The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-08
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The population Of Berlin has doubled In
seventeen years,
Senator lsaysrd Ii described ~ represent
Ing his State -=lona ard nafrews but The critic
Who says go may be short and sballew.
= England has one hundred and forty daily
papers, eighty. -four Of them mesning jour.
nais, nineteen Of which are published al Lon.
don. Paris haH flfty.sne dailies.
"A r,onden correspondent writes. "The
idea seems very prevalent that Lesa sseasons.
Geld iaten ds proposing to The Queen the eiea.
zion of The head of the lsothsehild family In
Lenden "a peer Of the realm"
The Londen Daiis telegraph eestiaea to
IN average daily circulation between July l
aud December |, 1870, Of 400 JiT. which Ia
something unparalleled In newspaper histcsy.
The municipal funded debt Of The United
States IL estimated NJ $500, 0oo, 900. and soae-
what more than one.feafth Of this amount be.
lonas TO The State Of New York.
The I,enaoa times learns from Paris that
the King of Sweden, The Grown ptince and
Prince John Of alueksburg have been initi.
ated into Fseemascnry The ceremony waa
held In newlysbailt hail. in the presence of
1900 brethren. including deppsstions ffem
England. Germany aud France.
--Nosfelk has become the second cotton
port In The United statep. How rapidly 1t
has advanced may be known from the fact
that ten years age Norfolk exported only 733
bales Of cotton 10 European ports,
The beer question Ia mere interesting for
the citizens Of Vienna Than The Oriental ques'
sion, They are much excited because the
brewers have raised che price Of beer. A ltre
Of Che refreshing beverage will cost two cents
mere hereafter
Fiji thousand Russian Mennonites have
determined 10 immigrate TO the United States.
They have the alternative OF taking up arms
or leaving the empire, and prefer cross the
sea. Fourteen thousand Of them will settle
In Kansas cary in the epfing,
"A new play at the Theatre Histefique,
pasie, has scene al the bottom Of the ocean.
showing marine plantr banks Of coral, and
animal life, Four divers are searching
wreck. In Che hands Of drowned man they
And casset of jewels, and In struggle for
che prize one Of che divers IL murdered
Mabel Hall, ballet girl, WINS murdered
In The green reom Of g. Louis theatre by
Jealous lover end he In now on trial. In the
courtroom table and chairs were arranged
like Che furniture In The room where The muir.
der was committed, and an actor. "a wit
ness. described the crime by initiating the
ansuge and movements OF The murderer
THE Lsnden Times 10 getting new as of
enterprise. In addition to the special wire
which the London Times now controls DO.
tween Tendon and Paris, the same newspaper
viii soon extend two more lines 10 the Oonti-
nent one 10 Vienna and one 10 Berlin.
The new KansAs Senator. Col Plumb. ia
. printer by trade, and formerly publised
the Emperia Ne,ss, lie went to Kansas from
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. in 1867, when nineteen years
of age Hs Ia now President Of q National
Bank al Emperia, and is repuled 10 be worth
saoo.0oo, which he has made by speculation
and the practice OF law.
"a tragedy showing up Neso 40 he was not
shown up In his day, is now having atun at
theatre In Rome The critics have no other
objection TO Il than to pray sae Roman Senate
10 wash their hands every night before going
on the stage, and that the iietors be kept
under little bettss discipline so as to prevent
The repetition of throwing each other oif the
stage into the pit, cosusa popalo.
The cold in Russia has been mere severe
this winter than for 1853 years. In St. Peters
burg, on December 80, the thermometer fell
TO 50 degrees tReamurl below Zero SeAeral
eahmen we're frozen to death on their seats,
and cats. sparrows aud pigeons we.e found
dead in the street. Large hres were kept
burning as night by The police for the heuea,
of the public. In Moscow the Grand Theatre |
was closed for want OF audiences, the people |
being afraid TO venture our in the cold.
Why has there been solittle holly berry |
and red clever in England The past yearf Mr..
Darwin xplains that bees were extraordinary |
rars In the carly spring, and that without
bees to carry pollen from the male to the fe.
mA'e plant nei,her holly nor clover can be fer.
tilizsd. The Spectator gees further. Ii as-
tributes The inactivity a. The bees to Conserva-l