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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15

Letters received in Berlin from Cracow state
that the moderate Liberal party in Poland
have apparently been induced by the recent
attempt on the life of the Emperor to adopt
more conciliatory attitude toward the Gar
and his policy
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15

Operations for again raising the Grosser
Kurfurst, the ironclad which went to the bot
tom Of the sea by fatal collision with the
Kaiser Wilhelm last summer, are shortly to
commence near Folkestone. A contract was
concluded with Mes5rs. Leutner Il Co.. in
London, who are to undertake the respective
works sum OF 100000 marks was set
necessary preliminary expenses. Whereas at
least fair prospects exist Of lifting the Great
Elector to the surface, the results Of the legal
proceedings against the officers responsible
for the catastrophe seem to remain hidden
forever More than three months have elapsed
since the termination Of the eourt-martial
convened to pass Judgment on the guilty or
negligent officials without anything being
known as to the verdict. Gen. Storch, the
chief OF the imperial admiralty, whose whole
system of administration of the naval depart.
ment is severely censured, finds himself
Justly exposed to bitter attacks, owing to the
mystery observed by him with regard to the
whole affair.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
MEXICO.
Trouble in Yucatan Between the Federal
and State Officials

MEXICO, May 10.-There Is serious trouble
In Yucatan between the State and Federal
officials relative to a new Federal tax. The
State opposed; the Federal Judge seized the
State revenue, and the governor appealed to
the governors Of other States.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15

More than 400 yards length OF cliff at Cou-
vile, near Havre, fell into the sea. with three
reports IKE tnunderclaps. The tide was in at
the time, and the material was carried awav
by 1t when it retired.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15

One of the Austrian officers employed in re-
organizing the Persian army gives the follow
ing details Of its strength and OF the pecu-
liar characteristics Of the men composing It,
AS at present organized the armed forces
consist OF seventy-seven battalions OF infan-
try, each from 800 to 1000 men strong, and
numbering therefore altogether some 10000
men; Of seventy-nine regiments OF cavalry,
each Of about 400 sabres comprising there
fore about 10000 troopers; Of twenty regi.
ments of artillery with a total strength OF
5000 men with, 200 guns; and. finally, Of a
regiment Of pioneers, 500 men strong. The
regular army therefore comprises altogether
10000 officers and men of all ranks and OF all
arms Of the service. The armament consists
at present for the most part OF muzzle-load-
Ing rifles; but 10000 men are at once to be
supplied with breeeh- loading weapons. =, The .he
Austrian writer, an excellent soldier. A good
marcher, sober, capable of performing an al
most Incredible amount Of hard and eontinu-
GUS work, he would, II adequately instructed
and well led, prove a most formidable enemy
The men composing the cavalry are all bold
andlskiliful soldiers, but they are unframed
In military evolutiOns.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
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Four-fiftns of the gloves made In the
United States are manufactured at Gloyers-
population of $4,000 find profitable employ
ment in the industry. Five years ago the
value of the product was estimated at S1o,-
100000. There are some 800 manufacturers In
the hnsinacG
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
Pistol and Bowie Knife.

FRANKFORT, KY, May IA difficulty oc-
cured here at 80 o'clock between DR.. W. II:
Hall and Mr.. J. NJ. Stephens, in which Hall
was stabbed In four places dangerously,
clothing. The origin Of the difficulty Is not
known
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
A Disastrous FIRE in Lexington, Ky.

