The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-20
NOTES OF TIE DAT.

The State OF Georgia has presented q bill
against the government for $3.50 expended
Tor common defense In 1777.
Robert Lincoln has been appointets one CT
tho three Illinois Central railroad truesees to-
succefd Morris ketchum, OF New York. de-
ceased.
Suits have been comuaencad ns Lonlsville
against Weden O Neal. late United 9tates mar
shal. to recover $s2127 elleged tobs due She
government.
The gross receipts OF Massachusetts rail-
ways during the past vnir were $50. 900. .Oeg
Only forty-hve persons were fatally injured
during the year.
Senator Maxey, of Texas, la reported hopee-
ful thut the Brazil steamship subsidy Will
alip through this session, In spite OF Speaker
Randall Mr., Blount, OF Georgia. and other
obstacles
Westchester county, Penn. has recoutIy
been the scene Of some rare fox huating.
Fifty men, II hundred dogs and n resa fox
have seldom been seen together In the past
few years In the Northern States.
The will OF the late Frank Leslie was pre-
9, nted Tor probate at the surrpgate's of1ies In
New York on the fifteenth The whole OF the
estate of the deceased, including trade marks.
etc, Ia left without reserve to his wife.
Ex-Governor j. ID. g X and M. t. Ingalyss
arbitrHtur5 To decide whether ths rats OF in
terest on the Junction bonds shall be reduced
beoW per ceHt have chosen as the third
/ IL L.
At a meeting OF planters ut Newberry g.
G., recently, the names Of Grant and Bayard
were agreed upon as the choice ot the mesting
for president and Vice president Colonel
Ktitt, who presided. WAS q bitter seees-
soufst.
According to tho New York Eepress, the
late Bishop Havrn's tdea bf a political mil
Ienian would be fulfilled when the President
Of the United States should b. II black woman
married to u VIII te man. Lattery the good
Bishop was willing to compromise and take .
strong man.
Gen. Levin L. Miller Il prominent citizen OF
Indiana, III ystt ttrlously dis appeared at In-
dlanapols ON January 6. He wall called by
| mistake at II hotel, three hours befor the de-
paiture uf the train. Instead Of returning to
bed H. went out for stroll and was not af-
terward seen.
| Tho report of the health officer OF New
| York has been published. Ii appears that 95
vessels infected with yellow fever arrived
at New York during the past year, aud on
them $50 cases ocGurred, either OH the voy-
age in the port of departure. or at Quaran-
| tine In New York.
| Joe Goss, Of England, and Paddy Ryan, OF
New York, heavyweight pugilists, met at
tho Clipper Office on the fifteenth instant and
signed articles to fight for $4,000 and the
! Championship OF America ON the eighteenth
OF May, 1880, in Canada.
On the opening Of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad the citizens OF the SO called paris
Of America" intend to < ve the largest BAN
quet ever held In the United STATES" No
| fewer than twenty live hundred covers will
be- laid. A large proportion Of the guests
VIII he from the Southern States.
proposition was recently made by
| North Carolina Congressman to send free to
every voter In the country n daily copy OF
the Congressional Record. The expense OF
printing AMI circulating the Record In ae-
cordance with this proposition Is estimated In
round numbers Mt S2,OO0,000 week.
Thomas Jefferson was nominated by half a
| doz IN State Legislatures for third term. but
! he declined, saying: Il should uuwiiDgiy
he the person who, disregarding the sound
precedent set by an ilustrious predecessor,
should furnish the first example nf prolonga-.
tion beyond the second term OF Office"
The railroads leading west from Chicago
| have entered upon war. The North western
| ia looked upon no the aggres8or and the
| Rock Island, in retalintion mas opened a line
1 To ST. PHlll tarpugh Iowa, aud prop ,ses to cut
rAtes there as systematically as It's great
Western rival is alleged to nave done.
Hon. Roswell e. Horr, Of Michigan, labors
under the reputation among his fellow MEM
bpTs In the House OF being the funniest nan
now In Congress, Sunset Cox not excepted.
When he rises ia his seat To address the
/ House he convul5es the members with
laughter before he even opens his mouth.
Upon Ieprese ntations made by the Bee-
Keepers Association the PoSt0fi ~ Depart
ment has reconsdered Its order that queen
bees be eXclltied from the malls. They will.
therefore, be- permitted to be carried In the
mails, with their necessary attendants. so
I long AZ no person Is injured In handling them.
Tne widow Of Admiral Paultliug seventy
two years old, asks from tne government the
em III sum which 1t Is customary to give to
| the survivors OF the gallant officers, like her
/ husband. who have deserved 30 we'll OF the
renublic. The admiral, the last survivor OF
the famous battle Of Lake Champiain, died
les9 than two years ago, leaving his family
MS legacy a heavily mortgaged farm on
! Long Island, N. I.
Senator elect Garfield paid warm tribute
TO Senator Thurman at a reception in the
Capitol building at Columbus on Wednesday
night. The Senator-elect was poetica indeed.
/ Referring to the kind words spoken OF him
by Senator Thurman In the State canvass. he
said: The fOwers that bloom over the gar
den wall Of party politics are the sweetest
and most fragrant that bloom In the gardens
| of this world, and where we can pluck them
and eni ~ their fragrance 1t 10 manly and de-
| lightful to do 3d."
/ messenger boy came to the door OF this
| lobby in the rear OF the House chamber one
day last week bearing y package and a letter
addressed to Speaker Randall. The package
and letter were delivered, and the messenger
/ left the building. He WAS hardly out OF sight
before the Speakers page ran out OF the
| House to the dDorkeeper who had received
the D cksge from the boy, and placed in his
hands tne boz, which had just been opened.
II contained very choice stationery, letter
files. etc, Here" said the page, 'give this
box to the fellow who brought 1t; the Speaker
Is not accepting gifts from business houses
In Washington. RAndalrs name is not
Grant"
Under the constitution, which provides for
making treaties with Indian tribes, We aava
made 929 treaties, with 327 dif-rrnt bards OF
Indiana We have 275 900 Indians 10 the
/ United States Or this number about 55, ,432
are located on 90 1873 800 acres In the 1ndian
Terrtt,ry. In the states of Oregon, Colorado
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Min
naso,a there are SO reservations ogntaining
81 522 507 acres Of land. Wa have about LOO :
900 Indians occupying AZ 305 SIG acres OF land
and from this large dOtnain tue 1hole popu-
Iation Il excluded, while all the fArmiag doae
I'm the West has been e4rri.si o2 by the en-
ploy es OF the government.
Something Worse Iaan Bisssluts9n: