The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-20
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ii IAN extensive deposit Of terra Gotta has re-
GENTLY BEEN discovered in Washington county
near Fort Calhoun, Nebraska.
The government has just established three
new routes connecting the Missouri river will
the Black Hills.
The supply train Of the Russian invading
army consists Of II. 600 wagons and large mum
Der oil locomotives and railroad cars.
The city council Of Newport, h. l., has re-
4 fused TO appropriate the usual sum Of m oneJ
granted for the decoration Of soldiers graves or
Msy 81. ss
--ChinAmen are being imported into Havana
by stock company organized TO supply the plant
tNrs with lAborers, with capital fixed ut q. O0O,
600. half Of which Ii subscribed.
Immense quantities Of mackerel are being
caught off Long Island, snd New York is gluttsd
with them. They are retailing Ave for quarter
OF . dollar. Bhad are quite drug in the
market.
The essential ideas Of the Ohio Democratic
platforms Of few years past a. TO the currency
question must be preserved II the Democrats
wish to carry Ohio this year. cincinnati En-
quirer tDem.).
On the 1st Of May Cuba became part Of the
international postal union. The postoifics at
New Orleans has been made m exchange office
States and that island.
The Pope has hada list made Of the many
gifts received during his reign, and has disposed
al them In his will In favor Of his warmest
friends. These gifts cannot in any sense be con-
nscatsd ~ national property.
--Eastern Pennsylvania candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Governor next fall
are represented TO be endeavoring to throw the
nominations west for the minor Offices 10 be filed
this fall, In order to improve their chances next
year.
The Shanghai Steam Navigation Company,
the only line in China owned by Americans, has
been bought out by native capitalists. This IL
raid 10 loosen the last commercial hold In that
country, Of any consequence, that Americans
possessed.
The torpedoes used by Turkey consist Of
large iron cases, cylindrical In shape, filed with
arranged b 70 Aoas within thirty-nve feet Of the
surface Of the water. They are intended to be
fred by electricity from the shore.
The shad In the Connecticut River are being
bulldoEsd by the recently introduced black
bass The Hartford Times says that the
shad acatch" this season promises TO be one-hslf
less than last year, and attributes the der sncy
In great measure to the black bass. aes
West Virginia now boasts Of havir,, the
largest and most valuable body Of timber sJr any
State In the Union. 10 ia estimated, ~ II stands
in The forests. to be worth fully $75,OOOC00 and
embraces the varieties OF oak, walnut, cherry.
Ash, poplar. maple, elm, sycamore, and locust.
The death Of Sir John Foster Fitzgerald re-
duces the list Of British Field Marshsls to three
the Duke Of Cambridge. the Marquis Of Tweed
dale and The Prince Of Wales. Rumor says that
II will NOT DO increased until the Duke Of Con.
few more years Of military experience.
"A terrible drought prevails In parts OF Austria
lie. Nearly every sheep station In New South
Wales has los. from 1000 to 5000 head OF sheep.
The totalioss il estimated at over 1000 600 sheep
A traveller writes that in riding seven miles not
. blade Of grass appeared. where In former ses-
sons fiocks were accustomed TO roam.
1T has transpired that the reproof admins
tered to the Bishop Of Nevers by the French au.
thorities and the warning sent 10 the episcopacy
generally, followed hard upon communication
from the italian Minister. The clerical organs
violently resent The presumption Of the govern
ment in medding in what They call the exclusive
affairs Of the Church.
--poti, the Russian port on the Black Sea
which the Turks have bombarded, is described in
the Pau lfdu Gazette ~ bearing marked re-
sembance 70 Eden--not the original garden, but
Martin Chuzzlswit's American home. II is the
terminus Of the railway from TiAis. Its situation
in swamp rather below the waters OF the RioD,
which are only prevented by embankments from
sweeping over the place, ID said to combine every
disqualification for . commercial town. The
dwelling places are for the nost part log shanties
raised on piles above pools Of stasnant water. The
streets are bordered by large bitches Drumming
with sluice, and fever and ague are written In the
faces Of the residents. Frogs seem to be the
only living creatures which thrive In the place.
Their ceaseless chorus resounds all night long
about H. and II 10 asserted by the inhabitants that
the sound when the wind blows that way Ia aud
lille even III Constantinople. I
AN INGENIOUS SUICIDE.
The Possibility Of Failure.
The San Francisco Chronicle OF the