LEXINGTON, KY, May IA disastrous fire
Is raging here Traces livery stable and
omnibus stables and several dwellings were
burned. The Phoenix Hotel is on tire Aid
has been asked from the fire departments OF
Frankfort and Paris.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15

The South needs the negro and Ia willing to
pay for his work. The North does not need
him and will doom him to pauper,s fate IL
gaining little political capital the RepubIi-
can managers are working like beavers to
promote the negro exodus.-E Utica Observer.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
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against Bolivia and Peru. A war correspon-
dent on the spot describes the first battle as
simply terrific. The greatest havoc was In
the artillery, where mule lost SHOE
Milwaukee Sun.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15

Mr.. Froude is parent OF the last curious
blunder, and in his new book on Cesar
speaks Of that general as returning with Lhe s2s
light Of twenty victories blazing round MS
hayonets."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
Rhode Island Discussing the Exodus
Question.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., May IA meeting
was held this evening at the state-Hou &C
consider the question Of the exodus oI oouln-
lief
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
Natchez tn New Orleans.
[Natchez Democrat. May 49,

The formal challenge from the Natehez
Gun Club to the New Orleans Gun Club for
match at glass ball shooting was forwarded
by mail yesterday.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
CINCINNATI.
Accident On a Steamboat Staging Capt.
Leathers Injured.

CINCINNATI, May IA All. Burnett, the elo-
cutionist and actor, while visiting the marine
railway this afternoon was standing on
staging with Capt. Leathers, which gave way,
and they fell. The former was seriously, II
not fatally, hurt, one arm and one leg being
broken. Capt, Leathers had his collar-bone
broken.
THE RAILROAD MASTER MECHANICS.
The railroad master mechanics held another
term to-day. The standard axle as adopted
by the car builders was adopted after a
lengthy debate. The committee on meeting
recommended Cleveland or New York as the
next place Of meeting.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
SPAIN.
uN M-.
The Cuban Deputies and Free Trade in the
Spanish Cortes

LONDON, May IA Madrid dispatch to
the Daily Neacs states that combination OF
powerful interests have been formed against
the free trade policy which the Cuban repre-
sentatives are pledged to advocate.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
Refreshing Rains In the NOrthwest-The
Condition of the Crops.

CHICAGO, May 14.-Refreshing rains Iel
last night everywhere. The crops In tn
Northwest. especially the wheat, were suffer
ing for rain. Now they are much revived.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
NEW ORLEANS, THURSDAY. Is,

officers had fight with bushwhackers near
Cumberland Gap, and the notorious Burt
Gaines was killed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15

Holloway, the great London pill maker
spends $4,000 annually in newspaper adVer>S
tising.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15

Fight Between Rushwhackers anu hete'
nue. Officers.
LYNcHBURG, Va, May 1.-THE revenue
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-15
Tnree Children Rurn.a tn Meath

TORONTO, May 14.-Three children. Richard
Casey John Casey and John Emard were
burned to death yesterday while at play In a
shed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13
THOMAS SLovEN is the homs'y name of q

THOMAS SLovEN is the homs'y name of q
man who lives in poverty at St. John, New
1runswick, and who has saved during his life
twenty-five persons from drowning.-Er-
change.
Why do not these twenty-five persons help
Mr.. Sloven along in some way1 1t seems as
if gratitude was getting to be q sort of lost
virtue As Sloven sits in his lonely cottage
at St. John and reflects how small return
these people have made him for his heroism,
he is likely to arrive at the conclusion that he
wasted considerable time on human flesh that
ought to have been left for the fish. A few
months ago brave engineer in one Of the
Comstock mines saved the lives of a dozen
men by his nerve and strength. The papers
suggested that they present him with some
sort of testimonial; but if they ever did, it
has never been heard of. Yet no doubt if a
paper was circulated among them to raise
money to purchase $500 watch for Super
intendent drawing $500 month, they would
respond literally.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

A STORY OF THE FLOOD You never saw
one of those foods the Sacramento river
Well, it's sight to see the stuff that comes
floating down after big one. After that
Marysville food i'll rs, took boat one day
and cruised around. In less than half an
hour had her loaded down with goods that
were floating about on the water. There
were five half barrels of pork, remember,
three hams, chest of tea, length of stove
pipe"
Hold on" said Harry johnson, interrupt
ing the oldest inhabitsnt, 81 can stand the
pork and the hams, and the tea, but I'm d
If believe a length of stovepipe will float
anyhow"
DO you know, said the o. i. as he helped
himself to fresh quid from the stock in
trade, do you know that l was puzzled by it
at first myself. But when l came to examine
it, found that both ends of the stovepipe
were filed up with SCOT That's how it came
to float Keno Gazette
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

