Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-11-03
LOCAL MA. A.TIrr1MRS.


the church doors staring the ladies out of
countenance.
Messrs. Colo s. Coffee arc out in fresh ad-
yertisoment this week. Read it and then 70
and SEQ them. i;
Ex-senator j. w. Livington and Mr.. w.
9. Calhoun, lawyers from Seneca City, have
been in attendance on our court
The attendance on Court Monday and
Tuesday was large, though wo have often
seen much larger crowds bero. s
Walhalla has presented n very animated
appearance this week. Quito number Of
our citizens were in town attending court and
paying taxes
The monthly concert Of prayer for foreign
missions for The Methodist Church will be held
in the Presbyterian Church OH next Sunday
night. DR.. Smeltzer will conduct tho services
The young ladies Of the Philophrehian So
cicty Of Walhalla Female College will hold thoir
dino reading Friday evening next ut O'clock.
The public are invited TO attend.
DR.. Smclzcr will preach in tho Presby tcrian
Church on next Sunday morning at IL O'Clock
for Rev. Mr.. Morris, who is absent in attend.
ance upon the meeting of Synod, which is in
session in Columbia this week
Columbia is making grand preparations
for tho State Fair, which comes of next week.
Fair, round trip, from Walhalla and Seneca
City, 5000. We hopc to SEQ Oconee County
fully represented ut this exhibition by large
delegation of her citizens.
The South Carolina Club, through Dr.. W. C.
Fisher, Secretary, will accept cur thanks for an
invitation to attend The twelfth annual ball. TO
be given at the State House, Columbia, on
Thursday, November 10th, 1881, at o'clock
p. NJ.
The post Office building, together with MI
mail matter, ut Murphy, N. g., were burned on
the night Of October 9Th. The cause OF the
fire is not stated by Mr.. Chas. NJ. Carpenter,
assistant postmaster at Franklin, N. G., from
whom We get the above information by postal.
Mr. Byron 9. johnson, an attorney and
solicitor Of Fort Worth, Texas, was present
in our court on Tuesday. lilo had beon at
tending the Atlanta Exposition and run over
to our town. liz IS young man of prcpos"
scssing Appearance aud manners.
Wo notice several members of tho bcr from
other counties present in court, among thom
Mr.. G. g. Wells, Of Grecnville, Mr.. B. f.
Whitner, j.. B. Marray and Mr.. Allen, of
Anderson,
Capt j. p. Mcklcr has recently purchased
the Piepcr Hotel property in Walballa and
will soon move up and open out his basncso
here. We gindlY welcome ell such citizens
to our town.
Eighty-iiye per cent. Of the entire attendance
at the Centennial came from radius of hun
drcd miles about Philadelphia. Unless the
railroads rcdGcc their LEGAL fares ghty five pcr
cent. of the attendance on the Cotton Exposition
will come from territory outside Of this radius
about Atlanta.
We understand that J,hn G. AIicklcr han
rented Mr.. Wesley PitchforL's dwelling house
and store houses in WaIhaln and will soon
be located among US with his family and
mercantile business. Walhnla is growing
in avoirdupois, when two such men as Capt
Micklcr and son are added to its citizenship
Maj. S. P. Dendy, Of Wahalla, has bc
como n real estate owner in Seneca City,
having purchased on Tuesday Inst the store
house ahd lot with dwelling attached, of
~. I. Lcdford. The price paid for the prop
crty was $500.
Mr.. Henry Dunn, who lives on long Creek
IN this county, had an OK at tho court house
this week which presented tho singular ap.,
pcarancc of having horn or long protur-
bcrcnct growing out just abovc the ox's nos-
trils. 1t is now about thrco inches long.
rather fat and Mr.. Damn tells us that he has
had to saw it of onco or twice Tho animal
is about nine years old
Mr.. T. W. Crooks, young farmer hear
Seneca City, will accept our kindcst thanks for
two large citrons and two good sized pumpkins,
presented to us this week The editors of the
COURIER will now have their pumpkin custards
and pies and starvation day is put off awhile
longer yet. May MIR. Crooks shadow never
grow less and may he always have we'll filled
barns and smokchouscs as the result of indus
trious toll and skillful farming.
n. w. Fitzgerald 4 Co., Pension and Patent
Attorneys Of Washington, d. c., are well known
by their cnrncst attention TO tho wants of their
clients; they have sccGrcd pensions TO soldiers
and their families amounting to $50 900, 900
Any case put into their hands receives prompt
attention; they arc thoroughly reliable nnd
honorable business mon. The Void ard Soldier
published by them, is publication no cx soldier
should fail to have. Sample copies are sent
free to any address.
We arc indebted TO our representative in
Congress. Hon. d. Wyatt Alien. for n copy Of
the Extra Census Bullcin. showing the cereal
production of the United States, by Counties. as
returned st the census OF 1890 We condcrsc
!bc following Interesting items III rr'ur-uc. 10
oconce county: BnrlcY -..'6 acres. proluuln. l3I