Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-09-14
LOCAL Me-. A.1rT1MRS 7 ! S..

: 5abDath at IL a. NJ. and "a p. NJ.
The excureion train from Charleston on Tues
day brought about forty visitors to Walhalia.
Win. P. Calhoun. Eeq.. has beon appointed
b Trial Justice by Gov. IIagood for Oconeo
County.
Mr.. N. II. HALEY, agent of the depo. at
Walhalla, is improving, after short spell Of
, hioknoss.
i The Wahalla Female College opens to day.
(. We learn that the prospects of the college wero
+ never more encouraging.
The Fork Baptist Association will meet at
Hephzibah church, Ocouee county, on tho 28th
Of September, 1882.
8 = The storm blowcd d,wn tho frame work of
1 the new Presbyterian Church ut Seneca City last
d Sunday. The loss will be inconsiderable
Married, on the Slst ultimo by Rev. ]. r.
Earle, Mr.. Samuel +. Cleveland, Of Oconee, to
Miss Hattie Sut,lcs, of Anderson.
Mr.. w. a. Stroiher advcrtses this wcek n
bar load of acid phosphate. Those who want
to SOW whea, should supply themselves at once
with this article.
Adgor College will open on Thursday, tho
q 2lst instant We hope to ece MI the old
j stadents present, with large number Of new
4 onos. to commence tho Rrst day Of tho
scholastic year.
The Grecnbackers Of Oconcc will hold mass
meeting at Wahala on Tucsday, October Sd.
= Mr.. NcLnnc, the candidate for Governor, and
other prominent lights of the party. will speak
ut this meeting
Attention is directed TO the advertisement Of
stone cutters wanted Good wages offered
by Mr.. j. Lcahey 10 those who are seeking en-
ployment of this kind.
The first bale of new cotton was sold IN
Seneca on Saturday last by Mr.. Matthew Davis
at less than IL cents per pound. Tho first bale
last year was sold ut the same place OH tho 10TH
Of August.
We oro authorized to state that the cars
will stop a, S hdy Springs crossing during
tho oamrmccting Mt that plnco this week.
This will he great convenience to thosc
who expect to hascl by railway to tho meet
Ing.
Sec the stnpcndous cha riot tank ofthe $50,
900 living White Nile hiprnpotamus, in the
tableware procession Of S. II Barrett & Co.'s
New United Monster Railroad Shows at
Wa'halla Wciucrday, October 4;h
A man by the name Of Henry Martin
hired horse and bIssy rrnm j. NJ. Dumas,
Esq, of Seneca City. last week, an LETT that
place, going in the direc inn Of Fair Play.
Martin. horse nor buggy has since been
heard from.
An interesting meeting Of several days closed
in the Westminster Methodist Church on last
Friday night. Some sixteen persons joined
and the church greatly revived and strengthened
The pastor was assisted in the meeting by Rev s.
Laudy Wood and j. +. England
Messrs. +. A. Perry and Henry Myers are
announced this week rs candidates for County
Commissioner. They COOL men and if
elected will make excellent officers. Samuel H.
Johns. ESD, is also again before the people for
(, Coroner, without opposition thus far
Candidates desiring tckels for the primary
election should send in their orders at an early
day. The election is only few weeks Off and
tho tickets should be printed md distributed
rs soon possible We are ready to do the
printing at reasonable rates.
Newspapers arc y pretty good thing to have
about. Fur instance when a fellow wants to
get q notice before tho public without pay"
ing for it, how easy aud nice it to give said
IL
news, and thus deadhcnd the matter through.
Wo learn that Nv Will james, an officer
of the law, in attempting to arrest one jack :,
son and somo W men. ut Perryviie, on
Tuesday last was shot in tho knee Several
shots we've fred at MIR. Yanccy Sigh, who
was assisting IN making tho arrests. Jacks
son escaped. The women were arrested.
The party are charged with stealing tobacco
from the store Of Mr.. Il. S. Ramsey ut Seneca
City.
The County Auditor has kindly furnished us
the following Information which 10 doubt will be
Of interest to our rcadcrs 81 ,9i3 acres of pillow
land has beon assessed and valued at S367, 400;
395, l06 acres wood land valued at S505. G42
There are in the county, outside tho towns, ,O52
buildings valued at SllG,322; 559 town lots
valued Mt $48, 304; 30i town buildings vnlucd
at 500, 400, making total Of SLIPS, ,OG8 Of
taxable real estate in tho county. There has
been an increase of $l83,268 in tho value Of
real estate in Oconce as returned for taxation.
The Rev. Samuel B. Jones, D. d., the Pre-
siding Elder of the Greenvillc District was
placed on The State ticket for Supcrn tcndcnt
of Education by the State Democratic Executive
Committee, Which mot in Columbia on Wedncs-
day, tho 18th instant We understand that Mr.
Jones has given his consent to serve. The COM
mittee havo acted wisely, we think, in placing
such man rs Mr. Jones, an educator of long