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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16
THE NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

The following arc tho Districts
adopted by the Board Of Examiners
at their recent meeting, viz: -
cLEARMoNT scuooI DISTRICT, NO. 10.
beginning at tho ford on Come
) ross creek, near T.. Thomas residence,
& thence down said creek to the forks
SSof Colonies Fork and Conncross
creeks, thence n straight line to and
including B. +. Drivers residence,
thence a straight line to and exclud-
ing Priestly Watson's residence, tho
Moss place, thence tho public road
tagtlhaasssessingref~~t Retreat and
Westminster roads, thence tho West
minister road to Pleasant Hill church,
colored, thence n straight line to and
excluding G.. T.. O. Mitcholl's resi-
dcnce, thence n straight line to and
excluding G. w. Phillips residence,
thence the public road to the begin
ming point.
RICiiLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 10.
Beginning at the Seneca Graded
line, near tho Many Forks, thence q
straight limo to the mouth of Sloan's
creek, thence up said creek to the
ford near j. o. Armstrong; residence,
thence the public road to and includ-
ing Priestly Watson's residence, the
Moss place, thence a straight line to
and excluding b. II. Drivers resi-
dcncc, thence Il straight line to tho
forks of Conncross and Coloncl's
Fork creeks, thence up Conncross
creek to l.. d.. Stribling's land,
thence said Stribiing's West and
North line to the point at which it
crosses Little Conncross, thence a
straight line to and including Mrs. S.
:. Sligh's residence, thence a straight
line to the ford on Richland creek,
near j. M. Gillison's residence, thence
a straight line to tho corner of the
Seneca Graded line, in Caldwclls
fold, thence said Graded line to the
beginning point. >.
BOUNTY LAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, -.
NO. 20. ..'
Beginning at the corner of the
Seneca Graded line, in Caldwell's
field, thence q straight line to the
ford on Richland creek, near J. M.
Gillison's residence, thence a straight
line to and excluding Mrs. S. j.
Sligh's residence, thence the public
road to the four mile-post, thence a
straight line to Stecls old mill, on
Cane creek, thence down said creek
to tho Seneca Graded District line,
thence said line to the beginning
point. .....
CoNNEtOss SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 81.
Beginning At and excluding Mrs.
S. J. Sligh's residence, thence the
public road leading TO Walhalla to
the four milc-post, thence o straight
line to the two milc-post, on tho
Walhalla and Westminster road,
thence a straight line to the upper
edge of W. b. Whites land, on
C%onncross creek, thence a straight
line 20 and excluding j. Q. Couche's
residence, thence a straight line to
the ford of the creek neal c.. c..
Portcr's residence, thence tho public
road to l.. y. Stribling's land, thence
said West and North line to the
point at which said line crosses Little
ConDcross creek, thence a straight
line to the beginning point.
<1aaiRGRoyE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 80. %.
Beginning at the ford of Ramsay's
creek, on the Roguc's Ford road
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16

Snodgrass--"I'd like to pay that
bill, but | can't just now. You must
give me time" ..sr
Cred;ior-"i don't mind giving
You time, but you seem to want
eternity"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16

SO far only fourteen Alliance San
didatcs have been nominated for
Congress in the South. 1t was SUP
posed that there would be a much
larger number. -Four of these are
from Georgia.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16
iron WORKS,
Lady Street, near G. & G. r. R.
Depot, Columbia, S. c.,

Steam Engines and B0iGrS,
hill Gearing, Vertical and Hori-
zonta Cane Mills. Grist and
SAW MILLS OF ALL SUES, HOUSE
FRONTS, RAILING FOR GARDEN
AND CEMETERY LOTS.
Prompt and Special Attention
given to Repairing Of Ma
chinery.
Iwould call tho attention of tho public
especially to tho fact that my CIRCULAR
every State Fair III Columbia when on ex-
hibition, and that I mako q speciality of
tho manufacture Of tho IMPROVED
CIRCULAR SAW, MILL, combining
great simplicity with durability and
strength iii their construction, and there
by ! an, enabled TO put on The market an
article which rivals any. other in price 40
testimonials from tho foremost sawyors
and mill-men of this State who use my
mills to thor perfect satisfaction.
l am enabled TO furnish House Fronts,
Railing and all Architectural Work at
short notice, having n large variety Of
patterns; and, besides, tho experience of
many years in tho trade, SO That I can
suit customers in evory manner to their
taste as vol as to prices. My experience
and knowledge of gearing and other ma
chinory by this timo IL we'll known
throughout tho State, and will warrant
to ovory ono that he can DO suited by mo.
I pay close attention to Repairs of
Steam Engines, &c., when ordered, 80
that they arc promptly filed and. no loss
occurs to any customers by delay.
Parties desiring any article in my limo
will find it to their best interest to call or
correspond with me.
Write for CirculaS and Prico List,
WHICH viii be furnished OH application
,... JOHN ALEXANDER,
Columbia, S. G.
May 2, 1880. - ~ =.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16

