The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-28
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in some parts Of Switzerland.
The Georgia Constitutional Convention
has voted to have no chaplains in the Legis-
lature.
The Swiss hay harvestis SO plentiful this
year that it is feared the barns will not con.
tain it all.
The factory girls of Union Depot, Tenn,
have Jealous defender in Charles Davis, who
shot man for making slanderous remarks
about them.
The court Of common council of the city
Of London has resolved upon the erection,
below London bridge, of low-level bridge,
with openings for the passage of ships.
Imports Of all manufactures of wool and
iute from England continue to fall off. I'm
ports Of cotton, linen and silk goods, and
chinaware, salt and raw wool increase.
Packard arrived in Auburn, Me-, Satur-
day, on visit to his mother. He is native
Of that town, studied law there, and entered
q Maine regiment, which was sent to Lousi-
ana, where he married and settled.
Finland has more blind than any other
country, in consequence Of the huts having
no chimneys. Norway suffers from the same
cause, but In less degree. A comparison
showed that while in that country the blind
were 1876 In 10000, in Finland they were 21.4
= The last loan of the. Turks, as stated on
"the most reliable authority" was of two
millions of money from some large house in
Paris deeply interested in Turkish securities.
This loan was on the security of diamonds
and other jewels, the property of the late
Sultan.
= Indian famines are usually in conse-
quence of the failure of the water supply.
Artificial irrigation was in former times ex-
tensively used under the native princes, but
most Of the old reservoirs and canals are now
in ruins-a fatal neglect which sooner or later
must be repaired.
- 1t is stated in the commercial review of
Mr.. Rahden, at the City of Mexico, that rail-
road projects are reviving in Mexico, and
American projects stand better chance of
success than ever before. Several new rail-
ways are contemplated and If asked for by
practicable and responsible men, contracts
will be granted.
The war in the East is causing photo
graphy to look up. Not only the Russians
and Turks each have their corps of micro
photographers, but every newspaper corre-
spondent is compelled to wear numbered
graph of the wearer, in order to put the ques-
ton of identity beyond dispute.
Another bridge accident, resembling that
at Bath in all but its terribly fatal conse-
quences, has occurred at Saltash in Devon
shire, England. The bridge connected the
landing stage with the shore, and when it
broke down hundreds of people are said to
have been thrown into the water All, how
ever, are believed to have been rescued,
though many were greatly exhausted.
The Germanizing of the French army adj
yances apace. Hitherto it has been one of the
traditions Of the service that spectacles were
unsoldierly. But the late war demonstra-
ted, among other things, that men can fight
as well with spectacles as without them-in
many cases good deal better. DR.. Perrin
has submitted a report on the subject, and
the French authorities have legalized the use
OF lunettes in all branches of the service.
The weather in England this month has
been unseasonably cold, nights, and occa-
slonal heavy rains have fallen The crops
are maturing very slowly, and reports are
unlaVofable, both as to harvesting within a
reasonable period and as to realizing an aver
age yield. This, of course, adds to the favor
aole prospects OF American grain, because it |
promotes the scarcity abroad and keeps up
prices
line neWGerman four per cent loan is to be |
issued through syndicate of German bank |
ers, who take it at 81, and place it on the mar |
ket at "a Clio. The total amount to be raised |
is S19,45O,0eo. Subscriptions are to be re-
ceiyed on the 25th and 26th of the present
month, but on the LIST of July offers to take
Ss7, 800, 900 had already been received. At the
same time that this loan is selling at a dis
count of 4-10 per cent, United States four
per cent bonds command a small premium.
Some farmers in the south of France are
digging away hard at an ancient Roman en-
which is known to contain csterns
which have been closed from time immemo-
rial. According to some old family papers,
one of these cisterns contains all sorts of val
uables, and five persons have formed an asso-
citation to make excavations. These have
been already rewarded by a marble statue of
Jupiter, and an iron lamp Of classical design.