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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

The panic existing all over the country on
the subject Of the yellow fever is little less
than disgraceful. The leading journals OF the
country are making themselves ridiculous
over the fever stories foisted on them by sen
satlonal reporters. No regard whatever Is
paid to the truth; the only idea Is to create
an excitement and q sensation. The New
York Sun publishes, for instance, a highly
eoIored story of g. mysterious disease that
broke out among the girls In Lorillard's to-
bacco factory In Jersey City, by which large
number of them were Frustrated. The tobac-
co they were working had, 1t seems, been
stored for several months last year In q South
ern city where the yellow fever prevailed, and
the theory was at once advanced that the
girls had the fever-had been attacked by the
fever germs shut up In the tobacco. Such an
announcement, In the present state Of feeling
on this subject, by q reputable journal like
the iSu,. was enough to create panic, as it
did. Unfortunately for the story, however,
an investigation into these cases soon ex-
ploded the yellow fever theory. The girls
were sick, 1t is true, but ice-water had done 1t.
Is 1t not about time that these sensationalists
should be stopped-these correspondents who
give the Asiatic cholera to all persons who
suffer from unripe watermelons and mistake
ice water for yellow fever germs!
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

ciety and revolutionists are not the men who
are to lead them out of the poverty ana
want In which, through the depression o.
business lib this city. they have become
involved. The sensible, conservative men,
the builders up Of cities and States, are the
men whom the working people should fol-
low, for, while capital is dependent upon
labor, labor Is none the less dependent upon
capital.
This mass meeting Is III the Interest OF
schemes or views which, II carried out, can
only bring shame and disaster upon the city
and State, and increased poverty and want
upon the working people. Let the latter
shyIn It,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15
ID. "A. BURKE, Managing Editor.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 1875 AND
1878,

That the Democratic Conservative party OF
Tie State of Louisiana in Convention assem-
tled, do hereby reiterate all the pledges con-
1dired N the party platform adopted IN J'lv,
1876, and par ticulartv The following, TO aott:
1--WE hereby pledge our party to the satisfac-
ton Of au the legal obligations issued by ne
Esdte of Louisiana; to the most strenuous et-
forts IN Tie direction or reform and an eco
nomical administration Of the government, e.
pscialu to the abolition, of all unnecessary pub
lic Offices; To teredtctioa, of the fees end SAID
ries Or office 10 The standard Of fair remit
s,eration; the consequent reduction Of taration
IL The Lospest possible limit commensurate actth
the necessary expenses of the government ana
THE PRESERVATION or THE PUBLIC FAITH.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15
The Constitutional Convention was engage,

The Constitutional Convention was engaged
Yesterday In considering the report OF the
Committee on the Judiciary at both the day
and niohJ sessions. Considerable progress
was made, more than half Of the report
(which is lengthy one) being disposed Of.
Mr.. j.. Al. Palfrey, president Of the Factors
and Traders Insurance Company, appeared
before the bar Of the Convention at 10 o'clock
In the morning. "A long discussion followed
as to the power Of the Convention to punish
for contempt, at the close of which the mo-
ton To take NJ Palfrey in custody WIS re-
iected.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

The sunstroke season opened 10 earnest 10
the North and West yesterday. There We're
a number OF fatal cases in Chicago, st. Louis
and Memphis, and, unless the weather modi-
hes more are to be feared. The theory OF
sunstrokes is that person becomes debili-
tated by several days Of warm weather and
finally falls an easy victim to the heat. It
requires, therefore, nearly week OF hot
weather before the sunstrokes begin. This
accounts for the fact that while the Their
mometers fell yesterday in the West, the
number OF sunstrokes increased.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15
rHE NEW oRLHANs DEMoORAT. TUESDAY, JULY IS, 1879

