The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-11
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4nS puppies AuESbi' VAL
leave for Illuland in January, to
visit the spot where her son was
! killed.
DISPATCHES announce thlt 1901
900 persons are suffering from fam
inc in Upper Silesia. Nearly all
Ofthem are Poles.
Some of the rivers OF Holland
are being Supplied with salmon
fry from California. 80, 900
have been placed already in the
Mense.
At London, Cardinal Manning
has addressed an eloquent appeal
to the charity of the faithful of
his arch diocese, in favor of the
unfortunate Irish.
The new Russian military rail.
road, which will be 1850 miles
long, and is to connect OIenburg
with TashkeDd, Wilt is estimate
ed, cost 800, 0OO, 600.
The season has been very cold
in Great Britain and upon the
continent. On the 3Cd inst, dis
patches from Rome and Madrid,
speak of great falls of snow.
TO celebrate the 50th auniyer-
sary of the independence of the
kingdom of Belgium, the Belgian
government are about to erect a
monumental building, at a cost of
5000, 900.
The present income of English
endowed charities exceeds $780,
600, 900, and the stock aud other
securities, held by the trustees of
charitable funds, is estimated at
$135, 600, 900.
News has been received at LON
don, that war has broken out be-
tween rival Chiefs 10 New GAIA
bar, on the west coast of Africa.
They kill aud eat the prisoners Oh
both sides.
A French paper states that II
OF the PaIisiau dry goods store,
in a single day, has sold over
1920, 600 worth of goods. Marty
20, 600 persons visited it in that
space OF time.
The Shenandoah, formerly be
longing to the confederate navy,
but more recently owed by the
Sultan of Zanzibar, has been late.
~ lost in the Indian OCEAN, aud
most Of her crew drowned.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Holland, presented on the I'd.
inst, to the States General, a
project of a treaty relative to the
extraditiOn of criminals between
Holland and the United States.
The largest wheat area of any
country in Europe, is that of
France, but the average yield is
only about 155 bushels per acre,
while England's average wheat
yield is from % to 80 bushels per
acre.
Among the presents seut to the
h'ng of Spain, was a vase OF
seNres china, from the French
government. The vase weighed
500 pounds, aud four men could
lift it with difficulty.
Once more an attempt has been
made on the life of the Gar, Alex.
ander II. The Gonspiratofs had
constructed a sort of Internal ma
chine, and succeeded in blowing
up a part of the train in which he
was travelling,
The steamer Alabama, from
New York for Rouen, went ashore ]
On the 10th ult., rear BerviIle. in
the River Seine, and became a
wreck. Grew landed at
Steamer afterwards broke a
"a two. v
A dispatch from Baenos.Ayres, Y
lated the Ri inst, announce that i
he Peruvian army is c~oncentrat. b
ID in the province of Tarapaca. n
md that the Gillian forces were II
marching to meet them. A bat =
le is imminent.
The number of horses in the A
world is estimated at 5S, 600, 00O,o of
which number the Russian do
ninions contain about q. 75O. 600. G
he United States 1904, 900, Cana, L
Ia 2,264,OOO, France 5000, 900,
treat Britain 1925, 900.
The agitation continues in Ire.
and. A great meeting has taken of
lace at CASTLE Rea. ParnelI and II
were present. A collision CD
1ok place between the police aud n,
le mob, because of the presence
{ government short~hand report.
rs.
A telegram from Cetinge states
nat 800 Montenegrins, stationed
: Velika, had been attacked on
9th inst, by many thousand d
The Montenegro gar o.
SOD, after some fighting, was re-. -
when the Albanians
ere finally defeated.
The quantity of silver Obtained
1878, from British mines. was
lthey m)re than IL tons, and its
line was nearly $40, 900 a toI
1e mines IN the Isle Of Man.
eIded in 1875, as IN ich as E1O.- 1
10 OF. OF pure silver. In the 4
me year the gold fonnd in Brit,
b mines weighed 702 ojnces.
The Pacific Steam Navigation \
1mpany .vo begun to use HE
ectIic light, ~ tho discrimination
the SALOONS Oh board thei,
Gamers. The success OF the
on board the Meuioza, will
obably lead to the ado tion of
nllaF lighting on board all the
lnciple ocean steamships. so
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