The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-06
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Portugal wants to sell out all her African
possessions, Including the Azores, to England.
+ England will presently own the entire African
COntiBent.
Boston ID TO have an exhibition Of 800
i ladies In horticultural Hall, and gold watch,
\ b necklace, and d diamond ring are to be
Il Ripen To the three handsomest. At least so
tbs advertisements read.
The aggregate vote for sheriifs Mt the re-
nent election In Connecticut foots up Al ,9GS
Republican and Al t75 Democratic. n Rcpub-
/ Hear, majority of 1903. The Labor candidates
received exactly 1000 votes.
The culture OF coffee in California Is be-
coning profitable. The plant grows MS Wig
erui1sly as In the coffee countries Of South
/ America, and yields bean OF strong aroma
i fip flavor. Central and Southern California
arc the regions peculiarly favorable.
Nf In the boxing matches of the Russians,
zach Of the adversaries stands mp and re-
coiyes blows, the merit being ascertained by
4jle number OF bruises a man may receive
without asking for quarter. No skill, but en-
axlurance.
All the German fortresses now building
upon the Russian frontier will he finished, it
EfB asserted, by 1880. OF the nine forts of the
4usfincatiots near Posen, three will be COM
&Dleted In 1878, three In 1879, and the rest in
|[tlie following year. The twelve forts near
&Konigsberg are equally well under way.
THE reports concerning the damages
Untised by the recent floods In the Argentine
Republic have not been exaggerated. 1t has
kNBen estimated that at least 10000 head Of
z0nttle and 100000 sheep persisted. Hun
#&ireds of families have been ruined by this in
ENndntion, the most disastrous which has ever
&0ocurred ID the country.
IA party OF Philadelphia capitalists are
EGontempIating the construction of railroad
2yfoin point on the Amazon river, about
&liree hundred miles from its mouth, to the
&GiEy III Bara, In Bolivia, q distance OF one hun
Slred and eighty-ffve miles. The idea is for
the development Of the Philadelphia and
Sputh American trade.
We hope that the Southern members will
b6o that the new census law Is SO framed as to
Iuaufe an accurate numbering of the people.
EQ5hB law Of 1863 IL an absurd travesty on any
lfaper enactment for the purpose. IT permit
ed the Radical managers to outrageously
1HIndle the South In the eighth census, and
tfnllar tricks may be again attemptedIf the
reeent slovenly law Ia retained.--I Atlanta
Onutltution.
The Prince or Wales is o lawyer, or
&&her, q barrister. He was called to the bar
y few years ago ct his own desire and with
6he usual formalities. and took the oath pre-
6ribed on admission. He was at the same
(lae made Master of the Bench, the Bench
S being the governing body of the Society
the Middle Temple. His portrait has re-
unity been painted in the Bencher's silken
]be, and ~ TO be placed In the noble old hall
the Middle Temple as q record of SO note
<orthyA circumstance as q Royal Princes
6tranoe upon the legal profession.
The Housekeeper's Union, organized by
Fau Morgenstern, In Berlin, now numbers
mo members, who do all their buying on the
bpperative plan. The clerks in the grocery
la all women and girls. Purchases are
1nde Iii large quantities, and sales are ut ac-
ltal cost. The union began with 200 mem
fs, who contributed 80 each as capital In
1itiOn TO this sum 81 per year as dues coy
n the entire expense of procuring all needed
tfeIDs ut the lowest possible rate.