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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08

In work recently published In Germany
on the "Civilized Countries of Ancient Amer
ica," Herr Adolph Bastian says OF the Won
derful railroads over the mountains Of Peru i:
"The spirit Of speculation was active, with the
widest prodigality, and In order to do some
thing for civilization. railroad construction
was pitched upon without the existence OF
any pressing necessity therefor The result
Is a gigantic debt and marvels of engineering
over the Cordilleras at the height OF Mont
Blanc, (which do not earn enough even to pay
for greasing the wheels. The roads do not,
for the most part, run in the track Oh immi-
grafton, and on the line between Arequipa
over the Cordilleras to Puno one train week
was dispatched, on which there was occa-
sionally an Indian with bag Of potatoes on
q fourth class ear.The cost of the road was
S32, 900 00O.'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08

pie of their mistake We call the attention
Of our representatives In Congress to the sub
iecf and urge them to ascertain whether the
officers 81 tho government In the South can
not be instructed to communicate to these
poor. unfortunate people such information
concerning Kansas as will enable them TO I'M
derstaud the situation of affairs here.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08

A popularity of the climate of Galveston
10 winter and until late in the spring, is the
cropping Of what - here called the might
dew; During the whole night, commencing
az q, about IL O'Clock and lasting until near sun
rise, sound as of gentle rain Is heard.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08
The TAIN Of the Grant Movement.

Grant, It Is stated, wants Postmaster GEL
eral Key to have the second place on his tick
ct. This will he tremendous addition to the
boom. With Key tied on as a eoneiiiator the
Southern people would doubtless fairly foam
at the mouth with enthusiasm.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08

The French government has felt, con-
strained to have notice given In England that
the decorations Of the Legion Of Honor are a
merely honorary distinction, and should
not be used by recipients ''as a means of pub
llclty or recommendation for their trade.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

fThe DEMOCRAT ID responsible for none Of
the views expressed In the communications
under this head; but no communications will
be printed except from responsible parties.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08

HERMAN fROIESIANI
OR p HI A n A VI u M
Sunday and Monday, May II and IL,
AT THE FAIR GROUNDS.
The festival will be inangurated by grand
concert. to commence on SUNDAY. at u m.
The formal opening will take place at o'clock
precisely. The programme consists OF operate
selections by q double orchestra: orations IN
BUoK . and e. d. BRaUaHN songs by the Ger.
man Glee Club and the Orphan Children. etc.
e ssss 2 D9Rn Mr eEs 81 sna %
CONNIE nee at o'clock. cons. sting Of
Sack Race. Running Race for Boys and Girls
Rooster i9 the Pot Fo ct Playing, shak-
full Walking: Ascension q Balloons: etc. etc.
Also, GRAND TROTTING RACE, for $3.50 q
side; mile heats arranged by four prominent
gentlemen, each to drive his own horse and
buggy.
Other amusements in abundance.
The bars under charge 9 we'll known cit
located in the Exhibition Building next to ths,
hapd yin A g sndF fs e Whass at IF h h
delicacies Of the season can be had at the low
est city prices.
Two large orchestras are engaged. and dane
Ing on the platform as we'll as In the main
| building will be kept I'D until II O'Clock In the
evening.
and strict order maintained.
On Monday, May IL,
the programme of the first day, except thf
Also. ut O'Clock, GRAND RUNNING RACys
mile H. heats ent. t, e to be made on Sunday
lie in general are Cordially invited to attend /
Ticfe = g 61 fsPt1 G5 Rrsa,d free
T. RICKERT. Vice President. 4
by. OERTLING, Second Vice President.f
ALBERT P. n OIL. Secretary. N.Y. St.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08
ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THU
FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

