The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-09-03
News Drift.

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"A new State Lunatic Asylum il NJ
ing built at Worcester, Mass. s
"A Newburyport man is accuseds
having sold his fathers skeleton.
Within the past year Texas has MI
ported flour to the value of SIS, 000,06]
The defense in the Stokes case hal
already cost 100000.
The Evangelical Alliance will mss1
in New York city in October.
Gas and water mains and trib1hsl
ries have been laid through the prioS
pal streets Of Austin, Texas.
The first volume of Appleton'sn 81
vised american Cyclopedia" has be
issued from the press. h
Boiled white man is said to be h]
favorite dish of the Indians in Britt
Columbia.
Fires have been found necessaryN|
Boston Hotels for the comfort of thtpa
guests.
II e fashionable London barbesa
are said to have introduced the AmeE|
can shaving chair.
Horace Maynard seems to have bed
settled upon as the Radical candidaa]
for Governor of Tennessee.
The Russian Government has bun
an iron clad perfectly circular in fofp]
with six screw propellers disposs3
around the ship.
The port of Shimoniski, on the Jsl
pan inland sea, has been opened to I'D
commerce Of all nations by u decree d
the Mikado.
"A slate quarry, said to be inexhaua
tible, has been discovered on the platA
tation of Mr.. Thad. Duval, eight mild
from Rome, Ga.
One hundred and twenty thousau
immigrants, sixty thousand of who
were from Europe, increased the pop1
lation of Texas last year.
Prince Jerome Napoleon has mad
a personal appeal to Mcmahon to bed
stored to his rank rs General of DiVi]
ion in the French army.
The excitement regarding the II
cent rich developments in the Big Ben
gold mines of British Columbia ha|
been renewed.
The St. Louis Globe attracts atte1
ton to its Geographic record OF Grim
in one State by the glazing head lils
''rhe Devil just Tearing Through Iii
souri!''
The Postmaster General has dec1
ded that the Atlanta (Ga.) Post Masta
was wrong in requiring an extra cd
cent stamp on postal cards used in tlid
city as drop letters.
Another destructive fire has occus
red at Calvert, Texas, on the nigltsd
the 18th ult., by which properly III
destroyed to the value OF $24 ,cOu, Vel
nearly covered by insurance.
Petitions from the Quakers and OH
er religionists are pouring in upon
President, praying executive clemeng
for Captain Jack aud his followed
victs.
The New York Herald continued
dish up for it's readers the opinions8}
editors and other public men, great al
small, in all parts of the country,
the subject of "Casarism."
The Texas and Pacific Rail Ro,
Company has lS7 miles of road betweI
Shreveport and Dallas, and fourte
miles between Marshall and Jeffsrss
in operation.
The Territorial Government OIL
District Of Columbia has succeeded
effecting loan in Philadelphia. M
Board Of Public Works will, thereof
continue their immense schemes off
ternal improvement.
Great preparations are in progre]
to make the ensuing Louisville Expo
ton a brilliant success. Citizens d
arranging for the accommodation
over three hundred thousand visited
who are expected to be present.
The iron and rolling stock old
Vicksburg and Ship Island Rail Ro]
have arrived at Warrenton, the termil
us of the graded and equipped portid
; of the road. The trains will run
that point from Vicksburg by the ID
OF september.
--On authority of a Vicksburg lett4
it is announced that Senator Ames M
be nominated by the Mississippi Rad
Gals for Governor, and that colored nj
will be selected for candidates for lid
J tenant Governor, Secretary of State u
Superintendent Of Education.
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Minister JEWELS wife, just bed
the departure of the family for Russ
placed in the hands of Mrs. Hook
$500 for the cause of woman suffragea
Connecticut, which looks a lit,Ieas1
the lady expected to run the Russi3
, mission herself.
. Recently the whole line of theM1
cinnati and Ohio Rail Road not prtg
.