DR.. j. B. Aver, "Montana Char
ley," the Grow Indian Medicine man,
is nov in Jail in North Carolina
charged with an assault on q little
girl. John Dclvaux, manufactures
of famous medicines, wishes the
public TO know that he has nothing
to do with DR.. Aver and is in no
way connected with him. .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16

'DNiIy except saturdays.
r. tDaily except SUNDAYS. '.. .f' r..n..
Us. SLEEiING CAR SERVICE, ".
On trains so and 81, Pullman BUFFET Steamer
between New York and Atlanta. 80 Nif
Hot Springs. "'e ~"
On trains 81 and So, Pullman Buffet slecpor
hst%seH darlington and montgomery; Wash.
ligt0n and Augusta, Greensboro and Richmond.
Greensboro and Raleigh.
lions to NIL points. " ~"
For rates and information, apply to any Agent
'oi the Company, or JAS l.. TAYLOR, q.
General Passenger Agent.
Washington II. G.
SOL. HAAS, Traffic Manager,
Washington, n. g.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16
TEACHERS COLUMN.

GS All communications intended
for this column should be addressed
Sttaa$5s 7. Stribiiiig, School Commits
;sioner, Walhalla, s. @.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16

THROUGH CAR SERVICE. TT1T1-u
Nos. 3, 4, 80 and 81 daily except Sunday, INT
Main limo trains "a and 90 daily between Co.
lurnhia and Aston. Ms,
Daily except Sunday between Aston and
Greenyille. =" NEt T# . " y E
Pullman parlor SERVED between Augusta and
Hot Springs, y. c., daily, without change, on 90
A4x5hnP1aaHlggds ea6iaqiflhthuct ting with +: &.ta..Iff.----
Tickets on salo ut principal ~htations to all
points. f}" u. CAI&DWELL, ~.
Division Passenger Agent, %k&
49, &' Columbia, g.. &. 4
e .t a JAS. J.. TAYLOR,
Gencral Pass. Agent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16

" A'>'A >tStis
a mans gains arc according to
his pains, as a rule. 1t is steady,
persistent attention to business that
brings tho reward. Business must
come first, pleasure after.
The highest altitude reached by
any railroad in the United States is
on the Denver and Rio Grande line,
at Marshall Pass, which is 10000
feet above the level of the sea.
The man who howIs the loudcst
about the "equality of men" is in
yariably. the mar who is most firmly
convinced that the world contains no
II equal to himself.
The United States is by far the
largest consumer of stamped envcl-
opcs of any nation in the world, up
ward of 100000 having been
used during the past year.
The coming Florida orange crop
will be below the average, but the
estimates vary a good deal. They
range from a maximum Of 2,100,0 900
boxes down to a minimum of 1900
900 boxes. ....
The most dcnsely populated square
mile in the world is in the city of
New York. 1t is inhabited by 270,-
600, tho larger portion of whom arc
Italians, who speak only their native
language. ~" @'..
1t is said that there arc IS kinds
of granite in Maine, each one of
which possesses distinctive charac-
teristics readily recognized by work
men acquainted with monumental
and building stones.
The largest steam derrick in the
world is used by a shipping company
nj Hamburg. 1t is used for lifting
immense weights on and off ship
board, and can pick up a ten wheel
locomotive with ease. 81, IL
In certain portions Of Mexico 10,-
600 pounds of sugar can be raised
off of an acre Of ground; and in
n Mcxican State alone it is said
that enough sugar, coffee and rubber
can be raised to supply the whole
United States. "'"
The proportion of insane to sane
persons in the United States is one
in every 262; I'M Scotland it is n in
every 574; in the agricultural dis
tricts of England it is one in every
$40; in London the proportion is one
in 400.
a diver who was working on the
foundation of a railroad bridge near
Boise City, Idaho, gave II signal to
be drawn up quickly. When he got
to the surface he held fast n IS pound
salmon that he had caught by the
giIls. ..r D.
After they had jailed a tramp in
Indiana as "poor, friendlcss and hav-
ing no home," he invited the Sheriff
to dinner, sent ont 800 to buy
champagne and turkey, asked him to
take charge Of $4,000 he had been
carrying in his b~oot-lcgs.
a wonderful poplar trce was re-
Gently cut in Logan County, Va.
The log measured 81 feet long, is
63 inches in diameter, cubes 1000
feet, Or 2i,i25 feet board measure. It.
will he run out on the first water
that will carry log of suclr dimen-
sions. .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY co.
d. II. CHAMBERLAIN, RECEIVER.

