The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-21
GENERAL NEWS.

| lhe 1Hcibntti enquirer washington COR
| respondent declares that Senator Thurman
announces himself 40 presidential candidate
without reservation or qualification.
| Boston has begun distributing soup to her
poor from SIX deppts, whete fifty-galion ket-
Ties are kept full of what ts thought to be q
remarkably good article for public soup.
| most daring high way robbery waa CON-
mtted Ia the sbreets Of Chicago on Friday
| lust The paymaster OF the South Side Gas
| Company was relieved Of $4,000 In open day.
| light In q freauented street.
grand official banquet will be given at
Havana 10 honor Of Gsn. Grant, and bril-
| liant reception will be rendered him at the
palace by high official functlonaries and dis
tinguished members of society of that city.
| Two brothers, George M. Martin, aged sixty
eight, and Klllan Martin, aged sixty. slx,
died on tho same day OF paralysis In North
| Rush, Monroe county, and we're buried In tho
Same grave on Monday. Five clergymen,
Baptist Unlversallst and N Methodist, ofTiciaeed
| at their funeral.
The will Of the late David BaIlentIne, an old
| settler OF Illinois, by which he gave Henry "A.
| Ballentlne and other Of his children n life
tnterest only In his estate Of 100000, has
been declared void by Judge Upton, In tho
Circuit Court st Waukegan, on the ground OF
the mental incapacity Of ths testator.
1t Is not m unusual thing for sparks from
| locomotives to start fires, but 1t 10 not often
| that such u spark costs the company owning
the locomotive 100000. A verdict for this
amount was however. returned by IL Toronto
jury against the Canada Central Railroad, in
behalf OF a burned-out lumber dealer.
The Rev Mr.. Lane, OF Kenslco. N. T., Ia a
remarkably shrewd man. Having been ac-
cused of kissing various ladies belonging TO
his congregation, he frankly eonfesses the
| fact but, as a Justification and defense, he
alleges that he has done all his kissing with n
proper motive and with only fraternal feel
ing
-
| riences in singing, says that when her name
Ia on tho poster for appearance she IL all the
morning preoccuped, nervous and agitatsd,
as the hour OF the representation approaches
she grows more and more fevered, and at the
last moment. when leaving her dressing room
for the STAGE one feeling dominates her-a
terrible fear.
Gen. Hnrlbut. OF Illinois, says OF the pros-
peetive Republican candidate for Governor:
80 far MS / can learn, there are about twenty
candidates, declared and undecared, for Gov
ernor. Ia my judgment Il. B. Washburne
would be the strongest man that we could
run IN the state, and his candidacy would
probably very largely benefit the presidential
ticket"
Congressman voorhis. OF Now Jersey, de-
cines to make the explanation demanded by
the Republican committee Of Bergen county,
concerning the criminal charges against him.
aud bases his refusal on the ground that to
do rs he lS asked would xposs his line OF de-
fense. The committee, however have called
for his resignation, and hnve taken measures
to secure q unanimous demand from the Re-
publican organizations OF the district.
Washington correspondent quotes from
al alleged letter from somebody's grand
mother In which she explained that the rea~
son why she had time for writing In the eve-
Ming was that "Cou5tn Grace Fletcher is try
Ing to entertain young man by the name OF
Daniel WEBSTER by playing checkers. Father
and Uncle chamberlain think hlm young
man OF great promise but Ws uirls think him