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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
THE CUsTOM-HOUsE.
The Meeting of the Republican state Gen.
trail Committee.

The Meeting of the Republican state Gen~
trail Committee.
The receipts at the Custom House on Tues
day amounted to $2072 30.
Mr.. Tom inson the chief clerk of the Collec.
tor who has been Ill for several days. visited his
office yesterday morning. but remained only a
few minutes. his weakness compelling him to
return to his home.
THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
The meeting of the Republican State Central
Committee. which was held yesterday at noon ut
Turner's Hall was the subject of some CONVEX
sation in Custom House circles. 1t seems that
the committee has concluded to do as Mr.. Mi.
eaWb, did-to wait for something to turn W.
The meeting adjourned until the fifteenth OF
August when they will be enabled to con-
slider latter he meeting OF the Democratic
State Conventionl what steps the party shall
take looking 10 campaign. 1t ~ possible,
hey say. that he party may not call for State
convention. but lelegate the power OF putting
candidates in the field to the State Central Com
mittee.
A committee was appointed to wait on Gov,
Nichols. to ascertain from his excelleney
whether the Republicans will be allowed repre-
sentation in the offices of registration through
ont fha Stata.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
CITY ECHgEs.

John Otere. for insulting and abusing any
threatening To- Kill Niue. Kuntzelman In tls
Vegetable market, was arrested.
John Burns. alias Yorker. for an assault and
battery on John BUwlin was lodged In dilrs
gaOl
r. J. Pollock assaulted and battered Lizzie
Lips, aud then retired into Gils summer res
treat
Officer Mullen on Tuesday shot and killed q.
rabid dog that htd bitten two little girls OF
Mrs. johnson, residing on MOntegut street.
Adolph Laskey was locked up In the Eighth
Station, c"arged with assault and battery on
Patroman Bio with hoe.
Robert Gray for interfering with an officer In
the discharge Of his duty Was locked up in the
Eighth Station.
Robert John, alias John Smith. for being 8
dangerou and susptc us character. was locked
up In the Sub-Ssv'nth Station.
Steven McGraw for threatening 10 kill Annie
Fox and insulting and abusing her, was lodged
In the Sixth Station.
Offlcer Rice dubbed dog to death that had
bitten q little boy at the corner OF Theresa ana
St. Thomas streets.
At the corner of MeIpomene and Claiborne
streets at the request OF the owner, q vicious
dog that had bitten little boy was shob
and kill d.
The officers of the Filth Precinct Station say
that the sausages given them Tuesday night
were worthless. the fellow forgetting to put any
poison In Them.
Geo. Oakley, for insulting and abusing VIM.
tfuutBf at Llb ii III W " HOUSE anu bHEbhtbUlu&
10 XIII him, was locked uD in the Suburban Sta
ton.
Tuesday evening one Of the trains of the New
Lake Railroad, drawn by dummy No. 2. while
re urninR t. the city was uncOupled BY mali
cious persons twice. The train drawn by dunn
my No. met with the same fate.
At quarter to O'Clock Tuesday morning q
serious accident came near occurring at the
corner Of Marktt and Tchoupitoulas streets.
to a G ,rraae containing two ladies, while erosg"
ing the oxen ridge at the above corner. b "
horses were thrown aud the ladies very badly
frightened. This bridge has been reported 9
number of times but the contractors have failed
TO- uIr
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18

he possessed For several years past he. has
been the cashier OF the Union Bank, o position
ment. He was one Of III lse bank officers with
whom 1t was a pleasure TO have business {, ans.
aCtiOns-he was 30 eOnsderate, Intelligent and
polite-whiIe there was no one more unt ield
Ing and uncompromising than he In opposi.
ton to everything that had the least appearance
Of unfarness or wrong. In truth, as flnan-
cisr he was one of the most promising young
men OF the rity, and at the same time an accom-
plished and. valued member OF society. The
number and character OF those who yesterday
afternoon attended Mr.. Oh llarOn's funeral
showed how highly and universally he was
esteemed by our citizens. To his family W.
tender our hearty sympathies In their sore be-
TaavamGDtS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
4 Queer Gaze.

