New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-26

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new ORLKANs. AUGUST IS. 1876.
Disrseli, in one of his novels, called Il
peerage - refuge for incompetency, or Il
step toward the grave" c
Rockport, Massachusetts,, sppropriates the
proceeds of her tax on dogs to the purchase
of books for her public library. y.
Odd, isn't it, that the nicknames applied Il
to Governor Tilden, as Railroad Wrecker" q
and "Slippery SAM" originated with Dem O
ocrats2 Ii
The Graphic says: "Manton Marbles o
vouchinR for Tildens Unionism in the war e.
is like tramp giving q certificate OF char al
acter to Q vsgrant." IL
There is said to be church in KENTUCKY
which il 30 out Of temper over Scott Lords
raao,ution of Congress that it won't suffer Il
;ta members to repeat the Lords prayer. Il
The Norwich Bulletin says: "A good deal
of disappointment was felt recently over
report that q spotted adder could be seen Il
on Shetucket street, as it turned out to be "
nothing but q bank clerk with the measles
CAPTAIN Fitzgerald, Of the Ninth In >,
fantry, was last week accidentally shot by
Lieutenant Baldwin at Camp Robinson. 1t a,
ia feared his limb will have to be ampu- IL
tated. ~
The President has appointed John Tyler, "
Jr.. United States marshal for the southern n
district of Florida. The fortunate man is tt
a brother of the late editor of the New Or OF
leans Democrat 9,
The Shakespeare Club will receive their G.,
friends ut Carrollton Gardens on Tuesday Ii,
evening, September 5. There will be per- til
Torrance of the "Old Guard" and "Ro- til
nance Under Difficulties" and soiree a ae
dansante. st
When Fitzpatrick threw his oOnondrum at
q Pittsfield audience, "Whst was Tilden OF
doing in the dark days when Hayes was U
shoulder to shoulder with the army boysF vi
. boy in tie crowd replied promptly, OF
"Wiping of his chin" in
The circular of Attorney General Taft,
defining the powers and duties OF United =. :,
States marshals, will be issued next week. oe
The Attorney General has definitely de- TO
cided not to recommend the pardon of any nj
of the convicted and sentenced whisky con- th
spirators. Sc
The Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times says: m
sThirty.fve car loads of machinery for the &C
Atlanta cotton mill, now being built by til
company in that city, passed through here be
Sunday, and thirty-6ve more cars loaded dc
With machinery for the same factory are on TT
the way" m
It 10 stated that the Indians who year tn
ago were sentenced to confinement IN Flor to
ida for murders committed on the plains, Tia
have since been intrusted with guard and te
sentry duty at the fort where they are III
kept, and have proved themselves most ho
Trustworthy and susceptible of drill and ::
discipline. Az
A meteor recently passed over Illinois, al
and now it is said all the denominational =.
papers of the State claim it for their Sect - -
1t was blue, and that proclaimed it Pres -
byterian; it was brilliant mass, and that "
encouraged the Catholics; it drew white oe
trail after it, and the Episcopalians recog- si1
nized it by that sign. pc
A correspondent of the New Free Press n,
calls attention to the fact that according to =,
the declarations of the Sheik-ul-Islam, the VA
Koran is not opposed to the establishment m'
of representative constitution on modern TIL
principles, while the Pspsl Syllabus and tn
Encyclicals curse the modern representa-. tn
rive system as goddess. en-
A colored waiter advertises in the New ~,
York Tribune for . situation in hotel or
restaurant. His pre-eminent charm is W.
stated to be his ability to fold napkins in rel
300 different ways, in the perfect image Of vie
every kind of bird" HE has also many at
other good qualities" continues the adver- sol
tisement, "including good character str
SAYS the Louisville Conrier-Journal: WI
people who talk much expose their teeth ma
to the air; evaporation of the saliva ensues, sta
and tartar collects on every tooth. In q de-
few years the teeth of q talker become de- an,
fective, and he (more frequently she) goes sec
bowling to dentist Who says there is the
not punishment for every idle word!' mi
Hon. James P. Root, of Chicago, says of mel
Sammy Tilden II tell You, when q man to
gets to be sixtyfour years old before it ever SOL
occurs to him that there is anything to re- or
form in this country, after he has been for 90,
twenty years the bosom friend of Boss {
Tweed, he is fraud. He begins his reform no 9
business pretty late in the evening of life."
The Philadelphia Bulletin neatly turns it wo
thus: "In his speech in defense of Tilden VIII
Mr.. Hewitt said: i defy these gentlemen to dis
lay their hands upon dishonest dollar in nuy
the possession of Samuel j. Tilden. Such emf
. defiance proves nothing. We defy Mr.. 20,
Hewitt to lay his hands upon dishonest w.
dollar in the posses sion Of William M.
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