Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-16
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The Emperor Augusta, Of Germany, is
a8 3is hfT. II. @. Perry, of w Walhalla. will open
+ a ss'ssloon" In Abbeyille. i55 IS = 5 B 4. e
Mr.. Blake ,Milwee died suddenly at
Clinton, S. C., on Tuesday of last week,
and was buried In Greenwood.
Robert, O. Tribe, Esq, of Townville,
is on q visit to relatives and friends in
I Texas.
Married, on tho 10th ultimo, by Rev.
.. Waite, Mr.. BaylissAIaret to Miss Cath
arine Power, both Of Oconee county.
Married, on the 5th instant, by j. d.
Sanders, Esq, Mr.. Robert Land to Miss
Mary Harden, both of Oconee.
Mrs. w. IT. Stoddard, Of Hartwell, Ga,
is visiting her father, Mr.. j. s. Bauk-
night, and family.
Married, December 81, 1880, by DR.. w.
*. Sharp, Mr.. w. J.. Meredith to Mrs. S,
4 j. Owens.
Mr.. Robert Gulloy, formerly q resi-
dent of Oconee, died in this county on
1Iih'3oAANtsy VI h"oc WcohS aiiNt was uurlou III
i Hartwell, Ga.
We leari, that q large deer was killed
i on Mr.. j. w. Lees place, on Long Greek,
E In Oconoe county. The deer weighed
over one Hundred and fifty pounds.
VIM. p. Calhoun, Esq, of Abbeville, a
young gentlemen we'll and favorably'
known to our readers, was married re-
Gently to Miss Gladys Boykin, of Edge
field.
Mr.. G. j. Dickson, prosperous mer-
chant of Hester, Abbcville County, paid
us call on Tuesday morning. He is
visiting his father, Andrew Dickson, and
family.
The Columbia Register states that Col.
Cothran will not resign his scat in Con-
gress, but Oh tho contrary will serve out
his term. But the canvass is already
open for tho next term.
Mossrs. Stoakes Stewart and s. X.
Bollman have been before u. S. Commits
siOner Mcrrick for violation of internal
revenue laws. The former was discharg-
ell and the latter was held for trial.
The members of the Methodist church
arc making an effort to build parson-
age. We learn they are meeting with
success in raising the necessary funds,
and intend to begin the erection of !.
handsome parsonage at an early day.
Mr.. S. X. Dendy, the popular salesman
of Messrs. +. w. Wagenor & Co., the
largest wholesale house of Charleston,
paid us pleasant call on Monday. He
has been a lifelong subscriber to tho
COURIER.
Hon. VIM. ID. Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
tho oldest member of the House of Rep.
rcscntativcs, died in Washington, OH the
9th instant, aged sevonty-fve years. He
was q Republican, but was generally fair
inhis treatment of the South.
Mr.. G.. b. Smith, agent of the Green
vile Daily Nc,ps, was in Walhalla last
Friday i'll tho interest of his paper. The
NeUs is held in high csteem in these
parts, and is fast becoming a necessity
with our people.
The Westminster Banner states that
the treasury of the town was increased
recently by the addition of ton dollars,
fines imposed Oh different persons for
drunkenness, disorderly conduct, tho
violation of tho ordinance in relation to
fireworks during the holidays.
Quarterly conferences of the M. E.
Church, South, Rev. j. Walter Dickson,
presiding, will bo held at Jocassee OH
the 10th of January; Gap Hill, January
18th and 10Th; ITopcwcll, January oath;
Zion, January 25th and Goth; Joncs's
Chapel, March 9Th and 9th.
Tho political muddle in Montana con
tinucs. The people of that now State
have two bodies, styling themselves
Lcgislatures-one Democratic and tho
othor Republican. Each body has
elected United States Senators, and they
arc in Washington clamoring for their
seats. The Senate will pass upon tho
matter.
Mr.. w. J. Hobson, who lives near
Westminster, sold eight bales of cotton
in Walhalla on Tuesday, weighing over
four hundred pounds each, which he
raised last year on nine acres Of land.
He sold his whole crop at ten cents per
pound. Mr.. Hobson is one of Oconee's
most successful young farmers.
Charleston has just passed through tho
ceremony of laying the cornerstone of
tho new Catholic Cathedral in that city.
Cardinal Gibbons, assisted by Bishop
Moore, of st. Augustine; Abbot Haido,
of North Carolina; Bishop Northrop, of
Charleston, and quite number of visit
ing clcrgymon, conducted the services.
MI. VIM. A. breckenridge, of Dublin,
Laurens County, Ga, is visiting his ia
ther, James Breckenridge, having arrived
herc last Thursday IIo has lived in
Georgia sixteen years, and is now en-
gagged in extensive lumber business, and
formerly has been identified with several
newspapers. Ho is one of the many
typos of this office who have gono forth
into the world and achieved success.
Terrible storms of rain, snow, sleot and
wind have visited the West cyclone
struck st. Louis on tho 18th, demolsh-
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