have been prevailing recently with more Or
less intensity.
We have every reason to believe that the
information furnished BY our correspondent,
who has al ways been reliable and accurate ID
his statements, Is correct. This last phase o.
the Kansas fever Is one OF the most remarka-
BILE features OF an extraordinary and an
almost unaeeountable question.
The crops In the parishes, which have appa-
rently furnished this new quota OF emigrants,
have been reported to be In an excellent con-
dition and promising an abundant yield, Inc
old and threadbare excuse Of political agfta-
ton, which has been falsely alleged, though
often advanced as cause for the negroes
leaving the country, Is entirely wanting. Inc
relations between landlords, merchants and
iaborers In the locality mentioned have been
perfectly harmonious for more than q year
at least, and apparently since the incoming
of the present State administration, and
everything seems to have been done to better
and benefit the condition OF the laboring
classes, @ condition UNNECESSARILY superior to
that of the corresponding classes In almost
every part Of our country.
The only way In which this last extraor-
binary step on the part Of the negroes can be
accounted for Ia In the presence Of secret ennis
saries, who are still plying their incendiary
vocation with the vindictive zeal that has
characterized their efforts in other localities.
We say "incendiary vocation" because these
agents In their work areteaching the laborers
to defy the law by persuadlng them to violate
contracts made binding under the law. They
are seeking evidently, too, to destroy prop
erty by tempting away the labor which has
been relied upon to gather the growing crops.
If the work they are engaged In can be per-
formed with impunity, because it is not con
sidered q crime under the law, we think 1t Is
LII the power CT our lawmakers. considering 1t
to be q crime, which it undoubtedly Is, to
make it's perpetrators amenable to punish
ment, and to provide the proper punish
ment therefor. In other States there are laws
for the suppression or punishment Of tramps,
Migrants and other vagabonds, and 1t appears
to us that the sovereignty of Louisiana
might frame wise and proper laws to suppress
and punish these incendiary contract breakers
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

The New York Tribune thus goes for the
enterprise Of the Herald with singular
vleiousness and gist:
"A recent ilrst-class. simon-nure. BRASS
mounted interview with Sitting Bull included
the testimony Of That warrior priest and
younger braves who, saw Custer, IN bis last
long golden hair" his flowing locks etc
III Sitting Bull had been in communication with
learned that GEN Custer sacrificed his flowing
locks befofe be went TO the Indian country and
that at the battle Of the Little Big Horn hts hair
IA clipped lie htto his scalp. But this probably
does not diminish the truthfulness of the I'm
tHryfAvv y,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

On strength Of the Memphis scare every
Northern city Is abnormally agitated, and
arguing the chances of a visitation on their
own particular locality. In reality there Is
about as much reason for Greenland to fear
prevalence Of sunstroke, or Ecuador to dread
q severe winter, as New York, Boston or Phil
adelphia to dread an epidemic Of yellow fever.
This Isn't red letter year with Yellow Jack.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

Mr.. Simmons got out his little pistuel the
other day, at Greenfield, O., and put two bull
lets into the craven stomach Of Mr.. Paddock,
at the same place. Mr.. Paddock took this as
personal, and before he died so cobbled the
irate Simmons that he Is not expected to re-
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

Sixty members OF Sunday school got lost
lii the Mammoth Cave lately and their lights
went out. There was wailiDg and gnashing
OF teeth. Ten depraved backsliders then
rescued them Moral
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

McMasters, q temperance lecturer OF Ohio,
was taken iii In railroad car, and though
told by his physician that nothing would
savefhim but glass Of brandy, persistently
refused 1t and 80 died. 1t was struggled
brandy he was offered
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15
The Nav York Sun observes editorially

New York has q ioyed . long immunity from
pestilence But there are quarters OF the city
reekipg with filth taiDtlng the. air of more
favored districts by their vile exbalRtions. and
with death rate that Is really presidential.
from which 1t would be very difficult 70 dis
lodge the pestilence If 1t were once to obtain q
footheld. When yellow fever Is in the country
III Ia time To be on the alert.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

The famous Alhambra Of Spain is threat
ened with ruin. Large assures have ap-
peared In the hill on which it stands, and 9
landslide Ia expected at any moment.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

The good people Of Rockford. ILL.,, had their
modesty outraged by two naked cherabs
ever the door Of the courthouse. and 50
chiseled them off
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

Joseph II. Buzzell was hanged at Concord,
N. IA. on the TENTH full Of the enthusiastic
ptety which usually characterizes gentlemen
I'LL his Interesting position.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

Don't keep the gentlemen IN suspense
any longer" us the doctor said to the hang
man after twenty-five minutes had elapsed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

The epidemic OF crime still RACES tn New
York, and murders, suicides, arson, burglaries
and horrors of all description are recorded
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15
:.
The Duke OF Argyle ID at the hub.

