The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-16
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NOEES.
The United States government mas
expended $6so, 900 900 in its Indian wars.
Mr.. York A. Woodward, one OF the
most accomplished clerks OF the Louisi-
ana Returning Board, was graduated as
q prestidigitateur.
A large part of the Turkish troops
are equipped with the old Springfield
rifles. purchased from this government.
1T ia said that Representative Kas-
son, of Iowa, will be the next Governor
of that State, or the next United States
Senator.
Col. Thomas A. Scott has invited the
Pennsylvania Editorial Association to
visit Texas next summer.
Tt is proposed to cut o broad canal
from Manchester. in England, to the
river Mersey. Manchester hopes shortly
TO be port of entry, accommodating
vessels Of 1000 tons. A ship canal is
also projected between the North Sea
and the Baltic.
Some of the Ohio papers are nomi-
mating Postmaster Comfy for Governor,
forgetting that postmasters are only
eligible to the position of elector.
The physicians of the Grand Duke
Nicholas certify he will not be able to
mount horse for two years, and so he
must relinquish command OF the Cars
army.
-Bickham, of the Dayton Journal,
takes John Phoenix view OF things.
Says he: "There won't be much left OF
David Dudley when Wells gets through
with him." ..... .-" '.a
A religious journal republishes the
information that punch" and Judy
are derived from the names Pontius
plate and Judas Iscariot.
The asylum for worn-out railroad
employees, provided for in Com. Wander
bilt's will, is to be erected on his farm
mt Low Point, about twelve miles below
Poughkeepsie. ,-
A statistical Partisan bootmaker
has recently given American ladies the
distinction OF having the smallest feet
by nature among their sex, and from
them no ascends in the order OF Span
ish. Italians, Russians and English to
the Germans.
In England the average Temporal
ture of last December was not many de-
grees below that OF the preceding June,
while on several days the minimum
temperature was higher In December
than in June. In London last month
six inches Of rain fell.
A lady who recently died in Calcut-
Ga made certain requests to the Roman
Catholic clergy of Wexford, Ireland,
for masses tor the repose OF the souls of
herself and her relatives. These masses
were "to continue to be said while the
world lasts" The Master Of the Rolls
In Dublin decided three weeks ago that
a gilt for perpetuity for masses for
the dead did not come within
the statute and was consequently void.
The glamour surrounding a name Is
world. So the makers Of the product
once known as oleomargarine, after in
voicing huge Quantities of 1t through
the Custom-House to foreign lands,
sometimes as grease" sometimes as
s'suet," and often as '.refined tallow,"
have at last cut matter Of fact and set
tied down on "butterine." Last month
about 1,oOo,o 600 pounds OF this article
was sent abroad from this port, 100000
of it going to France. England and
Scotland.
1T is proposed to establish In Eng
land an annual festival, under the title
of the National Olympian Festival. for
the purpose of centralizing the various
associations. having for their object the
encouragement of intellectual and oil
athletic contests. This would afford a
common arena for both classes. The fes-
tiyal would be founded on the same prin-
.ciple. and with the same object, as the
ancient Olympic games. Prizes would
be offered for essays, poems, music,
choral singing. etc., and for success 10
the various athletic games. But the
highest prize would be awarded to the
person exhibiting the greatest general
power.
There has been Lawyers strike Of
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