Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-08-24
LOCAL MA.TI.MRS.


Work has been oomme6oed on tho now
Presbyterian Church at Seneca City.
Rev. DR.. Mutually, President Of Adger College,
will deliver On address before the Normal Insti
tute in Columbia this week.
Rev. O. d. Mann. pastor, will gil his reeu-
lar appointment and preach in tho Walhalla
Methodist Church on next Sunday morning
and at night.
Mr.. Stephen Baldwin, one of our oldest and
most respectable citizens, died at Ills residence
In this county on the Goth instant. lie was
over eighty years Of age.
The Seneca Journal states that there Is plan
on foot to get up good map of Ooonee county.
The enterprise Is in charge Of Mr.. G. A. Mageo.
good map Of our county ought 10 DO literally
patronixed.
Judge Wiokliffe, our School Commissioner,
has been IN Columbia this week In attendance
upon the Normal Institute, in obedience to the
request Of Col. Thompson, State Superintend-
ent OF Education.
The county campaign opens on Saturday, the
26th day Of August, at High Fails. Of course
bill the candidates will be out. The people
should also be present TO hear from the oand-
dates.
Mr.. Il. II. Doyle. Tor number of years a
eitizen of Toccoa. Ga., will remove to Vest
minister and take charge of tho school ut that
place. Mr. Doyle is first class teacher and if
the people Of Westminster will support him he
will give them good school.
Mr. j W S,ribing, who has been suffer-
Ing intensely rof two or threo weeks past
from On abecss in the middle Of his left hand
we are glad to state ia getting better. It is
feared, however. ho will loose tho uso of tho
hand that has been 10 sorely afflicted.
The protructed meeting In tho Baptist
Church closed on Saturday night last. Ten
persons were added to the church during the
meeting by experience. Wo understand
that tho ordinance Of baptism will bo admins
istered to- the young oonvorts on Sunday
night
The county campaign Is Frightening up and
there appears TO be no necessity for .sconsoript-
Ing" candidates. AIessrs Cherry, Striblng md
liudgens are announced this week by their
friends as candidates for the Legislature. They
are oil ''good men aud true
We regret to learn that John Sharp. Esq. an
aged and respected citizen of this county, fell
he has been unable since to move himself or to
be moved without grcat pnin. AMI is suffering q
great dea! thcrerom. We hope he mny soon
recover as he is one of the links that bind us to
the past
The summer meeting Of the State Grange and
State Agricultural Society was held Mt Anderson
last week. Tho attendance wos as large MS
usual, including Governor llngood, Col. Aiken
md other distinguished members A number
OF essnys were rend by members and ,he sub
jecis treated by them discussed generally. The
meeting was continual for two I,ys and proved
TO be moro than usually interesting.
A cutting scrape occurred ut Fair Play Inst
Sunday night between two oolored men by the
name Of >atn Glenn and James Singleton, in
which the latter received two we're cuts-one
on his neck, nb,it thrco inches long. and an :
other on the sh ,uldcr, NIB nut tcu inches long
The wounds are moi considered fatal. Sam
Glenn has been lod led in all to await his tria |
on charge OF assault aud battery with in
tent to kill
Mr.. John Knufmann, OF orr town, mode four
hundred gallons of wine last week. Last year
he made one hundred and forty gallons His
vineyard is smnl and young, but will be in
creased in size and yield annually. Some Of
the vineyards about Wnlhallu will in few years
turn out five thousand gn Ions or more. We
hope to see the size and number of VINEYARDS
increase, rs it must prove u paying business
and will furnish n wholesome substitute for Il: ,
fiery liquors
The Indies and gentlemen of tho Walhala
iC lph mi NJ ..
Thursday evening 3lst instant The grounds
will be illuminated with Chinese lanterns,
&c. Boohs will be erected where ico cream
cskes, fruits, &C., will be sold Tho lemonade
we'll, with Rebecca in charge. the Gypsy
fortune teller's tent and post office will bo
the most interesting features of the occasion.
Nice music will be ihtersrerscd. The affair
promises to be n joyous one. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Attention is directed to tho advertisement
of the Wnlhulla Female College in this issue.
Tho fifth session will open September l4th,
1882. DR.. Smeltzcr has employed compe-
tent corps of assistants and all departments
OF instruction usually found in first class
female colleges will be open. The cost por
year at this institution is light and consider
ing its many advantages wo trust it will
receive an extended patronage. We know
no better regulated college of the kind and
con cheerfully recommend it to oil who desire
cheap. healthy and thorough education for
their daughters.
The following applications for beneficiary an.
pontmcnts from this county 10 the Citadel
Academy have hnon fled opd tI,o no.,: .n