The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-22
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lust been surveyor la MehHFu seastsf
Texas. Tor d Tennessee breeder
4aAll railroad ears lii France are now
heated l,y steam of hot water. III some
form or other, and experiments are con-
stantly going forward 10 devise Improve
msnts Ia the processes.
THE report OF The State Fish oe,ns
mjssienefs Of Minnesota. just pubs
iishsa. shows that during last year
steg flsh were deposited In the lakes
III that State at a total expense of less
than siauo.
a4rbe two largest cheeks ever issued
are the one for one millieh OF pounds
which Dir Arthur Guinness received on
retiring from the firm OF which he was
d member. and the ether cheek Oh The
bank OF Nevada for ave million dollars
drawn by Fleed n O'Bfien.
Savannah has cared Tor her yellew
fever sufferers by establishing one asys
lum for orphan boys, two for orphan
Girls. two widows homes. and home
for the homeless, where all who need
food may get q meal, and where Young
women out Of employment may aha q
temporary homes
The basque language IL go difficult
that tradition asserts that the prince 81
darkness himself, after seven years
hard work, gave ap trying TO learn u I
and no wonder, for lite verb possesses
eleven moods and nihety2ohe lenses,
variable according TO the Hes and rank
OF the person addressed.
"A company OF aatlauafiahs has
been formed III Bwitseflaha Tor The
purpose OF uneafthihg the village OF
pluts, In ufaubundea, which was eeva
cred by IL fall Of rocks Ia 1915, ehtaillng
the iess Of nearly 1900 lives. A fieh
booty ID anticipated from the shops,
factories and churches,
The glass trade is In luck. The en-
pertinent Of importing American glass
10 England Ii meeting With fair success,
and Gen. pleasontea's theory has
stimulated consumption ab home. La
Boston ever 5000 feet OF blue glass were
sold by d single house III q week, and
the price has advanced 30 per cent.
THE british india ONCE publishes q
telegraphie dispatch from the vieefoy.
Lord Iytten. dated February II. stat.
Ing that the condition OF the distressed
districts Ia practically unchanged. The
numbers receiving relief have further
decreased 10000 Ia Madras aud gb,un0 In
Bombay. Sir Richard Temple tele.
graphs that throughout the entire Press
idenoy of Madras starvation Ii pre-
vented.
The Importation OF American beef
has stimulated the ingenuity OF the
Engliah butchers. They arc buying UP
all the worn.out bulla and emaeiated
matrenly cows and labelling them when
dressed "Raal American beef. not
frozen" The purchaser al once 70.
solves to eschew American beef for the
future, and geeB bae' % British beef at
the old prices, " he eften really getH
American bee
The lately elected Parliament OF
Rome IL composed OF the following
party forces so Republicans, 30 Hadi.
Gala, 300 of the "fure Left" 30 Minis.
terialista, 90 Of The Fright" The gov.
eminent can WELD, on grand occasions,
two.thifds majority OF the whole
body. deslring no compromise OF CON
SESSIONS TO the abhored past. and thus
be able to effeotuate 40 well Ia the polit.
ieai as the administrative and financial
arenas, serious, prompt and radical re.
fofthe.
Sentimental suicides afe becoming
very common La the United States,
About 4 fortnight ago young lady,
who was engaged to DO married and
apparently happy, committed suioidt
la Marion. Iowa. A few mornings after
tho funeral her lover called young
lady cousin into bis room, and remark
Ing hastily that he was going TO hil
sweetheart. shot himnelf In the heart
A brother of the dead girl went to the
house to eco her lever's remains, and
catching alght OF tho pistol, seized IL
| and did hia beat TO shoot himself. but
did not succeed.