The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16
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The Gar has had slight fever, but is
now better
The international Postal Congress meets
next year at Paris.
Many families are said to be leaving
Chicago daily for Texas and Florida.
The police OF Baltimore are to be given a
two-day's extra holiday, In consideration Of
their exertions during the labor riots.
Raleigh IN. g. Necs: We may look to the
time In o no distant future when the fruit ex.
portation of the State will equal and even
exceed that OF either cotton or tobacco.
"A curious fate (Galignani says seems to
be In store for the Isle of Elba. It Is to be
visited shortly by the Italian Ministers OF
Interior and Marine. who contemplate estab-
fishing penal colony there.
Cattle bugs have appeared on animals in
Cape Elizabeth, Me. The insects are de-
acribed as Of @ greenish color and having
"any quantity of legs" and they cling SO
tightly to the skin that piece of 1t Is some
times removed when they are taken away.
"A large district of farming land in the
province of Brandenburg is threatened from
an expanse Of sand-drift near by, the sand
from which is blown on the lands, rendering
them worthless. The government has under
taken to prevent the drift by planting the
whole expanse with fig trees.
"A meeting of the Hungarian residents of
New York was held on Sunday, and a COM
mittee submitted q plan for colonization in
Kansas, or some other part of the West
Many Hungarian families who have been re-
siding in Dresden intend to join this colony,
as do many unemployed artisans and ordi-
nary workmen among the 5000 Hungarians In
New York.
The Republic of Guatemala is the first
State which has made the trade in wine and
spirits q government monopoly. From the
1st Of January, 1878, private individuals are
prohibited, according to decree of the gov
ernment recently promulgated, from import
ing wine and spirits into that country, and
from the 1st of July following the whole of the
business passes into the hands of the govern
ment
The State Of Massachusetts has abol-
ished the Office of coroner. In the coroner's s
stead medical examiners are appointed, one
for each county. These are required to give
good bonds and they take charge of all cases
over which it is the duty of coroners to pre-
side. If they have reason to believe that any
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ural causes they call In the district attorney,
who Institutes the proper legal proceedings.
Punch lately had cartoon in which John
Bull was depicted in the act of suggesting to
Lord Beaconsfield that private contributions
in England for the relief of the victims of the
famine in India should be supplemented with
some of the governments money. But the
private contributions are rolling up grandly
at the Mansion House. A fortnight ago Sat-
urday they amounted to the astounding sum
Of 81, ,OOO, 900, estimated In the money of this
country.
In several districts of China, especially
near the sea coast, there have been extensive
yisitations of locusts. The destruction by the
insects is said to have been very great, and
the estimates Of loss to growing crops are so
large that falling off of national revenue is
apprehended. The measures taken to check
the insect plague are, in general, different
from those adopted in this country, though
something of the sort was once tried by
Western State Governor they consist chiefly
of prayer and religious observances.
-- A cloud of traffic exists on the East Indian
railway that has assumed the most formida-
bile proportions. At the many stations be-
tween CdlCuGltt Dellll, u Instance OF lUuU
miles, thousands upon thousands of tons of
wheat, rice and other country produce are
piled up awaiting transportation, and traders
are suffering great loss and inconvenience
from the detention of freight This blockade
has existed since December last, and there is
little prospect OF any relief till the end of the
year.
The Bedouins In Syria have entered upon
q life of brigandage. A recent letter from
Acre reports that two months ago they
pounced down upon Tiberias and got $500
from the people. The Pasha of Acre went out
with every man he could muster, but was
forced to retreat, the Bedouins numbering
1000 horsemen. The people of Nazareth are
in a panic, as the Arabs are stealing every
thing In and about the city. Owing to the
war there are scarcely any Turkish troops in
the country, and the marauders are masters
Z the place.
r1aod Noyro,c inpitatinp fa fha China pa1aoa