Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-03-20

county jail at IA Atlanta, on The 10th Of
| March. Tho prisoners, black and white,
had q FREQ fight, and number of them
were seriously injured. The police force
were called In and the riot quelled. rat.
lanta 4 is always able to get up something
novel on very short notice. {
The Methodist church at Double
Springs, in this county, llas recently beon
removed to the other side of the public
road and greatly improved, having been
ceiled and dre-weatherboarded and other
wise overhauled. 1t is now a very COM
Portable little house of worship. with
splendid new stove in tho church, the
Sunday school has been able to run. and
grow vigorous during the winter months.
Rev. j. e. Fogartie preached in tho
Wslhalla Presbyterian church last Sun
day at II A. A., for tho first, time since
his recent illness. He preached an able
and interesting sermon from John 80
on sanctiflcation, or the second blessing.
1t is gratifying to know that Rev. Fogar-
tie has sufficiently recovered to assume
tho discharge of his ministerial duties
again, to the great delight of his congrc-
cations.
The candidates are no ways backward
in making their wants and wishes known.
In this issue the list is increased by the
announcements of Mr.. S. p. Stribling,
for Treasurer, and Messrs. T. X. Norris
and w. j. Neville, for Auditor. These
are all gentlemen of fino character and
good business capacity, who are woll
known to tho people of Oconee. Tho
public interests would be safe if COM
mittcd to the keeping of any Of them.
Eliza Butler, wifo of Robert Butlcr,
died suddenly at her home in nWallalla
last Monday morning about II o'clock.
She had beon engaged as usual during the
morning hours washing clothes, but feel
ing badly she had gone into the house,
whore it is supposed she had fit and
fell in tho fire. When found by parties
who 1.-Two in tlio other end of tho house,
sho was lying in tho fire, with hcr face
and ono hand seriously burned, but still
breathing. The doctor was Immediately
summoned, but she died before hc reach
cd there. 1t is not known what was the
cause of death, but it is supposed that
heart failure caused her to fall, and then
shc inhaled tho fumes and heat of the
| fire. No inquest was held. Eliza was
ono of the best colorcd women of oul
town, and enjoyed tho respect and cs-
tccm of all our people, who doplorc hcl
sudden and untimely death. She was a
consistent momber of tho Methodist
church, and was buried OH Tuesday after
noon at 3 O'clock at Flat Rock graveyard
Mr. John X. Zimmerman, oldest son OF
Hon. Albert Zimmerman, of Westmin
ster, died last Thursday night about ton
o'clock from meningitis. Ho was living
on ToXaway Creek, on the Maxwell farm
belonging to his father, where only few
weeks ago he lad gone with his young
wife, to commence lifc's work, with high
hopes and happy anticipations of n bright
and prosperous future. He was young
man of more than ordinary promise, and
just at the threshold Of mans estate his
course is ended. Death is always sad
and grief-bearing, but when such an ono
is pierced with til ) archer's fatal shaft
it seems doubly sad. IIe leaves his wife
tho Oldest daughter of Mr.. j. r. Burns
to whom only six weeks ago, he was
united in the hoy bonds of wcdlock, ;
young but disconso1ate widow. To hol
and tho two stricken households arc OK
tended tho deepest sympathics of a large
| circle of friends The funeral services
werc conducted in the Westminster
Baptist church at ten o'clock OH Satul.
day morning, by DR.. Harris, of Atlanta
Ga, and at their conclusion, all that
was mortal of "Johnnic" was laid tc
rest in tho now cemetery in tho presence
Of large concoursc of sympathizine
friends.