Mr.. 10. Cook is called by the San Francisco
papers the most uncivil man IN the world.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

Five Thousand bathers made Coney Island
happy on the tenth.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

Aquatic polo is the rage among San Fran
cisco swimmers.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15

one Alvin Smith, 81 Rutland, Vt, piousiy
collected $3.50 to build church with and ran
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15
Washington Avenue Drug Store.
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NHU cI1r n WY

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Toilet and Fancy, Articles, etc. Coral Tooth
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Hnd our stock complete, comprising many ar
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Druggist. Pharmaceut1st and Practical Chemist
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15
A CARD !.

OFFICE BOARD OF HEALTH.
State House, State Of LOUISIANA.
New Orleans. July IA. 1879. }
Mark f. Bigney Editor City Item:
ST-My attention was called yesterday to an
article published on the eleventh instant in the
vile communistic sheet which You edit, where
you insinuate that 1t Is the purpose of the
Board OF Health to conceal the existence of any
cases of yellow fever which might occur In our
city. pronounce the article base SANDER.
and I denounce you Mark r. Bigney) as
a1iuful and malicious liar.
SAM. chopin. M. D.,
jy15 Pr sident Board of Health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13

WILL THEY EVER Row?-The New York
World OF this morning says: ''Mr. Blake, the
referee OF the race which never took place.
started last evening for Rochester, where he
hopes this morning to meet Courtney and Han
Ian and assist them in coming to combative
terms. Early yesterday morning Nj. Blake
received telegram from Courtney saying: 'Ac,
Hanlan at any time you will name to make arti-
cles for race. Advise early date as possible.
Shortly afterwards the following telegram was
yourself and Courtney at Rochester accepted
Will do so at any time when advised The in
defatigable referee straightway telegraphed to
both OF the timorous combatants that he would
meet them at the Bracket house In Rochester
at s o'clock this morning. Mr.. Blaikie'S effort,
y Is said Will be to bring about race on the
Potomac within week or two In boating Cir
Giles last night, however, despite all this Wig
orons telegraphing, odds were given thet Court
ney and Hanlan will not row a race together he
fore next spring If ever;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13
Will there be a Meteoric Display To.
NIGHT.

The n. Y. Herald Of to-day says:-Although it
Is not likely that there viii be display of the
November meteors tonight, 1t may be worth
remembering that las Schiaparelli recently
casionally been seen in the mid-peldod between
the great displays occurring at Intervals of
about thirty-three years The rich part of the
meteor stream-the gem of the meteor ring
as Mrs. Ward POLITICALLY calls lt-has been tray-
cling away from our neighborhood since 1866.
and in three or four years will be at its fartheSf
from us and from the sun, far out I'm
space beyond the orbit of distant Uranus But If
minor gems are scattered round the ring, as
they well may be- it Is quite possible that to-
night the world may pass through such an out
l!lhg cluster, and display Of iaiiiiis stars be
seen. We have spoken OF these meteors as the
November meteors because they are Familiarity
known as such. In reality there Is another en-
tirely distinct system OF meteors, even more IN
teresting than those through whose orbit the
earth passes tonight, and deserving equally to
be called the November meteorS. We refer to those
which produced the splendid shower of Nov.
q, 1872. 1t would. indeed, be well to adopt for
descriptive purposes the system of nomencla-
ture which has already come into vogue in
scientific treatises, naming meteors after the
constellation from which their tracks on
the sky seem to radiate Thus those
which may (perhaps) be seen tonight, are
called by astronomers the teonids, because
they seem to radiate from the constellation
Leo; drom the part Of that constellation fami-
larly called the Sickle.) Those which may
more confidently be looked for near the end Of
the month are called the Andromedes, because
radiating from part OF the constellation An
dromeda. 1t might, by the way, be worth while
to look Tor each meteor cluster with the tale-
scope in the neighbOrhood of its radiant. An
observation made in November, 1872, to which
we shall refer more particularly in a few days.
seems to SHOW that meteor streams, though not
ordinarily visible as such, may be seen when
viewed lend on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13

