The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-25
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Mr.. Axtei. OF California. formerly Demo-
cratic member Of Congress-, has become Nor.
mon.
| "A bill Offering bounty Of FIVE cents for
every rat killed In the State has passtd tho Mis-
souri, Legislature.
| The number Of bsetfoot sugar factories now
| in operation In France IL but 1874. against 45s at
| this time last year.
| The total Russian army ID /, 1884, men. the
Turkish G2D.79g. the German 1,245,g54. the
French i,1iB5 the Austrian 2e4 02s. the Italian
s7i,s7i, the English G55.sos.
1t Ia asserted thai robbers, both male and
female, have full control of Savannah. All tho
members OF well organized and equipped gang
| oil cattle thieves were arrested last week.
| The English post-offioe IL going TO employ
much fewer women In tslegraphy, beosaHe they
cannot work At night. Young ladies' are found 10
do very we'll ~ railroad ticket clerks, except that
they are 40 fascinating that male passengers
daily at the ticket Office and cause delay.
There are indications of the obliteration OF
the color line In North Carolina politics. in the fact
that the eolored people OF Charlotte have re-
quested Gov. Vance, Democrat to act as their
delegate in proposed meeting in 1aleigh 10 con-
slider the location Of the eplored normal school.
"A band Of connterfeitsrs confined In the Jail
At Knoxville, Tenn, have been successfully oper
atiag In their old business. Molds for nekels,
twenty-five and fifty cent pieces, together with
metal for moulding, were found In several cells
and tho men had been manufacturing the coins
and sending them out by The wife Of one OF the
gapg.
The Russian army Ia advancing gradually 10
The Pfnih from KiseheasH. From that river
which marks the Roumanian boundary, it IL only
fifteen or twenty miles 10 Jassy, where IL tho
terminus Of branch railroad leading TO Pack
aney. on the line OF railroad running north TO
Brody and west into Austria. From Paohaney
| the railroad runs south to Gaaiz, not far above
| the delta of The Danube, aud ut dalatB the army
| is very likely TO cross.
The Bishop OF Londen refused TO e5nseerate
| 81. Agnes Church, Keneington Park, last Janu-
| AIRY, uhlena certain figure 10 The largo stained
| glass window above the chaneei was removed
| The figure Was n full.length representation OF
tho Virgin, surmounted by crown Of glory and
surrounded by halo, placed side by side with u
| figure Of the Saviour, also surrounded by halo
The objection was that in the figures as shown in
the window the same honor was shown TO the
virgin MARY hA VI AH6 baYloHE. AHe VpJssbiouADie
figure was removed, tho space was filed b with
plain glass, and the church was eonsecrated
During the first week Of April the figure was re-
placed In the window with the Bishops consent
The crown about tho Virgins head had disap-
peared, but the halo remained.
| In Paris hanging 10 the most popular mode
| OF suicide, aud drowning comes next; IN London
one IL as fashionable NJ the other, and throat
cutieg, which Ia seldom praotieed In Paris, ranks
third; In New York poisoning IL the fayorite form
OF selfmurder, and shooting 10 the second
choice, with hanging. throatcutting, and drown
ing further down In the list. A sensational form
OF suicide very common in France and very rare
In England aud America 10 jumping from public
buildings. Charcoal burning IL also y favorito
mode Of death in Paris. During 1876 there were
29s cases In London. DIG in Paris, and 100 in Now
York. The death ratio from suicide In proportion
to population IL double In New York what II IL In
London. As every othtr person who kills him.
self in this city 10 Of German parentage, the high
proportion Of suicides Is readily explained. One
thing Ia noticeable; in each Of tho three cities
tho proportion OF deliberate suicides 10 steadily
incrensiuV