The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-07
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| The New York swells now wear seal skin coats.
| st. Louis has naturalized Chinaman.
Japan is importing great many guns.
The st. Louis bridge will cost 81 500. 600.
Gen. Blair was in New York on the Sd.
Thanks to The officers of the steamer Louise.
1t is proposed to ask the Legislature for q new
parish to be made out of Caddo and Bossier.
| The Indian commissioner reports BOG, 900 Indians
| to feed. 1t is believed he lies.
1t was rumored that Bennett had q paralytio
attack few days ago.
| 1t is said Greeley is preparing specie payment
argument to launch at Congress.
Beecher breaches in the morning, and talks on
some scientific subject in the evening.
Gold-mouuted skates are among holiday pre-.
sents.
Twenty monuments to R6ssini are projected In
Italy.
Darwin, whose remote ancestor was q mon
key, is So years old. -
Methodist bible class in Santa Clara, Califor.
mia, is attended by twenty-six Cinnamon.
Wendell Phillips comes to the rescue of Flske In
his controversy with Mr.. Bowles.
Lynn this year manufactures ten millions pairs
Of shoes, valued at sl7, 900.
General Porter, of Grants staff. had his
pocket picked Of $1,000 at the late army reunion.
There are thirty million bearing grape vines in
California.
California expects to see Hans Christian An.
derssen in February.
A Washington correspondent says Henry Wilson
is fraud.
VIM. Moulton, president of the Portland bank of
Cumberland is dead.
A fall of red snow has astonished the people of
Ksnsa-.
The Canadian government is trying to squelch
the French language.
Train claims that in the way of international
damages and Omaha lots, he is worth Sc, 900 900.
1t is opiinously remembered that PATHS mother
lost her veice shortly after her marriage.
Gen. Thumb and party took an early airing in
their carriage yesterday morning. The establish.
ment looked like gorgeous Christmas toy.
The Pic. hears of the discovery Of mode of
making ice as clear as the article formed by ma.
ture. Big thing.
Ghosts ~ have been seen near the scene of the
recent disaster on the Ohio river. Particulars in
another column.
To reduce your household expenses $500 a
yesr-let your wife catch you pnching the serv.
emit girls aim.-lEx.
The Falls City Enterprise, by D. G Venable and
A. ID. Young, is the name of new daily at Louis.
vile.
Chicago has erected, this year, thirty.eight
mics of buildings, worth s25 900 600, and includ
ing twenty five churches.
Brooklyn offers $4,000. 900 toward a bridge
across the East river to New York. II will be an
s., eco 900 affair.
Grants choice of cigars Is Havana. But he
won't Havana peace after the fourth of March
lex.
Napoleon has subscribed i've hundred thousand
francs for the monument to lie erected at Trieste
to Macmillan.
1t is said that the invitations to Gen. Grants
children to attend New Years party at the
White House were declined.
The Sunday papers say Grant has assured
several prominent Democrats in Washington that
he will not remove them from Office
recently exhumed letter of Martha Washing.
ton shows that that good lady didn't know how
10 spell.
The United States minister to Turkey, Mr.. Nor.
ris, is not on pleasant terms with that power, and
his recall is expected.
The Mrs. Augustus Dickens left three children |
Bertram, manly little lad Of twelve; Adrian, an |
intellieent boy of eight. and Amy pretty and in
terestiDg girl of six.
II Thumb was single gentleman we don't |
think be would enjoy the presence of his young,
dashing and handsome rival, Maj. Decker, who
would be the greater lady killer of the two.
Train is already out in Omaha, making speeches.
prophecying a population of 200, 900 ia fifteen
years, and the triumph of womsn's suffrage in
1872.
The reason why Lafayette doesn't build rink
g this: The ladies' of that city have such big feet
that no more than four or five could skate in
ink at one time, therefore the concern wouldn't
pay.-ITerre Hsute Journal.
The New York Tribune estimates that not less
han two hundred thousand persons are now re.
'ding In that city who have no work, no real
ZONES, and no means which insure them liyeli.
lo0d.
Beecher confesses that he once kissed a favor.
te horse, and remarks that IF horses don't have
mother chance in land of tender grass and in
mite oats, then / think we ought to treat them a
eal better than we do in this world.u
Persons interested in the matter of poisonous
ar room liquids are inquiring what fuse.oil is.
Webster explains it in two words" Bad liquor,n
ut we prefer the more significant definition of
Rifle whisky" sure to kill at forty rods. 1t
Tould hence be more properly spelled fusil oil.
Colorado Jewett congratulates Train but advises
i'm not to join Fenian raid against England.
fter Grants Inauguration, Jewett is to enter upon
a vigorous campaign from Maine to Alaska, on
ehalf of a national refor m party under new or. .
anizations Of the people," Z
10. Jefierson's father was comedian, his grand
ither was comedian, his great grandfather q
layed comedy roles with Gsrrick, and his great &
randmother died from laughing too hard at
Omedy. Who says 10. didn't come honestly by
Is stage genius?
Congressman Lynch excuses the recent extern
We use of bis postal frank, by saying that he has
always voted in favor of abolshing the frankng
rivege, but while it is the law he does all he
IN TO make 1t odious." This is like the temper
ice lecturer, who, when caught patronizng
IT. said be wanted to get rid of the stuff as soon
possible.
matrimonial fdu1 pas is reported from Quincy,
s. The youthful wife of prominent citizen be-
ming jealous of her husbands preference for
. servant girl, sent the latter away one night
d occupied her room. Shortly before midnight,
she supposed, her husband entered her room,
d resolving to surprise him, she struck a light,
4 discovered thas her aleonin~ nortna. 80. -