The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-02
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Twenty cents day and rations la the pa
of laborers i'm Houston county, Georgia
"A monument is to he erected ON the site
John A. Suffers mill ut Coloma, Cal, in homo
of Marshall, the discoverer of gold.
1t is stated that about twenty-six pc
cent of tho live stock in Western Texas ha
died of starvation and cold during the pas
winter.
"A Boston weather statistician says tina
the whole number Of snow storms in Bostol
during the last thirty-four years have beef
10O2 and the aggregate depth of snow Is
feet 95s inches.
Careless and indiscriminate fishing il
gradually reducing the supply of shell fish
On the coast of England, which draws from
Norway about 100000 Holsters q year. ant
from France about 100000.
"A Polish family now In Washington writes
TO friend In Augusta, Ga, that 900 families
In Russian Poland, with an average Of $1,000
10 the family, are DESTROYS of emigrating to
the United States to engage in agricultural
labor.
Victor Emanues salary has been in
creased by four hundred thousand dollars.
The Premier Depretis told Parliament the in
crease was necessary, and the bill was voted.
An excellent way c. raising money in dull,
hard times.
Gov. Kemper, of Virginia, comes out
strong at last on the recent violence i1 Lee
county, where two revenue officers were
killed. The Governor says, II necessary, he
will call out the whole militia of the State
and command 1t in person.
Senator Blaine says n Washington CORE
spondent, shows marks of age. 81 don't
mean to say that he looks old, but his hair
has grown gray, and he has more of that
gracious urbanity and consideration which
,,,rss..aase In people as they advance along in
life,''
Since the discovery 81 the forgery thai
came so near displacing Chief Justice LOWS,
large numbers Of Federal Officials have gone
TO Washington to assure the President that
they have not resigned, and to request him
not to consider them resignerS or resigned
until they have brought their designations in
person and satisfactorily identified them
selves.
According to Washington telegram In
the Cincinnati Commercial, at the time Hayes
wrote that now famous letter to Garfield, the
t'friends of the administration were quite con-
fident that two Democrats from South Caro-
lima, Casey Young OF Tennessee, Schlecher
and Throckmorton of Texas, and Slemmons
and Cause Of Arkansas, would vote for the
administration candidate for Speaker. Now,
however it appears that these gentlemen are
unwilling to vote for Garfield. Whether they
would vote for any other Republican Is not
assumed"
The bell-ringers of the parish church of
St Mary's, Twickenham, near London, are
now ON strike. On May they were to have
been employed to ring three peals in the after
noon, in honor of the opening of the Orleans
club. The church warden had given his con
sent, but the vicar refused to allowthe church
bells to BIO used for such purpose. The ring
ers thereupon declared that if they were not
allowed to be permitted to earn few shillings
in that way they would not ring on the Sab
bath On the next Sunday they kept their
word. and still remain on strike.
The people of Chattanooga, Tenn, have
sent an invitation to President Hayes and his
Cabinet, in which they say: The people OF
Chattanooga, without regard to party lines,
hereby invite you to attend the decoration of
the graves of the Federal dead in the National
Cemetery, near this city, by the late soldiers
of both armies, on the 30th inst, and Also on
the same day. TO dinner given to commence
rate the union of the Blue and Gray to
decorate graves of our dead, with liberty,
peace and prosperity, inaugurated by the
Southern policy, etc, a new South
q 4.