The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-15
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The epizootic has made It's appearance
among the horses In the State of Vera Cruz.
New visiting cards are of medium size, of
,nglazed Bristol board; small script is used
an these cards
1t is announced that Secretary Sherman
will make one speech on financial topics dur
ing the campaign.
-Ex-Presdcnt Grant has arrived OF varese
There was grand concert and display of
fireworks In his honor on Monday night.
Senator Roscoe ConISling Is to be given a
public reception at Utica, next Tuesday even
ing. Senator Herman will make tho address
of welcome to the wanderer.
MIR. John Link, of Baltimore, has lost six
children by diphtheria In the past three
weeks, and his three remaining children are
all down with the fell disease
The proclamation Of Gov Irwin, Of Cali
fornia for the fall election contains clause
calling upon the people to decide whether a
convention shall be held TO revise the consti-
tuition Of the State.
There is n remarkable report going about
10 The effect that Miss Clara Louise Kellogg
intends to use the profits of her proposed Cal
ifornia engagement in founding Il musical
college for young American women.
The Empress Eugenie is about to return
from Spain TO her residence at Chiselhurst.
England. She evidently deems 1T wise to he
convenient to Paris with her boy as a flesh
and blood representative. should the bones
of Bonapartism show signs of taking on new
life.
In the Georgia Constitutional Convention.
on Friday. II was decided to elect the Attor-
ney General by the people, and his salary was
fixed at S2500 The salaries of the Supreme
Court Judges were fixed at $4,000, and the sal
aries of the Superior Court Judges were fixed
at $4,000.
Germany continues to lead Ireland in
sending omigrants to the United States, and
last month England led her by several hun
dred. OF 6713 immigrants landing in New
York last week Germany sent 1929, England
1888, Ireland GAG, and Austria 4l2, the re-
mainder coming from other foreign coun-
tries.
Gov. Kellogg, in an interview at Chicago,
expressed considerable satisfaction at the fact
that two of the Southern States were com
PEELED to call for Federal assistance rs soon as
trouble broke out within their borders He
regards this as vndication of his own ac-
tons in Louisiana when he called for troops.
He thinks Gov. Hartranft ought to be able to
put down the mob with the militia and volun-
teers under his command without calling
upon the United States to help him.
MIR. Dion Boucicault has appeared in an
entirely new character-that of a candidate
for Parliament for County Glare, Ireland. He
will have many hearty wishes for his success
and deserved wishes, too, for Mr.. Bouc-
Cault is an exceedingly clever man, and a
good writer and would probably be good
speaker even in that grave but hardly revcr-
end body, the British Parliament. If elected
he will doubtless be a further credit to the
country he has so delightfully."- represented
already upon the stage.
= At Russian hotel you are obliged to
stipulate for bed linen, pillows, blankets md
towels. or else pay extra for them, as the
landlord assumes that you carry these articles
with you. This has been the custom of the
country from time immemorial, and has pro-
dueed among certain Russians curious kind
of fastidiousness. They strongly dislike
using Sheets blankets and towels which are
in certain sense public property, just as we
should strongly object to putting on clothes
which had been already worn by otherpeople.