The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-04
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MILLS.
(,allipoli was Tho first city in Europe cap
tured and fortified by The Turks In 1866. 1t is
now to be settled by defenders Of the true
faith on the Thames,
Michigan politicians In Washington pre-
dict that Mr. Il. w. Barber, Third Assistant
Postmaster General, will be the next Republi-
car, candidate for Governor OF the State
named.
1t s said that ono out of every four real
invalds who go to Denver, Col, to recover
health never return TO the East or South ex
cepting as corpse. The undertakers, next
10 the hotel-keepers. have the most protita-
BILE business.
"A number of brawny negro strikers
marched into bagging factory In st. Louis,
and compelled lot of poor girls TO stop
work The girls protested that they were
contented with their wages and their places,
but without effect.
--Hayti liz likely to have another revolution,
which will result from an unpleasantness in
political affairs. Cen. Nord Alexis, who Is at
present exiled in Jamaica, has issued a
doughty appeal TO arms. He processes to be
painting for fight.
San Francisco has been agtated by noise
less stray bullets, propelled by some invisible
agency and flying about the streets to the
great Inconvenience and danger of pedes-
TRANS. IL has just been ascertained that
small boys practising with "parlor rifles are
nj the bottom Of the mischief
France exports far more of manufactured
wines, silks and stuffs to Italy than the latter
exports of raw material In kind to France. A
new treaty of commerce just signed at Paris
has, however, arranged all these matters sat
isfactorily TO both Sides on o substituted sys-
tenn of specific for dd rdlorem duties.
The large foreign trade OF California in
fruit and wines becomes no mystery when II
is known that the State has 3,sOo,O00 fruit
trees and 35,oo0,oo0 grapevines, and harvests
from 3o0,O00,000 to 500, 900, 900 pounds of fruit
yearly. she produces a large surplus, and
foreign trade follows as a matter of course.
An Indianapolis paper states that two men
were detained in that city several days who
were on their way to other points with money
to redeem their homes from sherifr's sale.
In both cases the time for the redemption ex-
pired while the parties were detained by the
strike, and their homes have been forfeited.
A Binghamton paper says that crowds
are not wanted In these times about the depot
there, and as rapidly as party gathers about
in front of the telegraph Office or baggage
room, or where q row of sitters is formed
along the edge of the platform a large tank
of water is mysteriously capsized and the
platform flooded. The water washes every
thing clean as II goes 1t will be ten minutes
before another person comes around to in
quire anything about the strike
.
The Denison Texas Ne,cs says Messrs.
Gerard Efinger, civil engineer, and r.
w, Shedd returned from the West
Wednesday morning. They bring the
report that two families Of emigrants
from Arkansas on their way to Western
Texas, were waylaid and all but one lit
tie boy murdered Sunday night. There
were three men, two women and several
children belonging to the two families.
The men had $1,000 in money with which
to buy land, and the murders were COM
mitted to secure this money by two men
who knew them in Arkansas and who
capped the general massacre made his
way to Jacksboro and reported the ter
rible crime. A party was immediately
organized and started in search OF the
murderers, whom they came up with the
next day. The villains would not sur
render, and fight resulted in which
one OF the murderers was killed and
the other captured. who was taken back
to Jacksboro and placed in Jail.
Literary young man at a party-"Miss
Jones, have you seen Crabbe's Tales %
Young lady (scornfully)-"I was not
aware that crabs had tails" Literary
young man covered with confusion)-
II beg your pardon, mann; I should
have said, read Crabbe's Tales?" Young
lady (angrily scornful) And / was not
aware red crabs had tails. either" Exit
young man.
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