The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-18
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Acting President Hayes owns 5000 acres Of
mineral land III virginia.
Brigham Young goes about with body
guard TO protect him from the threatened ven
geance of John d. Lees cons
NORTH Carolina has concluded to let travel
inn salesmen go unlicensed.
Large numbers Of Germans are emigrating
10 America, fearing general European war.
This is the land Of bread and money.
During the past winter 1t is estimated that
i'm Western Texas 1000, 900 bison have been killed
nr their hides, and the carcases left to rot the
ground.
IT was recently admitted in the British House
uF Commons that considerable proportion OF the
Indian army was composed of Mohammedans,
and considerable proportion were Bunnites.
The enormous number Of 100000 pilgrims is
expected In Rome on the occasion Of The Epsco.
pal Jubilee of Pore Plus. Ninety thousand will
no from France alone.
The subject of The great development Of cop
uer mining III Newfoundland IL attracting much
interest III rome quarters In England particular
" as regards the copper mining interests of Corn
wall.
The assassins OF Ignacio Checa, archbishop
OF Quito, have not yet been discovered. He was
celebrating n,ass about Easter time and in the
sacred chalice found his death. Htrychnine had
been poured into the wine.
The House of Commons recently divided
apon the question whether the maximum num-
Der OF laehes In the British navy should be 30 or
g5. and by majority of ~ ia one Gaze, and of SO
in another, the maximum was fixed at 90 lashee.
The Medical fraternity In Massachusetts, have
been trying TO get bill through the Legislature,
the effect Of which would have besn to kill oil
practice but that OF the allopaths, or regulars"
The Legislature rejected the bill. Illinois and
Wisconsin have each rejected similar BILL
Tom Nato had toothace while prisoner in
the San Francisco Jail. The prison physician
tried to pull out the tooth, but the instrument
was rusty, ana he gave up the effort, after eev-
-erai tugs, remarking, II amt much Of dentist
anyhow" Nato'a jaw was permanently diafgured.
and now he sues the city for $1,000 damages.
--I,ostons scheme for an elab ,rate eystem Of
public parks has been reported favorably upon
by the committee. The estimated coat is near
Nv So, 500 900. The committee advise immediate
operations, urging that the money thue thrown
into the channels of trade will stimulate bust
neee, and the work will give employment to large
numbers of laborere, TO the general benefit Of all
concerned.
The influx of strangers hae been greater in
Paris this than for several years past. and
the good effects of their arrival have already been
felt by the Paris tradesmep who long for the
great exhibition, which will certainly Get tn. M
sfloat again. From the 18th to the 2sth of Feb
ruary, Is,740 travellers were registered at the
different Paris hotels. During the same period
OF the previous year the number of arrivals failed
TO reach Is 600.
-Curiosities Of lawsuits for breach Of matri-
anonial promises: La Boston, girl was engaged
to man who Tilted her This was ten years ago
Nhe married somebody else. Recently che be-
came a widow. and now she sues the original
suitor because he will not keep the old premise.
In Minneapolis man ia the complainant. He
declares that his pocket and his feelings have
suffered an injury equal to $4,000 by the refusal
Of a wealthy widow to marry him. She promised
10 do 30, and he gave up his business of liquor
selling to please her, thus causing his bank
ruptcy. In Montreal, q woman Of forty failed to
secure verdict against boy Of eighteen. He
proved that he had never meant nor promised tc
marry her, but had regarded her rather in The
light Of q motherly adviser.