France estimates her loss by the failure Of
the champagne vintage at $1,000 COO
The new Dakota salt springs are forty five
miles from Deadwood. The supply is said to
oe immense.
Within the last FIVE years the acreage tf
cereals in the United States has Increased
from rs 900, 900 to $4,000, 900.
Next year is leap year, and February will
have twenty nine days and five Sundays. Lots
of time for the girls to do up their counting
Miss Rachael Vent. who recently died in
Baltimore, learned her fathers trade of black.
smith, and succeeded to his businesa, working
herself at the forge and anvil.
Miss Maud Banks, daughter of General
Banks, has made her debut at Brookine,
Mass, as an actress in an amateur company.
She intends to go on the professional stage.
The Idaho Mining Company of Nevada
county, CAL, has declared its 124th regular
dividend from the proceeds of the mine, for
the month of November, amounting to Sc, 200
The College of Oratory of New York was
formally opened on the 18th. Addresses were
made by Henry Bergh, Prof. j. e Frobisher
and Miss Kate Field, the special guest of the
evening.
A dispatch from Oroville says that Brown.
the third Mendocino outlaw, was captured
on the 18th in Butte county, after a chase Of
thirty miles from where Billings, his compan-
ion, was killed by the Sherif's posse.
A Los Pinos dispatch says Oaray brought
in one of the Indians who are to be tried, and
promised to bring the others as soon as they
were secured. The loss of property by the
outbreak will be paid for out of the Ute fund
on deposit at Washington.
A Fredericksburg Va telegram says: The
leading Democratic citizens of Richmond
county have pettioned Judge Jones to in
cluds within the jury list such colored citi-
zens Of the county az the court shall think
well qualified to serve as jurors. Judge Jones
has granted the order.
A Government agent named John Usher,
was murdered near Kamlops, while with three
Deputies he was attempting to arrest three
brothers named Mclean, and Alexander Hare
One of Ushers assistants was severely wound
ed. The murderers are at large, committing
thefts and threatening to burn Kamlops
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13
OVER EDUCATION.

A good many writer's are bemosning the
fact that athletic sports are making too much
hesdway in the United States, and that our
collegiate institutions are going into decay in
consequence. The decay of collegiate institu-
tions is due to old fogy systems which these
institutions cling to like drowning men to rot
ten planks. The colleges are not producing
any really great men and are not likely to.
The minds which rise to distinction in the
United States seem to come from the farms,
the machine shops and the streets. The
world is good school for brains to work in.
Colleges seem to be made for the purpose Of
creating brains, in places where nature, for
son Q reas IN o another, has omitted to locate
any. Where nature has made mistakss--ad
hitting them to be such-msn is not exactly
On Lifted to correct them. The colleges are
always about twenty years behlnd the times,
but they have their uses. They contribute
each year to the ranks of restaurant walters,
small clerks, theatrical supes and scullions
who without the prime advantages of an AGA
d mic course might be making money hand
over fist in mi hing, cattle dealing or whole
sailing. Take two boys of the same age,
kick me out the back door with the advice
never to show his face round the premises
again, and ssnd another off to college, and
in few years, the fellow who was bounced
out will be State Senator, a big lawyer or
head of a wholesale house with the college,
bred chap getting $75 a month to keep his
books There are hundreds of men in San
Francisco who have diplomas and can talk
Latin and Greek, but have to wait in oyster
saloons and tumble trunks around the hotsl
corridors, for all that. A thorough education
s luxury which only the rich can afford. 1t
10 not intended for the masses. A man who
Aas means and leisure can find mental recrea-
aion in hard study, and when he has spent ten
and perhaps twenty years in mastering dead
languages and higher grades of learning, he can
drink of the fountains of knowledge, and en-
joy the drought, provided he has income
70 fall back on not dependent upon the exer-
else of his learning. A poor man, however,
who spends the best years of his life in mas
tering the classics, will find it hard to turn
bis accomplishments into bread and butter.
aud in order to live he must use his muscle
because his brains pan out so badly. A man
whose brain is naturally feeble is unwise to
tax its weak energies with too much study
He had better build up his muscle and give his
brain rest. A rigorous college education has
made an ass of many a man, who under more
sensible auspices would have had perhaps his
share of valuable " horse sense"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

