The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-01
General News Summary.

General News Summary.
Since the recent great earthquakes
on the Pacific coast Of South America
the province of Catamarea, in The wes-
tern part of the Argentine Republic, has
become gradually submerged, and the
great lake formed there is continually
enlarging.
The latest New York horror is the
discovery of the mutilated corpse of am
unknown and beautiful girl in the Gen.
trail Park lake. The body was elegantly
dressed, and the victim of the shocking.
murder was evidently young lady CT
refinement and culture, as we'll as strik.
ing beauty.
An Eastern Massachusetts paper
says there has never been in that section
of the State so general an indifference to
political matters as now. And Phila-
delphia paper says it has never known aD
election campaign in that city wherein
so much indifference apparently existed
as at present.
= The obelisk which is to be removed
from Egypt and set up in Chatham
Square, New York, once stood before ths
temple at Helipolis, ,twhere Moses sat a.
the feet of Gamaliel and became like his
fellow-students, Agrippa and Festus,
learned in the law and wisdom of the
Aztecs. The site chosen is, therefore, re.
markably appropriate.
= - During the last ten years nearly
million Of acres in Great Britain, former
ly under grain crops, have been con-
verted into pasture, meat having become
so paying an article to raise; but in the
last board of trade report it is remarked
that this conversion of arabic land into
pasture has received. q check as result
Of the large importation Of American
meat. y asr.'1ta,
- It was remarked not long since by
Mr.. Gladstone that the distinctive dress
of the clergy, which fifty years ago had
but all died out, was revived by what
was known as "the Oxford movement"
of the leaders of the Tractarion party,
and it is curious circumstance that the
dress which twenty-five. years ago would
have been; deemed the badge OF very ex-
treme Puseyism is now worn even by
evangelical curates. -
King Ludwig, of Bavaria, is report.
ed to have at his summer residence a lit
tie boat covered with mother-of-pearl,
built in the shape of aanautilus she'll,
and large enough for two persons: 1t is
lined with scarlet velvet, and the row.
locks are of coral. Another whim of his
is to have in his garden kiosque, 80 ar
ranged with ingenious candelabra as to
cause, when lighted, q reflection of stars
and moons on the ceiling.
- There is a prisoner in the Iowa PEN
itentiary, Graham by name, though ne
calls himself General Deathbell," who
in 1860 was sent up for twenty years on
a. charge of criminal, assault, the wit
nesses against him being hislwife and an
other woman. The. wife subsequently
confessed. that she had sworn falsely and
his daughter that he had been wrong
fully accused, but no steps have been
taken towards establishing his innocence
or securing his release. He is now a man
of fifty-three, patalyzed and Of weak
mind. IF he had: been Republican
State Treasurer he would never have
been seat pp.4tsl aa. i.s.,l ssfif - ;iig'
The new lance recently adopted i'll
the Austrian service, after a long series
of experiments with weapons of the Cos
sack and Prussian patterns, is nine feet
one inch in length. The point is made
Of Bessamer steel, its length being slight
" over seven inches, and the butt is shod
with the same, metal.- Two long bands
of iron attach the head to the staff, and, q
leather strap, for the arm of the man car
rying it to pass through, is fixed to this
latter at about four. feet from its lower
extremity. The total weight of the
weapon is four pounds. Before the end
Of the year all the lancer regiments in
the Austrian army are to be armed with
the new weapon.
= The Paris Universal Exhibition
Building for the exhibition of 1878, is
being pushed rapidlyato completion by
the French Government, and already has
a grand appearance. The Great Hall is
completed up to the springing of the iron
roof trusses, and more than three,quarters
Of the iron and glass roofing over the in.
dustrial galleries on the Champ de Mars
has been completed. In the centre of
the building is a wide open air avenue,
in which will be placed the fine art gal
leries. It was at first thought that there
would be no necessity for annexes, but
the idea has been given up and the
Champ de Mars will be more crowded
with supplementary; buildings than it
was in 1867. Half of the space of the
Grand Vestibule will be used for the ex-
hibition Of the presents received by the
Prince of Wales during his visit to India.
The skeleton of q monster, unknown
to naturalists, containing the remains of
human being, was found in the Indian
Territory not long since.si Only a few OF
the bones have been unearthed, but they
are said to be the largest animal remains
ever discovered. Three Of the front ribs
measure each eight feet in length, while
some ,.of the teeth, which are of the car
nivorous order, weigh - eight pounds
apiece. The human skeleton. was. in
such q position as to indicate that the
man had been swallowed by the animal,
while the bones Of the right side had
been broken, apparently by force. The
shape of the Uranium showed that the
skeleton was that ofan Indian, and 102
flint arrow-heads and1 flint knives lay
by its side, The bones show that they
have been buried for an immense period,
as they crumble rapidly when exposed to
the air. ....,..-.- ,..,,s. =. .,.t..g.e.
We think there is a good deal of
craftsmanship, as well Of military zeal,
| in Grand Duke Nicholas's assurance that
neither England nor Germany will inter-
pose to prevent the Russians going to
Constantinople, as the Germans went to
Paris-to. evacuate it again. No people
in the world need the educating inau-
ence Of visible defeat, and a visible
abando donment, to. it, SO much as the Turks.
Their pride is only equaled by their ig-
norance. They think themselves irwin
chile, England their vassal, and Chris.
tians generally their Interiors. It would