f ~oMMENoINa March 80, 1890, ut 1.ao p. NJ,
" Eastern Time, Trains will run rs follows:
MA!N LIME 70 AUGUSTA, DAILY.
Leave Charleston ........... @ 90 q III - % 90 u m
i:ranchVilio ...,..... 8 65 IN 8 26 D IN
ArriVo Augusta. OF noon II % p IN
AUGUSTA TO CHARtEsToN, DAILY.
Leave augusta: ........ 3 05a III 40 m
Arrive Charleston......... 1 IS p 10 90 p in
MAIN LINE AND DIVISION WEST, Daily
Leave charleston. .......... 700am 610pm
" Brancl;villo......... 8 80 n IN, 74bpm
Arrive Columbia ..........,10 20 q IN 10 05 u m
DAILY, EXCEPT sunday
CoLuMnIA DIVISION N MAIN LINE EAST, Daily
Leave Camden daily except
Sunday 8 80 a IN 4d5pm
CoiumDia .......... U % q m 6 26 u IN
Brnnchvillc ......... 8 b6am 7bpm
ArriYc Charleston 80. ......1i 03 q IN 0 30 b IN
CONNECTIONS
Made at Union Depot, Columbia, with G. s. @. X.
at 6.2b r. MI also with c., G. & a. r. IL. by same
train to and from all points on both roads: also
with S,,U. d 9. II. X. by train arriving at 8. so p.
~. and departing at TOO a. NJ.
Passengers take Breakfast ut Columbia. and
Supper ut IranchyIl,e. .'' """
At Pregnall's to ana from all points on Eota,v.
vile Railroad; at Charleston with steamers for
Now YORK, Jacksonville and points on st. Johns
River on Mondays, Wednesdays and FriJova.
With Charleston and Savannah Railroad TO and
from savannah and points in Florida daily.
AZ Augusta, with Georgia and Central Railroads
10 ana from ail points West and South; At jSiauk-
yllln ~ end fro:: a.! ro.n.s Oh n]aInWoii iiniiroaG,
Through tickets can DO purchased to ali points,
Y q. J" M I'LL 4 " u \. rs, t Columbia,
T. =. PiCkENS, General Passenger Agent,
y. NJ. WARD, General ManagCS 49,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16
Happy %lIOOSlers.

Wm. Timmons, postmaster Of ldavillo,
Ind, writes: "Elcctric Bittcrs has donc
more for mo than all othor medicines
combined, for that bad feeling arising
from kidney and liver trouble" John
Leslie, farmer and stOckman, of same
place, says; "Find Electric Bittcrs to be
the best kidney and liver medicine, made
me feel like a new man." j. W. Gard
ncr, hardware merchant, same town, says
Electric Bittors is just the thing for a
man who is all run down and don't care
whether he lives on dies; he found now
strength, good appetite and fclt just like
he had n new lease on life. Only 50c. a
bottle, at Norman Drug Co.'s store.
DIR. Sampson Pope, of Newbcrry,
has withdrawn from the Senatorial
race in that county for tic scat made
vacant by the nomination of Hon.
Y. j. Pope for Attorncy-G General.
He says he fears two Tillmanites will
split his wing of tho Democratic
party. lie declined in favor of Mr..
Kcitt.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16
tlantic Coast Line.

Jill Passenger Department.
Wilmington, N. c., January 13, 1890.
Fast Limo Between Charleston and CO.
lumbia and Upper South Carolina
and Western North Carolina.
Condensed Schedule.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16

