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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1878-10-02
T,dni pfehIsd obchodni.
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GIN vice bllii 20 rok tsnso ks
konsi, lin lfejmsji jsst posorova.
u, 10 obcbod primysl nslssA ~
' lepiim pos,aveni, nei kdykoliv
dive cd roku 1873. zprAvy cd
velkoobchodniko . prsmysIniks
jsou aspokoJivt = nadsjnS, 10
pfestali jsme jii nejhorH dobu
krIse to budoucnost jest jssnsj,
u. Obilni trh byl dosh sily bs.
hem .ohoto tsdne, viak pffvos
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saji prodeicm, eeksjics M lsph
ccny, vsak sascby ' tomto 1 n.
nych trsich jsou dosud hoinSjM
nea iina leta, vsdor ho)nSmu ".
voEu. vieobecns Jest lepA ID.
vera ' pevneiii ceny n obilf '
budoucnosti av naktsrsch pG-
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ptavco u sloji vyso. Cis. q pro.
dava 80 ~ SS@8Si, Els. .. - 76a
odpadek 20 6t@60i.
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IA a6s@86i, odpadek - 8Si a
83i.
Oyes byl v poptAvoe prostfsd.
nj, phi cenAch pcvsseh. Cfa 2.
IA l9i@l9i.
Zito phi mirntm prodeji udrau.
e &c ma stejnS cenS, 46i ~ 6is. 2.
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hlsvnS extra eis. 8. q al stoupnu.
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ten stupeh lest sasnamenati stou.
pnutf nejvyssi. Prod&vA se kon.
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extra tis. 3 20 6s@7l, 6is. g. -
SO.
KoirAtova tftina pfivAH 10
hoIns do trhu = ceny klesaji.
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A, hurl l@4i a cervenk "a 2@3}.
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smsnsne, ale y pfistfm mssfd
ocekAya 80 leph pFivos oeny
slabsi.
VeJce stouply pAtrns v cenS.
ProdAvaji 90 terstvs IA l6a@l7a
tucct.
Kdie jsou ceny pevnS . prodej
obstojnS. Syrovt, solenS, Sc. lib.
- lehkea u - tsiks, telecf loo.
Drabet jest ' mirne pop,avcs,
viak ceny pcvnt. Slepice Q 600
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brk obysejaA %, ypa.uA prostFsd-
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sttednt log, prostFsdnf psknk II.
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spatoA prosttsdni %, dobrA oby.
ssjnk oi.-v New Orleans spat-
nj prostFsdni loa, prossFsdni los,
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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1878-10-02

4 fsut iak lsassI demsknilekt
Ffbar' Ffote "a Wy 10 tyIo '
,hims lids, sslma poseIfj5hI
ubtshaf NisaIlv i'faio len, q
pff j. ehfeiah0 jsdeAtim ssssf
ssfs vitssstyt rfsnY aemoknu
"a rtkhi 20 ylasisas. pasbi
" orfssel. k,eGi ssstkssn hs,la
html lsk alsuho. dgksd 10 s@s
ne ne'kediIo, yIss sdyi hynl
yidi, ie NY 10 "st,sss" skodic,
lspfss 81 thApos vismoiejth
ptes,isdks.
I v "slossaa Amerlskam"
siems ,sto ssjimsvog spsAva q
Rseinsf
potes sssaeos pro mlsni a,sdy
lohoto podsims 10 ssobyssjas
vsIst. zssI acjIso,y. A,srf W.
len 10 sApas sssnAmoa aloa
sirshJ seiekAkAte ,,ai po,st o.
kaseo tim satll q yssIsdsh ssjIs,.
