Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-08-14

III Mrs. julia Pain, of tGralams, 8. G, Is visiting
4 ails.J q. Mtchler. s; q. z, IS .t
Mr. Chas w. Baukntgat and family, %of
Fla, are visiting lis brother, Mr.. j. s.
5@l}aukngnt, and famiy,E.@ 5E5BS Is
Il Mrs. Geo. g. Roach amt laughter. Of !S.u-
stons, Ca, Is visiting hor nother, Mrs. DIarl1
4 Bauknght, and otl,or relatives IN }Wuha,la. "a
Atlanta has 4 population Of oyor sixty
fiyo thousand, rs ovllonccd by the recent
census. y
@ 'Fhc now Territory of Oklahoma has
I. gono Democratic in hor first election,
after a sharp fight, by q fair majority.
6 Lieut.. Gov. Mauldon, of Grconville, is
a candidate for Congress from the Fourth
II Congressional District.
There arc sixty-throo candidates for
tho various positions to bo filled by cleo
/ tion in Hampton county. (. 59
y Married, on Sunday, August 4, by j. B..
Sanders, Esq, Mr.. Horny Prico to Miss
( ella Cain, daughter of Mr., John B. CAIN
( Sec advertisement of fall session of
Wofford College, one of tho best eduoa.
E tional institutions in tho State
Married, on july 81, at the residence Of
tho brides father in Rabun County, Ga,
by lsov. NJ. T.. Carlisle, Mr.. John p.
Wilson tn Miss Amanda Burrell.
Tho ladies of the Lutheran Church viii give a
lawn party at tho Court House Park on next
Tuesday night. Refreshments will DO served,
and nico time Is anticipated. Public cordially
j invited.
Three 'horny handed farmors"-- -
hIcssrs. a.. G. Haskell, +. w. McMastcr
and j. J.. Thomas-wcro present ut tho
summer meeting of tho State Agricultu-
4 ral Society, recently held at Rock Hill.
Mr. Chas. i. Bronncclso, is at homo for a
few days. He is All expert telegraph opc-
rator at Charleston, whore ho is filing
ono Of the most important positions in
+ the Western Union service.
Tho ladies of tho Methodist Church will give
lawn party, Friday evening, 10th instant, COM
mcncing at O'clock at tho "Ccdars," opposite
tho Opera House. An interesting time is OK
pectcd. The public generally are invited to at
tend. y .ss. .E.. .
We arc requested to give notice that
there will bo n picnic at Oakway on
Wednesday, August 20th. Tho candi-
dates for Congress and tho Legislature
arc invited to be prosont and address tho
people. ,...
Judge Witherspoon has changed tho
venue for the trial of Jones, tho extermi-
nator Of tho PRESLEY family, from Edge
field to Lexington. We have no doubt
tho State can obtain fair trial in LEX
ington.
Col. G. L. Towncs, of Greenvillo, is n
candidate for q scat in tho House of Rop-
rcsentativcs. Col. Towncs is running on
tho reform ticket and will find himself
right along side of Capt. Tillman when
hc reaches Columbia.
" George Turner has been tried in Spar
tanburg before Judge Norton and found
gnilty of tho murder of his brothor-in-
law, Edward Finger. Turner had pre-
viously scduccd his sistcr-in-law, Miss
Finger. There will be nh appeal to the
Supreme Court in favor Of Turner.
Rcv. j. B. Allen and wifo, of Augusta,
Ga, arc visiting his aunt, Mrs. J, w. r.
Thompson, and family. Rov. Mr.. Allen
is the pastor Of st. I.uke's Methodist
church in tho city of Augusta. He
preached an interesting sermon to an
attentive congregation in tho Walhalla
Methodist church last Sunday night.
Col George Johostone, OF Nowberry, is an
nonnccd IN this issue rs candidate for Congress.
Col. Joinstono Is we'll known to our readers rs
an able lawyer, acute rcasOncr, capable legisla-
tor and learned statesman. IIo' needs no COM
mcntation from us, and would make n worthy
successor of tho distinguished statesmen who
have heretofore represented the Third District
in tho halls Of national legislation.
Mr.. john II. Brewer died ut his home
iii Westminster on the 9th instant from
typhoid fever, aged thirty .nino years.
lIo had been q mombcr of tho Baptist
church many years, and was buried at
the old Westminster Baptist comctcry
after funoral services conducted by Rov.
A. w. Walkor.
MIR. and Mrs. A. S. Wclch left Wednes-
day morning for Mantle, Conn, to visit
relatives. They will be in tho North
some two months before returning. Io
expects to attend tho National Camp of
tho Patriotic Sons of America which
meets in Boston, October 7, as the rcprc-
sentative of Walhalla Camp.
On Thursday evening, August 18th, an
entcrtainmcnt will be given at Kaufman's
Hall. Tho langhablo farccs, "My Turn
Noxt," and the Two Buzzards," will be
performed by some of tho best young
ladies and gentlemen actors in Walhalla.
We hope to SEQ large attendance or
Thursday evening and all enjoy good
laugh.
Tho telephone line from Walhalla to
Highlands and Franklin, N. c., was com
plctcd last Friday and is now in success
ful operation. Tho Office at this end of
tho limo is in Biemann's IIotcl. Another
valuable improvement is thus made to
tho facilities of Highlands and Franklin |
and also to Walhalla, in that |
wo arc united moro closely with our en-
mountain noighbors.
Efforts aro bcintr rcueyyc1 to huild flo |