The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-11
CURRENT MENTION.

A tramp who rode 600 miles In locked cal
loaded with green hides thinks the Who'll.
country Is sadly In need OF disinfectants ant
sewers.
Longfellow's favorite seaside resort *
Nahant, but he has remained In Cambridge
SO far this summer, believing 1t to be for his
health to do SO.
Ex-Gov. Pilsbury, Of Maine, wants to be
| United States Senator to succeed Hamlin
| He was Governor when the present leaders liz
| Maine were boys.
The Reading Pa Times says that Peter d
WaIner will be candidate TOR the Demo
| cratic nomination for Congress in Hester
IClymer's district next year.
] Miss Martha A. Head, the bride at a recent
wedding Ia Wayne county, Ga, is only ten
years OF age. Her parents were at the cere-
mony and gave their full approval
Blanton Duncan, Col. Harper, Scion Chase
and Moses Hull are doing the heavy stump
Ing work for the Greenbackers In Maine
! The papers down East call them the steer
| team
M. Leon Says mint bill, to make the coin
age Of money q government manufacture in
stead OF a private undertaking IA system now
ia vogue only in France, Belgium and Hol-
land), has passed the Senate.
Nearly half Ireland Is now under pasture
The size Of farms has, for the past twenty
five years, been steadily increasing. Since
1878 there has been decrease Of 1920 holdings
under thirty actes, and an increase of 55G In
holdings above that limit.
Lieut.. Com'r H. Il. Gorringer. of the navy,
will undertake to bring the obelsk presented
by the Khedive Of Egypt to the city OF New
York to this country. He will charter a ship
Of $500 tons, and came to this city yesterday
for the purpose.
The Georgia House Of Representatives has
passed bill, by vote Of 1O3 to %, exempt
Ing from jury duty regularly licensed phar-
maceutists and druggists, ministers, miliers,
school teachers, telegraph operators and en-
ployes of railroads.
"A Russian physician, M. Malarevsky,
struck by the prevalence OF short-sighted-
ness among literary men, proposes that
books should be printed in white ink on black
paper, and he has made experiments with.
| fifty persons which tend to confirm his view
Judge LEROY, presiding over a county
| court at Bridgeport, England, made abusive
remarks from the bench about the Western
Gazette, which had found fault with one of his
decisions. The editor threatened to institute
suit for SANDER, and the judge prevented 1t
by making public apology.
Princes Albert Victor and George Frederick
of Wales, on July a. babe farewell to the
Britannia, at Dartmouth, where they have
been educated during the past two years
They have both passed first class IN seaman
ship and conduct, thereby gaining six
months time which will entitle them shortly
to become midshipmen.
Nicholas Vasslin, an Austrian subject, has
been killed by brigands in Thessaly. Three
Albanians intercepted him and two friends
| near Zarks and demanded E250 (Turkish) as
ransom. One friend started to obtain the
money, and Nassilin, seeing the brigands
asleep. seized a yataghan, rushed on them
and was gaining the advantage when he was
shot dead, his other companion escaping.
The other day, In Paris, two men bet $4,000
that their two horses, one q Russian and the
! -,
TriOmphe to Monies and RETURN a distance of
sixty miles, inside of a specified time The
French horse fell dead at st German on bis
return, and the Russian arrived alive, in the
Bots de Boulogne, having made the distance
in nine hours, but when he reached his stable
he also fell dead.
The ball given at Carlton House Terrace by
Lady Olive Guinness, daughter Of the Earl
OF Bantry and wife of the head of the great
porter brewing house in Dublin, Sir Arthur
Guinness, to the Duke and Duchess of Con
naught was the most sumptuous revel Of
London season which has been frugal in the
pursuit Of pleasure. The house, 10 which Mr..
Gladstone has resided for many years. was
gorgeously decorated with the rarest exotics
and flowers, and the cost was $4,000.
Mrs. Western is most uncommon rai-
gious convert. After announcing her change
of heart in a Baptist meeting, at Worth, Ga.
she began to exhort with great volubilty,
and has kept it up ever since, stopping hard
ly long enough to eat and sleep. The super
stitious neighbours regard her as an inspired
speaker. She will pay no attention to any
body, but talk right on from morning until
night. Thousands Of persons have been to
see and hear her.
The italian General Franzfni has been muir
dered near San Salvatore by Capt. Deroda,
WkO according to one account, is insane, and,
according to another, had been refused the
hand Of Franzinis daughter. The General
was travelling by coach, and at a hill where
ii It asleep. The murdeA thereupon, who
had been walking alongside, got up on the
step and shot him. The General died half an
hour afterward. and the murderer, who took
to flight, committed suicide a short distance
off.
NJ. Companys, a military physician, who
served in Algeria and was engaged IN the
sanitary arrangements OF the SueZ Canal
works, Is about to be sent to the Isthmus of
Panama, there to ascertain what measures
will have to be taken for the preservation of
the health of the labores. AS regards the
latter, agents are to be appointed to recruit |
them from among the inhabitants OF South |
America best fitted for supporsing fatigue in |
tropical climate. Nj. de Lesseps has written |
to the Emperor Of Brazil to ask for his CO.
operation IN procuring hands.
The new Khedive, Prince Tewfik, is said to |
possess all his fathers charm of manner, |
VIII VIZ. q soou ue1l MoIe ~ uigHlIy, DOtn Ia |
stature and appearance. He is the only one |
OF the late khediye's boys who has been |
brought up exclusively in Egypt Some years
ago he started on European tour, but when
he had got as far as Vienna he was recalled
by telegram from his father. He speaks
French huentIy. and can read English suffi-
GENTLY well to understand all written In the
papers about Egypt a subject to which he
ieyotes great attention. His children. who
are still young, have been brought up by an
English governess, ard speak English easily.
FRINGE IeWhk, unlike his father, has been
always seduIous attendant at the mosque
md is believed to be dBvout, but not an in
nfarant MnhaYa mpdan IInlika he fa4han /