". Nclss pfsjpovsdit kdo ~
bade nayfien = kdo nebads. AIe
pro 6tsd s,Atniho senator's s1A
-, dosli dobfe 80 vyrosamivA, 10
dsmokfau . seIekAkAti spot 90
ma rsvfieni p. KsrIa Jonaie,
jssi mioule sss,opoval mt-lo '
sAkonodAr-,vo, a pshI bade no
yrien, obdrii Enasot poset hla.a
tas bodc rsjisle o.Askou, jak 10
-ptateli 40 selenAkAFi v sasads
pcnsini, an, pakli 80 nemylime,
blAsiI 80 poslodnicb leteeh h
strans, kteroa sval "s,ranou po.
osivSch penes,' zAsady s.rany
10 jsou ronhodnnu protivou s,ra
ny EclehakkFske. Lee na svsta
10 nyni vso moans, vidyt baata
repnblikAnske strany, Maine, by.
Ia E.esens.) Ma republ,kAnskS
strand byl JIM ,novan nynsjsi 50.
nator Thos. A. Bones, StspAn
Ball, . firmy IL. Case 4 Go. '
Racine N. Field. Republican.
sky list, Racine Aduocdte, u ne
hoa Jonasova Siavie 10 uatsna,
ostfe odporuje navricnf Bonesa,
iena 10 re III jmenovsnycn ncjsil.
neJsi. Bude.li p. X. Jonis pro
dfad ten navrien, obdrzi Eajist6
podporu vssch hlasd aesk ych bex
rosdilu strany politicke, ale xda
SO nam, 10 by bylo tadoucno,
kdyby kraianim SWIM objasnil
svoje stanovisko nynejsi ohledne
otaxky peneznf (ofjmeli Ii totia
soucinnost xelehakAFd pti navr.
zonO aby 9 jasnejA roxvahou mo.
hli pro mel doinkovat q VOLT.
Minute pcrovnali jsmo kon~
vence obou stran v Massach It's,
poukasujfcc k tomu, jaks rozdil
jest d6vsrnfcich obou stran. V
konyencl republikAnskc jednAnf
ddstojne, konvenc demokrati.
ckS hancbnf rcj. Dnes vyjimAme
30 "Svornosti" xprAvy o jin5ch
dvou konvencich demokratis
ok kfeh. O konvenci v druh6m
chIcagskem distriktu pise "Svor.
nost:"
D,mokrate druheho kongresni.
ho okrsku odbSvali vcera kon.
venci svou Y niWahlove ma rohu
ulic Adams q Halstod. spoiled.
most edo shromasdsna byla velmi
pochy ybneho druhu, l6sa q vyvr.
bel politicks nejLorsiho druhu.
s mnohtch strsn, svlasts vsak cd
Camerona prohlasena konvence
ca podvodnou, jelikoi nebyla
svolana dlo stavsjicich prayi-
del. "Neptijal bych navraeni cd
konvence toto ! kdyby mi bylo
podkno M sttibrn6m talifi y
svolal Cameron . pokraeovsl /:
"ZAdny mui nem6ie ptijmoutI
navrieni cd podvcdne konvencc
teto . s6stah sArcveh muzem
pocestnsm!" A tax to slo dale,
hulakAni, fev, rvanice, vyhaso-
Want = podobnS. Koneeos nAvr
Ion Miles Kehos "a kongresnfka
. navrieni to pfiisto . pochvas
lou.
Po rospus,sni konvencc nechaI
80 slyseli htmotnS hlas: "vy
vsichni js,e taskkhl Do pekla 8
yAmil padoachs Ailes Kehoe
jste na'rhli, pfaj, hanba VAN |
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1878-10-02

'ei ~ pAfslhs AdeIphi. plallelm
fnesi setwalk . Nsw Tms W
bsehsm ke,Is slt,ses byIs lA.t
psIssy . 70 aseh byle NJ mi.,s
ssbiio . vice ss 10 pouasao
Piiiisoa vjtoehu tyl ebs,sey
s,sv soils . vIns p'i'iik % M.
spes efovi, sssrt ntkeis sni
pied lin so,sl psobllisi . ssssl
a. bsfpetat.
u Csrnteh vrehs - osnsms.
