Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-02-16
LOCAL. MATTMRs.
Tho State and county tox for lhis year Is o.

A"' o'o'o ahu county ta& Ior th1s year Is VI
mills.
The dedication off lhe new Methodist Church
OF Walballa will tako pluce on noxt Sunday
morning after preaching.
The Board Of County Commissioners will
meet on Saturday ,,cxt at their usual place Of
meeting.
The Columbia Register says the engross.
Ing topic Isl Have we Code as tho result
OF tho long sessiop7 And the general
opinion is that wo havc-the old ono.
Notice change of schedule on tho Blue Ridge
H. H., in this issue. The passenger trains now
arrive at Walhalla at nine twenty three p. NJ.
Leave at Z 20 A. NJ.
Wc are reqoeated to sivo noticc that tho
Rev. S. L. Morris will preach in tho Vests
minister Methodist Church on next Sunday
morning at II O'Clock.
The first quarterly Conference of the
Walhalla Circuit will be hold at tho Wahalla
Methodist Church on next Saturday aud
Sunday, the 18th aud 10th instants Rev. s.
u Jonee, D. D., will preside
The cloudy wet weather continues. Asa
consequence the roads are almost impossible
on account of tho mud. On Tuesday alters
noon we had heavy showers Of ruin, hail and
thunder Tho weather is spring like.
Just look at tho advertisement Of Messers. G.
L. Reed Co. in another column and see if
you can ever get another nights rest for dream
ing about great fields and medows waving with
oder bearing grasses and pastures filled with
stock as sleek MS Phnraoh's kino.
Tho average drummer krows 81 I'd thing
when he secs it. Iieose we arc not eur.
prscd to Eco { ,m congrcga,ng at friend
Biemann's to spend eSare hour and en-.
JOY the good things Of his house.
We orc requested to give notice that tho
Young Ladies' Society Of Earnest Workers"
of the Presbyterian Church will give dino
reading at the Female College on next Friday
night Mrs Legare mud her music pupils
will furnish music for the occasion.
Our into,cs ing nciShbor tho pickens
Sr':""t. hns Lcen cnlurgcd ard otherwise
improved. The ScDiin>l is a swart Demo-
crat and fights upon that lne The paper is
also devoted thoroughly to the local interests
of Pc.ens. 1t has our best wishes for its
con.i inucd success.
Col. Walter Gwin 1T one time chief onci-
ncer Of Tho blue Ridge E,ircad, died re-,
Gently. Col. Own was na'ise Of Virgins,
and graduate Of West Point. lie was n n
Briandier Gene. I'll in ne Cunfrdc a,c amy
Col. Gwin will lie invo,ob'y rccollcccd
by numhcr Of our oldcr citizens
The Donrd Of Trustees of the South Carolina
University have decided that tho following ad-
ditional profcssorsbips should be created: An
cicnt Languages; Agriculture; Mental and Nor
al Science and Logic; Mechanical Philosophy
and Physics; History, Political Economy aud
Constitutional Law The salary of The profcs-
sois will bc 50 COO cach. a Tutor of Modern
languages was also determined uron. The
chairs Viii DC filled at the meeting in May next
We nie ol.d 70 announce that the Sc:rn';Tc
d"'c. cen ,nme ont Of he late fire in New
Yo:k, likethe latlcd pLenix, with renewed
life The snbsc, ip;ion lists, account books,
records, patent drawings. and corrcspon-
don Q we've preserved in massive trc proof
s';es. The pin ing "r the S.:'cni:.rc H.. +
rH. G.d ). ,, ri was done in another
building; consequently the tyres, n'atcs,
p "sscS. r'nor etc, were nnharmcd end no
in'cr.u?i,n "f business was occu>iaucd.
We ha y received the fist number Of
he Hc/o'M Siy"ot, published 10 Culum-
b'a, 5. g., by the "Falmer's Publishing
Company" j. I]cnd,x McII,ne is the
bnss'css m'nagcr Of the paper. Tho
Sy""t is ''&''i-,'uS, onli-boul bon, anti.
monopoly Iew 10 the line, let the chips
n Il