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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
THE INSANE ASYLUM.

Rev. Father Raymond. vicar general OF the
diocese of Louisiana, has visited the Mayor and
had an interesting interview with his honor on
the subject OF the City Insane Asylum. Father
Raymond thinks that with corps of seven or eight
sisters OF charity, aided by three or four men,
the institution can be managed satisfactorily.
The plan would, IL is thought at the hall, econo-
mize about $4,000, which would be added to the
supply budget of the asylum.
NEW PROPOSITION.
We understand that to-day proposition will
be introduced at the City Council meeting, pro-
sitizens to inquire into the requirements of II Q
institution and the best mode to conduct it on the
most economical principles,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
Fires.

At half.psst 2 o'clock yesterday fire, caused
by piece OF wood falling from stove, broke
out in the kitchen attached to the two story brick
house on Claiborne street, near Poydras.
This property, which was owned and occupied
by Mr.. Ford, was totally destroyed. The house
WAS insured for $500 and the furniture for $500.
In the Hibernia Insurance Company. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000.
ANOTHER FIRE,
At half past Ia o'clock q fire was discovered in,
the roof OF Mertz stables, located on Robertson
street, between st. Louis and Toulouse. The
flames were extinguished with slight damage
and without the necessity Of an alarm.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
Airs Wen That Ends Wen.

At 1 o'clock yesterday Mrs. Antonio Magonie
while attempting to draw bucket OF water from
we'll at her domicile corner Of Erato and
Tchoupitoulas Streets fell head foremost into
the well aud would have drowned, had not some
friends discovered her and ished her out.
She was attended by physician who pro-
nounced her injuries slight.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
THE GAS QUESTION.
The New orleans Gas Company willing
to Make Another Reduction.

The New orleans Gas Company willing
to Make Another Reduction.
h1essrs. Jackson and Forstsll, respectively
president and secretary OF the New Orleans Gas
Company, on Monday morning met the City
Council committee ON street illumination for the
purpose of further consulting on the subject at
isss,e. The proposition published in the Picd-
yttne on Sunday must have been wofully incor-
rect and, at all events, 1t never was received by
che city authorities.
The company have, however made a PROPOSE
tion to the committee which the latter are not
yet prepared TO make public, until amendments
suggested by themselves shall have been scceded
I to BY the company. We have, however, obtained
from another source the exact propt siion of the
company. II Is as follows
BIDS ron PUBLIC GAS LAMPS.
1000 Street lamps with three-foot burn
ers, at s2s- 500 600 90
$50 Street lamps with two-foot burn
ers. at s22 80. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1899 90
ia Market lambs 10 burn all night
with two-foot burners, at s22 IS 4,9s5 60
"A Levee lamps, at S31 80. ............. LAC 90
$500 lamps ss7 $50 GO
CITY to furnish lamp posts ta34oD at 50 10000 90
Oil lamps to burn inside at 81 ........ 1909 90
Ladders and other paraphernalia... 5000 90
Total. .S88, 202 90
We have also learned that the committee have
proposed q reduction Of the cost for lighting the
1040 street two-foot lamps, referred to above
from s22 80 to t21 30, and the cost of all lamps
measured by metre from 50 to 81 10 per thou
sand feet, which we understand the company has
accepted, and thus amended will offer their prop
Oeition TO the City Council, and the Council we
Also understand, will agree to enter into con-
tract on the terms contained In IL.
In this connection Ii might be said that the
agent OF the 'tDe Palos Gas Saver" has submit
ted his apparatus for adoption by the CITY Coun-
oil, To be applied to the meters in our public in
atitutions.
Hince writing the above the Gas Company have
made formal proposition as related above. It
III cOnsidered that an economy Of SIS, 900 will re-
suit therefrom TO the city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
THE LICENSE ORDINANCE.

Will come up for consideration before the
Council to-day. and the probabilities are that it
will be adopted with few, il any, changes on last
years ordinance.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
STATISTICS WANTED.

