The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-14
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.r,.. ,,a.vv snowdrifts have destroyed thou
80 :. .t,;apes IN 3erks county, Pa. durin
The winter, .t,,..a t;,,ee d
treat az II was year ago 49,, .,.,,
during the pact year. ,,o.a;,o
bouses IN that city have reduced theif p''ce
about one third, as compared win 'as' seAi
te,earaphc line will coon be commenced OF
aha sbores Of The Mediterranean, TO traverse 'h'
African copsinent to the Cape OF GOOD hope
.,,oston proposes to have mechanics ehhibi
,,,,. at which the most brilliant display oil thu
,o.d,np manufacturing interests OF New Bngiant
rho cotton receipts at Norfolk, Va, from
p.,tember /. 1875 to April ~, were 490,22T bsles
showing gain over the corresponding time las
year Of 40 69s balee.
From December II, 1869, 10 March 81 last,
tba names of over 200, 900 persons were plaeeo
nm The register CT habtual criminals IN England
and Wales.
thirty persons in Leeds recently attended
tha wake of a girl who died Of typhoid lever
Every one OF them has since been sick Win the
feyer, and nine Of them have died.
The Austrian army Is gradually to exchange
~ uh,ta un;forms for blue, HALF Of the In
fantrv will receive blue TUNES this year, and the
,ast II the troops will receive them In 1873.
Judge Clifford, OF Maine, the senior Judge Of
,he Supreme Court Of the uunited States, re-
ferripe 10 the rumor Of his proposed retirement
from, the bench, said II shall die with the
harness on"
rho priyate contributions from Ban Fran
c;sco. az an offering TO the Pope at Rome, In
honor of his approaching jubilee. exceed, 1t is
said, $4,000.
The Empress Of Russia, through the columns
~ tho Messace,. official Of st, Petersburg, urges
The nation TO organize societies FOR the assistance
or the eiek and wounded during The present war
A bill has passed the illinois Legislature su-
sborjzing railroad conductors to stop trains and
mt Off everybody playing cards For money or
using obscene language.
den. Horace Binpey Sargent. Commander OF
tbe Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic,
urpes The several Posts to make special effort,
on the occurrence Of Decoration Day, to raise
the s5D, 900 needed for the State soldiers' Home.
TIE citizens Of Winfield, Kansas, turned out
en- masse lately, headed by band OF music, and
fought grasshoppers all day. The account says !:
"As the people drove clouds Of these pests from
them the band discoursed sweet music, and made
the war very amusing and interesting one.'
The Russians have made remarkable col
lection Of sponges from the northern part Of the
Caspian sea. In shape they resemble carpete,
egas and spheres; in color they are wonderfully
brilliant, ranging from pale yellow to bright red.
They were found at a depth Of two hundred and
fifty feet,
Flowers play conspicuous part In the trim.
ming of bali dresses. There is prejudice
against natural ones because they wilt in heated
roome. and thus II is that artificial exotica ere
popular. A new fashion lie to have several shades
Of roses, from the deepest red TO the laintest.
This fashion is Partisan In lite origin, of course.
A type foundry In sc. Paul has lately furnish
ed the types for the Frdmudri, an II Hand news
paper to be published In the Iceland colony at
Keewatin, on the Red river, in British territory,
about sixty miles from Fort Garry. This will be
she frat newspaper published on the American
centineut In The leelandic language.
The st. Louis Republican says that while IL
prefers Morrison for Speaker az the candidate
sin sight, on account of h,s familiarity with the
interests Of the Mississippi Valley, 1t could hail
with pleasure the election Of Goode, Of Virginia,
sayier of Ohio or even Cox. OF New York, az
against Randall.
lit may be Get down ae decided that the com
ing campaign in Ohio will be fought once more on
the financial question. The intlationsts are bound
TO force the iseue, though they will fight without
some Of their old leaders. Meears. Allen and
Gary are practicing law. and. 1t lie thought, will
keep out Of the fight. 1t will be little short OF
miracle II they are able TO keep silent when once
the combat gets warm, Gen. Ewing and Mr..
pendleton will take the direction Of the campaign,
aud their views are sufficiently pronounced to
make the issue clear enough for lively CAM
paign. The Republicans are divided on the silver
question, and 40 valuable an ally 40 the Cincin-
natl Commercials advising them to take the wind
out Of the inAationiets sails by declaring in favor
Of The payment OF all debts, bonds included, in
silver dollars.