10, is dos.syaIs lsdosei Do Chsy,
enns, k,srji zeal - 1900 sis's
mimo jIeteh esnteb ssei, ptspa
den byi cd lopI,t . gAos das 10
sAii . clospsn. I.pplts byi pa,
= svedli ,rht sAps. . oes,oys,sil.
p'i iemi diva s,rsiel byl nosni =
jsdsa eestnystel ssbiL Dvs q
lapits uirpaIi TAXA pofsnsni
4 DIe sprky do wssbIngtona
doal5ch, ice, pocbyboo 10 ' sou.
ssdni nall repablIoe, Msrika, bo.
dc dloubo mir, ., .omu jon nsso.
lih mssiea tcprvt 90 poslcdoi po.
vstalcost bnuu udaseno bylo.
lilsvni obtiie nyni pisoti, 10
vlAda Diarova jest shrA,ka ma
pcnssIcb, ncmtic yyplAco, vojsko 0
a nemtic 80 tedy na toto 'polch
nouti, col poskytuje rogolucionA
f0m pfibodnou pfileii,os,.
ii A opat, bebcm tfioe.i dnt
iii po ucti, ornamuje telegraf o
lyntovhni provinilce Murfrecs.
boro, Tenn. Tentokrato obesen
Jim Russell, kterf byl 20 vysc.
tfovaci vasbe pro pokus nAsili.
Zakuklcnci pfinulili v noel na 26.
IN. m. straincho, ably Jim j,j yydal
a povesili jci ma strome, na nemz
so jiz tasteji provinilci houpali.
J-ou TO Y skutku polI,oyanfhod>
no pomery na jihu q smeFuii k
tomu, usesti xskon ! dfady dplns
v nevdinost.
Porovnanf letosnfho fadeni
aIuts ximnicc Y New Orleans 9
fadenim ' lctech 1917 a 1867, Wy.
kaEuJo TO nenf letos tax krute
jako onach letech. v roku
1867 xemfclo tam Hutton ximnici
8l07 osob, roku 1877, a.seo. Ls-
tos do polovicc min. tydne 2b72.
Nejh6te fadila tam zlutA ximnice
roku 1858. kterS rok xemfelo
1919 osob.
I ZIutA Eimnico ulevujo hlav.
mich mestech, kdc dosud krute
fAdila, "a to vsak & mensich okol.
mich NEST so oxnamuje, 10 ncchco
ulSviti. V Memphis, New Orle,
ans a Grenade pfestAlo SO ia neJ
horsi nastale chladn5jsf potasf
opravhuje k nadeji, 70 SO ncmoc
nevrau. ve vicksbargu bylo tsz
jii lepc, uprchlici pocali SO zpst
domu hrnouu, vsak mnosi . mich
byli postiacni. Podporujfci W.
bcry ohlasuji, 10 pro Ia dobu ne~
tfcba zasi.au dalsioh pfispsvki,
Jelikoa mali proxatim dostatek
Eisob pohotove
I opst novs pffpad, kters do.
kaEujc, prod jihane by TAX rAdl
dostali archivy rebolsk6 do sysch
rukou. Minuly demokra,icky !
kongres povolil s28,3 nAhrady
20 parnik fitni b. II. Cheney,
k,ert prS Enieen byl cd vojskA.
Vsak ' arohIvech jiinieh bylo
naleEeno, 10 ton samS psrnik byl
rabaven cd vlady jiini 10 ia sa.
ma vlada "a nej ssplatila sls 500
a pax 10 byl cd rebcld samtch
rnicen, sby vojsku sovernimu do
rukou ncpadnul. Pani poslanci
jiini, ktcfi 50 o podvodne povo.
leni vSsc smineni sAstky pficinlli,
must odtAhnouh so suchou hubou
. prAsdnou kapsou. Reformy 10
fapotfebi.
