The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-08
CURRENT MENTION.

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| Senator Voorhees, OF Indiana Is to deliver
the address ut the McDonVugh county (f1l,
agricultural fair on Thursday, the twenty
eighth Instant
, Boston has free concerts by O band upor
it's common On Sunday evenings, and yet WI
are apt hereabonts to look upon Boston az
somewhat strat-laced.
Though the Rev Asa Routh, an aged clergy
man Of Bristol Tenn, has tWenty-six chill.
dren, he had the courage, few days ago, tt
marry his fourth wife.
| Thirteen barns have been burned within q
\ few months in the western part at Chicago,
and il has TRANSFERRED that boys fired them fol
fun.
! The Rev. DR.. Marks, of st. Louis put an
ice tank ia front OF his house Tor the benefit III
the street-ear drivers and conductors, and tho
grateful men have made him a present OF a
| gold-headed cane.
Senator Hill, Of Georgia, is Methodist
| class-leade He has blue eyes, sandy half
| tiuged with gray, and preacher-like express
sion. His voice - clear and sharp, and he
| uses 1t when he goes to meeting.
Three rival lovers Of Miss Hudson, at iakey
Bend, ILL.,, pooled their issues In a cDmbIiia-
ton againsta fourth and more favored sutton.
They selzed him AS lie was going to call ON
her. threw him into pond and let hImdroWIl,
Sitting Bull plays upon the superstitions Of
1ribUnes correspondent, making them De-
ieve that he possesses Supernuman power
His dreams are interpreted by his brother-in-
law.
In d Massachusetts village, near Spring
field all the four Protestant churches are to
be closed until September. Tho four ministers
have gone off for u vacation. and no provision
is made meanwhile for visiting the SICK or for
funerals.
Brother Inslsp has been holding holiness
camp meeting In Iowa. WHAT most chiefly
fills his soul with delight Is that he found so
many Of the brethren enjoying that state OF
grace which he describes by the words FULLY
saved"
The Boston transcript believes that it is
within the range Of probability that In less
than two years Bo ton will have u through
line to Lake Ontar =, and will connect with
the West BY four lines trayerSing New York
and Pennsylvania.
George Washington Chids, A. M, Is sup
ported by the Boston Haald for the British
mission, because he would not only fall
gracefully in with the flunkeyism which pre-
walls in English society, but would put his
dispatches into the most beautiful poetry"
Talmage, according to the advertisements
Of his lectures in Great Britain, is "Ameficas
greatest preacher and orator, whose voice Is
head by more people than that OF any other
and whose sermons are read In
every civilized nation on the globe
IlftfJbtTf1bbt
suits Of the Franco German war there is one
not generally noticed; that is the growth of
journalistic activity on the Continent. 1t
lays that race OF special correspondents has
grown up In France and Germany.
The abolition Of flogging In the British
army will now become II recognized party |
cry, says the SATURDAY Reriear, unless the
takes the wind out OF the oppo- |
sition sails by abolishing It themselves. And |
u the government doesn't, its epItaph will be-
''The cat did it,
A young man has been fined $50 and costs
In Worcester, Mass, for stealing "a book from /
the public library, but has had enforcement |
Of judgment deferred for two months, with |
the understanding that he is to earn the
money to pay the fine within that time or be
sentenced to the house Of correction.
The wife Of London physician, according
to Truth, was mixing some meal for her fowls |
when she lost her wedding ring from her
finger without noticing the loss. This was in
the middle Of February. On the eighth of
April she was at breakfast cutting an egg, and
her spoon striking the yoIk Of the egg, which
was OF extraordinary size, found the ring.
1T was very informal affair."" wrote the
rural historian to the editor of the local paper, |
pleasant entertainment which
mad taken place at the house Of the new pas
or. The wicked compostor and the careless
made 1t read: "lt was q very
nfernal affair." and now the Presbytery
want to know what Is to be done to the parson
boc e,,,aI, fhinro ~ h;e houan |
VIZ noe o"eai e.iiiiso Ut mo iouso'
Rebecca Stanley, an Indiana Quaker re-
1ivaiist, was exceedingly popular for awhile,
ler labors resulting 10 many conversions, and
)eing in constant demand. Now every Quaker
In that State has an officer
'alled care tak.r, whose duty 1t IS to
aaaen ' n,,t Ma, VICE anu
y - r,r ~so ouih
80 oio1Ae 'AapAop, ~
According 70 the Dotty Fefs,s Paris cor
tisl fpfa |
I'm S3o,ooo.SlD,ooo more tham his salary rs
OF the Chamber. The affair was
avlsh IN the last aegfee: seas OF Deer flowed,
axes o. GlaTet oceans q champagne, says the