The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-21
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Rev. Clark King, of Acton Ind, says tina,
his daughter Anna, ~ years old, became Ill oi
\ fever about February 8. and that since that
time she has refused any nourishment, not
even taking medicine.
A Baltimore lady pursued o man through
the street. laid her hand upon his shoulder
and accused him OF robbing her. The pick
rocket was SO startled that he took the
pocket-book from his pocket and handed It
to her, begging her to not prosecute him.
Cats do not count in law A fellow ia Bal
timore stole d Maltese cat, valued" by It's
owner at S25, and was released, the justice
holding that taking possession Of cat is not
criminal offense, however highly Its owner
might prize It.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris Is living very
quietly in England. She hopes next summer
TO persuade her father-in-law to bring his
wife to this country to see her sister, Fanny
Kemble Butler, who lives In Western Massa-
chusetts.
Mr.. y. Gratz Brown addressed large meet
ing IN the Missouri House Of Representatives
few evenings ago, giving his reasons why
the State Of Missouri, like the State Of Maine
should strike decisive legislative blow ut
the liquor traffic.
1t Is rumored that Baron Grants enormous
house ut Kensington Is 10 be demolished
The eight acres OF ground belonging to the
desolate mansion, with the lake and all the
rest Of 1t, are to be turned to account as the
site 81 new square, and the house itself Is to
Miss Martha Scruggs, described as Il beau
tiful young lady school-teacher of Johnson
county, Texas, who was engaged to be mar
rled % young man In Little Rock, Ark, In
April, received q printed invitation to his
wedding 10 another woman, and took strych-
nine and expired In painful commissions.
There Is no romance about Labouchere, the
London editor. There Is a m ovement In Switz-
erland just now TO honor the memory of Will
liam Tell, and Labouchere says apropos, that
Tell, IN riSking his child's life in shooting at
the apple and in skulking behind a rock to
asSaSSlnate GeSSler WAS more OF O mean scamp
than hero
Suppose you found burglar in your
house at night, what would you dor" asked |
reporter OF I'll. w. Beecher the other day |
shoot him ms quick MS lightning /" exclaimed
IL. W. b., almost tlercely. But supposing, |
Henry, that you found a domestic burglar
prowlng around In the bosom Of your family, |
what would be your course then?' We pause |
Congressman William H. FELTON,, of Georgia
has replied to Senator Gofdon's letter. He
accuses him In detail OF having been guilty of
financial and official complications, and re- |
iterates the assertion that he was the real |
author and inStigator OF the false assertion in |
the Washington correspondence of the Macon |
Telegraph that Mrs. FELTON, begged for Radi- |
cal money last fall, TO aid her husbands can
vass for reelection.
According to letters from the Cape Gotta
wayo, the Zulu King, is as merciless as he is
bloodthrsty. | have known him to kill fifty
women and children TO feed his golden eagles
As brave rs a lion, he will fight until he dies
and II he only sees o scratch on one Of his
warriors backs when they return home he Is
put to death, us Cetawayo thinks he must
have turned from the enemy and have thus
received the wound"
DIR. Newman will be Cardinal in spite Of
himself. 1t Is true enough that he has ex-
pressed his unwillingness to accept any dig
nifty; but he has placed himself altogether Mt
the disposal of the chief Of the Catholic
Church. At the consistory of the twenty
eighth ultimo John Henry Newman was re-
served as Cardinal IN pett0. The reservation
is merely a declaration of the intention of
the Sovereign Pontiff to create him Car
dinal
The Marquis OF Harrington has got him
self into hot water In London. Intending to
give some evening parties, he has sent out
his card-not requesting the honor of the
company" Of the ladi s he has invited to
Devonshire House. but calmly saying that he
will be 'at home" on particular nights in his
bachelor abode. This little incident, says the
London World, has produced Sensation
IN the drawing -rooms Of Mayfair. But the
World thinks the ladies will go to see the !
Marquis TAT home" and take their unmar-
ried daughters with them too.
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