The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-27
NOTES.

Official returns from t26 counties In Geor.
gia givo 1881 majority for the constitutional
convention.
Seyenty.six thousand ordinary and 24p
political offenders are undergoing penal ser
vitude In Western Siberia.
A telegram from Bale ut. Paul, received
In Quebec. says that there was n distinct
shock of earthquake felt there nj o'clock
Monday afternoon, 18th inst
The London meat trade continues. The
imports for April were G,O0o,o00 pounds from
New York. Imports from Philadelphia have
increased since October from $4,000 to 2,500.O0O
pounds.
The first shipment of pig iron TO Europe
has been made according to n Baltimore pa
per. Five tons have been sent from Pittsburg
10 Antwerp Ii this the beginning of n new
revolution
A committee representing the Massachi-
setts Legislature has arrived In Poughkeepsie,
N. ". to examine into tho project Of the
poughkoepaie bridge and also 10 inspect the
work now In progress
Baltimore people complain that IL Is u
common practice for foreign vessels coming
to that port in ballast TO get rid of II by
throwing IL into the harbor, and The authori-
ties are taking steps TO stop 1t.
The chimes In st. Marks Church, Philadel-
phia, tho ringing Of which the neighbors stop
ped by means Of an Injunction, may now be
rung for five minutes on every Sunday, under
modification of the injunction.
"A curious charge of manslaughtcr was
investigated In Bristol recently. Aboy having
thrown stone at shop, the shopkeeper
chastised him The boys mother remon-
strated, and In the confusion fell down dead.
The Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western
Railway Company declines to discount n
corpse Its new time-card announces that
the rate for corpse when In good condition
and with some person In charge will be
equivalent to one iirat-cass fare.
THE run of salmon In the Columbia river.
Oregon, in the early part Of the season, we
learn was light, but now IL fair. STILL ono or
the largest cannerics is only packing about
800 fish a day, or at the rate of $4,000 cases in
1876 days, and the prospect is not favorable for
II heavy catch.
Torpedo balloons are proposed by cor
respondent of the Scientific American. The
idea Is to float the balloons over the enemy,
and drop the torpedo by means of electricity
sent over WIRE II is calculated that city
could he totally destroyed in this way by
dropping sufficient quantity of nitro-glycc
rine.
Baltimore manufacturers and workmen
threaten TO make convict labor political
question. At recent meeting statement
was made that 500 convicts In The Maryland
penitentiary make $4,000 pairs Of shoes per
week, at n cost of $1,000, and that the same
number of shoes made outside would cost
S5T50. ......
The celebrated Italian brigand chief
Leone and his band were surprised by body
of soldiers, about the first Of this month, ut
Alimnuso thirty three miles from Palermo
A desperate fight ensued, and Leone and two
of his band we've killed Leone was from the
south of Sicily. Although loaded with crimes
he was capable Of performing acts of gal
lantry and generosity.
Tho Freshman Glass of the College of
New Jersey was suspended last Saturday
night. After finishing their examinations
on the previous day, they had scrcnaded
their tutors. singing college songs to the
accompaniment Of iire-crackers President
MeCosh ordered the whole class, numbering
between 30 and 100 men, TO leave Princeton
before noon. He had previously suspended
- members Of the class for intimdating can
didatcs for admission.