Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-01-05
V. T.. NORMAN.

A FREAK OF NATURE.-Our esteemed friend,
Captain Thomas NJ. Lyles, writes us as follows,
under date of December %: "This morning one
of my laborers, while searching for q COW Of
mine expecting TO calve about this time, found
her during heavy rain with tripcts-two Of
them dead. tho third living nll three Of the usli-
nj size aL pnrturilion and fully developed in all
their parts. | communicate this fact as the first
and most remarkable instance Of the fecundi,y of
the COW that have ever known or q think Tread
Of during life Of more than seventy years.
Fairfield Herald, Dec. 20.
WASHINGTON, December 20.--Col. George
Bliss, special United States Attorney in chnrgc
Of the Star Route cases. has submitted TO Attor-
General Brewster hcrecent correspondence
between himself and Postmastcr.G Gcuernl james
regarding these cnses. The Attorney General
writes that the proposed proceedings meet his
approval, that rs soon as he assumes tho duties
Of his Office, which will be in few days, he
will give Col. Bliss special authority to pursue
the suggested civil suits with nll the prompti-
tude that orderly litigation will permit. Mr..
brewster says that the uttermost penny fraudu-
lently taken from the Treasury must be rccovor-
cd and the criminal trials must bo pushed with
equal promptitudc. The Attorney General says
that he himself will take an active part in tho
trial of these cases IN court and will in person
lead the prosecution for the United States.
An interesting suit is pending between Ru /.
(us Hatch, The well- known Wall street ope-
rator, and the Brcwsters, carringe builders,
If New York, in which about six hundred
dollars was cluimcd for repairs on Mr.. Hatch 8
carringes lie at first disputed tho bill as
excessive, and claimed that his coachman had
been systematically bribcd by the plaintiffs
to order extensive and unnecessary repairs.
The trndcsmen admitted the payment Of IL
regular douCeur to the conchman, but claims
ed that it was merely custom Of the trade,
MIR. lIntch's lawyers finally decided to fight
the entire bill, and Judge McAdnm, in grant.
ing them loave to amend their answer, said
that the subsidizing Of servants by tradcsmen
over their customers is illegal and contracts
mado with servants, in which douccurs or
gratuities arc part Of tho conditions. cannot
be enforced against the employers. This is q
rule which will apply equally well to great
SAY "Au'e"'e'' besides carriage builders.
Tho evidences Of continued discomfort in Ire
powers are granted TO the authorities, and ar
rests are continually being made. Still therc is
abatement of the disorders which It was sought
TO quiet, first by the land bill and now by force.
The land bill is evidently q failure, since il does
not suit Tho tenants and dissaisfcs the landlords
Even if it wcre satisfactory to both, it does no,
act properly, since il will take fifteen or twenty
years to adjust the tenants rights according to
its provisions. The commissioners havo thus
far not decided perhaps above 1000 oascs, and
OF these sixty per cent are said to have been
appealed. The liberal party is much puzzled
10 know what TO do next
RENEW Your LEAsE.-Thcre are times in
every ones life when energy fails and n
miserable feeling comes over them, mistaken