The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-30
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

A brother Of George d. Prentice Is In the
Navy Department
The Khedive and family, including his Sec
retaries, receive now only ST. ,500,0 600 year.
Mrs. M. Todd, niece-in-law Of President
Lincoln, has asked from Mr.. Hayes the ap-
pointment as postmistress Of Cynthiana, KY.
The Duke Of Edinburg officially denies an
interview with =, himself , published In the New
York World. The Times says the Duke can't
lie and the World can't 1e-and there the
case stands at present.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson has taken rooms
In Washington. She says that she Is deter
mined to work zeaiOusly that laws may be
enacted looking to prevention, 80 far as pos
sible of q recurrence OF the yellow fever.
ed by eight bridesmaids when she marries the
Duke OF Connaught-the daughters OF two
English dukes OF two Irish marQuises and OF
four earls. two Scotch and two English.
Ex-Attorney General Williams has sued
VIM. Mckee, editor Of the st. Louis Globe
due, with interest, of his bill for defending
the editor during the whisky ring prosecu-
tions.
Miss Bender, OF Cincinnati, recently re-
ceived as wedding present from her father
600 hogs-packed in brine. 1t is not
therefore, without some show OF reason that
Mr.. Bender passes as the "Swine King" in the
West.
The Italian naval estimates for 1879 amount
to SO, 800, 900, ,being 100000 less than those
voted for the present year. The decrease is
mainly due to the abolition Of corps of ma
rine infantry, which comprised 2O5 officers and
27O0 soldiers.
One man got his money out of the .'busted'
Cincinnati bank. Says the Covington Com
mOnUeaHh: John Schroll, circuit clerk OF
Campbell county, deposited $1,000 in Adaes
bank some time ago. Yesterday he went to
the bank and demanded his money, at the
same time presenting pistol at the cashier 6
head. He got the money.
Although protesting to be q Moslem, Shere
Ali Is by no means averse to an occasional
drop of brandy, and when entertained by Sir
d. Forsyth recalled the speech of the farmer
to the powdered footman at my lords rent
dinner.'I say, young man, I'd like some
more OF that (dry Curacao In a moOg"-by ad-
mitting that he thought sherry brandy was
best served in tumblers.
The public schools OF the United States re-
quire so OF from each inhabtant for their sup
port, and military purposes 81 80. In other
countries these two items OF expenditure are
as follows: Prussia 81 cents and So 20; Aus
tria, "a cents and 81 80; France. 20 cents and
S4 SO; Italy, 10 cents and 81 81; England and
Wales, 66 cents and Sc Sc; Switzerland, 88
cents and ST..
On the second of December the immense
corridor In the palace OF justice, Paris,
hHOWu do blL0 odiOu VI tilc lOcb JOOLSttDS,
was pronounced fully restored It now dis
plays all the beauties Of the Doric architec-
ture and decoration originally conceived by
Jacques Desbrosses In consequence Of the
extreme length, breadth and height OF the
salon the footsteps Of person at one end
cannot be heard at the other. Hence the
name.
New York city has 375 churches, divided as
follows among the several denominations
Protestant Episcopal IS; Roman Catholic, "a
Methodist Episcopal, So; Presbyterian, Al
Baptist, 81; Hebrew, Is; Lutheran, 81 Dutch
Reformed, 20; African Methodist Episcopal,
9; United Presbyterian, Z; Congregational, 6;
Reformed Presbyterian, 5; Universalist, s;
Unitarian, 4; Friends, 8; miscellaneous, q.
Among the last, one True Dutch Reformed,
one Swedenborgfan and one Greek Catholic.
There is French woman In Kankakee, ILL.,,
109 years Of age. She was born in the same
year as Napoleon !, In 1869, and has known
personally Gen. D'Augereau, Marshal Ney,
Rcbespierre and Cambronne, and several other
famous men. She remembers Louis XVI,
and saw his execution and that Of Marie An
toinette; she knew Robespierre; she has seen
Napoleon !, Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis
Philippe and Napoleon Ill. She saw Ben
Franklin while he was In Paris.