Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-08-22

the road from Camden to Blacks
burg The question involved wa,
whetherthe plaintiffs had any sucl
lien. Judge PRESLEY decides thnt
they are entitled to no such rights
that the mechanics lien does not ap!
lply to railroads, and he dismissed
the proceedings. The Plaintiff,
have appealed to the Supreme Court
Five moro bodies have been re.
covered at Johnstown since Thurs
day A dispatch from there says il
is very evident that there are yet {
great many bodies tobe found in tho
collars, and other places where there
are piles of dirt. Notwithstanding
this condition, it is likely thnt tbe
force Of Yo,kmcn employed by the
State will soon be withdrawn, and il
that is done there will be many bo-
dies that arc now onlya few feet un-
der the sand that will lie there un-
til their bones are exposed by acci-
dent. There is also a great deal Of
sickness at Johnstown, and the ply
sicians arc kept SO busy that they
cannot attend to all the calls made
upon them. Typhoid fever, mala-
rial fever and dysentery are the pre-
yailing diseases.
j. Frank Collum, a young lawyer
Of wealth and social prominence, Of
Minneapolis, has been forging the
name of John S. Blaisdell, one Of
the oldest and wcalthicst citizens of
that place, to the amount Of s227,-
600, to cover speculations i'll real cs
tate. Being Mr.. Biaisdell's attor-
ncy, Collum had access to his papers,
and thus opportunity was afforded
to carry out his scheme. The forgcr
will be arrested. He has a wife and
several small children, and lived in
style in q handsome house on a fash
ionable avenue in Minneapolis.
A bill has been introduced in the
Georgia Legislature similar to the
local option law Of South Carolina.
Itproyidcs that, beginning January
1st, 1880, it shall be unlawful for
any person to sell, barter or cx-
change spirituous, alcoholic or malt
liquors or other intoxicants outside
OF incorporated towns and cities in
that State. The words towns and
cities arc to be construed as mean
ing towns and cities having n popu-
lation of more than 500 and having
police protection. The bill will not
affect counties or towns in which the
sale of intoxicants is now. prohibited
under existing laws.
The Southern Confcdcracy had
five full generals. OF this number
but two arc living Gen. Joseph e.
Johnston and Gen. G, IT. Beaure-
gard.
Yeldell has been tried ut Edge
field and Il verdict Of "not guilty"
by the jury. Hc returned
to Pittsburg.
Mrs. Maybrick, the fair American,
tried in Liverpool for the murder Of
her husband, has been convicted and
sentenced to be hung. Her friends
in America and Europe are making
strong efforts to have her pardoncd.
The Judge and jury that convicted
her might find profitable employ
ment in South Carolina.
The educational picnic at CLASSY
Mountain, in Pickcns county, was q
success. Governor Richardson,
Judge Cothran, Governor Mauldin,
Col. Rice, M. Il. Anscl, Esq, made
speeches.
a conference was held in the Cot
ton Exchange of Now York on Mon
day, the 18th, between representa-
tives Of the agricultural commission
crs of the Southern States and a
special committee of the New York
Cotton Exchange, and as a result
committee was appointed from among
the members of ihe EXCHANGE to