The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-23
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The door handles and knobs AZ the Elyse
Palace atili bear tho imperial eagle an
cipher.
Cetawayo. who, dethrpned is happier thai
the Gear enfhrunpd, has begun To study Eug
lish. He Ia trying to learn To read and wife
There 10 hope that the severe weather I
France bss Killed the phyloxera but II
mingled with fear that y has also kiiiet
che vince.
The Paris Petit Mo.adilldia lately announced
With the III most gravity that Mr. Homeruls
apxprime aun Indignation pour leg arresta
EinDa operees en- lIeiande
The correspondents m Berlin very general
ly remark on the growth OF Socialism, not
wlthstaniipg the apparent quiet and apeah
of more riaorous laws Tor It's repression as II
contemplation.
The Princess IIoulae and tho Governor
Genera nn their arrival In Halifax, Will he
the gu esta Of Lieut.. Gov. Archibald. The
govern ment house ls being lifted up FOR their
reception.
Queen Victoria, given freeh alarm by the
Mttampta upon the lives OF Aifonau and Alex
.as,der. has ordered that Inspector Fraser,
the guardian az public order Ia Hyde Park,
shall be attsohea to her suite, accompanying
her In her journeys.
The commission of Cardinals at Rome re-
gently unve Judgment IN the Princess OF Mo
,umr,'a divorce case, anuulltnA The marriage,
hut pronounonE tor the legitimacy OF The
~htld aud his education according TO the
wiaites OF the father.
Ii In stated THAT grave digger has just
bean arrested IN Prussia an n charge OF roast
inr the bodies coniidad 10 hia tender care, for
the purpose OF obtaining tho fat, which he
moEd to some deaers In the suburbs of the
town In which he lived.
The Empreas of Auatria will Walt Ireland
next month for another seaeon's hunting.
She hRs engaged Lord Lunaford'a saat nj
rfooD per mouth aud has already caused
fetpa 90 ha spent an tho improvements af tho
stabltna and hot own private appartmenta.
Ill Munich Cathedral on New Years Day
che Qneen-DDwagar 81 bavaria was struck
By d house FORTRESS. who had suddenly be-
come Insane aud Was with difficulty over
powered The Queen, notwithstanding her
nainful emotion, remained 30 tho end Of the
service.
The famous Greek bandit, Sranos, has been
captured. tried In Athens and sentenced 10
death. No one seems to know the exact mum.
her If murders he haa committed. 0a one
occasion he droapitated forty prisoners,
favorite diversion with him was to cut out
the tongues Of tho eaptiyes whose lives no
spared.
The new French MiniHtry aooms 10 be firm
tv establishes, and tho programme OF nj. de
Frey cinet, the new head W the Gatinei, has
been discussed by tho Chamber Of Deputies,
and, apparently, fuliyapproved. Nj dc Frey
cinet la a man about ifty-tive yeara of age,
~ engineer BY profession, n native Of the
Ariage.
The telegraph cable which II now being
laid TO connect England with the Cape ~
Good Hope Ia covered with a wrapping of
preoauuan has been taken to preserve Ii
from the attacks Of the numerous marine
insects by which the gutta percha Ia gen
ssefally 90 much damaged.
Venice liz TO he made accessible To cartagcs
by bridge from the mainland, The city ut
Ia 81 .,tht. NJ.
llah vessel having been unable 10 enter the
port, but Threatened with n want Of drinking
water. the Tnsna and Brenta canals being
covered with two and one-half inches Of Ice.
A subscription had hcsn opened To provide
shelter for the homeless poor.
III Vienna has boon spared by the floods, tts
@nvtrons have not Escaped. Tho Ice which. |
In the regular main stream above Vienna,
passed without obstruction, became blocked
lower down In an old branch Ut the river, |
turning the waters back and causing al In |
undatau Of the lower ground ~ tho right |
and left Of tho emhankment. Most Of the
Prater IL under water, IA Is also the race
course at the lower end 81 Y.
Bismarck Il not "a sick as reported. He will
Ts,rr,l,yahIy be In Berlin when tho Parliament |
snvssts in few weeks. He has been well
enough TO attend to tho business OF comforting |
with the Pope about a modification OF his |
0ncs darling Falck ecclesiastical lave Ito
ystesued aucn n modification to the Ultra
votes for the anti-Soealist law last year.
The following Incident of the severe weather
in Paris la related: On Sunday evening more
than 100 workmcn appeared In body ut the
Police Office OF the Palace OF Justice, most
OF ttem leading by the hand Wife and children,
and stated that, having neither work. food.
nor shelter, they wished I'd he detained as
vaaabonds, The request was refused They
then proceeded TO a commissioner or police,
who acknowledged the Justice Of their plea.
and granted their request
Gamhetts,'s reduced majority as president
OF the Chamber OF Deputies Ia not attributed
Go accidental cauaoe, since II was the result
of an acknowledged coalition between the
Right and the extreme Lett. These opposing
factions have Interior purposes In view In
seeking TO compel him 10 accept the RESPONSE
bilittes of power. but he has counted the
chances and remains where he Ia, confident
that so unnatural an alliance eahnot prove
permanent.
At the recent HIppodrome fair In Paris for
the benefit Or the poor Sara Bernhardt
acted as auetioneer for the sale Of ehildren's
trumpets, ornamented with the autographs OF
the leading Paris authors. and tamborines on
which some OF the best artists had painted
sketches A corree pendent Of a Vienna paper
describes her IA 1.-THE sntndlinE. hectic artist,
with the glowing eyes and the bewltchlng.
melancholy smile, who Ia not only actress,
critic, poet, sculptor, novelist ana arcnllect,
but also painter.
mess for sneaking English, and goes twice
day 10 the English shop at Bordtghera and
makes his little purchases, amusing the pro-
prietors by his numerous questions. me
Queen, wishing to prepare Christmas sur
prise for her son, sent for this English family
to come up to her villa and decorate a Christ
mas tree for him. The Prince loves the sea
and Is often found ehattering to the fisher
men on the shore. and bestowing gifts upon
them.
Lieut. Com. Gorringe telegraphs from Alex
andria that Immediately under the pedestal
OF the obeiisk (Cleopstras peedle) he dscov-
cred a block OF hewn syenite granite, forty
inches In the cube, representing perfect
Masonic altar. Under this. and immediately
below was found white marble slab, repre-
es.nting the apron. extending across the foun-
dation Of polished syenite granite 1902 inches
long and 81 inches broad and 2SI inches
thick. the upper half hewn Into perfect
90 uare-
Tns greatest cold seems to have been felt in
Silesia, A letter from Munich gives details