The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-19
GENERAL NEWS slrARY.

Louisiana suoa, Jonc elding from.
5000 to $500 worth of sup 'oi "cfe 20
be had from IS to $16 pet'.
| vooe. to orI;norv Iohoro, Work Is SO
| scarce that men are willis o"s "So io1
their board alone.
trv onJ l.to onnonont nc Jeans, is
to be the Hayes Repu =" 'caoef III
E;neteon III, t;mes vo", -; the last hun
drod yoors tho Rm.s;an t,.s have crossed
the Danube with host ltent without
including tLa nrosant ling.
The dwelling +. ~, James James W. ".
itogers, n few miles f; ohatiotoc, ,u' ~
c., was struck by Hg: ~: on tue o.i'
II soons tbot ~ ouisiana grand
;urv did not hesitate =, behind the re-
turns when tho iata ming board was
under investigation.
ouartcrs from, ono. ter to third
will now hn Cnund I'VE been coined
before 1860. Wher "e ''cy pcch IL
Inn;do,t ,e , lntter storm from
the DanviJlc A,; yer; Suddenly
smith hnarJ tha NJ. IF thunder and be-
came unconscious. ~ piah Also heard
the noise, but nci ~, VI thein sa" any
flash of lightning Inc man went TO
Smith, and in abb '"ehty minutes lie
was restored to co'ioushess. lneii AT
thon w,e .tonl;, rect, with one foot
lifted a little way n the earth, and the
other WAS kneeli,. with his nose III the
earth. and both =, stone dead, and re-
taincd their poon until they were
pushed over T. upposition is that in
this case tho elricity went from the
earth to the sky
= All doubt ;;hing the cotton crop
is practically at end. There is GER
tainty of Il larg!' eld OF that flocculent
fibre. Nor. ind, have there been any
important failas of our agricultural
products this ,r. Corn, wheat, oats,
sugar cane and ton will yield far bet
ter this year IL last. Had we fiscal
system adapteo the lines, with these
great crops in i possession, we ought to
have good l..ness during the coming
year. The Sclern pape.s are all hope
full that they IL have more money to
spend than any time tincc the war.
Yet, undoul.ly, the outlook in inc
North and est, Notwithstanding the
good crops. i.Oomy.
= The Ne York Sun tells in IL very
touching wa he story of Horace Gree
lcy's last d;s and says It was not his
defeat for t. Presidency which broke
the old man.ieart, but Il shabby man
ner in whic. ie was oustet from the chief
editorship nc Tribune, An article of
which he dllOt approve was printed in
the 7riJun. He wrote and sent to the
office an ar1le in which he tried to set
the paper zaight. His, article did not
appear. FL .rdcred it in IN three several
days, and h time the Gtual editor left
it out. Thlight dawncs on him. An
other ma, had been pit in his place.
lie drooI., and was sent to private
insane aslim. Amonf his last words
we're: "1:e country is cone! l. The 7ri-
6,ne is CO.! am gone" Thus ended,
in grief a. disappointment, the man who
had been ne brains of the paper whose
present oler is proud % say that it was
Foundry Horace Geeley."
"A slnge and ut irst incxplicablc
freak OF fghtning was exhibited on Il
farm fl miles abovcthis city, during
the stor Of yesterday morning. Two
men wersitting under IL large oak tree,
and JUST their feet lay-wo dogs. One of
the menras endeavorirs to persuade his
compana that their present situation
was vG dangerous one, and it would
be bette for them to brve the torrent Of
rain rat:r than remain where there was
danger / being stru!k by ligt thing.
Before &c words had hardly died from
his lip bolt struck the tree under
which icy we're sitting, rcnding it in
twain ON top to bottom, throwing
limbs iall directions and shaking the
earth vh the violent ic of an earthquake.
Both MI were stunned, but strange to
say, thf received MT the slightest in
jury. 9th of the Digs were instantly
killed. The mems estape from death is
inexplabie, unless Me attribute their
miracpus preservation to direct inter
positio of ProvidenH H.--Phenir.