
q week or more before the investi-
eating committee will submit the
report. 1t will be of a startling ma
tpre, and, it is said, will include an
other branch of the treasury depart
ment which makes large purchases.
One significant fact should not be
omitted in this story, and that is that
one Russell, OF Philadelphia repeater
fame, .and Captain of the Watch Co
baugh, who earned an honest living
by levying political blackmail on
government clerks and collecting as.
sessments on commission, are two of
the prime henefciaries of the treas
ury ring Washington Dispatch to
Philadelphia Times.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07
Feather-Weights.

What is vinegar without a mother +?
1t is orphan very poor.
Men are geese, women are ducks,
and birds of a feather flock together.
The star route which terminates
at the head of Salt river is not to be
discontinued. .t.,.i..
Every man has his follies, and oft
times they are the most interesting
thing he has.
1t is better to, hit the nail on the
head twice than it is to hit the nail
on the finger once.
The fashion editor who goes raw
ing in this weather about black CASH
mere suits being in style, needs muz-
zlin',
Young ladies graduate from Vas
sar college with the degree of B. A.
By close attention to business they
can in few years take the degree
of MA. 81.
Thousands of pounds of American
honey are now shipped to France,
and if any Gaul intimates that it is
all adultereted, the exporter is ready
to retort: "Honey soft qui NAL 9
pense."
When King Charles of Roumania
assembled the throne of his kingdom,
his address was only three hundred
words long. All the editors in Rou-
mania, irrespective of party, are in
favor of running him for a third
term. az
A young woman applied at the re-
lief bureau in Galveston the other
day with a paper containing the fol-
lowing: "This unfortunate woman
is the daughter of an old and child.
less father, and she supports several
young brothers by her work.
A youth was heard to remark to 8
Jolly and fat Teutonian, as the circus
pageant passed the. city hall
Haven't Iseen you before? You
face looks familiar as dot so p
said Hans. when you get SO old
as me your face viii look familiar
too.D
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07
SUMMER CLOTHES FOR CHILDREN

A loose shirt, linen jacket, and
short linen trousers are the right
summer dress for a healthy boy-a
dalmatica and light straw hat for a
healthy girl-in a country where the
six warmest months approach the
isotherms of southern Spain. No
wadded coats, no drawers, and, in
the name of reason, no flannels, nor
shoes and stockings, unless the mud
is very deep. or the road to school
recently macadamized. The long
lived races of eastern Europe would
laugh at the idea that the constitu-
ton of a normal human being could
be endangered by an April shower,
or that in the dog-days "health and
decency" require a wooden cuticle
from neck to foot. Have dogmas
and hearsays entirely closed our
senses to the language of instinct,
to the meaning of the discom-
fort, the distracting uneasiness
under the burden of a load
of calorific covers and bandages,
while every pore Of our skin, cries
out for relief. for the cooling in
fuence of the free open air? Keep
your children under lock and key,
lest the sun should spoil their
complexion or their morals, let them
pass their days in all underground
dungeon, like Kasper Hauser, but
do not load them with wooden trap
pings at a time when even linen
robe becomes q Nessus-shirt. There
is story of a glatton being cured
by a friend who persuaded him
to eat and drink nothing
for twenty-four hours without
putting an equivalent in quantity and
quality into an earthen crock, and
the next day made him inspect the
collectdnea and on the same prin-
ciple man of common sense might
perhaps be redeemed from the
slavery of dress-mania, by making
him wrap up his complete suit of
traps and weigh the bundle; he
would find that the summer suit Of
a fashionable gentleman outweighs
the winter coat of the most hirsUte
brute of the wilderness. A grizzly
bear, shorn to the skin, would
yield about ten pounds of hair and
wool; but dandy's accoutrements
flannel undershirts, drawers, shoes,
stockings, starched overshirt, waist
coat, craYat, black dress-coat, and
pantaloons--would weigh at least
fourteen pounds. Habit mitigates
the evil, though there are times
when the martyrs of fashion suffer
more i'll a single hour than ragged
Comanche in the coolest winter
weeks; but, for boys and young
girls, calorific food and wooden
clothes certainly make the sunniest
days the saddest in the year.-Dr.
OSWALD an Popular Science Monthly
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07

THE article on the proposed free
schools of Austin, signed "Citizen,"
will be read with interest just at
this time. The writer places the same
standard upon teaching as does the
STATESMAN. We have seen how much
the graded school of this city has
Lost in public estimation by the en-
ployment of cheap teachers, and
the same results await any school in
which not the best teachers are en-
ployed. Should a good teacher
find it necessary to take Employment
at starvation prices he win not feel
like devoting his time to teaching,
but will be all the while looking
about for some weapon with which
he may chase the wolf from the
door. The STATESMAN abominates
any system of education that tends,
as this Texas system does, to destroy
efficient and higher education.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07
The Problem of the suns Color.

Prof. S. p. Langley, director of the
Allegheny observatory, Pa, has
long cherished theory that sunlight
is essentially blue, instead of white,
yellow, or red, as it appears to be,
according to the state of the atmos-
phere which may prevail at various
times. Prof. Langley has made a
name and fame by the attention he
has given to solar physics, and the
results he has attained and any
theory OF his is worthy of considers
ton. He is about to start on an ex-
petition, the object of which is TO
prove that the sun is blue, and then
to establish that the suns actual heat
has never been taken into account
in those problems of scientific mete-
orOlogy which affect climate. and
consequently bear upon agricultural
and other practical affairs. Prof.
Langley's theory is that the earth's
atmosphere has played the part of
colored glasses to human vision, and
is, therefore, deceptive in regard TO
the real color of sunlight. His pros
pect Is to establish stations Of obser-
walton, which will correct the false
impressions of the atmosphere, and
may, by comparison, discover the
true color of the sun'slight. Should
he accomplish this, and prove that
the sun is blue, he will have advanc-
ed physical science to a new truth
heretofore yelled by the usual con-
ditions of observation. A wealthy
citizen of Pittsburg, whose name is
withheld, having faith in the profess.
sor's theory, has furnished the means
for the necessary apparatus and the
incidental expenses of the expedi-
ton. It's necessary to take an ele-
waited position in one of the most
arid regions of the continent, in or
der to reach the required conditions
for observation, and Prof. Langley
proposes to establish his Observable
ries in the remote regions of Arizona
or Lower Californian two contig-
uous stations, one at 800 feet and the
other at $4,000 above the sea level.
Thus he will get two different thick
nesses of atmosphere, and will be
enabled to make simultaneous OBJ
servations for comparison. The ex-
petition will start from Pittsburg
July l, under the official direction of
Gen. Hazen, chief of the signal SER
vice bureau, who gives the enter
prise his hearty cooperation. Sew
eral scientific specialists will accom-
pany Prof. Langley, and we shall
soon know whether the sun is red,
white or blue.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07

SPECULATIoNs as to the next
speakership of the house of repre-
sentatives are active just now. In
the following will be found some of
the latest gossip on the subject:
"On the Republican side there are
eight candidates named, as follows :
keifer of Ohio, Kasson of Iowa,
Hiscock of New York, Robson of
New Jersey, Burrows and Hubbell
of Michigan, Reed of Maine, and
Orth Of Indiana. Keifer is the most
active so far. The Democrats talked
of as receiving the complimentary
vote are Randall, Blackburn and
Cox, while the Greenbackers talk of
giving Kelley, of Pennsylvania, as
much of a boost as they can. Ladd,
of Maine, is spoken of as 'combi-
nation candidate if the Demo.
Gratis and Greenbackers can accom-
plish anything by fusing, which
does not look promising at the pres
emit time"