Major General Upton, q. 8. A., visiting from
Fortress Monroe, asks the Mayor for statistics
relating to police and criminal matters In this
city,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
Rrnke Hail

At halfpast o'clock Monday morning Wms
Ferguson alias VIM. +. Moran and Mike RYAN,
while confined in the Third Precinct Station,
broke jail and made good their escape. They
were confined on the charge OF being drunk and
disturbing the peace
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04

Moderate In the N0rth-Rain Along the
-CautiOnary signals for
New Orleans.
Even Frigerio yielded to the softening of the
weather yesterday, reporting the temperature at
49, 55 and 50 degrees at a. M, 2 p. m. and
p. M, while on Saturday night he reports the
lowest point at q degrees above zero, which was
the lowest point Of the season.
The signal service observations, as reported BY
sslegraph, show : still further increase IN the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04

Firemen's Charitable Associa tion---John Butler,
Jr., l.. Josephson and John Steinfels; sub-dele-
gates-John J.. Sitter, FL. Neubauer and Pat
Davis; steward-MicheI Lind.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
THE MELPoMENE DRAINAGE MACHINE.

The committee appointed on the subject will. we
are informed, report to-day that the Melpomene
street drainage machine has not been conducted
in proper manner, and that the boiler explosion
which occurred there some time ago was due to
the negligence Of the contractor. The committee
will recommend that the contractor be required
to repair the boiler at his own expense and that
chine.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
PERSEVERANCE, ID.

Brown canton heavy and wide, slightly dam
aged AZ cents yard. M. l.. Byrne 4 Co.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04

Immense reductions in cloaks. M. L. Byrns
II Co.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04

!, Immense reductions in shawls. N. l. Byrne
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
THE MoFFETr REGISTER IN TOWN.

Immense reductions In tlannels. M. L. Byrn
4 90
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04

Remember, the start will be made at O'Clock
punctnally. In case of postponement pennsn
will be displayed from the Crescent Hall.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04

teBNhed IN BuDStAnCB, AB IOH0WB.
went to the grocery, and saw Mr.. Mccoy try
ing to get Patton ont. Patton said, 'God d-n
was then struck by heavy set white man wear
ing fur cap. The white man grsppIed with
him, and then Mr.. Jennie Mccoy struck him
with stick. A man with . black moustache
then had big butcher knife, and stuck Carroll
aane man then struck him over the head with
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-04
YESTERDAYS WEATHER REPOR rs.

Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14

London Daily Timesl
The steel hotilla which is now
being built for the British navy,
and which is to consist of two ships
Of extraordinary Swiftness and Blk
powerful coryettes, is being rapidly
pushed forward by the admiralty.
All Of them will be cased in wood
except at the prov, which will con-
Slst Of q single gun-metal casting /;
they will be Of the same tonnage
aud horse power, their measurement
being 1877 tons and their engines
of 1900 indicated hJrse power.
Though principally designed for
foreign service, there steel coryettes
will be quite capable of taking an
active part in any naval battle, each
of them being armed with a couple
of heavy seven-inch guns and a
dozen Slxty-four Founders. Their
powerful engines will moreover per-
NIT thom to use discretion in any
engagement, so that they may
either fight or run away, which
ever they choose; while the
compliments of men carried will
render them also OF unusual
value in coast warfare, where an
action has sometimes to be followed
up by a landing party. In this
respect the two larger ships, the
Irie and Mercury, viii surpass even
the finely built coryettes. They
are to be feet dispatch vessels, with
a Speed of not less than twenty
miles an hour; their size is ample
enough for the transport Of troops
on an emergency; and although
but lightly armed, their swiftness
would secure them immunity.
Though measuring nearly four
thousand tons, they will carry
nothing heavier than siIty.four
Founders, of which there will be
ten on board. Their engines, on
the other hand, will be OF extra
ordinary power, no less indeed than
of seven thouSand-horse power in
dicated, which is much greater
than any vessel of the same size
has yet been fitted with. Altogether
tho new steel feet will present many
striking points of novelty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14
Carlyle on Darwin.

