The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
Sunbeanns.

for the purchase OF the Atlantic
Monthly.
Restrictions on the press have
been considerably relaxed in Russia
A writer in a newspaper of that coun,
try dares to discuss whether the
present form of government is best
for the people.
-Four thousand women Of Salt
Lake City have petitioned for prohi-
bition of the sale Of Intoxicating liq-
uors. The misery caused by q
drunken husband. in family of fifty
or sixty women and children must
be great indeed.
The body of Alanson Dyer, who
died at Rutland, Vermont, in March,
1872, of congestion Of the lungs, was
recently disinterred for removal
The body was found to be petrifed,
and weighed nearly 1900 pounds. At
his death the weight was 145 pounds.
-"May God put a hat on youW is
a common imprecation among Egyp-
tian Mohammedans. Meaning, may
you become an infdel like the Frank
ish hat wearers. Is this the origin
of the threat to "put head on" a
man3 > 1t is at least in use among
the street Arabs.
The ship canal which has been
many years in process of construc-
ton between Corpus Christi Bay and
Arkansas Pass has been examined and
accepted by the Texas State Engi-
neer. This channel is seven miles
long; average depth, ten feet; width,
IT'S feet.
"A citizen of Detroit, who moved
to Lone Tree, Nebraska, several
years ago, writes to tobacco house
in the former city to send him five
pounds of fine CUT by express, add
ing: II am a candidate for Sheriff of
this county, and l think by judi
cious use of five pounds of good to-
bacco | can secure fully two hundred
majority"
1t has been a Sunday amusement
for boys and men in Troy, N. Y, to
gather close to the windows of the
Insane Asylum and excite the luna
tics to frenzy by teasing them. AT
last their sport has been the death of
one of the unfortunate inmates
John Casey, an excitable maniac, was
worried into such q nervous condi-
ton by them that he went into con-
vulsi6hs and died.
A preacher in Norwich, Conn,
is perhaps the most persistent dead
head Oh record. He refused to pay a
railroad fare on account of his yOca-
ton, and was consequently arrested.
In the police court he additionally
urged that he had two motherlcss
children to support, and was so sick
with dyspepsia that he couldn't eat
anything. These arguments were
not potent, and he was fined for dis
orderly. conduct.
General Milroy, Superintendent
of the Indians in Washington Terri
tory, has preferred charges against
Inspector Kemble, who, unlike his
namesake in Pennsylvania, is foe
to addition, division and silence
Milroy was removed by Kemble for
certain irregularities common among
Indian agents, and the Indian Blu
reau reinstated him. The white
washed warrior now alleges t b t
Kemble caused libels to be published
in the newspaper press concerning
him, and asks that the Inspector be
removed.
- An honest farmer of Jackson
county, Mimi, urges the public not
to contribute any more to the cal
ready Burfeited beggars" of Cotton
wood and Noble counties. He says
that in the two counties mentioned,
the inhabitants Of which still persist
in asking for aid, work can be had
at fair wages for every man, woman
and child that is willing to labor
Certain men have cleared thousands
Of dollars out of the relief business,
and Cottonwood county has received
enough aid to support every family
in it year or more.
AT prayer meeting in the AL
bert Hall, in Sheffield, England, the
other day, woman began to pray,
but the point of her remarks was that
she was the "handmaid Of Christ"
and that the ministers present were
"whited sepulchres." The Rev. j.
Calvert, who presided, was obliged
To Interfere. bnt the woman dared