The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-10
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The soush African Exhibition IL open ana IL
.-saass. Amerioa ia not represented there 81
The pbiladelphians cleared 81, 600 On 'he"
-. v.av Tha Centennial helped the re-
seipts. ..a the death
Orange peel on the sidewalk oauseu ~ ,ondon
Of well known medical pubhsh'' -
Mr.. Kimpton. .o mn !. wear for the
education Of the negroes, mos' VI ~ 1''''
paid by the whites. ;, ~ n,a, tho
In Finland at the opening OF 'ne D'e' 'n'
different orders spoke In hassian' o"e'''"'
French and Finnic. a.. ner.
Notwithstanding the protes'auon Oh '"e oeI
man Printers Union, the Imperial oosofhnen'
Min establish an imperial printing Office
something like panio has been crea'ea III
Aha interior Of Germany by the belligerens utter
.nces Of Won Moltke, and the rumors Oh a oe'r-
voinat,on TO place portions Of the army on war
footing. 1904
The Khedve is solemnly pledged to send
turkey a certain number OF troops Id osse VI
war. but II he has no money and can nos oorfo"
any for military purposes, the Sultan VIII h"Se "
accept his regrets.
Tt ia said that ton Of pig iron can Do maoe
.nvvbers along The line OF the Cincinnati Sousu"
arm Knoxville and Ohio, aud Nashville ana Chat-
.anoos railroads, at about Whist the ore costs POI
Ton In Pttsburg.
Mr.. Hotcbkiss, an American, the inventor OF
ina new revolving cannon, has been nosihed py
ths French Government that it has peen oese'
mined to adopt his invention as an arm " '"'
national service
A new fashion in dinner parties Is becoming
known in London. Il requires the dismissal y,
tbe servants after the hsh, and the basto"ihs VI
proper attentions upon the guests Thereafter ny
Me ladies Of the family.
"New River Canal" in virgna, Is 70 Dc
thirty.ii feet vide snd five feet deep. ~ WI
axteud from Northeast River through the ceuo
Mes of Duplip. Penden, Onslows jones, ositefe
and Crsvep, opening into Pamico souod.
Toll gates In England are to have hve year,
more grace. whom they are to be abolished. ane
the roads kept in order partly by small looa
rates ont OF the funds OF respective counties, pu
shelly out OF The public treasury OF the nstior.
The Prince of Montenegro was educated II
paris and WAS one OF the stars Of bis rhetorl
class. In which he took several prizes. When b
Was graduated in 1853, he was . tall young maj
with a pale and serious face expressive OF energy
Wednesday while visiting the various parts
strasburg. II 10 supposed the Bnperors visit
sonnsoted with definite settlement OF measure
10 counterbalance the concentration OF freno
treops on the frontier.
Notwithstanding the fact that Great bfitei
In covered with perfect network OF railways
bills were introdno d during the last session
Parliament for the expenditure of 126.50o,oOo
railway building; s99,00o.00o on existing line
and s27 ,5O0, 900 &, new projects.
-Detroit will be in outer darkness 5000, unies
the City Council changes its mind. The sppr'
priations for The current fiscal year have fale
short 10000, and the only way out OF the din
Guilty which the Council can ses Ia to cancel I'll
contract for lighting the streets.
Names new savings bank law restricts sem
annual dividends to 2L per cent, but provide
for . triennial division of net earnings. ID
poess are limited to $4,000, except from wild w
orphans and certain others. ALI deposits are o.
empt from municipal taxstion, and those oil ma
ried women and minors are not subject to ii
control of husbands or parents.
In the recent great walking match in Londol
through constantly walking in one directio
around the hall, o'Leary had the muscles Of OF
leg contracted and drop of At least three inch'
Of the shoulder on the same side. This was IL
result of walking $40 miles, with twenty-shr
abrupt turns to oaoh mile, always swung in tt
same direction.
The recent railroad surveys in San Diet
and San Berpandino counties, California, ha
established some curious facts about the "
orado Desert, which have lstely been comm
uicased to The Sentinel The lowest point su
vsvad In tUo hundred and sever eight feet b
low the level Of the sea, aud the lowest point
the line Of the Southern Pacific Railroad is u
hundred and twenty FIVE feet. From point ne
Indian Wells for sixty miles eat toward Yur
the whole road lies below ses level An old oce
beach clearly distinguishable extends all srou
the edge OF this immense basin. at level sor
fifteen feet lower than that Of the sea. Immen
beds of salt have boen found, In some cases t
feet thick Anal, sis shows this salt to be almt
pure chlroide OF sodium.