Il Pfedstayony vladniho odbo
ru rolnickeho, kterii odbor mi
moohodem feseno Ieat spise brae
kou mel Elm jain skoro rby,
teeu5, dostal 70 DO ncmil6 kon>
uoversy. pfi nedkvne oes,s
presider,a uA rapad provaael jej
tsf ptsdstssent ten, gen. Le D 40
a vyslovil 80 Chicago no ptilis
kstfn2 q rF,stxhoyal.tvp. pravll
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1878-10-02

rshi . IL Dee a. umlgusA, H. pss
N lss ale esmyslil
4 pimosnlh ' ls~s nkslsdo
ssii fiislsaa 5amekfsls @l,assist
. stoIlil - A. stfahsa sslsksskoa.
fissls sss,sssns leat sbos =
isa nAsisdovef AssfeiAs state
y n rssnswsr,h, ssI. Aadltof
Jpsspb n sysess, dem rosIsd
eik sskthi N Il Dtsia, sel ,
HegiarAtof siaielto posemkovs.
ho Aisda, " Harrington, AL. I,
cisa nsivysitho sosda J q
knspp, dsm stAsni sAvisdni
John Gibbons, dem. kisfk bej
vysaibo sosdu, A. isssyon. tsl /,
zprsyodal nsIv soada, J u. W.
lott, dem, Jsk vidsu, roAdsiill
90 po trs,rssa, ,,yli demokrsu q
t,yII rslesiei.
I Tlapa cbeysebe IpdIsss,
k,eti nedavno spfehlI re-efsaos
Fort ilsao v IadiAnskt tefriloril,
dosfisna bJls yolskem pasek
as 80 mil llins cd stsnicc NOM
mont no Kansas Paciha drAso.
Nastala potjika ' klerti Iadiaot
byli poraicni, ysak uprohIi kryti
j.ouoe bas.aloa noel. ztrkla In
dik' 0 Jest ncsnkma, Ielikoi mrtyt
| / ranane wall sabou. ztrata
gojska Jcsi piukoynik LOWS an
bity diva voiinos6 ransnI. So
dmnAot koni 90 kusi dobyika
pablo vojIpdm do rukou. Iodihne
prchaj X scveru a pfckrotili
ncdsli rhno drAhu Kansas Pacific
bIifc Carlyle. Jestli budou po.
kratovati v dtsku SVEN dcsavhd-
MIN smerem, budou 50 ubirati
nekudy blfEkosti ccske osady v
Rawlins 90. Kans.
Washingtonu se oxnamuic,
10 sestopujo 10 tam spolesnost
pod nkEvem nThe Enlisted Labor
Association Navrhoje SO, ma
lshati na kongres, aby pfijmul
saxon, dle nshoz by najmuta by
IL m 8 rokn armada 100 600 do.
brovolnfkn X d seidm yojs"sk YIN
a rolnickym ma reservaoich. Pfi
kazd6 setnin6 aby bylo IL fcme.
slnikn q jeden pluk kazdeho
oddeleni aby sestaval = mefit6.
Jakmilo by bylo naimuto 10000
csass, byii by poslani ma reserva.
O., kdez by vymsfili mssto q "a.
loaili trvalou osadu, vEdslavali
pada petovali o vSvin bohat,
stvi minerAlniho. Kaade oddsle
nj tylo by xasobono someny, do.
bytkcm a nAfadim polnim. Do
brovolnici doatkvali by plat jako
yojaci po vysiouzeni meli by
pravo Eaujmouti ma homestead
100 akr6 neb ieden lot v meste.
7 Vsem nasem ctenafdm jost
Enamo, 10 cistS ref)rmista, pan
Sam. Tilcen aalovan jest cd Spoj.
Statd o nAhradu dane pfijmd, o
kterou narod otaskaFil, udavaje
pod pifsahou falcsne pfijmy svc
mnohcm niac, ncz skutecns byly.