Last night Detective Minor boarded the In
ward bound Mobile train and arrested q man
aud woman. whom he brought fothe Central
Stattoa. The two prisoners, on reg Mug t1e
st ,tion. were taken Ito the chief OF deteeIYgs
expiration of this time the woman was allowed
20 CO. while the man whose nqmsa nI,,l i was was
k,,,t In nonSnernent sufj ct to Chief Boylan,S
ord de 81 When Searched cheek drawn By 2 p
able to Mrs NJ x 8oRe 5s Tsf 9u cq Ra
that he IL wanted IN Mobile for forgery
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
FIRST RECOHDEn's COURT.

Crsar Lott, charged with shooting and wound-
ing with intent to kill, was cent before the First
District Count under t25O bonds.
Edward Rider. fT shOOti0g and wounding
officer Craven wi b intent to commit MURDER
WAS sent b"fOre the Superior Criminal Court
und r. $500 bonds.
Michael Conncrs, Wm. Johnson. jim Kenney,
Sherry Menard aud Lizzie Novel. for assault
and battry, wHre sent b fore tho First District
Don ut under 300 bonds lheh.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
A TRUE KNIGHT GONE.

The death of Mr.. James Chalaron has caused
n widespread feeling of sorrow In this commu-
nifty, Belonging to an old and highly respected
family. he had large circle Of relatives and
friends. all of whom admired and loved him
sor AAe many noble qualities vi head and heart
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
CUNNING IN MOBILE.

Six members Of the New Orleans Gun Club
left for Mobile yesterday. on the invitation Of
the Mobile Gun Club to participate in the
pigeon shooting competition, ouen to all, to
take place at Mobile to-day and to- morrow.
Shooting at eighty yards. twenty-five, yards
rise according to the rules of the Mobile Gnn
Club.
Mrssrs. L. G Iehre.on, A. Cousin, Louis Hall,
E. T. Manning. J. K. Renaud and J. v Gulllotte
compose the party that left yesterday.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
earring q Coffin.

Yesterday evening man named Burke came
into the Central rt4tiou hearing in his arms g
coffin containing the body of male child. sgs 20
that q boy about tw I've years old called at MS
house and stated that he was deputy eorooeaT r.
and had been sent there by Coroner Hocnne 70
view the body and give q c rti6cste OF death.
In making out the certificate the, YOUTH Rut
the name of the mother instead OF that q t
dec asrd infant. Burke stated that ne toQs Lng
coffin TO Potter's fed, but the sexton Would nYt
bury it for les than dollar and halt, hnhI ~
any event he could not bury male chllo nhe1
a females name WAS on the certihcabe'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
A WORTHY OBJECT,

Thos. A. Adams ESQ president of the Board
Of Underwriters, yesterday sent out invitations
to the members of the board for meeting to be
held to: day for the purpose of raising d fund
t. be. given the families of the two victims ot
Monday nights fire.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18

The French government has seized ceEIs ~.
property OF the exEmpress as see IT 6o, IA
parties are said to owe France. A co on ndId
Of investigation has reported that Napoieo a
owes the naton his allowance for septeL4aosesr.
1870. which he drew in advance aso, tlss s ~.
az mo- mo francs finally, that he alienated
large extent OF crown lanQSs
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
The Pistol Again.

At about o'clock Tuesday night q German by
the name OF George L. Smith. while handling
his PISTOL a q uolitical me ting on Bsrracks
street, between Charities and Decatur, acciden-
tally dropped the same, which exploded. For
tunateIy no one was injured, AMI no one was
orr.ratad
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
FOURTH DISTRICT COURT.

State OK rel. Mrs, A., M Hennen vs. 2. l.,
B"uny. tax colleetor.-Mandamus made per-
emptOrv.
Sats ex rel. Christian Bovd VS.. P. Bouny. tax
@ ector.-M ndRmus to compel defendant 10
accept the Payment OF taxes on a propertV
valued Mt $3.50 which the tx collector refused
h. accept uness on an assessment basis of
s6UOl,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
NEW MnnKR.

