The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-23
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4zone.thifd Of The population Of North Caro-.
linn cannot read nef wtites
Mormon missionaries are converting quite a
number oil people al Lgonlet. Lad.
1.-The town and county debts Of indiana
amount 10 2te,Boo,ooo
The Poles OF South Bend. Ind, have thea.
tre oil aisir own.
--Tesas claims 10 have gained 1000 inhsbl-
iants by immigration last year,
The oilieials Of Columbia, o. o.. have voted
themselves an increase Of their salaries.
The population OF California increased by
immigration last year $4,000. The class Of i'm
misrants most needed Ia FARMERS aud stock
fAisefa.
Highland and Mineral Point, Wis, are quar-.
antinedAthe one on account OF smallpox and
sle other seaslet fever.
IAN Toe yacht Of the roughkeepsie Club
sailed mile and one-eighth In fifty. ain seconds,
which ia at the rate Of seventy four miles Nh
huur.
The English Society FOR the Prevention Of
Cruelty 10 Animals obtained, during the year
is79, 24ss convictions. This does net include com
victiens obtained by the police.
The eonsicts In The Massac huRetts State
which specimens Of their handiwofk are sold for
she benefit oi their families.
Portland, Maine, which has population Of
only about thirty Thousand, has debt Of about
100000, chic iy incurred III aiding two rail-
roads, one Of which is In the hands Of receiver,
and the other is not regarded ne wosth fofeclo4
sing upon.
-Auntil now there hss been one city in France
En which IL was absolutely forbidden 10 perform
Meyefbeef's "Hugenotten," because Of the aerce
hatred between Ianatcal Catholics and Protest
ante. This city is Mines, bas The mayor has Just
now ftmoved the restriction, and Mines ehali see
the opera,
"A singular suicide recently occurred Ia Drow-
ana, Australia, Greek who had become insane
by Feason Of poverty and misfortune poured
quantity of molten lead down his throat. He
died In agoniee, and, after death lump Of lead
nearly hall apeund In weight was taken from his
stomach.
-Nenilly aud the ueighboring parts Of Paris
have, during the laat month or two, been puzzled
by aerial music, which was III last found TO pro-
eeed from carrier pigeons being reared and
trained d the Military Pigeon Houae in The 'Jar.
ain Discrimination Az they will III future be
EAtcstfa w az very toAk utsthuCebs beUome eAA
hAusted, ana then probably be attacked BY other
hirdas extremely thin aud light bella have been
attached TO their necks, which, Il 10 believed, will
scare assailante,
lit IL question whether the hugo oheliek
given by the Egyptian Government TO Eagland
will be removed 10 the Thames elnbankineut or
broken up Tor building purposes. Tho answer
should be prompt If the monument ID 10 be
saved. LIE hiefoglyphios are In only tolcrable
preservation. but they are Of Che best period. A
leading shipping Arm OF Alexandria olfsr,te rus
u upon the Thames embankmene for eiu,e0o.
The ebelisk in The Place De Ia oehcosae, ii
Paris. coet eight times that cam.
The London press has had much 10 say about
ahe ooarsenesa of American tumor. and has been
areadfally shocked by such hoaxes IN the send. |
ing OF forged Dispatch to the Stock Exchange
announcing the death NJ great railroad finan4 |
cier. But the Eaglish themselves are Fast becon. |
ing nation of practical iokse Within 4 few
weeks the British Admiralty has been made The |
victim of stupendons hoax, A lieti,ions dis. |
patch was received by the peet Admiral al Cork |
ordcfing the gunboat GoshAwk 10 proceed 10 |
Gibraltar at once. The vessel esilea within |
swents-tour hours, and would have gone the full |
length of her FOOLS errand II storm had not |
compelled her 10 take refuge In Galway Bay |
where dispatches were received from the Ad. |
miralty.
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