0 mnoholi skutcens narod svymi
falesnsmi pfisahami osalil, heni
ncbude zn6mo. Castka ktcra SO
vssk cd nsho poiaduIe pfijm6
o kterych 40 VI se mel neuda',
obnAsi skoro 10000. MinulS
tSden odb5val 10 Y Marquette,
Mica. vsslech Y 10 pfielne. Mslo
Sc vysctfit, mnoboli pfiimd mel
p. Tilden dold New York Iron
Mine, zs ddkaE byly tei uvede
ny Gsty knsb spoleenosti kni.
by dfedne cd spoleenos,i vymo.
feny a do soudni sine pfineseny.
vssk Ia so sbehlo neco neoeek&.
vaneho. AdvokAt TiIdentv po.
loiil knihy - sebe bliEko dveff,
diva hide nAhle vstoupili do soud
ni Sine. smoonili 50 knih, vsedli
do koeru venku No ne tsksjicfho
a knfhy odvesIi. TAX vida; pan
reformists Tilden must brAti dto.
tists X loupcii, ably ukryl ddka.
sy svsho kfivopfiseiuictvi pod.
vadsnf nkroda.
Z Gaverncr state Indisns,
Williams, (Blue Jeans . Y pfekls
da "Syornos,i" Modrk Serka sva.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-20
IBERVILLE NOTES.
Tae Failure Of the MaiIs-Crpps, business.


Especial Correspondence Of the Democrat
PhAqHEMINE December IL, 1878
Just now we are In u complaining mood.
and have good reason
For some time we have had our mails up
and down our great river. SO irroguariy that
we do not even know when tn look for them.
which Is bad enough Since last Friday, how
eyer, We have had no paper neil Mt al, and
don't know when wa will get ono Yet. great
"U s. mall packets pass our town. yea, land
here, nearly every day.
IT you can tell us, Mr. Editor who js TO
blame we will try to have him know and feel
his neglect, and. IN doing 50, will 90 directly
H. headGuarters for II seems useless to make
complaint to the officials in your city
Business is very duh for tho season of the
year. and Is not helped any by the condition
Of matters above mentioned
Most Of our planters have finished making
sugar. The season has been tlno ana the RI
silt both ~ to the quality and quantity Of
sugar made Is fair. but tho prices discotlr-
aging. good deal of sugar is going from
this section To tho West, and more will fol
lew
We have had quito cold weather for several
days, tho thermometer being down among
the twentioa.
Yours, truly. PELICAN.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-20

Prince DoukokoT KorsakoG, tho Russian
governor general of bulgaria, when proceed
ing To bivadia in obedience To the SUNNI ons
Of tho Gar, took with him the draft of the
constitution for Bulgaria, which had been
drawn w by . nHnber Of Bulgarian notables
Tho constitution provides that there shall he
u national bulgarian Assembly. composed of
400 mombers The clergy would enjoy tho
franchise and be eligible for election. buf
would only be allowed to vote in assembly on
nou-poitical questions. OF these 400 deputies
100 would be nominated by the government
There would be but one Assembly, To which
the Ministers would be responsiblc The
Prince Of bulgaria would not have tho right
oil declaring war. but would enjoy the prero-
gativo Of mercy. Tho courts of justice would
he independents. and the press free
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-20
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
NEW ORLEANS, DECEMBER 1W. 1878
BAYARD TAYLOR.

Taynrd TAYLOR the well known American
author. died yesterday at Berlin, ut which
place he resided as United States Minister to
Germany Mr. UayIor was native Of
Chester county. Pennsylvania. At an early
ago he became ~ apprentice In q printing
Office in his native town, occasionally con
fributing sketches and verse To local papers
When but eighteen years Of age he wrote
book Of poems under the name Of Nimena
which furnished him With sufficient funds "
taken trip ~ Europe IL which hn had always
fondly looked forward. This trip, al
most all 81 which was performed on foot
aud which he has described in a volume emit
tied "Vicws Afeot, was most adventurous
WI agreeable Taylor was nearly two years
NJ Europe, supporting himself III tho mean
time ~ letters to the New York 7,jbune and
other papers, and acquiring knowledge of
several foreign languages. This trip seemed
tn have filed him with an eager desire for
travel, which he was fortunately able ~.
crafty. During the next few years no visited
California II was during the pioneer days of
that State Mexico. the East, traversing Asia
Minor. Syria and Europe, India. China, Japan,
Rfrioa, Loo Chno, Lap|and, Sweden. Iceland 4
Indeed. every portion ~ the globe.