We are Indebted to Ellis for the Juiy-August
number OF the North american ReUiet1. II con-
tains number Il interesting articles. among
others one 4n the Native Army OF India" by
Sir Garnet, Wolse ey, the recently appointed
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
WEATHER BULLETIN.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Signal Service. United States Army.
Daily meteorological record for the eight hours
ending at 8!43 p. m, Wednesday. July H.
observations taken at the same moment of
time ut al statiOns1
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
SIXTH DEsTaICr COURT.

Peter Fuska vs. John Blasni-Suit for $500
FOR false Imprisonment. damages. libel and
Islander.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
McLauEhlin's Rnfgv.

The body of John Mclaughlin, who was
drowned Tuesday morning, was found yester
day morning in the lake. near the scene Of the
sad accident. The coroner has been notified.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18

Unequaed in Its location and unsu rpassed in
It's arrang ments for the convenience AM com
tel. on Chestnut street. Philadelphia holds the
highest rank,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18

street. fell from the roof to the ground, and was
ggve ely injured about the head and shoulders.
Hs was attended by q physician, who pro.
nouncsd his injur SO ssriOus. He was after
wards conveyed TO the Charity HospiLal.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18

Less than sixty hours from New Orleans to
New YorR, and sixty-seven and on half hours
70 Boston. BY the great Jackson sleel rail route.
the fastest tllns ever made,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18

The boy ,Adolph 0ulelear, who set fire To the
house at the corner of Rocheblave AID Com
mon streets, Wednt sday morning, was arr eHted
by Ufficr r Gleason and locked up la the Central
Station, charged with arson.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
A Tumble

At about 8 o'clock yesterday morning man
named WIN. Groat, while ut work On the roof Of
the Reading Cotton Press, he'd OF datennle
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-18
SUPERIOR CRIMINAL COURT.

CRIME AGAINST NATURE.
A true bill was mnd, on this count against
Joe Griffin. Bond fixed ~ 5000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
New Orleans Wit.

New Orleans has not been 80 severely
stricken by the plague as to smother to a
perceptible degree the sprightliness of
its most prominent newspapers, the Piea-
y,snc and Times, and they still 60 on jok-
ing in their peculiar veins. The Paoa-
yune indeed makes the epidemic the &C.
casion of some of its jokes, as for exam
pie: "With tears in his eyes young
man announces that sliced onions viii
neutralize atmospheric poison" while
the Times does not hesitate to Perpetuate
the following trifle: I" A boy may not
know much about meteorology, but when
he is being actively tanned by his faith
1er's rattan, he finds out what . hurry
cane is, anyhow" The latter gives the
following laconie advice to its readers:
"Disinfect, carbolize and don't worry"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
A Fight with g. Shark.

Capt. w. L. Pattison had quite fight
with the gray man-eating shark which
he caught of Short Beach, Branford, the
other day. The monster was nine feet
four in length, and was as big around as
four-barrel. His jaws were nine inch
es in diameter, and, after his head mad
been cut off, the captain put his head
between his six rows of formidable teeth
and through his throat. The captain
has been on the water for twenty-five
years, but this is the first time he has
ever known of gray sharks visit to the
waters of the sound. When he found
the ugly fellow in his fsh-net, he had
him drawn to his yacht, and grabbed
him by his top fin, as he expresses it.
The shark was decidedly opposed to this
method of treatment, and snapped vic
iously at everything within his reach,
occasionally taking something out of the
gunwale Of the boat, and twice biting
the captains leg. Finally his capturer
got line around the monster and hauled
him on deck. Here he took his long
knife and cut his backbone in two.
Even this severe treatment did not cool
the rage of the man-eater; for two hours
and 4 half afterward, when pine plank
an inch thick was presented to him, he
Immediately bit it in two. The snap.
ping of his jaws conld have been heard
q distance of ten yards. He lived four
hours after his backbone had been dis.
jointed. He weighed considerably more
than 400 pounds.-Neo Haven Register.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
An EAGLE Story.

