The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-06-17
1TEMs--EDIToRIAL AND OTHERWISE.
: Louisiana will raise 100000 barrels of

- Louisiana will raise 200, 900 barrels of rice
this season, or twice as much as last year.
- The Appletons have offered General Sher-
man 900 for the copyright of his book.
Gen. Belknap, the Secretary of War, is
one of the richest men in Grants Cabinet
Gen. Augur, of the United States army,
who has been making a tour of inspection
through Louisiana, expresses himself as much
gratifed with the condition of affairs through
out the State.
Judge Carpenter has declared the Act Of
the Legislature unconstitutional which directs
that the poll tax of the present year be applied
to the payment of school claims due before 1st
November, 1873
- The grand jury of Georgetown County has
returned true bill against c. c. Bowen, sher-
for the murder of Col. VIM. Parker White in
1864. Judge Shaw has fixed Tuesday next,
22nd inst, as the day of trial.
Mr. Lewis Mahafey, who lived near Good
gion's Factory, in Laurens County, while en-
gagged in repairing an agricultural implement
on Friday last, fell across a pile of lumber,
and received internal injuries from which he
died during the night.
The telegraph brings the fearful tidings Of
a terrible earthquake in South America, in
which two cities were entirely destroyed, 9TH
er towns badly damaged, and at least sixteen
thousand persons lost their lives. The earth
quake occurred on the 18th of May.
AT a meeting of the board of directors Of
the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College,
held at Bryan on the End instant, the salary of
the president of the institution was fixed at
$4,000, and a committee was appointed to con-
fer with Jefferson Davis and tender him the
position.
- It is said that Senator Thurman regards
the third term letter as plain submission to
the people of the question whether or not
Grant shall be elected for a third term. Ee
says: "Instead of it being q surrender, it is
defiance. Grant is brave man, and think
he meant to write and did write brave defiant
letter."
An exchange says that Alexander 81. Ste-
phens thinks newspaper man will be the next
President. That kind of selection hoored US in
the last campaign-Greeley's record was tco
accessible. The newspaper press will relin-
quish the honor this time, and be content with
electing the man, without arrogating the priv
iege of furnishing him from journalistic ranks.
- The steamship Vicksburg, bound from
Quebec to Liverpool, fell in with a field of
floating ice, had a hole knocked in her, and
after every effort made to keep her up, went
down with Captain Bennett and forty of his
crew and passengers. Only one boat contain
ing five persons has as yet been heard of.
They may in the end prove the only survivors.
A violent storm passed over the city Of
Paris on last Thursday. A great deal Of win
dow glass was broken and thousands Of Chin
news were blown over. Many accidents ensued,
and traffic was wholly suspended in the streets.
The storm extended to the south of France,
and from the Pyrenees comes a report that
a house was Frustrated and eleven persons
killed. The damage in Paris alone is estima-
ted at eleven million of francs.