The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-10-18
: General News Summary.
- William B. Astor has sens $500 to
the yellow fever sufferers atEernandina,
Florida

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Florida. -.
= It is stated thatsince August 1, 1876,
over -S20, 900 people have moved into the
State of Texas. -.:: j.,
Gen. N. B. Forrest still locks very
i'll. The once vigorous soldier can walk
only when supported on each side.
= Hon.. A. H.-Stephens has educated
more than sixty young men .snd boys.
What record for this great and good
man to leave behind him!
IA building has been erected near
Brigham Young's grave for the shelter of
a party of men, who keep a continual
guard over it, day and night.
The North Carolina Presbytery has
forbidden members of the chu,ch from
indulging in worldly amusements, such
as circus, dancing. theatres, etc. l. i.
Hon. NJ. J. Crawford, of Georgia,
was lately killed by being thrown from
his buggy. His brother, last year, died
from the poisonous effect of the sting of
"a bee.
Hon. Herschel v Johnson, of Geor-
gia, is undoubtedly the strongest man who
has yet been named in the South for the
vacant place on the Supreme bench
gWashington National Republican.
!, - Senator Morton expresses The opin-
ion that the Republican Senator's possess
too much sagacity to allow any serious
split in their ranks, or to attempt any or
ganized opposition to the policy of the
administration. &s.
l-.r-It is, sisted that the personal feel
I,ings of the, Emperor William, of Ger
many, are now strongly enlisted in the
war, and that he has emphatisaliy ex-
pressed the opinion that the Christians
of. European Turkey, must be Withdrawn
from; the dominion of the Turk. ,;,i..
- Patterson's lawyers, it is said, will
make the point that, even though his
crime may be g felony in South Carolina,
it is not in the Districtiof Colurabia,i and
another that the power Of turning over
,fugitives from justice has never been del
egated by Congress to the courts of the
District. 3.i';s1'' ~.
Sawyer wasa New England school
master. who came to South Carolina to
develop and enlighten the natives. 1t is
not pleasant spectacle to see him in
Jail, but it is perfectly fearful to behold
so many of the same kind who are run
ming at large.-Augusta Chronicle d Con-
st;tutiondlist.
New York Sun says: Under the
circumstances, we should say that the
chances of Daniel 81: ChamberlaTn's g sue
cess at the New York bar must be small.
An Attorney General who conapired to
rob the State he was appointed To- defend
is hardly the sort of man clients will
wish to trust. a
The American Association for the
advancement of science are going to try
to secure from Congress some active en-
forcement of the law maintaining the
Yellowstone region as a natural park, SO
far astor prevent the further destruction
of its NATURAL curiosities, which minera-
logical thieves have been defacing ever
since their discovery. .;,f
Among the novelties of the coming
Paris sexhibition will be youth of four
teen with feetshaped precisely like his
hands. He can use them for the same
purposes, and plays upon the pia with
both hands and feet, having peculiar
chair which enables him to curl liis body
into the necessary position. Hess q. very
good performer, and speaks both English
and German. His French is yer imper-
feet:
ot4 AtIKnoxville, Ga, last week, Judge
Barnard Hill; of the Superior Court,
whilst seated upon the bench, was OBJ
served to throw his. head back upon his
chair and deadly pallor oversptead his
countenance. Friends rushed 10 him,
but with an easy gasp his spirit passed
away, and he sat dead upon the bench in
the midst. of the discharge of his high
official duty. He is supposed 10 have
died from heart disease.
= One good word is due tabaccc. An
Ohio couple quarreled, and:iu the heat
of the moment the man packed his car
pet-bag and left her. forever. A short
distance from. the house he discovered
| that he had forgotten his tobacco-box.
TO 20 back for it was the work of 8 mo-
| ment. Then, having filled his mouth
with the weed, he, looked upon his wife
with modified eyes, and in another mo-
ment both were protesting that they had
only been in fun anyhow.
when Alexander ii. Stephens called
upon the President the other day to urge
Rerschel v. Johnson for Supreme Court
Judge, he said: "Mr., President, you
| know that Mr.. johnson, like myself, was
q Union man at the beginning of the Sc
cession movement, but when our State
went out oficourse we felt it our drty to
follow its fortunes. The President, in
terrupting, said: Gall that makes no
difference now, Mr.. Stephens; a!l our
citizens, are equal in my eyes"
9.- Governor Hampton makes jokes
4 as we'll as the President: At Nashville,
4 one day, Mr.. Hayes stood erect in the
carriage, bowling to the shouting throng
and steadying himself by a hand placed
on Hampton's shoulder, and, the horses
starting at the same moment, hs was
suddenly thrown down, ,4in the carriage.
."Mr. President" said Hampton, quietly,
"if you want to stand firm, you must lean
on the South" = And the President
laughed Wittily said, and as true as
witty. No Roman Consul would want a
better omen than that.
The French elections took, place
| last Sunday, when probably not less than
Z, 100000 Frenchmen, out Of total reg
istration of n9; 900, 600, went to the polls.
In districts where no choice was effected,
elections will be held over on the two
successive Sundays. About 1880, ,000
voters participated in the election Of the
spring Of 1876, when SO per cent. Of the
voters were in favor Of ofrRepublican insti.
tutions, 20 per cent. were for monarchy,
and 18 per cent, were Ronapartists, the
remaining 2 per cent. of the ballote were
lost. There was not single department
which returned!no Republican, and but
six where there were only one; o. the
other hand, thirty departments returned
only Republicans, and in only twenty.
seven was there an anti-Republican ma.
jority. This was the first election sinder
the new Constitution, and the govern.
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