The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-29
omitted tO mention In It's proper place that
Mr. Woodford Ia a Christian statssts an as
well as an educated ass
CURRENT MENTION.

Out Of San Franeiscos voting population
OF A,7e5, 1t is stated TINT 23,9d9 ags foreign
born
A North Carolina clergyman has killed 57S
ground hogs, and 1t ID likely that the gruund-
hog predicts bad season.
A Bridgeport fConn) woman, fifty years
old. has pstitioned the assessors to eukdown
her taxes because she liz An orphan.
DIR. j. I. Hayes sHtd in lecture tho ether
evening that be- believed the Belaneth expedi-
tlon Will reach the North Pole Through sub
stantially open sea.
London 7FwfA has become alarmed at tho
Increasing number of old maids, and says the
only way In which the evil can t,s diminished
In for parents 20 give their dauRi i,tersasmuei
money as the sons.
Frasouelo The famous spanisl b,flLfiRhtsr.
is not dead bsst y recovering ral ,ld!y. IN spite
weekles has published nm in terssting do
ssoription Of his death and burli,l.
A family Of emigra Bts were fof Ind occupying
u tomb In u cemetery near Prdsvilence, r. T..
that had been left open. VIII OIL discovered
they had had possession a wi ,els, and were
using the coffin shelves 10 put heR dishes Oh
Fifteen milk dealers were fine IN New York
city, saturday, for afalteratt m. This will
fnscesstate. Of course. still gra ste7 adultera~
ton In tho future, Ia or,ler to .et even pn the
fine. A few days imprisonmei ID would have
u much more wholesome effect.
The maharaiah OF Burdw any, one Of the
largest lHndholdera ln India M ld man noted
for his enlightened Hherallty NJ ID public spirit,
is dead! 80 is tho Princess itnaeila, of Wal4
.deck-Pyrmo ont, grandaunt t,f the young
Queen Of Holland.
I The report that nm English pFfaeeag Ii soon
to become u member of the Catholic Church
Ia said to refer to Louise, wife Oh The Marquis
of Lorne, concerning whose religious predi-
lections tho gossips have lon u been busy. A
dispatch from OTTAWA states that the runor
ID officially denied
The mayor Of Stafford, England, Mr. II.
Marson has been presents d With q silver
cradle thirty inches high Ut ID Weighing two
hundred ounces, in aeeordants with an ancient
custom prescribing such x lft for the mayor
whenever ii child IN born to, him 5tiurIEg his
incnmbsney. This may be ,he greet original
mayor q nest"
The tub IN which DIGGER les isrepoYtet To
have lived !s now said by tderman arohaolo~
gists to have besn no tub MT ALL Tnbs are
Of comparatively modern rigtn THE Greeks
knew , nothing b. R about theaa Ehshr washing
abode was one OF The igigsntlG wine jars
sometimes In use.
The ex- Khedive, In a ree emit lnte ryiewswith Il
London correspondents cor nplafne Il Of the class
90 European officials sent tsrH TO reorparljze
raost of them were men Ok tnirtl.rate admins
istrntlve ability but OF II pstrati capacity for
drawing large salaries Mad takin9 fonK holi~
days. The eEv Khedive s MT hf.ppy.
Peter Goalet, one of tile reha III men In New
York, died on Friday at tho aReof eighty.
He WAS. u speonlator In city property when
prices were rapidly dvanoif'g. and owned
houses and lots ln alroos's.ey cry part of the
city. His estate is eptims stef at $40 gOo, coo.
He was descended * ON ! Hugt1snot family
and was never marie a. Ha was very econo-
MlGal.
Mrs. Sully, who lives Mt No. 325 Forrest
hiding place for her market money. shs at
last hit upou the leo salll and turned that
household utensil into n l)ank, When she
went TO look, the otl ler day, for y twenty dol
lar note which she had put Into the mill che y
found that some 0i 10 lad besas there before
her.
dso. l.. ferkins, Of Norwich, Ct, I'll insurer
OF tho Norwich aid Worcester Raiiroad, ls
ninety-yeaps of atse, sald has acted eg tfuas~
ur9r Of thht eorpt ration fror1tts eornmerce-
ment, about for ty ysass. Previous sto his
appointment to his position he was payu1as-
ter IN the army. Ho y probably the ol dest
railroad official In the IJhited States, bD.h I'm
term OF SCI vice aud 1ea re-.
Chnetine Cox the Nsw York murdaTsx yshf,
WAS convicted ron bis YIN confession, Tsp ly 70
Sree. Shortly after b Is conviction Gtyx was
sentenced to ne ha 1g, d on ths twenty ninth
day of August but hi shrewd couneeIf f,arried
his case Oh appeal b. o higher court, az ID now
demands thai, his 3iit,Dt shall 70 FREE. i,ecaus9
1t wae Improper To convict him On Ifis own
Confession. Tho snI,rems Court offNt,w York
has bean long while, as It will apnss / TO the
public, making Up I to mind nponshh Ito point.
md his chances apfs about even.
An ,old-iashioneb quilting .pantp Ia mem
TONED by the JAnet lon City (Kanssss Tribune
"We attended Gln iltinR party last week at
Red Rose farm. The quilt was, plecpd HI
China pattern ny the father of TIN bostess
MIS-. 9. W, B!lL vyho is ninety FIVE years Old.
The daughter. granddaughter and great
granddaughter were NIL qniItiDg,a i ODE time.
The old gentaem an did not paDIH tbIy antici-
pate this Tho when sewing aa 8 blocks III
accurately and neatly #ssa
At Q recent welding In We York, the
lovers knca Mld horseshoe w re woven Of
solid roses, A large circular sa skst and Iyre
composed Of, Cook roses fspu q and lillian
AmaZoDlca. ompeted the daee ration. At n
! wooden we dding" butter.tu I'D and auine-
boxes were used as fiDwersu cejvera. and d
ehoppiDg- -b,w was filled t0,p yerfiowii,p with
rare anfi eVstly plants Ab q neither vvefidinu
the bride carried ali Angot ,ap fIiea on 1rie
side with long -Bgemmed whit q Dnda