The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-21
NOTES,

THE famous Kentucky Natural Bridge
over Caney creek, in Elliott county, broke In
the centre Of LTD arch few days ago and fell
in magnificent ruins.
AT Niagara the hackmen and imitation
Indians arc bankrupt, and the guides are low
down in the mouth and pocket. Great ex-
pectations are INDUCED in when the fall
brides begin to arrive.
Matters ut Lyons, France, where there
has been famine among the silk-weavers,
are much improved. From 10000 the num-
Der of sufferers has been reduced to 5000, and
it Is steadily diminishing.
The destruction of sheep in California by
the recent drouth Is estimated at 2500,0O0
head. or two-thirds of the sheep in the State
Many Of the great sheep herders abandoned
1000 to 10, 900 head in the mountains
The public subscriptions for the new four
per cent thirty-year French Treasury bonds
were 80 few that the Minister Of Finance has
ceased advertising them, and sold the remain
der not previously disposed OF to the Roths-
childs.
German capitalists seem to avoid the new
Russian loan. Its failure In Berlin Hamburg
and Vienna Is believed to be on account OF a
suspicion prevailing that the amountof paper
money issued by the Bank of Russia has
recently been much increased.
AT Buenos Ayres on the sth of June, as a
venerable monk, Brother Antonio, was say
ing mass at the Cathedral of San Francisco,
he. was shot In the throat by Russian
named Michael kulazo and severely wounded
The would-be assassin said that he did moi
know his victim. but had suffered acutely
from clerical prosecutions, and so sailed
forth to kill the first priest he should meet
He Is not insane.
At q Russian hotel you are obliged to slip
ulate for bed-linen, pillows, blankets ant
towels, or else pay extra for them, as thu
landlord assumes that you carry these artl
elss with YOU. This has been the custom o
time immemoriaI, and has produced among
certain Russians q curious kind of fastidious
ness. They strongly dislike using sheets
blankets and towels which are In a certail
sense public property, just as we shoui'
strongly object TO putting on clothes whlcl
had been already worn by other people.
Gen. Grant arrived at Lake Maggiore OF
the 9Th inst. and his stay began In roun'
of festive doings. Serenades and tirework
al the hotel; addresses and speech by an OF
ticer who had served under Garibaldi. In re
ply to him Gen. Grant said: 'There is on
Italian whose hand I wish to shake. Tha
man is Gen. Garibaldi." We hope this desir
OF the great travellers, unlike many of hi
others, will not end in smoke. On the 9th q
July, en- route TO this sentiment, the Genera
laid the foundation of an Episcopal church q
Geneva.
The monthly returns of the British Boar
of Trade for June show that the fall in TIL
price of articles exported from England sti
continues although the amount of such eS
ports was considerably greater than durin
June 1876 For instance, while the quantit
of cotton yarns exported during June wa
ITO per cent greater than during May, theI
value was 24-so per cent less So also tn
quantities of iron and steel, linen piece good
and broad silks exported were respectivel
increased during the same period ID $40 pc
cent, IA per cent and Sc per cent. while the
values were respectively only per cent, D.
per cent and As per cent greater than durin
the previous month. The conclusion is thu
prices may not have touched bottom eve
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