The British papers publigb the
following extract Of a letter written
to a friend by Carlyle:
"A good sort Of man is Darwin,
and we'll meaning, hut with very
little intellect. Ar, it is sad, a ter.
rlhle thing, to zee nigh a whole
generation q men and women pro-
Tossing to be cultivated, looking
around in a purblind fashion and
finding no God in this universe. l
suppose it is u reaction from the
reign Of cant and hollow pretense,
protesting to believe what we have
got to. All things from frog spawn.
The gospel of dirt is the order of
the day. The older l grow-and /
now stand on the brink Of eternity
the more comes back to me the SEN
tence in the catechism which |
learned when child, and the fuller
and deeper its meaning becomes,
What is the chief end of man |?
To glorify God and enjoy Him for
ever No gospel Of dirt, teaching
that men havo descended from
frogs, through monkeys, can ever
set that aside"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14
- MEMPHIS TENN. WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY a. l8

in his explorations, and he has
made no attempt to cover up the
facts of his separation from bis first
wife. Eight years ago he made his
in Indianapolis, lived
there long enough to get the right
to sue for divorce, under the then
existing law Of Indiana, made his
formal complaint before the court,
filed the papers and documents in
the case, obtained the decree of d.
vorce, left indianapolis, sailed from
the United States, and entered upon
the career in Europe which has
brought him renown. His first
wife, a Russian by birth, and mar
ried to him in Russia, was evidently
alady Of strong mind and determin-
e1will. She would not come to this
country where he had taken up his
quarters, and tells him she had
sworn a solemn oath not to leave
Russia; and it was on this ground
he procured the divorce. He was
evidently determined to have u wife
who would travel with him. At
least this may be inferred; for we
know that his first wife positively
refused to do it; and we know that
his present wife, who is a Homeric
scholar, has always been along with
him during the recent years Of his
adventures in Asia Minor, Greece
and elsewhere. We must sympa-
thize with the original Mrs. Schlie-
mann in her misfortune; but yet,
considering DR.. Schliemann's re.
cent achievements, we cannot blame
him for carrying out his determina-
tion to be an explorer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14

Another chance for Donaldson story ::
The remains Of balloon was lately
fouod on the COST Of Ireland, the car Of
which contained human remains
Movable heels have been invented for
ladie, shosS, 80 that belle may a, will
proportion her hight to that OF the gen
tleman who happens to oe her beau,
The rains have been so heavy in En-
gland that curate WAS recently taken
to task by the papers for reading the
prayer for rain instead Of that for fine
weather.
The proolreader of the Indian polls
Journal has married the intelligent
young woman who held the copy while
hs read. The fate of the sex is to m srry,
no matter how much else it has 10 DO. /
There ara only about fifty Chinamen
at Beaver Falls, Pa now. These are
all engaged in the cutlery works. The
others who were th;re completed their
labor contracts, and bsve gone else where
ID search Of employment.
Clara Morris made her farewell Ap.
pearance in New York at Saturdays g
matinee, aud leaves early this week for
Santa Barbara, Cal 10 the hope OF re.
turning if her health permits, to play at
the Boston Theater, Nay Tts, .la.l.tJ
Paris isto hsv, rystem of ander.
ground railways like those cf London,
their total length being about sixteen
miles, and cost l61,OOO,OOO francs, A
double tunnel lined with brick, will be
employed, and the central station will be
twenty.one feet beneath the level OF the
Palais-Roypl gatden.
The Londsn Times learus from Paris
that the king Of Sweden, the crown
prince aid Prince John ot Glucksburg,
have been initiated into .Fresmasopry.
The ceremony was held in uewly-built
ball, in the pressncn Of sixteen hapdred
brethren, including doautaiiong from
England, Germany aid France.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14
Monday. February Ia. 1877.

heralded and marrhaled, escorted and at
tended as befts our High Estate; and Ne COM
mand the l0yal Mayor and other high diRnita-
ries Of Memphis to httingly receive our Impe-
rial person.
IIl.-After the ceremonies Of our reception,
We will repair In state TO Olympic Park, and
frsm the grounds we will dispatch our Royal
Courier at $3.50 o'clock p M, in our Monster
Balloon, who will convey to our distant sub
jectl the intelligence Of our safe arrival, and
We invite the multitude TO DO present..
It-We command that our Annual Coro-
nation Ball shall be held on MONDAY
NIGHT, under the auspices Of our fun-l. vim q
order of the ULKS.
we command that Tue'day tMARDI-
GRAS), February u, 1877, shall be devoted "a
frolic, innOcen. amusement and revelryj that
oil our loyal subjects shall appear in mask
appeTelled in the fashions Of our realm; and
st o'clock IN. we command that the orderl
Of ULKS and MOTLEY KREWE shall pasi
before us in review.
vi.-And, finally, we command that in the
shs'des of right the mystic MEMPHI shall
app, var, and in gorgeous pageantry do honor
10 IN Nir great renOWn. Aud that then 0ul
coed ptNoplo shall HE them to our sumptuou
places o. festivity, and revel till our depart
ure.
riers will take heed, and we command then
to reduce their fares ons-half during the Car
nival Celebration,
Long live the kiug!
ATTEST: hEA.
EyphOn.
Mnsnus lost
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14
II. WITHIN ORE,
Publisher and Preprieti
rHe OLD DzACON,s LAMEHr.

