Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-04-13

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track at the bottom to fit 10 their track at
tho top and wheels placed in the centre OF
tho cars at the top and bottom to fit in
their tracks, Instead Of wheels on both sides.
The locomotive is to have driving wheels
fifteen feet high We await with interest
the new rona and wonder which will he
first completed. it or the Brooklyn bridge.
-XcurM and Home.
Mr. John O'Neil an cntcrprising young
farmer Of Ahbcvillc county, and who lives
in six ar eight miles Of Atbevillc village,
on Litllc River, has two burdrcd aud fifty
acres in small grain, aud has bought three
reapcrs cf Mcssls. Sullivan & Mat,ison, of
this place. with which to harvest his crop.
lie is large landowner aud urxt year
conicmplates experimenting with sheep
raising lie is going to turn seven hun
dred acres Of his farm iuto sheep ranch,
and test the question as to whether or not
sheep husbandry car be made profitable in
this section. We advise him to first buy
up all the dogs in his township and--Dut
Carolina needs % 600 Just such men as
ilr O'Neil. = -in'|crson MtcUiyrnccr.
GREENvILlE, April 5-Richard Bates,
under sentence Of death for ars,n. to he
executed on the 18th inst, and Am Good,
sentenced to two years imprisonment at
hard labor in the Pcni,cutiary for grand
larceny. were married to day ut y. NJ.
by Col. Edward Croft. The ceremony took
pIaocin the cell of tho j,il wherein are
contiucd three others who with Bates await
the execution Of the death sentence Gu ine
28th instant for tEc same crime. The p.ir
wi! remain together with tho other rrso-
ncrs in their cell tonight 70 morrow the
bride goes to the penientiary to serve her
term of imprisonment, and three weeks
from that day tho groom goes to the gal
lows.
SAN Francisco. April 5.-Thc CaN
publishes an interview with John Il. Swift
cx>trcnty commissioner to China, who says
regarding the twenty year suspension
clause of the Chiucse bill, that the CON-
missipners OF both countries contemplated
considerably longer period whcn dis ussing
the terms of the Treaty The Chincsc
we did the problems Of The com pr,,,ipn in
Chinese labor, aud were wiling tn agree to
means OF relies! The time of suspension
was thoroughly discussed, aud it was agreed
that suspension of thirty-thrr years or
one generation would be ncceSsary to
remedy the evils complained Of. fully
hoped that the suspension would have been
proposed for thirty years The Chinese
Government would not have considered the
faith Of the treaty impaired if it had been
for fifty years or more.
Under law the which went into operation at
the beginning Of the prcsc't year the female
sex in Switzerland has been concrdcd the
right OF becoming OF nge at twcnty-oac
Hitherto woman in Switzerland never
attained q majority in the eye of the law,
and no matter what her age she was always
in state of wardship This gallant lee !
fiction has now been abolished. but it is
doubtful whether the women Of Swtzcr-
land will own up to being twcntysonc
any quicker than the women of any other
county.
a New lSDUsrRY Tho rising of on.
loE sets seems to he one of the small in
dustrics that brings in ready cash. This
year they have been selling ut 80 to 40
cents quart, which is SlO to $l4 hushel
Ii any one has few ounccs of seed and
wishes to raise sets, he should select Thin
land free FROM grass seeds, aud sow the
soed thick. An old field with sandy soil
with little sprinklng of manure pro-
duces sets about the right size
ln digging up yard, in St Louis, Mis- :
souri,, to lay sewer pipe tho workucn dis.
covered an oarthrp jar containing gold and
silver coins aud Continental currency. The
house was formerly the residence Of Mont,
gomcry Blair, but is now owned by John
f. llagcrty, poulicror, who is some #5O,.
600 better of by the find The coins bear
dates from 1775 to 1882. Not scrap
of writing was found to Indicate tho owners
ship.
Toward the conclusion of diplomatic
dinner, a Frcnchman selected tooth from
II tray lying near him. and politely passed
the receptacle to his ncighbor, Turk, who
declined his offer cxc!aiming: mo thank
you; have already eaten two Of these
things, and [ want no more"
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