Almost an Of these trips have been described
by him, most graphically and picturesguely
iu the dozen or more books of travel no has
written. II Is doubtful whether there was n
greater traveller or n better lnguist than he
in this country. III had visited almost
MI the known countries Of the globe.
and spoke almost all languages
llnenty. When. n few years since,
tho people ~ Iceland celebrated tho mllonnial
anniversary Of the discovery of that island
Hayard IN ylor was one ~ those invited 10 act
as orator, because he WINS one nf tho few per
SONS out ~ the island who spoke tho Icelandc
language. BESIDES his own numerous books
on travel 4"El Dorado" Journey TO Central
Africa. Land Of tho Saracen. Visit 10 in
den" Northern Travel" "An Excurslon to
Crete" etc. Bayard Taylor was called on to
edit nj least dozen other series OF travels, n
encyclopaedia Of travel, and various works
If this character His other works were
mostly poetic Among them arc tho Poems |
Of Tho orient. Poems " IlA&ne," "A Poets
journal" "lhe American Tocnd." etc
Mr. Taylor was SOLICITED only a faw months |
ago by Hayes rs the American Minister to
Germany The appointment was universally
Tt@hEnlE'fl ~ tllH H''SA ~ fAt'NeHI' MI
Taylor was proficient In German. had fallen
into tho ways Of that country admired It's
IDEAS and habits and was particularly popular
there lie had been serving less than year
M minister when death carried him of nj tho
ago IF fty-eight His works arc MI agreea
bly, and pleasantly written. and alwaya enter
tanning. They are moro readable than in
stirctivo because their author sought 10
please rather than 10 weary his readers with
dry facts and statistics. Personally Mr.
Taylor was n genial aud pleasant gentleman.
q cuemopolite who made himself comfortable
and pleasant wherever he happened to he.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-20

military convention Is 10 he held i'm New
York early next month, composed Of repre-
aentativcs Of the militia organizations Of the
various States, fnr the purpose Of dcvsing
anmc uniform militia system Quite u mum
Der III the States. it is understood will send
representatives, aud the convention IS likely to
he very large one 1t Is understood that its
main object IS 10 momoraize Congress for an
appropriation of St.U0o,OO0 annually "a hc ex-
pended in arms, ammunition. etc, 10 be III
yidca among the States whose militia is or
ganized under the direction of a mixed board
nf army and militia officers appointed hy the
president.
While thorc II Il strong popular desire To
organiz" cur militia property So Ms TO do away
with eur present expensive army tho idea
RuRgosted by the orEiuators of this New
York convention will never do, and will GER
tainy not meet with support or approval in
the South. A militia organized by tho Prcsi-
dent, and under the control of officers appoint
ed by him, is not the kind of a militia wanted
by the South. The States that support this
militia scheme are aurrcndering their indie
pendcncr and sovereign dignity.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-20

Hh very aeasonahl" petition is being crcu
lated In the North and has already received
Some forty Thousand signatures. calling on
the government tO protect The people Of this
country In some way from poisonous sugar
| Most ~ the sugar now IN nsa In this country.
this petition recitns. Is adulteraied with corn
glucose. This glucose is made from corn
starch hy boiling tho starch with suIphulic
acid and then mixing II with lime. The re-
suit Is TINT the glucose. and consequently the
sugar contains more on less snlphuric arld
inil "f ytrioh, lime. copperas, sucrate Of lime,
etr The following facts concerning these
authorizations arc submitted with the petition.