Yes, I've been deacon Of our church
Nish on to fifty years.
Walked in the way Of dooty, too,
And KEEP my conscience clear.
I've watched the children groain' up,
SEEN brown locks turnin' gray,
But never saw such doins yet
AS those I've seen to-day.
This church was built by godly men
10 klorify the Lord,
In seventeen hundred eighty eight;
Folks coGldn't then afford
Carpets and cushings aud sech like -
The seats wero jest plain wood,
Too narrer for the sleepy ones;
In prayer we allus stood.
And when the hymns were given out,
toll you Il wes grand
To hear cur leader start the tunes,
With tunin'- fork in hand
Then good old China" Near" and all,
Were heard on Sabbath days
And men aud women. boys and girls,
Jined Ia the song Of praise.
But that old pulpit was my pride
Jest eight feet from the ground
They'd reared 1t up -on either side
A narrer stairs went down;
The front sns esnds were ftly carved
With Scripter stories all
Findin OF Moses, acob's dream,
And sinful Adam 8 fall.
Jest room insidet to put cheer,
The Bible on the ledge
Il, own dtd get nervous WHOM
he showed it 10 the edge).
There, week by week the parson Stood,
The Scripter to expound;
There, man and boy, I've sot below,
And not fault was found.
OF course I've seen great changes made,
And fought sgenst EN-, too;
But first choir was interdooced,
Then cushiDgs to each pew;
Next, boughten carpet for the floor;
And then. that very year,
We got our new melodeon,
And the big shandyleer. q
Well, well 1 tried to keep things straight
went to every meetin',
And voted Ne" to all they said,
But found my inhu' nee heetin'.
AT last the worst misfortin fell-
l must blame Deacon Brown;
lie helped the young f0lss when they said
The pulpit should come down.
They laughed at all those piouS scenes
l found so eaifyin': FNu
Said, When the parson rose 10 preach,
He looked q raest like flyin;"
Said that ''Elijah's chariot
jest half way up had tarried;"
And Deacon Brown sOt by and laughed
And so the pint was carried. ---,
This was last week The carpenters
Have nearly made an end
Excoose my fselin's, Seems to me
AS Of I'd lost a friend.
1t made Their necks ache, l0okin' up"
Was what the folks did say
More lookin' up would help Us all
In th degin'rate day.
The church won't never seem the same
I'm half afeard) to NE,
Under The preachin OF the truth giNN
I've been 50 used to be. f,..e..g
And now-t0 see our parson stand
Like any common man. an nnrUn
With jest railin' round his dssk-
l don't believe canl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14
Giants or.he Past.