OF PHILADELPHIA, PA,
For the Year Ending January, 1879.
CASH CAPITAL. ................ S400, 600
Fire premiums received during the
year 1879 ........................... 1896 1876 90
Fire losses during the year 1879. $50 164 90
ASSETS.
Mortgage on property valued at
more than IS 800 900 "a, 1893 154 %
Real estate. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 376 400 90
Loans. Observation-Disclosures. II 916 81
Stocks and bonds market yalue).... 533, $50 90
Cash In banks and Office Of company IA, OCT Is
Total SO, 1868 21s "a
The above statement Ia true and correct to the
best Of my knowledge and belief.
P. A. BARKER. Agent.
No. SO Carondelet street. New Orleans.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this TWEEN
ty-fourth day Of Aprfl, A. %. 1872
EDWARD IVY, Notary Public.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08
CITY LICENSES FOR 1879.

" DEpARTMENT or FINANCE. Cry HALL.
New Orleans. April 8. 1878. !
To accommodate the public and save them
axnensfye costs and Inconvenience license In
spectors clothed with authority TO collect will
call upon those who have not paid and furnish
them the appropriate license under ordinance
No, 47ss. Administration Series, and those re-
fusine will be enioined at once.
ap1o ALE. e. ISAACsON. Administrator.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08

WANTED-THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT
w the cheapest and best advertising In the
city Is In this column, at ten cents per line for
the first and five cents for each subsequent In
aartton mh22
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08


Fire premiums received
during the year 1873 "a $3.50. 800
River premiums received
during the year 1875. 1928
--- $2.4s5.152 90
Fire losses during the
year 1873. 1888. S02
River los SOS during the
year 1873. 81 $50 $780, 61 90
Net surplus over all liabilities, In
Guiding reinsurance and capitals. 045 458 81
ASSETS
Cash on hand and In bank. .......... 1881. 499 10
Real estate unincumbered. .......... 365.00O 90
Loans ON bonds and mortgages. 5000 90
Loans on collateral security $1,000. 4.08O 90
Stocks and bonds market value) 5,476,o2s SO
! Total assets So s6S ~ "
The above statement Ii true and correct TO the
best Of my knowledge and belief:
~oN' p a. BARKER, Agent,
No. SO Carondelet street New Orleans.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this tWen-
ty- fourth day OF April, A. D: 1879.
ana7 I'm EDWARD IVY Notary Public.
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WANTS..
MIsCELANEOUs.

yNTANTED-FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED
W passengers, daily to buy their railway
tickets at Guidry's ticket office. 81 st. Charles
doing. aD11 I'm
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WANTED. CITY CANvASSERS-CA MAKE
w from g to So day. for the great com
bination" Hunters Perfection" Rotary Flour
parishes and counties In the states OF Louisi-
ana and Georgia: Apply to or address REY-
r.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08

CT RO Fob PIANO TUNINa-BEsT WORK
Pianist. jYSiy
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08

White Building. corner of Baronne,
p. B.-Parties In need OF DRY GOODS will
find great advantage In giving us call before
purchasing elsewhere. oc6
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08
AUCTION .ALEs.
ny Montgomery Il Go.

AN EXCEEDINGLY VALUABLE PRIVATE
LIBRARY
VIII be Sold at Auction.
pY MONTGOMERY d CO.. Auctioneers. at
- No. 81 Camp street. commencing MONDAY
EVENING, May ~. at 80 o'clock and CONTINUE
Inc. Tuesday and following evenings. until all
sold.
This collection is, without exception. the
FINEST OFFERED IN THIS CITY FOR
YEARS and includes most Of the BEST
ANCIENT and MODERN AUTHORS. in the
finest editions. elegantly and substantially
bound.
IT ID especially rich in English Classics and
Poetry the early English Drama, ShakesDeari-
ana. and Works Of Reference In English and
French. Also. In English French and Italian
Historians. Trans lations,. Works on Natural
History, including very fine copies OF Audu-
bons Birds and Quadrupeds OF North America,
American History. Oratory, and large num-
Der Of very costly Illustrated Books of Art. En-
cravings, etc. with
SUBSCRIBERS COPY OF BOYDELL's
ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE.
| Catalogues ready Saturday afternoon.
The books can be seen on the days Of sale.
| Sale positive and unreserved.
TeTms-Cash. mys CT
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-04

