Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-05-18

(lhuTsuhy) evening Rt o o CLOCK lot the purpose
OF organizing the military company now being
gotten up by of our young men, We
suppose the election Of officers naming the
company &C., will constitute part Of the pro-
cecdings.
NcTIoE.-Thc members Of South Union De-
mocrntic Club will meet Mt South Union on
Saturday, the eth instant, at % O'Clock p. NJ.
A full attendance desired. Important business
before you. JOHN ". SIELoR, President.
The Methodist Conference, at Nashville,
elected on tho 10th instant, Messrs. Al
phcus Wilson, Of Baltimore, G. Cranberry,
of Vanderbilt University, Attious 6. lay
good, of Georgia, r. II. lIargrave, Of
Tennessee, and DR.. Parker, OF New Or
leans, Bishops of the Methodist Church,
South.
Twelve persons were drowned in Lake Cau-
met, near Chicago, by The cnpsizing of boat,
on the 14th instant.
In Sumter county $40 persons are disqnnli-
fed to register On account Of criminal convic-
tions.
New Orleans is tho City Of Roses There
arc more than one hund dred varieties Of roses
growing in profuson in and round thnt city
The independents Of Georgia have recon-
mended Hon. A. ii. Stephens for Governor
of that State. Mr.. Stephens will also receive
tho nomination OF the Democratic party Of the
State
The census shows that there are in Florida,
Gcorgin and Louisiana 43,Gll whites, natives
ur South Carolina. There are in the snme
States 81 SOL blacks, natives Of South Caroli-
no. Total, 78202.
In tho Unicd States Circuit Court at
Charleston, on Wednesday. in the case against
the managers OF Election at Acton procinc, in
Richlnnd County in which two jurors disscnt-
cd from sealdcd and signed verdict bofare
it was published in court. n motion in arrest
nf Judgment was made and Judge Bond, up-
ON his own motion. granted n new trial, say.
ing that while the verdict might probably be
legally sustained. he thought it better. f,r the
snke ofts moral effect, 10 give tho accused a
new trinl hcf"re u jury OF more Intelligent
men. The District Attorney announces that
all the electinn cases on the docket will be
continued to the Nevember Term.
LITTLE II cK ARK. May l3.-- A Gazette
special from Jncksrurort. Ark says that The
water in Whi,r River stands ,hirty-one feet
and eight inches above low water mark
There i, not foot OF drv grnund in town cx-
cent Jefferson street The whole country for
mile. around Is one sea Of water, and the
damage To the crops is heavy. a Bnresville
Ark, special Says the rain commenced ut s
o'clock Monday cscring and poured in tor
rents twenty -l"nr hours without cessation
swelling he rivers and creeks. swrering
everything before it. Mills houses bridges
und fencing. all were hurled from their foun-
dntinns nnd washed nut utterly ohlitecating
the entire crops on bottom lands. II il osti>
mated that the loss is halt n million Of dollars
EUREKA SrRlxGs. AK. May 10 Hon. C..
G. Wushburne died at s 80 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
RicuMoSp, May l5.-Foriy houses and
stores, about half the village Of Danvilc. have
been burned. The loss is estimated at $780,
000
NEW YoRK. May s Tho case of cx- Cover
nor Fraaklm j. Moses. which was on tho
calendar OF the Court OF General Sessions TO.
dny. was pcrcmp tory set down for Thursday
next for trial.
AUGUSTA. Nav l5.--Wm e Jackson
President of The Augusta Factory aud also
President of the Fir>r National Bank died
tins morning from u;rnlSsia "i the bran. lio
was one Of the UnSt rrnminenI aud successes
ful business men in Ge,rgih.
At Lcxigton, Ky. Yesterday at n yale Of
colts aud Fl lies from S~igcrt's stable II colts
brought $IG,500. an average Of S0T0; 81 flllcs
brought 50 100 an average of S436. The
most remarkable fac: in connection with tho
sa!c is that Monarchist's colts brought the
highest average.
The next Staic Sunday School Convention
will meet in Camden on tho sccund Wcdnos-
dny in July. Each county is entitled to ns
many representatives as it has in tho Lagis
latnre. They nre appointed by tho ntcrdes
nnninntional C"nnty Sunday School Con-.
vcn,ipu whore one exists. olhcrw lao by
the cnuriy secretary. Let the c,unty sccrc
turics lnok after the representation nj "nco
also SEQ that full county Sunday School
statistic. are prepared and presented to tho
meeting in July. Sunday Suhopl workers.
lot us devote Thought and PRAYER to Tho
meeting and nuke it very profitable to tho
Sunday School cause in our State. Wo hope
to publish tho programme ere Ling
j f. Will IAMS,
President Executive Board.
Ridge 6. G.. May II 1890