Feliciana sentinel., 1879-07-05

EY- Robinson's circus is on the way W.
lown the river. oi
~Gov. Garcelon has been unanimous er
" re-elected by the Democrats OF Maine Al
a. The question of holding Sunday a
services has divided the wealthlest jew &,
ish congregation in Chicago.
~For samples of American legs we y
can point with pride to Weston, Parole "
Talmage and DR.. Mary Walker. b
E On the End inst, a colored boy, b
aged years, was run over by fire ell a
rine at Natchez, aud seriously it not ia
tally injured.
e. Mowbray's Nitro Glycerine works,
at North Adams, Mass, explo ded, June
3Oth, with terrible destructian of life ,
and property.
wPetroleum has been tested, with
success on the steamboat Billy Collins.
The experiment demostates the fact that
two barrels OF oil will go as far as seventy
five bushels of coal.
TDuring An excursion trip of the
steamer Lee, on Sunday last, the dress OF
Mrs. Green was ignited by a burnif ci-
fore the flames could be extinguished the
lady was fatally burned.
TAl of the fools are not yet dead
Gen. Grants two Arabian horses were
shod in New Haven, and the blacksmith
preserved the nails from the old shoes
He sold one nail to a Bridgeport man for
ono dollar, and refused ten dollars Tor
one of the castoff shoes.
w The u. S. man of war Wachusett
arrived at Vicksburg on the goth ult..
en- route for St. Louis. Experienced riv-
er men say she will be unable to get
farther than Lake Providence, there be-
ing but IA feet of water above the bar at
that place while the vessel draws l6
feet.
BThe visit of Queen Victoria to the
iereaved widow of Chlselhurst was a
most queenly and sympathetic act.
Both have been called upon to mourn
their dead, and both have wept tears OF
deep despair while thinking of their loss
es and their loves in the days that are nc
more, Their grief is little less then sa'
cred.
rOn the 25th ult., the Convention
adopted an ordinance exempting manu-
factures from taxation and license for tel
years. Article 20 from the report OF th'
Committee on General Provisions, which
provides that the General Assembly ma.
grant lottery charters until 1895 and ike
the license at $4,000 per annum, wa
adopted on the I'd inst.
T The condition of the warer in tn
lake at Vicksburg necessitates tho re
meval of the wharf boat to point Oh
mile lower down, where there is q dept
of SO feet of water. This will be don
speedily and already an extension OF I'll
Vicksburg and Meridian rail road b;
been commenced to meet the require
mepts of trade under the new arrange
ment.
~If a surgeon makes q new nose Il
one destitute of that organ, it is gre
feat; but surely it is only bagatelle
curinga man full of the poison of diseas
germs; removing from tie system all u
heathful matter, and making a sou
man out of one on the verge OF death
is done by Prof: Paine's Catarrh Vap
For sale at $50 s. Ninth Street, Phil
delphia, Pa.
~Glendy Burke, whose sudden dea
has just been chronicled, was one of
merchant princes Of New Orleani tEirt
five or forty years ago. 1t was, we belle
in the year 1s41 that he made bet
$5O,OCO with large country planter
the total of the ton crop of that seas
Mr.. Burke lost the bet and paid the m
ey promptly out of his then royal re
nues Since then he has been reduced
the very verge of want.
rThe Constitutional Convention
settled the debt question by declaring
legality fthe whole principal, but red
ing the interest to 3 per cent for tift
years and per cent thereafter. This
suit, which seems to be an endorsement
toto, Of the corrupt transactions OF
Warpeth and Kellogg regimes was ace
plshed by a vote of 81 to SO. The Conv
tion also removed tie Capital to Ba
Bouge by vote of "a to a.. About
best thing the Convention has done.
BsAn oriental traveller describes
busy scene, witnessed on historic she
sour steamer landed on o beach wi
was the port of Ant ioch, where the d
ples were first called Christians. III
was no town at the waters edge no
pie, no, wharf. The passengers and
merchandise we're put ashore in ligh
which ran up into the sand. A troo
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