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
says that Alva Piatt, the young taxi
dermist of Lavonia, Livingston county,
has a gray American eagle that has q
history, and was captured under peculiar
circumstances. It has been an inhabit-
ant of the shores of Conesus lake for the
past two years, and dozens of hunters
have had shots at it without bringing it
down. Last Saturday a tramp was in
swimming near the foot of the lake on
the east side, when this female bird at
tempted no less feat than the capture
of naked tramp. She came upon him
with the intent of war of extermina-
ton. The poor fellow ran out of the
water for his life, pursued by this self
appointed officer, and but for finding q
good club he might have been in few
moments hors du combat. He states that
he had fierce struggle before he con-
quered. The bird measures six feet two
inches from tip to tip, and it is believed
to have had young eagles near by, which
she was striving to protect, or to furnish
with q meal of man-fesh. Two weeks
ago Mr.. Piatt shot at an eagle; feather
a few inches long was cut, by his bullet,
from one of the wings, and now finds
that this feather fits notch in the
bird wing. He found q bullet in the
birds breast, entirely surrounded by
good sound flesh; also several buckshot,
one of which had almost penetrated the
brain. He will have her carefully
mounted and on exhibition as soon as
practicable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
velvet. with a veil point d'Anpleterre.

velvet, with veil point d'Angleterre,
the time being too short to have one of
point dAlencon manufactured. The
details of the ceremony were closely
copied from those of the wedding of Ma
poleon /. and Marie Louise, and the state
coach was the same that had been used
at the coronation Of the great emperor.
1t was magnificent vehicle, covered
with gliding and ornaments, and SO
heavy that the eight fine horses that
drew it we're less for show than for
actual service. The ceremony took
place in the cathedral of Notre Dame,
which was illuminated for the occasion
with $1,000 wax lights. The bride was
yisibly agitated. She was as pale as
death, and her voice, in making the re-
sponses, scarcely audible. No wonder
if, in that hour, premonition of evil
weighed upon her soul. The civil regis
ter of the imperial family-which, pre-.
served by the devotion Of some of the
Bonapartes, had been brought forth to
be used at the civil ceremony which had
taken place the day before-might well
have thrilled her with forbodings. The
last record inscribed on those pages had
been the birth of the king of Rome
How had it Jared with the scion of q
mighty father? How might it fare with
her own possible offspring?
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
A Modern Shepherdess

A venerable shepherdess was recently
found by some men who were wander
ing in the mountains not far from Vir-
ginia City. She was not one of the kind
that poets sing about; not one of the
kind that figure in Eclogues and all that
sort Of thing; but square, up-and-down
business woman, who minded her bust
ness-or rather her sheppard allowed
the rest of the world to take care of
itself. She is thus described:
A "woman wrinkled and wry," and
of three-score years, leading herd of
from 275 to 800 goats. She was clad
plainly, If not neatly, in an apron like
a school girls, armless, and open in front,
-" simply this and nothing more" She
was making headquarters within the en-.
closure Of three rough stone walls, five
feet high, with an open wagon cover,
one-half the top and the front being
wanting. Her couch was half a blanket
and sack of wool for a pillow. The
food on hand consisted Of a pound and
q half of -four, which she used by mix
ing it with water and drinking it in the
place of tea or coffee. She had two
dried-up slapjacks, on one of which she
was nibbling. She added to these luxu-
ries such portions of the flesh of her kids
killed by coyotes as she was able to re-
cover. But the boys appear to have
caugh bit the aged shepherdess away from
her home. She told them where she
lived and invited them to call. It was
five miles over the mountains. In the
course of their wanderings they found
the place and accepted the invitation
accordingly although the mistress of
the mansion was not at home. They
found there eight pounds of beans and
about as many OF bacon, eight chickens
and nary rooster among them. She
this to them on their return.
She got hungry in the spring and killed
the rooster, as the hens were laying and
she did moi care to eat them up. They also
found there sort of dress and the other
half of the old lady's blanket. She re-
fused to talk much of her history or tell
nor norno
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
Rear Guard.

