The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-04
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Wade Hampton has thus far received $780,
900 taxes.
The Mikado of Japan has Loot his last sur
viving child, q little girl aged four.
The italian lottery syetem brings In not less
than 60 900 900 francs in each succeeding year 10
the national excnequer.
A Scotch youth named Macalister has just
accomplished the unprecedented feat of winning
at Cambridge all the chief prizes at one sweep,
aud becoming Senior Wrangler, too.
MIR. Merry, the great English turfsnan and
Scottish iron founder, left an estate Of about
f2,ooo,ooo. His stable won for him in stakes and
purses alone, during his thirty years on the turf,
GAO, 900.
An unlikely rumor Is saoat in club circles in
London to the stfsct that Lord Beaeonsfeld will
resign the Premiership when the Eastern ques.
ton is settled, retaining, however, the Privy
Seal aud seat In the Cabinet. He is writing his
life.
There appears to be much difficulty in End.
ing the right man for leading The Russians on to
oonstantinople, the Grand Duke Nicholas, even
If his health we're robust not being cor sidered
sufficiently eminent as General. 1t lie, how
ever, more than probable that Gen. Kaufman,
the vsnquisher Of the Turkomans, will assume
command when hostilities break out.
The sum total Of railway lines through the
principal countries OF the world now reaches
distance nearly fourteen times the circumference
of the globe, or one and half times journey to
the moon. or this total The United States lines
extend 1885 miles; Great Britain's, at home
and through her foreign domain, SO, 1oI Rus.
siaH, in Europe and Asia, SABA; those of France,
so,77e; and of che German Empire, 1889.
The citizens Of Wilmington, N. G., have met
with the Mayor to consider the Importance to the
city Of The construction OF a canal from Whining.
ton up the Northeast river about fifty miles,
thence scross to New river, thence to the Neuse,
thence up Bay river and across to Blunt's creek,
down that TO Paml co river, and taeEce on to
Norfolk. II was stated that the construction of
the canal would increase the value Of property
at least s2o,ooo,ooo and give employment to
50, 900 laborers.
According to writer in the Paris Journal, the
Pope was not too fond of the late Cardinal An
tonelli. Their natures were snupashctie rather
than otherwise, and the Holy Father was in the
habit Of playfully designating his Prime Minister
by the name Of Bsrsbbae. When the Cardinal
was dying the Pope did not express the faintest
desire to see him, That the Secretary Of State
remained so long in Office was owing partly, of
course, to his talents. which Plus TX. could we'll
appreciate, though he could not like the man.
The German government is busily engaged in
terrifying both banks of the Rhine. Some time
ago two ironclad sloops were sent up the riv>r to
strasboarg; but as it has since been found that
the banks of the stream ere too high to admit of
their eommapd ding The adjacent country, they
have been sent back to Coblentz. Other meas
ures have, however, been adopted, among them
the construction Of tete de poat by every railway
company carry ng a bridge over the Rhine. Per-
mission to build bridge is only granted upon
the undertaking tf the company to provide the
government with sum sufficient for making
sete de poat. Ills has been done in the cases Of
the fixed bridge above Dusseldorf, that of Rheiu-
hansen, and that of Wescl