New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

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WW ORLEANS. NOVEMBER II, lsy
II tell You, wife, I've got the plan all
my head" "Ah, then it's all in q nu
she'll"
An old settler-The lady who sent
farmer ten cents that had been due twent,
nine years.
The Congressional levee committee We,
to leave Vicksburg for New Orleans yeste
terday, on the Robert E. Lee.
A cynical lady, rather inclined to fliri
says most men are like . cold-very easil
caught, but very difficult to get rid Of.
Tho Massachusetts, mills have sent an agen
to Hong Kong to employ coolies for opers
-tives. A cargo Of them is expected q
Little Faust" at the Academy Of Musi
this evening. Tomorrow evening, "Foz
tunio" and the charming Mrs. Oates. Sc
cure your seats.
Mr.. II. Haller, dealer in stoves and hous,
furnishing goods, sends rs sample papel
cutters Of q very neat pattern.
1essrs. Louis Stern e. Brothers will sell
tomorrow, at ten o'clock, at No. Is Char
tres street, six hundred cases boots, shoes
end brogans.
So necessary IL fun to the mind, that q
late philosopher said if you should build
schools without play grounds, nobody would
The new Cotton Exchange rooms, corner
Of Gravier street and Theatre alley, will be
opened tomorrow at l2M. A representa-
tive Of the REPUBLICAN will be present.
Rev. A. j. Ryan, of Mobile, will lecture
1t the Church of St. Peter and st. Paul
REV. C. Moynihan's), Third District, ON
Sunday evening next. Complimentary
tickets have been received.
The insurance losses by the Chicago fire
foot up 81, 9s6, 900, of which New York city
loses directly at least $l3,476,5oo to say
nothing of the loss by the reinsurance
caused by companies which have failed.
Attention ID directed to the advertise
ment in this mornings paper, Of the Cres
cent City Ramie Planting Company, calling
. meeting of the stockholders to elect .
board Of directors and secretary.
Acitisen Of Cayugs county, New York,
has invented . mode Of distilling spirits
from Canada thistles. He calls it thistle
whisky. About one.third of it is alcohol. It
is said to be very pleasant to get drunk on.
Governor Warmoth has made the follow
ing appointments: John p. Parsons, notary
public, Orleans parish; T. C. Anderson, d.
rector Of the Citizens Bank on the part of
the State, vice Thomas d. Miller, resigned.
The second grand annual fancy dress and
masquerade ball Of the Robert E. Lee Base |
Ball Club will be given at Union Hall next |
Saturday evening. Thanks to Mr.. C. 8.
Wyatt, secretary, for complimentary
tickets.
Do not fail to secure seat for the benefit |
of Mr.. Mark Quinlan, at the St. Charles
Theatre tonight. The new drama entitled
The Normoms, or Brigham Young at
Home" will be presented, to conclude with
the Midnight Watch."
In the Meriden (Connecticut) quarries
have been found the footprints of gigantic
birds, made centuries upon centuries ago,
when the sandstone was wet sand. Probe
ably no tracks ever distributed have made
more deep and lastiag impressions.
Some idea of the magnitude of the inter-
ests involved in the textile industry of the
United Kingdom may be gathered from the
fact that the number Of persons actually
employed in the mills, factories and works
now falls little short Of one million.
A Wisconsin farr5Ar easily cured balky
horse. He put q logchain around the beasts
neck, hitched on yoke of cattle, and re-
luested them to shaw come up Bright"
md they come up bright! The horses
read came of, and his hide is for sale {
heap.
The marriage service in the Ritualist
churches lasts nearly an hour, and is . very
imposing ceremony. The priest who off, :
,iates usually wears robe of white satin,
trimmed with lace or embroidery, and the t
'ltsr is decorated with flowers, wreaths
md banners. a
We had the pleasure of greeting Senator .
Vest last evening. He has just returned
o the city to remain . week or two, when c
70 will again leave for Washington to
ttend the meeting of the Senate. The il
GENERALS friends will find him at the St. | A.
,harles Hotel.