Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-04-28
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Several cases Of fnoasles are reported in and

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Several cases Of tnoasles afs reported in and
afonnd town. y .t1.,
The, books for the collection Of the Nay in.
stallment Of taxes vii! bo opened in tho Trea--
surers office ION next Monday morning. 40
Tho ordinance of baptism was administered
to an applicant In the Baptist Chutoh on last
Sunday nish.Jafter preaohipg.
Tie regular monthly concert Of PRAYER for
foreign missions viii be held IN The presbyteria
Church On next Sunday night at the usual hour.
Mr.. James Roach, an old ctizcn of this
county, who resided on Chapga Creek, died on
Sunday morning last. aged, about seventy years.
Prof. w. W. Legarea represented, oconee
County in the State Sunday School Convention,
which recently assembled in Columbia. He
was, elected Vice President of the Convention.
Mr.. b., F. Smith informs, us that he hns
planted this season about three acres or fourteen
hundred hills in ,waternelons. 1t is hought by
some that Frank intends furnishing the .court
house ring" With watermelons frco of expense.
We will soc. .'rll 3St.
Prof. w. W. Legare has been appointed one
or the delegates from this State 10 the third
international Sunday School c Convention, which
meets in the city Of Toronto Canada, on the
2zd, 2Sd and Oath days of June next.
The celebration of May Day will take place
at Walballa on Tuesday, the 10th day Of May.
A large conoourso of people arc expected wm.
Z. Calhoun, Esq, of Fair play will deliver an
address on the occasion. The public are res
'pectfully invited to attend. Programme of the
exercises of the day will appear next week.
Il We had q pleasant coll last week from Mr.. NJ.
Is. Powell and wife, Of Napervlc, DuPage
county, Illinois. Mr.. Powell is here for his
health and expresses himself pleased with our
country and people.
si A considerable amount OF land and other
property will be offered for sale on next Mon
'day, saleday. Those who want to invest their
surplus change in good property should be on
hand OF that time and make BIDS.
The election for officers of the town of West
minister, held on The Goth instant, resulted as
follows: For Intendant--W. p. King, For
~ardens-J. II. Lyon J. r. Burns, II. NJ,
Simpson and A. Zimmerman. All dry.
Last week was q busy one with our farmers
Scarcely any one was to be seen about the town
and from oil sec,ious we hear of great activity
in planting. On Friday we had good rain
and again Saturday and Sunday and again on
Monday night. This suspended work, us the
ground is very wet.
The temperature of the past weel: has been
oil our farmers could wish, warm, growing
weather, with frequent showers. The trees are
now putting on their robe of green, grass is
! springing up aud the newly planted crop bids
fair n comc ~, on1 ,ro,v> oR 40 n;al, T., $50
the nights and days resemble June.
The latest railroad rumor is that the Louis
villo and Nashville is perfesting grand sys.
tenn embracing Louisville, New Orleans,
Mobile, Charleston and Savannah, while the
Memphis and Norfnlk combination is trying
to lease the Cincinnati Southern, aud get to
tho sen vim the Augusta aud Knoxville to
Port Royal. a"e
Hon. NJ. p, O'Couor, member of Con
gress from tho Charleston District, died in
Charleston on the night Of The 25th instant
Mr.. OConor wos very brilliant man and
his death we'll be lancnted by the people
of the State at urge.
We call attention 70 the pros pec,us of the
Atlanta Constitution for the present year. II
certainly ranks as one of our first class South
ern Journals and hy the present mnil arrange
mens it is received in Wn,halla by O'Clock OF
the day Of its publication, thus giving our pco-
pie through its columns the latest news, market
reports, &c. lis political principles nre ac-
ceptable to our people and its editorials and
selections admirably made and arranged.
Mr. ID. RiemoDp 10 70 on6 40 Gtt;,,o
his hotel for the accommodation Of summer
guests. Old prophets look to tho coming sum
mer as likely 10 bc unhealthy, and if SO the
up.country viii most likely be crowded with
people from below Our citizens will spare no
pains to afford ample and comfortable quarters
for oil who come. Bicmann supplies well and
hia largo hotel nffords accommodations for two
hundred or more, besides we have several good
private boarding houses.
\, We arc graifcd to chronicle the pleasing fact
that Adger College has been made the happy
recipient of valuable volume from Mrs Emma
S. Brown and also from Mrs. Eliza 4. Ncyes
bo!h ladies of Boston city. These kind ladies'
,aressojourning in our midst for short time and
'their iiigh appreciation of intellectual culture
prompts them to look with favor upon our youps
instituti,n, striving to afford TO our sons or
opportunity to get liberal education. Th,
faculty and students of Adger College, togethe,
with the citizens Of Walhalla, highly appreciate
tho valuable gifts of these noble ladies ant
heartily wish them pleasant visit TO ou,
mountain town and hope they may induce other:
OF their friends to visit our "Sunny South,
where hearty welcome awaits them.
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