TEE Eureka Leader of Monday has q
column article showing the complications of
the Central Pacific Railroad freight business,
md what is being proposed to ask of Con-
grsss for relief Formerly Nevada Eastern
freights we're taken over the Sierra Nevada
Mountains and local rates charged for its
return. The Company now does little
better (for itself. Instead of charging Nevada
San Francisco rates on through freight
IL adds about $40 per car for the priv.
lsge of switching it of at the point of
destination in Nevada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

IT Is SAID that the engines of the Comstock
generate enough electricity to light all the
mines upon the ledge, together with the whole
city. Yet there is no one who has been able
to utilize the fluid and save several hundred
Thousand dollars worth of gas and candles.
There is also enough no. water raised from
the Names each day to heat Virginia and Gold
Hill, but no one seems to think that this cir
cumstance Is of enough consequence to pay
it any serious attention. The fact of the
matter is that all of the brain power of the
vising means for She circumventing of the
public through the medium of stock jobs.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

Tue CALIYoRNIAN.-The first number of
the Californian, a new monthly magazine pub
kshed by the A. Roman Publishing Company
and edite by Fred Some g, of the Aryon1ut. has
reached ps. 1t contains one hundred pages of
reading matter, and its contributors are among
the best writer's upon the coast 1t is trife
hrger than Harper's in size and is enclosed in
. buff cover. geographically it is perfect,
being printed in clear, plain type and neatly
bound 80 that the whole thing has look of
permanent solidity. In this respect the only
improvement which might be suggested is that
the pages be cut down before reaching the
news dealer. Its contents are well selected
and show the work of experienced pens, men
who write good sturdy English and aim at
tsrseness and lucidity of expression rather
than the affected and pedantic style much
in vogue with the heavier Eastern publications
The Midnight Mass" by r. K. White; "A
Phantom City" by Fred Somers, Sand"
gritty, sketch by J. w. Gully, and why
They Lynched Him." by E. H. Clough, are
among the happy things in the number which |
ct the present writing we have had time to |
read. There are twenty well written papers
N the number and the gossip, fun and poems
under the head Of "Outcroppings" are in the
crisp and breezy style that one would look for
from the Golden State. The Californian is
destined to ELL the place made vacant by the
death of the Overland. and AZ it il literally
backed by capital, its permanaey is unques
tionabls. 1t is printed by the Argonaut
Company and retails at 25 cents, and its year
y subscription is 50. John G. Fox is the
Carson agent.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

Georgiana Horsley, a Benicia widow, has
brought suit against Bishop Wing6eld, the
Episcopal bishop of southern California, for
defamation of her character, he having al
luded to her as the $50 called widow of Mr.
Horsley" therby insinuating that she had been
the mistress and not the wife of Horsley
during his lifetime. This leap at hasty con-
illusions which 30 manifested itself in so
uncharitable speech, is likely to cause the
prelate considerable trouble before he gets
through with it. Had he followed the example
of the teaching of One whose representative
on earth he claims to be, it would have been
much better course to have pursued
Oh list excused the wom an taken in adultery
aud advised the sinless among her &C.
cusers to cast the first stone, yet the cobbles
of Jerusalem were not molested. Failing to
recolect the teachings of 30 distinguished
master, the simple advice of old Weller to his
son Samavil to "beware of widders" would
have stood the Bishop in good turn.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