Of lie. after . brilliant pubic career. These
opinions We put forth without any consulta,
tion with the parties undsr discussios. but
q tho Sioux Falls man threw out . guess,
aud % thersls u great deslo p%olitical guess
lus going on over the territory, II eeems
an appropriate occaslon for Us 10 Try our
hand at the diversion. The Sioux Falls
writer mentions Colonel Campbell 40 . can.
dida,e for delegate. but does not seem to
think the outside world would stand much
show against Yankton county, which, he
says. always names the candidate. At the
last convention tho Black Hills dictated the
and At the convention previous.
Clay county was the ruling element. Our
own opinion Is thai Yu6ktsn, county 10 not
forward any Of ID aumsrous great
men. II We arc mistaken Ii this II 10 be-
cause the secret has been we'll guarded.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-04
FOREIGN MARKETS.

Weekly Review OF the English Grain
Markets.
The Mark Lane Express says In sew.
eral districts autumn sowing is not COM
pleted and farmers must wait for . thaw.
The time has now arrived when weather
considerations exercise little influence on
the grain trade. Wheat at country markets
was pressed forward BY farmers anxious to
realize, but Its bad condition restricted
business in Mark Lane, and but few parcels
fit for milling were sold ut unreduced rates.
Foreign arrivals were again swelled by
much Russian, and business was naturally
depressed thereby, but generally action is
unchanged, duilness being the usual charac-
teristic of the close Of the year. Sales have
been quite of retail character with little if
any change in prices, and holders have
shown no desire to prees sales. A few
weaker spectators have begun to evince
a desire to realize, but merchants gener-
ally are still confident that with the cessa.
ton of Russian supplies and the
6munition Of American in consequence of
the closing of canals and the increased de-
mand for British for winter consumption
the future should furnish few grounds for
anxiety. Arrivals at ports Of call have
been small. Wheat in steady demand and
closed 6rm. There was an improved de-.
mand in maize, which advanced 8 pence
per quarter. There was only a moderate
business done in wheat for shipment in
consequence Of the high price asked. Maize
quiet. Barley in limited request at pre-
vious currencles.
Sales of English wheat last week 80, $50
quarters at As shillings and 2 pence per
quarter against 1924 quarters at Al shil.
iings and spence per quarter for the same
week last year.
The imports into the United kingdom for
the week ending November % were 1884,
739 hundred weights of wheat and $50, sos
hundred weights of flour.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-04

There is serious trouble among the Iodi.
ans OF Canada. Starvation Is etaring them
in the face and they are becoming unruly
over the situation. Buffalo and all other
varieties Of game are scarce and the Canadi.
ans attribute the scarcity to the presence Of
the Sitting Bull Indians. This creates .
fesling of hostility between the Indians Of
Canada and the Sioux which prom,s.s to
result 10 the expulsion Of the latter from
the Queens domains. Ii Sitting Bull be-
COMES q foot ball between the Indians and
police Of the dominion and the soldiers of
our frontier he will very speedily be placed
10 q position where another peace commits.
siou can be sdvsntageously used. After be
has been thoroughly whipped on both sides
be will be in q mood to receive oyertures
looking to the establishment Of governnen,
ration depots along he4dissouri river Tor
the benefit of bis starving renegades. There
10 . report that Sitting Bull is endeavorinq
70 form 40 alliance with the Indians who en-
gsged In the Minnesota massacre with /,
view to active hostilit,es aga,net the whites
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-04

Secretary Sherman is after the man who
stole his annual report aud gave it to the
newspaper correspondents before it was ripe,
and says hehas struck . clue which promises
results. As the guilty party, if captured,
can only be punished for petty larceny, it
appears that the law does not place a very
high value upon the years developments
under the auspices of the head Of national
finances. President Hayes takes the theft
Of his message very coolly and it is possible
that he enjoys Secretary sherman's discom.
future the more when he calls to mind the
Boosting assertion of the secretary, after the
message had been purloined, that no thiev.
Ing correspondent could place hands upon
his repon-he had taken proper p~recaution.
afy measures. At that very time bis report
vas being placed in type in several Aewspa.
per Offices Of the country.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-04
GEN roomss FOR GRANT AND EMPIRE.