emy Of Sciences, at Rouen, NJ. lie
Cat gives the following account of
giants that are said to have existed
In different ages: '@
Profane historians have given
seven feet of hight to Hercules,
their first hero, and in our day We
have seen meneight feet high. The
giant who was shown in Rouen in
1884 measured eight feet six inches.
The Emperor MaximiH was of that
size. Shenkins and Plaierus, ply
sicians of the last century, saw sew
eral of that stature, and Gorepius
saw a girl who was ten feet high.
They body of 0restes, accord
ing to the Greeks, was eleven
feet and o half; the giant Gal
cara, brought from Arabia to
Rome, under Claudius Caesar, was
near ten feet high; and the bones
Of Secondilla and Pnsio, keepers Of
the gardens of Sanuat, we're but six
inches shorter. Funnam, a Scotch
man, who lived in the time Of
Eugene II, King of Scotland,
measured eleven feet and half;
and Jacob Lie Marie, in his voyage
to the straits Of Magellan, reports
that on the 18th Of December, 1868,
they found at Port Desire several
graves covered with stone, and, hav-
ing the curiosity to remove the
stones, they discovered human skel-
etcns ten and eleven feet long. The
Ohevalier Scory, in his voyage to
the Peak of Tenerific, says they
found in one of the sepulchrAl cav
erns in that mountain the head
of gaunche, which had eighty
teeth, and that the body
was not less than fifteen
feet long. The giant Ferragus,
slain by Orlando, nephew ot
Oharlemagne, was eighteen feet
high. Roland, a celebrated anato-
mist, who wrote in 1914, says some
years before there was to be seen
in the suburbs of st. Germain the
tomb Of the great giant, Iso.et, who
was twenty feet high. In Rouen,
in 1900, in digging in the bitches
near the Dominicans, they found a
tombstone containing a skeleton
whose skull held a buShel of corn,
and whose shinbone reached up tC
the girdle of the tallest man there
/! being about four feet long. and
consequently the body must have
been seventeen or eighteen feet
high. Upon the tomb was plate
Of copper, whereon was engraved
"In this tomb lies the noble
and pnissant lord, the Cheva.
lier Ricon de Vallemont and hi,
bones" Platerus, a famous physi.
clan, declares that he saw at Lu.
cerne the body Of man which
must have been at least nineteen
feet high. Valance, Of Dauphiny,
boasts of possessing the bones Of
the giant Bucart, tyrant of the
ViVarias, who was slain with an
arrow by the Count de Cablllou,
his vassal. The Dominicans had a
part Of the shinbone, with the
articulation Of the knee, and his
figure painted in .fresco, with an
inscription showing that this giant
was twenty-five and a half feet
high, and that his bones were
found in 1705, near the banks OF
the Morderi, a little river near the
foot Of the Mountain of Orusal,
upon which, tradition says, the
giant dwelt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14
Big Tidal Wave.
Halifax Citizen | frs.af

AAAAAeA NAheNA I
~ private letter received from Bay
of Islands, Newfoundland, states
that about the end of December an
immense tidal wave swept up the
bay, carrying everything before it !;
it was feared there had been some
wrecks, though none had been
heard Of up to date. The lower
flats Of nearly all the houses at the
head Of the bay were submerged.
and in one case a fisherman had ID
row into his house with a boat and
rescue his wife and family from the
top Of table. Herring had at lsst
struck in in considerable quantii-
ties. The bay was frozen, but moi
strong enough to walk on,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14

MEupH1s. TENx., November Is, 1915.
MEMPHIS 3 little ROCK R.R.
ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIMEOARni


Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily-...":~.5 90 pm. lilo pm.
Accommodation train,
(,unday exceptedl ..,...s 90 am. 7.l5p m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains ut the depot of the Louisville. Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
points on the / title Rock and, Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas
Pullman ralacs Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
Per tickets and information spply at Ticket
offices 27 and 2S7 Ma'n street and ut depot
fo)t Of WASHINGTON street, or at louisville,
Nashville ami Or, at Seu,hern railroad depot.
or to the undersigned
X. A. WILLIAMS. Pass A9t, Memphis.
NJ 4, JAY. u, P. 2. d I. Ag't, Little Rock.
lI W E. SMITH. Sup't, Memphis Tenn.
123t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14

Dr. schttenlanta's ihdianA SfvOioe'
New York SUM-
In the records Of his divorce,
procured in thiscountry some years
ago, We have a novel chapter Of the
history Of DR.. Henry Schliemann,
who has become famous the world
over through his discovery Of the
assumed site of ancient Troy and
its most interesting remains, and
hismore recent discovery, still in
progress. Of the lohglost and deeply
buried Greek city Of Mycene, with
its golden treasures, works Of art
and anatomical relics Of the prini.
tive heroes and demi-gods. DR..
Schliemann has himself celebrated
the praises Of his presentwife, who
accompanies him and assists him
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14
PROCLAIM

I.-Tbat upon our Annual Carnival visit.
all political strife shall cease. and gentle har-
mony prevail AMONG our subjects,
II.-Ihat We will enter and take possession
of our good city Of Memphis, at high noon on