The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-30
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The marriage Of the Earl of Rose
berry to Miss Hannah de Roth>rhlid.
her vca, OF mourning fo, her mother
being ended, will take place u" the
10Th instant.
1t i. claimed the white population
of South Carolina has increased 3D.
COO during the past year.
\ Hill now before the senate of
Obi" prolibites betting ON elections
under penalty of from - t" S5'N|
fine. or imprisonment from ten days
to six months.
An Alabama Judge has decided that
any one Who sets Il >r'ing gun does
so at his own peril. and is to be held
responsible for any hamae" dome.
even to trrSspasscr~
Mrs. Lydia NJ. Mo"Scvrlt. who
enjoyed the distinction Of being the
first woman who ever descended the
Ohio river in steamboat, died at
Skaneate|cs y. \ y few days ago
Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines has won
her claim against the city Of Ba|'i-
more for certain property in New
Orleans, which the city claimed as
belonging to it under the will of
John McDonogh. The trustees Of
; the McDonoeh fund will comprom;"
with Mrs. Gaines.
A press despatch from Hartford
saws that the representations that
! Marshall Jewell had been dangerous.
! Is i'll are incorrect While he has
suffered severely he has not been con-
sidcred in danger by his pysician and
family. Mr.. Jewell is now recover
inc and will mohahly hc ont again
before many days.
Though Senator Mnlton'> body
was embalmed. when the grave was
opened the other dav the features
were found to have fallen in so badly
rs to give poor idea of the great
Republican leader in his prime.
An Austrian form is a silver coin
worth about fifty cents. Sixty mil
lions of forms. asked for by the
Austrian government for the purpose
Of uniting the nation "n a war foot
ing. are equal to ahont thirty mil
lions of dollars Of our money. The
English war vote Of six million pounds
sterling amounts also to thirty mil
Inns of dollars.
Rev. David RoSrnhug, Il Jewish
rabbi of Columbus. Ohio. has issued
call for Il national convention of all
Jews who are now willing to accept
Christ as the promised Messiah. The
object is t" appoint set time to con.
TESS the sin of the nation in rejecting
the Saviour and to implore the pow.
crs of the world to restore to them
Palestine.
A Washington dispatch of the l22t|
says the senate railroad committee or
that day heard an argument III favo,
of a railroad from Galveston to F.
Paso. 600 miles, to connect with
Hnntingdon'S road. This scheme
asks for S5,000,00O. 1t is proposed
with this to antasoni7e the Texas
Pacific enterprise.
Sherman, Texas. had $o5, OO(
five Tuesday morning. and has now
about decided to have water works
The city is expected to take fifty ny
dranta for fire purposes at a cost q
540N0 per annnm. Water works are
sore]y needed in Shreveport and VI
hope to have them at no distant day
They would prove a great saving t
both the city and citizens.
\ curious instance of the decline
T and death of a whole industry il
brought to mind by the statistics o
| imports and exports during the pas
year. Hoop-skirts, the manufacture
Of which once kept numerous )arc'
factories constantly employed, hat
. already fallen so far, out of fashio,
in 1876 that only $40 worth were ex
ported. and in 1877 this small SIM
, had diminished to nothing. ~'
, Folks private secretary, sold Co'one
HopkinS,' is. according to Denver pa
per, strect-beggar at Santa Fe, N. NJ
> though still displaying good breeding
r and excellent old school manners. Poll
D made him his private secretary, wanting
f a man whom he could trust and "Yonn
= Hickory" the Old man says. was "a har
: worker, good presiding officer, a grea
debater, conscientious man and schO
ar" Never did President work so hard
often during the Mexican war he ha
not two hours sleep in the twenty ou1
: The steamboat Shannon, from tn
y Ouachita River with 900 bales of cotton
lying in front of New Orleans collide
> with the United States monitor Can0n
D cus and sank in few minutes. Captain
J.. Dehart, Of the Shannon, thinks no live
. were lost. The Canonicns is at ancho
r in the river at the foot OF Canal stree
q This is the second steamboat that ha
, been sunk by collision with the Canoni
Gus. 1t is claimed on the part of tn
steamboat that the light displayed b
the monitor is insufficient. The Sha,
T. non will be a total loss. A portion {
the cargo may be saved in badly dan
3 aged condition. The boat and carg
= were valued at 100000.