A San Francisco man knocked down
another who owed him $12 and collected the
money by wrenching it from the PROSTATE
debtors pocket. Some crazy headline writer
mentions it as ''bad way to collect debts"
1t will strike most minds that ON this coast it
is about the best and most satisfactory way
yet devised, and the only way that debts can
be collected of some people, 1t is also about
time that this method was universally
adopted '~aa ..eass >s 81. ....s# -.ss.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

AN amendment to the Constitution has
been introduced in the House. by Congress
man Burrows, declaring that polvgamy shall
not exist within the limits of the United
States 1t reads as follows:
SEcr1oH l. Polygamy shall not exist within
the limits of the United States or any place
subject to their jurisdictio
SEC 2. Congress shall have the power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
There il not . State in the Union which
will refuse to adopt the amendment.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

The following fish story comes from Canaan
daigna, N. r.: While party we're on the lake
in boat, one evening, q young lady trailed
her hand in the water alOngside, when she
suddenly felt it closed upon BY the jaws of a
fish. Startled by the pain she jerked her
hand SO quickly from the water that the fish,
. large pickerel, was landed in the boat. The
bait was badly lacerated, but the fish furnish
81 palatable breakfast
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

THE English astronomer, Prof Richard A.
Proctor, says that the discovery by DR.. ORA
per, of New York, of the presence of oxygen
in the sun, as shown by the bright bands in
the solar spectrum, is the most important Of
recent astronomical discoveries, and q great
a achievement for science. I'D. r...-.. .....s
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

The Earl Of Aberdeen has a distinction
unique among earls-he is the sole owner of 3
railway, the entire cost of which came out Of
his own pocket. 1t il ten miles in length,
runs chiefly on his own property, and cost
S275, 600
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

Los Angeles county, California, is very un-
fortunate in her financial officers. The recent
steal of her Tax Collector, Hamilton, makes
an aggregate of $50, 600 dead loss to the peo-
pie through dishonest public servants.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-13

67O AWEFK. 81 day at home easily made Costly
NJ Outfit free. Address True Il Co.. Augusta, Maine.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-08
Railroad Building Going Forward Wig.
.... orOuaIy.

The Railrdy rigc calls the wonderful
activity in the building OF railroads in the
West "a remarkable and inspiring specta.
cle." During the first six months OF this
year over thousand miles OF road have
been completed, much greater number
than has been finished during tie first half
Of any year since the epanic, and the second
half Of the year will show still greater pro-
gress. The Grand Trunk extension and
Vanderbilt schemes have infused life into
Michigan railroad enterprises. In Ohio and
lndianamany narrow gauge roads are being
built, and the network Of trunk lines is
being perfected as rapidly as possible.
Illinois has already greater mileage than
any other State, but new narrow gauge
is being pushed across the whole width OF
the State. From Chicago and Milwaukee
the three main roads leading to the North.
west are pushing vigorously for the Black
Hills country, and constructing feeders to
oil important points within reach of their
lines. In Minnesota there is the greatest
activity. The St. Paul and Pacific system,
recently reorganized, is extending long
arm up the Red River OF the North, and
pushing several connecting links toward
completion, and work on the Northern Pa.
cifc does not flag. The Chicago and
Alton bave Just opened 100 miles
Of. road to the Missouri, and west OF
the Missouri the extreme Of activity in
railroad construction is now to be witness
ed. Kansas and Nebraska are alive with
new enterprises, and no less than half a
dozen branches to tho Pacific roads, over
200 miles in length, are in progress. In
Colorado the Denver and Rio Grande have
issued bondsto construct 565 miles Of new
lines to Leadville, San Juan and Albu.
querque, and no less enterprise is shown
in Utah, New Mexico, Texas, or on the
ci6cSlope.Th two most inspiring things
about this new life Infused into the rail.
road business are that the cost OF con.
struction is now but fraction OF what 1t
was in lS7l-7S, Notwithstanding the use oi
better material, and the lines being built
are not wild speculative schemes, but en-.
terprises having solid foundation, and
promising to do paying business. This
is certainly substantial evidence Of ma,
tional prosperity.