The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-26
CURRENT MENTION. j

Ex-Gov. seymour has In hl5 study Mt Deer
field u gplsHdtd library, aistinotlve feRturs
or which ia 81 collection Of biographies of
American statesmen.
According 10 official snti8ties ihers were
from 1888 to 1865 fewer than niuety-four
persons buried alive either through accident
or Ignorance IN various parts of Francs.
Barring Brothera 4 90, Of London, have or
hofed n thousand dollar bell for u church I'm
Portland. No, "as mn expression of friendly
huslncsB relations during many years with
the eltl2tus Of Portland
The police force Of Hartford, Conn. aro
hereafter ~ ba detailed IN rUtatoD, two each
month, for detective serVlces. All the men
not engaged III such services, Including tho
present detectlveg, are " perform patrol duty
In Uniform.
The New York Tribune calls upon Grant 30
decide md declare which presIdarey H. In that
no wants the cnnnl or the Union. Grant
should anawer promptly. Mr.. jay Gould
wants To know whether to 20 long on politics
or canal shares.
M Alphonss Dandet the author oF "rha
khhoh" and "5ldonie, and perhaps tho
French writer, after Hugo most popular In
Americn. il n mnn still In his Fortea. He In o.
handsome mau. blus-eyed, With blonde hair,
aud rs kindly. charming In hls manners and
very heartily liked by hie brother writer's.
Judge hbner Inzsltne nged eighty-six
ynare, prnbnhly ths oldest praGtlcinR lawyer
in New York. died nj jamestown yesterday.
He graduated at Williams College In the
clnaa of tsl5. waa member Of tho Assembly
In 1923 and 1929, u metubnr Of Congress In
1892 and 1884. He practced law until "a week
ago.
Tho national park gtlll ngitates tho minds
of the people Of Niagara Falls, and the latest
phase of tho matter Is the extraordinary rise
in tho value of property supposed To he want
ed for the park Land. etc, worth $4,000 a
few months ngo In now worth 100000, and Il
t1nyu ma mt ia fnAa
money In tho Stnte to buy ~ national park.
We notice but few new designs Ia Christ
mas sippera. They are still made on lasts
modelled after an Erie canal boat. which makes
1t very convenient for the wearer to turn
around Without lifting his feet from the floor.
The little malls so much appreciated by gem
tlencn with tender feet show no deterfora-
tlon in quantity or point The worst contor-
tioh8 are Of the old cxhsperntlng types
A bolt Is u bolt In the United States, except
whom worn by those young women who pre-
fer something that looks like u baudage, but
IN France belt Beems TO be- almost anything.
The last one Of which any description has
travelled hither Is finished In the back In
point made of plush and trimmed with moss
fringe. This point falls between tho tails OF
the coat basque, and the underskirt is plain.
A boar's head IL usually cent to Queen Vic
tOra from Germany each Christmas. For
fourteen Chrlstmnses from 1887 1t was the
custom Of King Ernest Of Hanover to send
one to each Of his political friends In England.
Ills Hat was somewhat lengthy one when he,
loft the country, but II man abandoned hisF
rigid creed Of High Toryism In Church and
State no was nj once expunged, and at his
death II had d@ndled down to very few
names indeed
The audacty with which flbs are told about
echools Is curlously illustrated In report In
the Chicago Inter Ocedn. A man arose at q
meeting 10 investigate the sanitary condition
OF Behool-house and charged the echool
board with being the cause Of mis- boys death,
because had ho been able TO attend school all
day he would not have lost his iife As q
matter Of fact says the reporter Of the
specch, dryly, "hIs son was drowned"
When "Thad" Stevens was q young lawyer
In the Pennsylvania courts he once lost his
case by what he considered wrong ruling OF
the Judge. Disguat'-d he banged his law
books on the table, picked up his hat and
started for the door. with some vigorous
words In his mouth. The judge, feeling that
his dignity was assalled, rose inpressively
and said "Mr. Stevensw Mr.. Stevens
stopped, turned and bowed deferentially.
"Mr. Stevens" said the Judge. "do you intend
by such conduct To express your contempt for
this court2" And Stevens. with mock serious
ness, answered Express my contempt for
this court! No, sir l was trying to conceal
1t, your hOnorp