The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-04-20
NOTES.

The King OF Sweden is going on visit TO
Germany.
The Charleston Ne,cs aud Courier says that
the ereat want OF South Carolina Ia an agricul-
tural college.
A society for the adysncement OF political
science commenced its sessions in New York
Monday night
The number OF postal cards issued during
the last fiscal year was 15OSib00O. and 1t is ex-
pected that issues for the current fiscsl year will
be about 1so0OO00O.
-Magsie Woods, q child of four and half
years, recently arrived safely In Stockport Eng
land, having made the journey from Chicago.
without any care but that o. the railroad and
steamboat employees.
Capt. Cameron, the African explorer, gives q
very interesting account OF some African tribes
addicted TO feeding on human flesh, and who pre-
ferred. COR the most part, their beings
when pretty far gone.
= Col. w. w. HollIster might as well. while he
IL about t, buy the whole OF California. He al
ready owns 5000 acres OF that blooming State
On his Santa Barbara farm he has the tr @ ng
number Of 10000 fruit trees.
Since The accession OF Queen Victoria to the
British throne, forty years ago, 1t lie calculated
that eighteen members OF the royal family. in
cluding the Queens uncles and cousins, have cost
The nation Gao, 900, or about ttoi ,0e5,Oro.
A civil service college has been established
nt Constantinople al the instance and under the
patronage of the Sultan. Mussulmans and others
will be admitted without distinction. IL is In.
tended as q training college for future civil SER
yants. including diplomats.
The success of steam street.oars in philadel
phia seems to be assured. During single week
The receipts of Ave horse-oars averaged t65
while those of Ave dummies averaged sf00
The average expense OF horse-car during that
period was s6a SO; that Of dummy s54 so
The Lutherans were formerly mostly con-
lined to Pennsylvania, but they are now increas-
ing rapidly at the West. AT Evansville, Ind,
they have Church embracing 600 families,
which pays good salary. has an elegant church
edifice, fine two-story brick parsonage, and
large and valuable school building.
A portion of the great meteor which passed
over Northern Vermont few weeks ago is re-
ported found near tho town of Jay, embedded
about four feet in the earth. II is said to have
4ho appearance of iron-ore lava and sospstone,
and to weigh about two tons. Report says this
is tho largest aerolite ever discovered in this
country.
Another interesting fact has been added to
the chain OF circumstance attending the Youngs.
town murderer, Charles Sterling, who is to be
hanged on the 2lst. Three days before the exc
cution was 70 have taken place. ON the 2sth Of
March, woman from Canada called on Gov.
Young, Of Oolumbus and secured n respite Of
twenty-five days. she then went 10 Youngstown
to visit the prisoner whom che supposed to be
her con, but he rejected her, and declared that he
knew her not, although she fell upon his neck.
kissed him and wept bitterly. A few days ago
she discovered that she had made mistake; that
the murderer 10 not her son, and that q mischiev-
ous game had been played npon her. The mys-
tery of the afr air is unexplained.