{
T8ostthirds all the steel Made
IS used fol- rail@ay inss
Wasbington Ohio, has 4 horse
iGasSssSihi siipigs aud outs them. 5SiS
I1SI616 thIeereSWsre only $50 Eng
fish people in alE North America.
Without frugality none can be
rich and with " Very few would DO
poor.
Twenty million acres of tho land
OF the United States are held by
Foreigners. % s4s
Spectators In Maine are Offering
FIVE dollars q barrel for winter apples
onsthes trees.
The collective length Of the Lon
don streets would reach ovor thirtyss5
two thousand miles.
The man who speaks before lie
thinks is often in aposition to. do lots
OF thinking afterward. Y.
Two French dentists extract teeth
without pain by spraying the exter-
nal ear with ether
1t is said that the onion is q great
sleep induccr, and about equal to quiz
nine for malaria.
a true word is often spoken in
jest, but we always like it to be
about some other fellow.
The man who is in love with his
work need owe fear any rivalry
from other people.
The postal-card manufactory at
Shelton, Conn, is at. present turning
out $4,000 900 postal-cards a day.
Chicago produces an average Of
about 10 suicides per week: or
500. in round numbers, in q year.
Mrs, Grundy says that if all FASH
iouan!e people had to pay as they
60, there would be fewer going.
A Masonic aprol made in Eng
land about thrcc centuries ago is
soon to be put OH exhibition in this
country.
Most people who mako a business
of casting bread upon tho waters cx-
pcct it to come back to them pound
cake.
The Ind;& ,ul'bor tree grows wild
lin Lee County, Fla, and in Fort
Myers it is used ns n shade and orna-
mental tree. y
1t is only ono person among 1000
who becomes Il ccntenarian, and
hardly six persons among 1000 who
attain IS years of age.
In China, whom the rain is too
abundant, the officials set the images
of the native gods out in the rain to
stop hc'downpour'. I
One hundred and twenty-five suits
are pending against the Electric Car
Company of Boston, askineS for
$4,000 damages by accidents.
The president of a large life in.
surance company estimates that In
grippe and the resultant diseases cost
the insurance companies about $5,-
600 ,000. =.
Some remarkable caves have been
discovered in West Australia. Two
of them are said to be large enough
to afford accommodation for 200,-
800 inch each.
a mans gains arc according to
his pains, as a rule. 1t is steady,
persistent attention to business that
brings tho reward. Business must
come first, pleasure after.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-16
8ichmonl & Danuillc 8ailwaa 90,

GoTUcItscu Sc1lcNI!p, IN cIcCt, august 31Bt, 1880.
Trains run by 10th Meridian tiime-ono' hour
faster than Doth Meridian time.
. . .. R{IJTIInnIIEH ~ 49, t-aErf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-20
rElRS OF AZ Ice SWINE.

The leo dealers on,satcn Island Long Island and in
Wcstch,tcr County fear that there Will be famine
ncNt spring The Staten Island cutters Of lee that
they have seldom experienced season like the present
Several hundred who have usually found employment
during December and January the ice ponds
had day IS employment this year. The men however
that a month OF cold weather would insure fair crop II
there were excessive fall Of unless
fresh supply received from before the first
May there 10 be ltte hope OF escape
advanced ice rate.
The brewers are feeling the need Of lee keonv. Tho
Long Island lee ar beginning 10 show anxiety. The
supply which usually from Lake RouhonAoma
Long Island Railroad Is becoming molly short. and
II lee is cut th, season tho amount stored In the houses
will not supply the local demand next summer.
In Westminster County the indications more favor.
able The icchouscs along the Hudson are eXhaustng
the supplies IN nng the orders which are constantly COM
ing from Ncw-lo rN aud nrighhorng ci,les. lew ice.
houses the country viii bee able To meet the demand Il
continue, be urgent 10 Is ~ present In THIS
county none Oh, companies have been able 70
pound lee. While thls situation Is not Unprecedented
IL causes grave alarm AMONG ice dealers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-20

The longest Of the Central Labor Union on
record held yesterday IN Clarendon Hail. and was
presided over BY August Deabor lively discussion fol.
Trades Section that twOthrds OF the Central Labor
Union should be required 70 any important question
In the discussion much strong language used and at
last an amendment the resolution was carried by a
vote OF hfy-our fortyfour by which twohirds vote
would required to Establish a person
thing. Another struggle occurred the admission
the Progressive Assembly Of Ceamakers OF District As
senbly No. 40. The delegates from the CPaimakcrs'
Union connected with the American Federation opposed
the admission OF the KNIGHTS Of Labor and deprived
OF their votes relative the POgressyes" who were
admitted BY . Of forty-hvc Twenty-Five. The
Canal and Harbor Protection Union OF
also admitted 10 membership.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-20
THE FAILURE or GIG Guns.
A NAVAL OFFICER BELIEvE> THEY WILL BE
ABANDONED FOR III .,E OF SMALLER