A CONTEST FOR A MILLIoN.-Isaac C. Kendall,
a real estate owner in Harlem, died recently,
leaving an estate valued at 81 100000 In his
will he directed that his property be divided
children were by first wife, and to them he
gave double the sum left to the four children by
his widow. A provision in the will directed
that any of his children who may contest his
The widow OF the testator, Mrs. Sarah A. Ken
dali contests the will on behalf of the four
children. The ground Of the contest is undue
influence alleged to have been eXerted by the
testator's children by his first wife. The formal
proof OF the execution Of the will was taken be-
foro the surrogate yesterday, and Edward F.
mony as to the value OF the estate-[M r sun,
12fL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13
COTTAGE CHEESE in role Attorney wagons. t

THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CONFERENCE
closed its session at the North Carolina avenue
mission last evening. The subject of special
days for children was further discussed and re-
TERED to a special committee consisting of Rev.
MeSSrS. KillgOre and Hammond and Mr.. L. B.
Marche. The plans submitted, by which the
springs OF Christian benevolence may best be
touched for the promotion of missionary work
were discussed, and it was decided that home
mission work should be conducted by women
Rev. Mr. Morris offered resolution on the sub
ject OF chidrens services, setting forth that ac-
special services or days are needed on the part
OF the pastors 10 reform the practice of many
parents OF sending their children home from
Sunday school before the regular preaching ser
vice begins, was referred to committee which
will report at the next annual conference. In
the evening Rev. j. B. Jones, of Baltimore.
preached from Hebrew Kill, S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
CUTICURA
THE GREAT SKIN CURE
The most Healing, Soothing, and He.
heshing External Application
in the World.

1t rapidly heals Ulcers Old Sores and Discharging
Wounds: Itching Piles and other Itching affections
That have been the torture of lifetime, thus afford
ing nnspeakabe qualification to thousands; Burns.
Erupaons Ct the Skin, and all Affections of the
ever been known to the most intelligent physicians
It has swept host Of poisonous remedies out of
lsence. 1t is revolutionary in it's composition and
mode of treatment, and succeeds in curing every
external affection. At every stage it is ably assisted
by CuTICURA SOAP, which is part of itself medi-
cnally and at the same time the most delightfully."-
fragrant and refreshing Toilet, Bath and Nursery
Soap in existence.
CUTICURA REsoLvENT, a powerful purifying
agent and liver stimulant, should be taken to neu-
traliZe and resolve away blood poisons, caused by
the virus of scrofula, cancer, canker. malaria or
contagious diseases, which maintain and foster dis
eases of the Skin and Scalp,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13

FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE OF THE
REV. w. X. MCNEER.-The Baltimore american
OF THIS morning says" Further developments
nave come to light in regard to the case of Rev.
W. X McNeer, pastor OF the Methodist Episco-
pal church South at Laurel, which tend to show
that the clergyman not only left an illegitimate
babe behind, but number OF bad debts and
some other things OF a truly depressing char
acter Business for an aged relative FREQUENTLY
called him to Washington, and this business
brought him into the acquaintance of a we'll
know flrm OF attorneys OF that city, On the
AFTERNOON before he carried the babe in box
IRON washington to Laurel he was at the Office
OF ms 1lrm, and upon leaving asked one Of the
members where he could get a box. The at
torney asked the clergyman what kind OF box
he wanted, and McNeer gave the dimensions
saying that he thought a pasteboard affair
told him to go TO shoe store for the box and it
is very probable this is what he did. But lust be-
lore going to the shoe store he bethought himself
mat he was out OF funds, and asked the attor-
a note on Baltimore bank for the amount.
taking The money M"c,Ns,eer started on, procured
ms ms pasteooard at some shoemakers, 1t is SUD-
,oseg ana the rest of the afrair-how he put
the baby In the box, carried it on the train to
Laurel, and how the scandal leaked out through
the medium OF the conductor-has already been
told, The draft was sent TO the Baltimore bank
and returned, "No funds" 1t Is also said that
McNeer has not been entirely correct in his
money dealings with members of his own
family. well-known editor of well-known
newspaper published at Annapolis is said to
have lent him 5000, which has not yet been
heard hear, from; He had six children Of his own,
placed on his own doorstep Is now in the MUIR
sery and Child's Hospital OF this city, where it
Is kindly cared for. 1t is believed by many that
McNeer Is by no means o thousand miles from
Washington, and active efforts for finding him
are being made. He was chaplain in the con-
federate army during the war. The mother of
the child is known to have been Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13
THE COVRTS.

CIRCUIT COURT CNo. D-Jndge Wy1ie.
fault for Sill 81 Duckett agt RUPERT; settled.
Shea agt Moore; plaintiffs death suggested.
Walter agt. Douglass; settled.
to amend. DuBose agt. District Of Columbia;
commission issued. Second National Bank agt.
Ewing and BARLEY; Judgment by default.
snden 9se ag Carke; verdict for de-
for defendant for costs. Fowler agt. Banks; on
hearing.
CIRCUIT COURT CNo. 2)-J,,dge Cor.
;ntesterday Loeber agt Roessle ct al; leave to
nellie; struck off calendar. Morgan agt. District
OF Columbia; jury sworn and respited.
To-day, Kline agt Barber and Dean; judg-
ment nominal damages and costs. Morgan art,
District OF Columbia; on hearing.
CRIMINAL CoURT-Jttdge Hug,aer..
Yesterday, Letha Matthews, indicted for per-
jury; arralgned and plead not guilty. James II.
Young, Frank J. Brooks and Richard, indicted
for Illicit distilling; arraigned and plead not
guilty; bail for Burke fixed at 1000 William
Pope, indicted for murder; continued for the
term.
To-day, Francis Denaise, assault with intent
to kill; plead not guilty. VIM. darlington,
alias Smith, perjury; on trial.
EQUITY CoURT-Jtdge Macarthur.
To-day, Ramsey agt. Daniels; on hearing,
COURT IN GENERAL TERN.
National Metropolitan Bank agt District; ar
gued and submitted. Hoge agt. Eagleston; ar
gued and decree below reversed; demurrer over
ruled with leave to answer. National Bank of
the Republic agt. Millard; mandate of United
States Supreme Court filed.
POLICE COURT-J,ttlJe Shell.
To-day, Annie Davis, disturbing the quiet of
Georgetown; s. or seven days. James Kent,
vagrancy; bonds or thirty days. James Jones'
violating the hack law: s. or nine days. VIM.
7. Bowie, assault on Maggie Cantwell; thirty
days in Jail. Jas. ODonnell, assault on VIM.
Smith; $40 or thirty days. George Robinson
alias George Tascoe, charged with larceny OF
some plumbers material from John W. Sinclair
and John Ashenbach; continued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13
To Ladies' and 1:ept,e,nen

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TO do his work in manner not to be equaled by
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efiectual removal Of grease spots guaranteed !!
Through skillful pressing and retinishing, all
garments Will appear like new. Cheapest prices
IN the city, according to the work done, and suit
ing dull times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13

THE SMUGGLING Tricks of the San Francisco
Chinese are constantly outwitting the customs
officials OF that city. A few days since on the
arrival OF vessel from Honolulu, containing
that port by Chinese house in San Francisco
and sent back condemned by the assignees, an
investigation into the cause OF the cOndemna-
ton of the goods led to curious discovery. By
pulling nail or two out OF the heel OF each
shoe and removing the first thickness of leather
twas found TO be filled with opium. The con-
and the shoes had evidently been sent back and
forth several times.