Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-06

See advertisement of j. ~. Norton q
Coz, who are now opening up their new
stock Of choice family groceries IN the
large atore-room next door to posi- Office,
Miss Sue Dendy, the second daughter
OF Mai. s. r. Dendy, left home on Tues
day morning to enter the Williamson
Female College.
See advertisement of the valuable tract
of land belonging to the estate Of
Thomas D. Morgan, and lying on Little
River.
Messrs. Nield q HARRISON call the at
tention of their many customers to their
new stock Of spring goods which are
arriving daily. See advertisements.
The County Commissioners Of Ander-
son and Oconee counties have decided TO
build bridge across Eighteen Mile creek
on the proposed route between Pendleton
and Fort HILL
The Woman, Missionary Society of
the Walhalla Methodist church will meet
at the church on Friday, 7th instant, at
2:30 p. NJ. The Parsonage Aid Society
will convene at the Same place ar hcnr
later
Miss Florence Thompson is visiting
Rev. j. B. Allen, pastor of ST. Luke
Methodist church, Augusta, Ca, who is
a near relative of her mother. She will
spend sometime in tho Fountain City,
Hon. w. w. Boyce, formerly of South
Carolina, died in Washington, Oh the Sd
instant, aged seventy-three years. Mr..
Boyce was member of both the Federal
and Confederate Congress.
The Parsonage Building Committee of
the Methodist church will meet at the
church on Friday afternoon next, Mt z
p. NJ, to decide upon plan, and let The
contract Tor the carly construction Of the
house.
There arc twenty cases to be tried at
Anderson at the ensuing term of court,
and all of the defendants are negroes ex-
cept one. Twelve of the prisoners and
one witness, are now in Jail, the others
UelnR OUT OH OOnQ.
The ladies of the Methodist Parsonage
Aid Society will give dime reading at
the Kaufman Hall on Thursday evening,
9th instant. An interesting programme
is being arranged. All arc cordially in
vited to be present.
Little Robert King, aged about two
years, died on Thursday last, and was
buried in tho cemetery at the Baptist
church in Walhalla. "Suffer little chill
dren to come unto me and forbid them
not, for of such is the kingdom Of Hea-
ven."
A now water tank is being built in
Walhalla by the railroad company at the
East end of the trestle over Brewery
Street. 1t will be filled with water
pumped from tho branch below. A turn
table also will soon be built, and thus
avoid the necessity of running back to
West Union to turn the trains.
The Athcns Banner and the Augusta
Chronicle arc grooming prophet. Three
years ago Rev. J. G. Gibson, of Craw-
ford, Ga, predicted the bountiful harvest
of 1880. Ho now says we will have six
more years of plenty. Since tho days of
Joseph, he maintains, seven years of
plenty, and seven years of poor crops,
have followed in succession.
The insurance duo to Mrs Mary E..
johnson, by tho Knights of Honor, was
paid in twenty days after tho official no.
tification of tho death of DIR. l.. B. john
son was received at the Supreme Treas
urer's Office. This is prompt and con
sidorate and commends the order to tho
consideration of those who desire to pro-
vide insurance at reasonable expense for
tho benefit of their families.
At the annual election of the Noun
taincer Fire Engine Company, held on
Tuesday night, tho following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President
Fl. D. A. Biemann; Vice President--V.
l.. Norman; Sccretary-J. III. Ostendorff;
Treasurer-D. Oelkers; 1st Director
VIM. Riehlo; I'd Director. NJ. Baldwin;
1st Axeman--Warren Crenshaw; I'd Axe
man-Henry Stucke; Hall Keeper-C. b.
Oehmig.
The following are the arrivals at the
Norman Park Hotel for the week ending
Tuesday, February 4th: T.. P. Patillo,
Buford; A. j. Reed, w. F. Trogdon, j.
H. Mattingly, Baltimore; J. w. Baker,
st. Louis; l.. II. Hayes, Richmond; J. e.
Neville, Memphis; J. II. Smith, Atlanta;
w. A. Grant, Highlands; w. w. Williams,
Aiken; j. e. Sitton, j. S. Striblng, Ben.
LOWS, Luther Richardson, Milton Simp-
son, Seneca; NJ. b. Ellis, s. c.. w. w.
Jones, Port Huron, Mich.
heart-rending calamity occurred
in Washington on tho Sd instant. The
residence of Secretary of tho Navy,
Tracy, was burned on that morning.
The fro had made such Roadway before
it was discovered that Mrs. Tracy and
a young daughter and one servant
were burned to death. Secretary Tracy
was rescued by the gallant flrcmen be-
fore life was extinct and he may recover.
The cause of the fire is unknown. A
of others were Severely Injured.
There was "blood on the moon," in
on the first day of February.
Mr.. e. j. Norris, n widower of forty,
COurted Miss Gardner and Dromised IN