Night before last family man on
West Hill peeped out of the hall door
and saw a youth sitting in the MOON
light talking to his eldest daughter.
The old man made a rush, the young
man drifted out into the shrubbery, and
as he went over the fence, pater made q
good line shot and kicked. Then he car
ried himself into the house on one foot
and sat down and wept, and called for
witch hazel and annica, and yelled, ''Em-
cline! What does that young fool plate
himself fort" And Emeline said, "Why,
pal" and she and Ferdinand laughed
about it the next night until the moon
went down. BurlinQtoe RoapkeYe.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
Some Valuable Ancient Tablets.

The department. of oriental antiquities
Of the British museum has, according to
the London Academy, just obtained by
purchase some interesting cuneiform in
scriptions in series of small contract
tablets, dated in the reign of Mithri-
dates H., or Artabanus IT,, one of the
Arsacian kings of Babylon. These ia
blets are of very great importance, on
account of their being dated with the
dual system of both the Seleucid@ and
the Arsacian eras, and thus fixing by
indisputable authority the starting
points of both these epochs. Of the
seven tablets obtained, there are three
that bear the double calculation of dates,
the earliest being" Month Sebat (11)
18th day in the 154th year, which equals
the 2l8th year Of Arsaka, King of
Kings" There are also in the series two
in the 155th or 2l9th year of Arsaka,
and four which bear only the date of the
years reckoned from the revolt of the Sc
leucid@. The revolt of the Seleucid@
took place in B. G. 312, and by these tab
lets we find that eighty-four years after,
or IN B. G. 223, the revolt of Arsaces took
place, and the Arsacian epoch COM
menced. The lesser date, therefore,
155th year, will give us the year B. G..
03, which falls in the reign of Artadan-
us H., or Mithridates H., the sixth of
the Arsaces. These tablets, with the ex-
ception of one dated in the reign of Pc
corus, which is in the museum at Zurich,
are the latest examples of cuneiform
writing known. They are contract-ta-
bles relating to loans of money, and
their material is very coarse and the
writidg careless. It is also to be noticed
that, with very few exceptions, the con-
tracing parties are designated by Semit-
ic names, indicating, apparently, that
this mode of record was confined almost
solely to the conservative Semitic mer-
chants of Babylon. 49,.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
FlYing-Eish.

The mechanism of the movements of
the fying.fsh through the air has been
described with much detail bv Prof.
Moebius, of kiel, who concludes, from
the observation, of those who have pub.
ished on the subject and his own, that
the fying-fsh dart from the water with
great speed without reference to the
course Of the wind and waves. They
make no regular flying motions with
their pectoral and ventrel fins, but
spread them out quietly, though very
repid vibrations can be seen in the out
stretched pectoral fins. The hinder part
of the body, while the fish moves in the
air, hangs somewhat lower than the fore
part of the body. They usually fly far
Their against the wind than with it, or
if their track and the direction of the
wind form an angle. Most fying-fsh
which fly against or with the wind con-
tinue in their whole course of flight in
the same direction in which they come
out of the water. Winds which blow
from one side on to the original track of
the fish bend their course inward. All
fish which are at a distance from the
vessel hover in their whole course in the
air near the surface of the water. If in
strong winds they fly against the course
of the waves, then they fly a little
higher; sometimes they cut with the
tail into the crest of the same. Only such
fying-6sh rise to considerable height
lat the highest by chance, five meters
above the surface of the water) whose
course in the air becomes INSTRUCTED by
vessel. In the daytime fying-fish sell
dom fall on the deck of a ship, but
mostly in the night; never in q calm,
but only when the wind blows. For the
most part they fall on ships which do
not rise higher than two or three yards
above the water: when they are sailing
on the wind, or with half wind, and are
making good course. Flying-fsh never
come on board from the lee side, but
only on the windward side. Before YES
sells which pass between their swimming
schools the fish fly into the air as before
predacious fish or cetaceans.-Editor's
Scientific Record, in Ha'pe''s magazine
for Auqust