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

K
tern part of the Argentine Republic, has
become gradually guLnerged, and the
great lake formed there Is continually
enlarging.
..,--l The latest. New York horror Is the
discovery of the, mutilated corpse of an
unknown aud beautiful girl in the Cen.
trail Park lake. The body was elegantly
dressed, and the victim of the shocking
murder was evidently young LADY Uf
refinement and culture, as we'll as strik-
ing beauty. 4g
] = An Eastern Massachusetts paper
says there has never been ia that section
OF the State so general an indifference TO
political matters as now. And Phila-
delphia paper says it has never known an
election campaign in that city wherein
20 much indifference apparently existed
| as at present.
/ - The obeiisk Which is to be removed
from Egypt and act up in Chatham
Square, New York, once stood before The
temple at Hclipolis, where Moses sat at
the feet of Gamalie' and became like his
fellow,students, Agrippa and Festus.
learned in the lew and wisdom of The
Az.eG-. The site chosen is, therefore, re-
markably appropriate.
- During the last ten years iieaIiy a
million of acres in Great Britain, former
" under grain crops, have been con-
verted into pasture, meat having become
60 pay ing 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 o check as a result
Of the large importation of American
meat. si,5ss,5
- 1t was remarked not long since by
Mr.. Gladstone that the distinctive dress
of the clergy, which fifty years ago had
but oil died out, was revived by what
was known rs "the Oxford movement
of the leaders of the TFactarion party,
and 1t 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 lit
tie boat covered with mother-of.pearl,
bnilt in the shape of D nautilus ehell,
and large enough for two persons. It Is
lined with scarlet velvet, and the row.
locks are of coral. Another whim of his
Is 20 have in his garden G kiosque, SO ar
ranged with ingenious candelabra as to
cause, when lighted, reflection of stars
and moons on the ceiling.
There Is prisoner in the Iowa Pen
itentiary, Graham by name, though he
calls himself General Deathbell," who
in 1860 was sent up for twenty years on
q charge of criminal, ASSAULT, the wit
Desses against him being his wife and an
other woman. Tho. wife subsequently
confessed that she had sworn falsely and
his daughter that he had been wrong
fully acc.;sed, but no steps have been
.akke;. :cTss: esta1sssh;iig :iiiG iiiu0csiice
or securing his felesse. lie is now man
1 of fifty-three, pafalyzed and Of weak
mind. If he had been Republican
State Treasurer he would never have
been sent up.r,s; ,ra4 sa, l.31
~. TIE TIE ;.sw= lance lanes recently eaap.ea il.
of experiments with weapons of the Cos
sack and Prussian patterns, Is nine feet
one inch in length. The point 10 made
Of Bessamer steel, its length being slight
ly over seven inches, and the butt is shod
with the Same metal Two long bands
of iron attach the head to the staff, and
leather strap, for the arm of the man car
ryins 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. II
= The Paris Universal Exhibition
Building for the exhibition of 1878, is
being pushed rapidlysto completion by
i the French Governments, and already has
grand appearance. The Great Hall is
completed up to the spripging of the iron
roof trusses, and more than three-quarters
Of the iron and glass roofing over the in
4 dustrial galleries on the Champ de Mars
M tol Ia 4, - .c
the building is O wide open mir avenGe,
leries. 1t was at first Thought that there
would he no necessity for annexes, but
the idea has been given up aud the
I Champ de Mara will be more crowded
y with supplementary buildings than it
was in 1867, Half Of the space of the
Grand Vestibule will be used for the ex-
hfbiticr Of the presents received by the
Prince OF Wales during his visit to India.
- The skeleton of monster, unknown
to natnralssts, containing the remains of
q human being, was found in The Indian
Territory not long since, Only 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
: some6of the teeth, which are of the car
niyorons order. weigh eight pounds
/ apiece. the. human skeis;Ssi was, in
3 such a position as,,to indicate that the
i men had been swallowed by the animal
; while the bones of the right side had
y been broken, apparently by force. The
= shape Of the Uranium showed that the
J. skeleton was that ofian Indian, and l02
r flint arrow-heals and Is flint knives lay
y by it's side :, The bones show that they
d have been buried for an immense period,
= as they crumble rapidly when exposed to
G the air., ,.., .,s,s.:.., ..si,4-..
all we think there Is o good deal OF
J. statesmanship, as well of military zeal
o in Grand Duke Nieholas's assurance that
r neither England nor Germany will inter
sij pose to prevent the Russians going to
Q Oonstantinople, as the Germans went to
4 4 Peris---to evacuate it again. 30 people
4 in, the world need the educating iuiiu-
4 cnce Of .yisiblee, defeat, and q visible
5 ~ 81, ~ st,,.s;iH 10 ti stl, a5
ri Their pride is only equaled by their ig-
q \ norance. They think themselves Irwin.
sl chile, England their Sssssl, and Chris,
5 tians generally their interiors. It would
a be the best thing for the peace of Europe
D Il the relief of the Christian provinces, aud
= the reformation of the Turkish govern.
l. D1ent, If the war could 60 on until the
l. Russian armies penetrated to the sacred
y II city, and the Gossacks drew rein around
ei the mosque as st. Sophia. II would take
d tho siepsons9 out Of ssshs llafosleEn, ~ the
nj Of s4easis did ont q