The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-09
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE,

| Iowa reports o quiet movement rather than
/ q boom In behalf Of John Sherman.
| The HdWkepe says. ''Mr. Tilden II not use
| less-he may still be used for fish bait
| The Democratic State Central Committee
| OF Massachusetts, elected anti-Butler officers
/ David Davis pronounces the new hug waltz
| a failure.
The First National Bank OF New York Is a
| Sherman man.
Caleb Gushing p professional income for the
last year of his life was $4,000.
Miss Emma O. Thursby has been singing
before the German Emperor and his court,
aud has created great Impression.
II is likely that Gen. Jubal A. Early will
write 'Virginia's part In the late war" In
connection with Prof. Conrad's History Of
Virginia for the use Of schools and colleges"
An Indiana Democratic chief says De La
Martyrs bonnd from the pulpit into Con-
gress was too much for him. and he will soon
| play out.
The Ameer Of Afghanistan thinks Napoleon
| the greatest general the world ever possess-
ed. This is pardonable In the Ameer, as he
has probably never heard OF Gen. Howard.
Leonard Turner has been arrested In Bur-
lington, Iowa. for obtaining money of a Ger
man by representing himself as Jesus Christ.
the German somehow be oming suspicious
that Mr.. Turner was not what he said he was
Queen Victoria is said to be very much
pleased with Beaeonsfleld, because he gives
her such good reasons for her own acts,
Moreover, his advice on the subject Of gems;
Is invaluable.
Charles Reade, the novelist, has brought
suit against Kate Claxton to restrain her from
performing the play called the Double Mar
rage" OF which he liz the author, and also to
recover 81 500.
The Princess Louise, following her mothers
example, pays q bounty Of 81 apiece for trip
let's born In the Dominion. This ID Intended
TO be sort Of counterstroke to the famous
low-neck dress order.
Weston is still on his long tramp In Eng
land. AS ne progresses the people. grow
more interested In his feat, and flock to see
him. As he Is walking In the open country.
however, no gate money can be received.
Courtney, the oarsman, follows the COM
mon course OF all athletes. After announcing
his purpose TO row no more contests. he sends
out a challenge, Offering to row any man for
$4,000 or $4,000 three or five miles.
Conkling rises to his full stature when he
speaks carefully of the President as "Mr.
Hayes" and of the Secretary of the Treasury
as John" These are the great efforts of his
useful life.
Cardinal Cullen left an estate, composed ex-
clusively OF personal property, OF something
less than 10000. It was bequeathed to DR..
McCabe, Mgr. Meagher and the Rev. M. Vor-
don.
The famous Mr.. Josiah Turner, OF North
Carolina after having run against the regu-
lar Democratic nominee In the Fourth Dis
trict In November, and devoted himself all
the year to an attempt TO disrupt the party.
desired to enter the Democratic caucus for
the senatorship, but was excluded.
A London correspondent states that Hon.
Judah +. Benjamin occupies an elegant suite
OF law chambers In London, and has prac-
tce that pays him $50 600. He Is represented
as having said that he could be elected to the
House of Commons as several constituent
cies have given him very fattering invita-
tons.
A man who died In Utica, N. ", the other
day, had spoken but twice In nearly forty
years. On one occasion. when be hit his finger
with o hammer. he calculated "OhF and on
another, when he saw snake creeping over
the body. OF sleeping child, he cried out,
s'Seer' And, strange as 1t may appear, this
singular man was not a barber.
Mrs. Sartoris, Mrs. Hooper writes, is In
Paris, looking extremely we'll, and Is even
prettier than she was as Nellie Grant. She
Is accompanied by her husband and child, the
latter most lovely boy, not quite two years
old. He Is a fair, golden-haired little crea-
ture, with large blue eyes, and Is not In the
least shy or spoiled. manifesting very nat |
ural but rather .un-English devotion to Gen. |
Grant. 'Grandpapa' Is evidently an institu- |
ton of great Importance in the young gentle |
mans eyes"