The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-04
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prisoHed for "a month, for killing
an IIiehwOman's cat that had
been stealing his fish.
Tho largest daily receipt OF
cotton that ever reached Memphis
was on the 18th uIt., when 6,G27
bales arrived in hat city.
Grants reception in PhiladelH
phia is to be a most costly affair.
ChiId's, Drexrl and Borie propose
10 make it a superb ovation.
A decision of the United States
Supreme Court has declared trade
marks unconstitutional. There
are about 5000 of them i'll use.
The marriage of King AlpbonSo
with the Archduchess Marie
Christine, was celebrated at Mad
rid, on the morning of the 20th
ult.
On the 18th uIt., Secretary
Sherman's witness, Eliza Pinks-
ton, was arrested at Louisville,
Miss, for the alledged murder OF
her husband.
At Fall River, they have Q
solved to r~e~estab!ish the wages
paid to work people, in April,
1878. This is equivalent to an
advance Of Is per cent.
About 100 clerks have been dis
charged from the Treasurer De,
partment in Washington. As the
elections have been held they are
no Iouger needed.
The LeadvilIe smelters obtained
over TAO tons of bullion from
3,847 tons of ore, in OHe week.
The value Of the silver WAS esti'
mated at $3,332.G4.
Park Benjamin is advocating
the substitution of electricity for
the galloWs. One of the argu~
ments in its favor, is that it does
not spoil the subject.
The possibility of being blown
from the tracks, is now regarded
as OUe of the dangers attendant
on riding in the cars of the New
York elevated railway.
Gooding s. Ale's -four mills at
Oronoco, Mimi, was destroyed by
fire on the 25th ult. 10000 bushels
of wheat were burned. The loss
is Estimated at $4,000.
Seward is said to have resigned
his Chinese Mission, because of
MOsby's disclosures. The whole
affair is unfortunate and leaves no
doubt of the guilt of the accused.
A street fight took place in At,
lanta, Ga, on the 26th alt. The
difficulty was between a bar
keeper and a al>deaIer. The
latter named Bridger, has been
fatally injured.
1t is asserted that the story is
now being started that Grant is
partially insane. 1t is alledged
hat his brother OrVille was con-
fined i'll an insane asylum, and
that one of his sisters was a luna.
tic.
On the Western Railroads, al
though all the hitherto idle roll
ing stock has been brought into
use, the accommodation for freight
is still very deficient, as the traffic
has increased % to So per cent.
A determined suicide occurred
at Cincinnati, on the Goth nit.
An old man sixtyaseven years of
age, named Gibner, strangled
himself by fastening a handker-
chief around his neck and twist
ing it with a broomstick.
The attempt to make a general
pool of the brewing interests in
Cincinnati is likely to be aban-
doned, in consequent of the diff
Guilty in satisfying each member
of the Brewers Association in the
matter of appraisement.
A reception was given at the
Academy of Music, n. Y, on the
Goth ult ,to,celebrate the 25th ami,
Versary of Bishop Potter's epis>
cOpacy. Most of the prominent
people of the city filed the house.
Gordon Pacha has received
orders that in case he is unsuc.
cessfnl in his negotiations with
the King of Abyssinia, he is to
return to Dendar and from there
to enter AbysSinia with the Egyp.
tian troops.
They are establishing goose
ranches in western Texas. The
feathers are plucked out once in
every two months, and each bird
will furnish, on an average, rs
cents worth of feathers a YEAR.
Some of these ranches have seve-
raj thousand geese.
A number of New York pilots.
having bought a stem vessel to
be employed IS a pilot boat, diff.
fculties have arisen between the
owners of the steamer and the
owners # sailing crafts engaged
in the same business. The latter
protest against the introduction of
steam.
The Philadelphia TIMES states
that it is estimated that within
the past three mouths $500, 900 600
has been added to the apparent
wealth OF llis country, merely
through the appreciation of Iaii
way and other miscellaneous se-
curities.
The association for the protee-
ton of French Industry states
that the European eountries as
we'll as the United States and the
British colonies have raised their
tariffs to the prejudice of France.
consequently the Association = /
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