Washington Jan. 10 (opcciab.Thc reported fail
ure 0f the biz gun, on the British ship the Ben.
bow mas excited good deal Of interest In naval
circles here. Commander G. II. Davi-, the chief
INTEL gcncc Oftccr Of the Navy Department. knOwo
something Of the Bcnbow personally, having visited
her at Malta lat year. When az Malta he
said, tho Henbpw and her gun, were all right.
presumed they had been thoroughly tested before they
mounted. The big guns the Victoria failed
ago, and the English have never been very
successful with their guns of large calibrc. There
are several Of those heavy guns Of the
tcs Of the Italian Navy, which believe have proved
successful
"Win this failure result in the Abandonment Of
these big Glns b. The EngnshI"
"Tuduubtcdy. The nest heaviest gun H. the 81
ton gun. This viii take the place OF the 10 ton.
or, more correctly, the III tom gun. The ~.rVI,,
j. much longer Tor experience has proven that a
diminished calibrc mean, longer service for The
gun \ big gun. nhc those on the BcnbOW, viii
only stand about 10 service rounds. The differ
cuce IN The penetration OF the two guns is very
little. The larger one has penetration Of thirty
las . penetrating capacity Of twenty nine inches.
80 y.u zee there /, very little difference between
the two
low far viii those big guns carry proIcctilc ?'
I'm general terms. the distance j. approximately
a mic for each inch Of the diameter Of the The
III ton gun h. rs ii inches In diameter. The
The projcctc weigh, about 900 pounds. and the
powder charge j, -1O pounds. In the smaller gun
charge Of go pounds, carving proIcctilc weighing
300 hounds. Of III" opinion that these sue
ccssivc failures OF lig guns Will result In their abandon
mcnt by all nayie7 Who possess them. While do not
Sin we try to benefit by the experiences Of other
Nations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-20
THE REV. II. j. SAVAGE on SOCIAL DREAMS

boston, Jan. - ,,pco.al.-The Rev. Minot J. say
age opened a course of lecture, under the auspices
Of the Free Religious Association AZ Horticultural Ilall
th, afternoon. The course Is upon social orStnlzI-
ton and reform and Mr. -avagc's branch OF the subject
was social Dreams" IL not an uncommon thing"
he said for people with an Imaginative turn of mind
to Jump at alurug conclusion. and then. with
too little regard for facts and natural tendencies, 10
seek for some short cat 10 tue goal az
their fJrcgouc conclusions. Communism, In.
dustrisl cooperation, Count TOletoi> ideal
country, were ali " so thoroushfTcST The mnda
moutai idea In Henry Geor-r'~ Progress ana
Poverty WAS erroneous. No experiment IN the di-
r,cou OF state .cali-m or NaOud- ga had be "a sum
GENTLY succc-sfui to prOn.,' yn' general hope zone
thing. and hc believed much. was possible If only
people would stop merely dream INK and In the hSh VI
established pInolp would 20 10 WORK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-20
REPORT on THE UTICA POSTOFFICE.
oN THE SURFACE AFFAIR, APPEAR TO BIZ WELL
CUNpUCTED, But INVESTIGATIoN
SHOWS THE CONTRARY.

Washington. Jan. ~ Special. TO the casual oh
server say, veteran inspector of the I"'t"'h''
Department, iu report received within the '-i
d,y or two the administration of the iucA Post
Office would Dee considered admirable. careful ana
searching ,c-tsiilou, however covering period OF
Il week or more. reveal, condition %! affairs winch
lu,tincs me iu recommending the removal ~ I"''
master Bailey This is the substance although
not the exact language used by the inspector whose
report is BOW under review by the PostmlNter'uch
cr1l. This report Is accompanied by
uumcrou, affidavit, setting forth that
Postmaster Bailey has removed experienced aud
cncicut men IN order to make vacancies for Demo
cratic strikers, who were not even recommended by
the Democratic workers. Of his own town; that
among the inexperienced men whom he has appointed
are many who are uunt b. hold places either ~
clerk carriers account Of THEN habits.
II Il understood also that the report sdyo that the
bu,Inc-, manager Of The GuU observer hao en-
luycd the privilege Of examining before delivery the
mail addressed To- certain persons ln iCa IL seem,
that 70 brother of Mr.. Bailey Is interested in some
electric motive power, aud that the question OF the
Application of that power IN running the street cars
I'm Ctica stimulated the desire OF Mr.. Bailcys bust
ness partner to know what other con
with the street railroad companies. II is only an ina
ference, however aside from the report Of the Inspector
who app ard To- think that thi rr gullr and uuliW-
hl Inspection Of the mail matter of certain persons
before It's delivery wa, for the purpose OF obtaining
new. for The Observer
II j, a matter Of some -ip about the Po,tOncc De
plttrcui thgt +, stua-t"r Bailey has q strong pull"
ON the Pc master General through ia" mediation of tn
Roy Or I.ruNu Who f. am Intimate friend of the post
MASTER A. well Il, Of ,rc Postmaster General.