The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-09
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Wade Hampton has formally resigned his
Office Of Governor Of South Carolina, anu nus
been commissioned as United States SENATOR
John r. Cough SAYS he has done leCturiDg.
This means Tint Mr.. Cough has entered TN,
farewell period in his career. 1hey all
do It,
Col. Thomas A. Scott has entirely recov-
cred his health, and expects 10 return 10 this
country fully prepared for hard WORK he -
now iourneying up the MIG.
Prof Swift. the Rochester astronomer, has
Young aon who has already eyineed q re-
markable interest in tho subject OF his fathers
atndv. and promises to develop devotion 70
the science not less intense than that OF his
parent.
Mr.. w. ID. Howells made M eloquent speech
In Boston tho other day. pleading for the con-
tinuance of the late Mrs. Emily Bliss Goulds
educational work in Rome The occasion was
the first annual meeting OF the association
formed to advance Mrs. Goulds enterprises,
The story that the late Judge Cadwalader
Of Philadelphia, was so puncttllOus as re-
garded official dignity that he lined MS
brother $50 for contempt ono day when he
came into court and addressed the bench MS
"John." IL possibly somewhat exaggerated.
Science says now that kissing on the lip,
must be abolished in tho interest OF healtho
Most potent, grave and reverend seigniorS
scholarg and philosophers, there are moments
| you know nothing OF, when u man don't care
| two cents for science, and when he Is going To
| plant kisses where they belong, If the laws OF
| health are torn from Alpha to Beer Sheba.--
| saltwater Lumberman.
| A Hartford dog has died Of broken heart.
| Ii was fine setter and loved Its master. One
| day last November while they were hunting
| for muskrats, the young man fell into North
Meadow creek and was drowned The dog
went home, acted strangely. ran back and
| forth and finally induced q neighbor to go to
| the creek where the body lay. From that
| time the dogs health declined. 1t ate little
II anything; 1t dropped, 1t pinned and finally
| IL died.
| A st. Paul special to the Chicago Times
| Und) says that Mr.. Ignatius Donnelly's case
| the s contesting the seat Of Mr.. Washburnj
| is q strong one. The Secretary OF State Is
shown to have dropped through an error
| some 800 votes from Donneiley's returns, and
proof is adduced OF some twenty different
| cases of bribery. besides such irregularities
| as occurred ut Crookston, where, though the
voting population WAS but 100, 264 votes were
cast.
There Ii woman In Kingston, N. r., whf
got ahead of the lawyers eighteen years ago
and has kept her lead. At that time her hus
band died. leaving q last will and testament
She quietly raised the corner of her apron
and dropped that last will and testament int
her pocket; and she kept her mouth closed
AS the bulk of the property was given to hel
by the will, the good woman had nothing u
gain by concealing the document. Why die
woman.
The gentleman who maintains the chief &c
clesiastical authority over the Indians hai
very little or pomp and circumstance when h
travels among them. covered wagon can
not withstand the winds that sweep across TIN
prairieS, so putting into an open wagon SUI
iicent provisions for himself and his driver
and food for tho two horses, the excellen
Bishop Hare begins n long journey among hi
wild charges. At night he sets up his tent OF
the open prairie, or, wrapped III DutlalOrobe
sleeps In the wagon.
trated at Hoiyoke Mass, q week ago Sunda.
night The apartments Of Mrs. Willard wcr
entered, and her personal property was wan
tonly mutillated. Three oil paintings wer
! damaged beyond repair. An oil portrait Q
the lady's dead child WAS cut SO that little 9
! 1T was left, aud the cuttings were burned |
the stove. seal-skin sack received ninetee
slashes and sea-skin mulf Was cut in two
silk dress valued Mt 500 Was ruined Ihi
mischief is believed to be the work OF n VIZ
' man, and OF one well acquainted with tn
q house.
The walking menia, 1t appears, Is not moo
t ern-it Is merely a renaissance. In 1783 q
!, | Irish gentleman named Whalley made
wager of S1100eG that he would perform
d waking tour frem London to Constantinopl
J, and return, attired in swallow-tail bit
d coat, a brilliant waistcoat, buckskin breech'
and top boots, and his weapon of defense
:, stout shillelah. He won the prince.y wage
J, and was thereafter known as JerusaleI
Whalley. In 1909, Capt. Barclay, of New
J. market, England, walked u thousand mile
y In thousand hours and the church bel
i were rung In his honor. The Accomplished
has not expanded much since those exploit
2 Mime. Carvalho was playing in Lucia
o. Lammermoor at Marseilles. The eantatri'
:, had ordered restaurant keeper to send her
= basin of hot soup at o'clock. The hol
!, came, and with it a girl carrying the star
refreshment. The girl made at once for til
stage and arrived at the wings as Madam
y was singing in the finale to the first act; an
= the next moment RavenswOod and Lucia wei
y on the messy bank in front OF the founta
I, the, cover lifted, and the intruder addressin
e them as she plunged spoon in the bow
y with, Begging your pardon, sir, for int
!, rupting you and the ladies, but here's II
y soup"