Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-03-30

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prise b. f.re them. lloNtn wrosted FROM Tie
ocenn footEold f,r hes warming r,inns
The mississippi States will b, ,h2 snnc Il
they ever feel The need Of n,ure ugriuu',n,r!
territory.
RIcnM" md, VA, M.rsh 2c.-Onc OF
the most destructive conhA grat tbnt has
ever visited this city, ecoa3 OF ) To thn,
which desiioyco the bt,irnss pc ion on it,
cvuc na,iol by the Cor icderstc lrmy i,
April, 1860, occurred here day rcsuin.
IN g'eat destruction Of property, the 'oss G
one life upd several minor casualties A
number of poor people arc deprived oftheir
homes and household goods, and tho ,rav-
cling putio is vastly ipconvcnienusd by tho
loss OF the main bridge directly connecting
the Northern and Southern systems of
railways, crossing the james River at this
point.
DYING WITH Ills CHARGE A gentleman
just from Canada tells the following story:
~ day or 80 ago the engineer Of train
near Montreal saw n large dog on tho track,
barking furiously. Tho engineer whist led,
but the dug paid no attention to tho noiso and
refused to stir. Tho engineer observed that
the nnimnl crouched close to The ground aa
he was struck by tho COW catcher. A minute
lntcr tho fireman saw n bitcf white muslin
ilut'ering on tho locomotive aud he stopped
the engine. On going back to where The
dog was killed, it was discovered that not
only tho dog, but little child, had been
killed. 1t was then seen that tho ciO, lad
been standing guard oecc the child and had
barkcd 70 attract the attention. Of the engi,.
eer. The fnilhful animal had sacriitei his
| lie rather than doscr, his charge ITs
child had wandered ava, from The ncrhiior-
ing house. followed by the dog, and it is
supposed that Tho child lay down and rent
10 sleep on the track"
Col. Wm Il. Thompson, editor Of the
Savannah Morning Ncws. died in that CITY
on the 2cth instant. aged seventy yearu
Col. Thompson was the author of "Mnior
jones Courtship." "rhc Chronicles Of Pine
vile" and Major jones' Travels"
The grand jury of Union County, in their
| prcsentment sny: I'VE regret our inability to
make congratnlatory report Of the moral
condition of the county, and appeal to our
better citizens to assist us as body to SUP.
press neiarous and demoraizing influences
Of the vices of gambling, lewduess and
msccgcnation."
Encouraging news has been received (rc:u
every quarter regarding the falling Of tho
rivers in the late overllowod districts, and
largo portions of tilablo land in some places
are reported oloar of water.
Tho line or Stock Law fence of pickcps
County, thirty four miles in length, recent
y sold by the County Commissioners,
brought only Sl62.35.
Several bales of cotton were shpr cd q
few days since from the paota,on of
Thomus Shaw, of Fdgcficld County, to
Au.u>tn, Ca, which were raised before the
war. The bales being twenty years old
present d d'iapidated appears roe, ;he bug,
ging having fallen to piece
I'll Presti 'crian Theological Sc mar.
Columbia now has an endowment Of $500
and will be opened with full corps Of profe
sors in Scpembcr. OSer five andrtd clergy
mon have graduated !rom IL walls, in, ludir Q
soae of the leading disines OF the oull