The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-21

y Santa fe paper tells the tale which
.ocalls Holiness novel OF Elsie Ven
ner. 1t says that there is resident at
Guadalaiara az individual having a
scaly green skin exactly like vipers.
which lie sheds every year. Il comes of
in Il single piece. lie has no hair on his
head Ills sister, who died Il short time
ago, had similar pcculiaritics. Toward
tho close of her life this vipcrous skin
encroachcd on her eyes, SO .',at She could
only sec through II narrow apcraturo.
The same fat" ovcrhangs her brother.
per men and women" The rhonnmc-
non is attributed to tho fact Of their
mother having iits Is common in Cuba)
eaten All excess Of vipcrs flesh to cure a
disease Of the blood.
a Jacksonville, Fla, dispatch, dated
July l6, says ''SOmo weeks ago j. j
Dickinson, Jr., n son of Gen. Dickinson,
late Adiutant General OF Florida, had n
difficulty with II saloon keeper named
beach, i'll Iecsburg, Sumter County. 1t
was apparently adjusted at the time, but
was renewed by Dickinson last Tuesday,
when he took advantage of Beach and
fired two shots from n double -barrcled
gun mt him, and made his cscapc, sun
posing he had killed HIM. Beach was
severely but not dangerously wounded.
dickinson was captured and lodged in
l.ccsburg jail. At o'clock yesterday
morning an armed and disguised mob OF
| twenty-five men appeared at the iail
overpow cred the iailor and shot Dickin-
son twice in prison. They then took hin,
outside and riddlod him with bullets.
= There will be an '.invnsion of Vir.
ginia' on July 2lst the twentieth ami
versary OF tho Oattle of bull Run. Post
20l, q: ~. r.. of Carlisle, Pa, has ar
ranged to go on an excursion to the In.
| ray Cavcrns OH that day, and, NJ its invi
tation, Will be met by the survivors o.
the Confederate army of the Shenandoah
Nalley-the homo of the Stoncwall hri
gade-and great deal OF lemonade (witl
possibly stick in it will probably he
shed ut the meeting. II will doubtless
be hearty and happy meeting, the Blue
and the Grey joining hands on tho ami
versary OF the first great battle of IN,
war.
- Tho Republicans have advised Rid
dleberger that lie will be dropped for
oerGeant,at-arms They want II Unior
soldier. Tho Camerons have told Riddle
berger that, with the President ivinn -,
the threshold of the grave. t.icv Ind
no heart to discuss rolitic., iurther than
TO say that, with Tho shadow of death
hanging over the Executive, :his was u
lne To heal politic,l differences and ami
mositics, and not to create them" Re-
specially referred 10 Senator Malone
who may find it convenient To droD his
new allies.
a Convention of tho Stockholders .,
inc Greenvillo and I.aurcns RaiIrond
company will he held at Grccnvillc, :. c.
on the 9th day of August next, for tho
purpose OF completing tho organization
o. me company Capt. w. J. Kirk, the
cnleI engineer of tho Atlantic and
french Broad Valley Railroad, estimates
mat the total cost of the grading and su-
perstructure of tho road from T.aureus 10
Ereehvilie will amount to $Sl 900. Tho
me Is thirty-sevcn milos in lnngth.
Tho Presidents only danger now is
a TOO speedy removal. Ifthcy will leave
nm alone he will recover. If they at :
tompt preniaturely to change his position
ho may have a relapse. Everything has
Deen In his favor. He is n boy in health
ana heart, and good Christian man who
uoes NOT rear to die: lie feels that he has
run career wronging no man, ana he is
ready to go, but he don't want to 80, and
IS iuii OF cheer and hope believe.
therefore, he will get we'll. Senator Beck',