The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-28

Norfolk, Va, claims that In five years 1t ha
become the second cotton port in the South
Water obtained by artesap wells on The Dol
orsdo desert liz found TO be too salt for domesl
Use.
Emperor William, Of Germany, has egh
decorations. He wears The insignia OF very neal
all the orders Of Hurope.
--suecessful experiments have been made al
Antwerp having In view the lighting up Of The
harbor by means of electricity.
The fisheries of Iceland have failed for a
third successive year. and great distress il
thereby caused among the inhabitants.
The spanish Cories will be opened on May l.,
by the King In person. majority Of the Sens-
sors recently elected are favorable TO the Cabinet
Paris proposes to hold in the winter Of 1877
or during The period Of tho Exposition. grand
book modelled after the famous one al Leir-
zig.
by q resolution OF The City Council OF Mobile
all cotton factories erected within the corporate
limits will be relieved from taxation for ten
years.
Some Of the English fire insurance oompa-
MES pay on The average very high dividends
The North British and Mercantile has lately paid
one OF % per cent.
1t In said that the deposits Of salt In the Sali
Range Mountains, running through the provinces
OF JhiHm and Hhalipur, in the Punjaub are
equalled by none in the world for extent AMI
purity.
Three hundred girls we're recently reported
to have been sold M slaves In Cairo, and the
British Government has requested Ito representa-.
i tive in Egypt to make inquiries with Wow TO
remonstr snce.
The Faculty of Dartmouth College have do.
cided that hereafter no student shall have the
benefit Of scholarship who will not pledge him.
SELF TO spend no money for liquors, tobacco. bill
lizards and dancing.
The town OF st. Adams, W.. 10 attempting to
eoonomize by putting out It's street lights and
abolishing itH night police. Some pleasant morn
ing the people will wake up 10 find IL has been
n very costly saving.
An amendment to the school law Of Nevada
provides that salaries OF teachers shall DO deter
mined by the character Of service required, and
that IN no district shall there be discrimination in
the matter Of salary ~ against female teachers
The Turkish naval force IL now composed Of
two Imperial yachts. six ron.olad frigates nine
iron-clad corvettes, two ironolad corvettee. four
frigates, Ave iron-oad gunboats, four ships-of-
the line, seven corvettes, fifteen coast guard yes.
sells, Ave schoouers, four cannon eloops, and
filty-three nondesoript vessels-in Nil lie, with
759 guns and G09s men.
The difference between the cost OF production
OF cotton fabrics North and South, 10 from two to
four cents on the raw material in favor OF the
South. In consequence, the manufactures of
Georgia all prospered last year and declared divi-
denda, while q largo number at the North and
East lost money.
Reports from tho New York state fab propa-
eating establishment bring the information that
a new fish has been invented. This fish is a
cross between the trout and the salmon in fact,
two kinds of fish have been made. for there are
CROSSES between the male trout and The salmon
eggs and the male salmon and the trout eggs.
The Hudson river IL found to contain also this
year decided inferior breed of shad called
"rebel shad," which 10 the work of the Fish Com
mssioners, who used herring milt to stimulate
shad eggs with At n time whom they could not ind
enounh male sbad