Seventeen specimens Of syrup and sugar
wrro recently examined by u. g. Kedzie. Pro
fnasor ~ Chemistry in the Michigan Univer-
sity. Fifteen Of these were proved to ba
made OF glucose one contained al grains Of
sulphure acid and 7N grains of lime TO the
gallon. another, which had caused serious
Illness IN q family, contained ~ grains IF sui
phurc acid, ~ grains Of sulphate Of iron
and 3G3 grains Of lime 10 the gallon.
in view Of these facts the petition requests
Congress 10 do something for the protection
ofthe health and lives Of our people II NAV
b. doubted whether this power belongs to the
Federal government. Several States have
mpst stringent laws against the poisonous
adulteration of articles of food Massachrl-
sets alone would seem to have enforced these
laws and punished these public poisoners
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Tho Northern papers are commenting on
The curious fact that Hayes favors Grant aa
the Republican candidate for President in
1880. The course If events that has brought
about this curious result can easily be fol
lowed and understood. by judcously stay
ing abroad during the greater part Of Hayes
presidential term. Iyssos has avoided any
conflicts or uuarrels with II: tho adminstra
ton and ne arc to-day On the friendlicat and
most amirahIr terms. on the pthor hand.
Blaine Cnnkliug IT dis. who have remained
behind in Congr0sstouph the battle for the
Republicans. have been compelled to disci-
pliue the President on more than one occasion,
hayn thus aroused hia onmity. and must.
rhsrnforn, boar tho hlnut ~ hia animpsty
Mbon Hayes was nominated in iaT6 II was
Understood that h0 was selected by the Re
publicans ON account or his pronounced an
tagonism t" Granti4m, and because It was
believed THAT Ne would nut All end "a tha
scandals ana frauds that Ind prevailed during
& he Grant regime That tho Grant system
was the natural outgruwth Of the Republican
.oarty is shown by the fact that during the
.1r#t two years the administration has been
liifting towards Ulysses. and now declares
3hat hc alone Is the proper standard bearer
ii the party.
The excuse given by Hayes for his peculiar
nm. ttton Is that Grant will carry out substan-
d.t the uwcy Of the present administra
zion. especially III regard to the Southern
question. On the other hand Zach Chand-
Ter, Robcson and the 'staIwartsH call for the
nomination of Ulysses on the ground that
MS government will be strong and protect
Lta7Hhican voters in the South other
,Tords, "Eeorsani1e hell' here, Ii II a little
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SEALED PROPOSALS,



Senlod proposals will be received until FRI
DAY. December u, ut y O'Clock m, for pub
fishing tho proceedings and ordinances Of the
city Council and aI official notices Of the Sow
eral departments Of the city government for the
y"hr 1879. Proposals to Rtnte tho price Dor
sIuAro Ut tho apnce Of ono hundred words.
SOLID ulattog. for first and subsequent inser-
tlOua.
Separate proposals will also he reoaiyed for
printing the various bInulgs which may be re-
guired by the several departments Of the city
government for tho Same period, "a per speeiG
cations In the Department Of Public Aceounta
t"r publishing tho proceedings and ordI-
nance of the Council and official notices Of the
several departments no bids will be- received
except from parties publishing paper Issued
Ut lonst six times n week
Bonds, with security In such amount az may
be- satisfactory to tho Mayor. will be required
for tn" faithful execution of the respective con-
tracts.
Ierms 81 contracts to extend 10 January1 1890
'he Guy reserves tho right TO reject any and
MI bids
del4 lot T. W PATTON MAYOR
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-20

The way In which things arc managed mt
Washington n shown Wy q bill to change or
entire surveying syaicm, which would proba-
bly, have passed had not some ono taken the
trouble to investigate the matter. Tho bill
proposed to transfer tho duty of surveying
the entire country a. tho coast survey, and to
conform ~ the system NJ surveys followed n
England, France and Germany. This looked
square enough, hut nm investigation showed
that this improved system, although very
good in the tight little isle. would in this
country cost the immense sum Of $1,000 900
AMI require 700 years for completion. VI h
hardly probable that the change will DO made