Atlanta tGa.) Cor. Philadelphia Times.
met the keneralths other day aud asked
him who would be the next President.
Grant" he replied promptly. HE will
DO the next president and the last Pref.
deDtn
"Aher Grant-whati"
"Tne empire, By Cd! Lam ready for
1t. Il is part Of the inevitable. When the
north b. the fourteenth. and fifteenth amend.
ments injected $780, 900 savages into the belly
OF the constitution they made popular gov
eminent impossible. Grant lisa man Of
power. Alec Stephens thinks he is the
greatest man probably in public life to-day.
l like him we'll enough myself; add
sight better than I do any Of his crowd. He
has TO q pre-emineut degree what will com
mand the irresolution Of these times. And
that is . dauntless courage"
us there no democrat who has the same
quality?"
"None-unless it is Bayard. He comes
Of the purest and bravest strain ofblood that
over flowed through American veins. II
he has the nerve of the old Bayard Who
turned his back on Burr and his party be-
cause he said Burr had let the party where
no clean handed gentleman could follow it.
he will do. l suspect the blood is not los.
ing it's temper. Tom Bayard's father ave
US a hint Of the old spirit when he left the
senate in 1860 because he would not swear
that he did not sympathize with the south.
But if Grant wants the presidency, and l
think he does, it will require a man that
can meet the lightning open-eyed to stay;his
steps to the White House. Once in there,
you might as veil try to tear the lightning
from its seat in the clouds rs to get him
out. But let it come. Grant and the EN-
pire. That is the prophecy Of an unrepen-
tant rebel %
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-04

will connect with the Milwaukee road. This
systso Of roads y built By the Southern
1insesota extension oonpany, for the prof.
that there Il In IL c~onstrucsios. and upon
ito completion will b bought ard operated
b. the Chicago, Milwaukee aud 81. Paul
railroad. Il is not improbable that the spur
from FIandreau to Sioux Falls will be cold
on its completion to the Blair and North.
western interest and used asa connection
9Th the Sioux City and Dakota railroad.
Certain It 10 that the latter road will sooner
or later be extended BY . route yet to be
determined to connect with the Northvss.
tern system, and eventually through them to
the Northern Pacific.
It 10 evident that Sioux Falls great mills
wheat.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-04

sPoiiticsi probabilities" has turned up at
Sioux Falls and In q letter TO the Stony
City Journal he gives currency to the hsz-
ardous guess that either Governor Howard
or Judge Shannon will be chosen delegate
from Dakota. Judge Shannon is not iu
politics and We have nothing to base an
opinion upon as to bis estimate of the de-
stability OF the position of delegate. Gov.
ernof Howard cared 20 little for the ONCE
Of United States senator from Michigan that
he made no use Of his powerful Influence in
That state while the place Was vacant
through the dsath of Chandler. It 10 there.
foFs aot probable that he ID ambitious to b.
came . congregational noneatity at bis time
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-04

Colonel jeff c. Davis died at the Palmer
house, in Chicago last Sunday afternoon.
He had been failing in health for several
years and his death was not unexpected to
his friends, thought it falls heavily upon the
many who we're endeared to him. His
death will promote Lieutenant Colonel Otia,
of the twenty-third infantry, to the colonel
cy Of the twenty-third infantry, and Major
Dallas, Of the twenty.second infantry, to the
lieutenant colonelcy.