The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
,f,hc late Prof De Mile left " novel which
ii soon ID be published: II 10 called "A Castle
lii SPAIN
I'd il estimated that more miles Of new rail- |
rad will be built In 1880 In tho United States
than ever before In one year.
Gen. spinner. ex-u United States Treasurer.
has written letter In opposition TO the pro- |
posed effort to refund the debt at less than 4
per cent.
Young stephen A. Douglas. son Of the old |
man, announced himself AZ stalwart Re. |
publican and Grant man at Nation. ILL.,. |
last week.
independent. or neutrality-suspicious., Polish
Kingdom, under Prince Radzlwlll. have
proved uneuccoesfu.
The peppery little prlnctpality OF Montene-
uru q laying In a stock OF cartridges for FIJI
flre tise, 1000 600 having been ordered from
IN Austrian manufacturer.
The Duchess OF Marlborough's relief COM
mittee seems to take more pains liz investi
aatinr and oontradieting reports Of Distress
n ireland than In relieving the same when
found.
Col. Frederick A. Conkling. brother Of the
great Roscoe. is rs nrdently Democratic ma
ccnclle the Democratic factions In the Empire
State. 81
Gov, &c. John. Of Kansas, very earnestly
euagests that the people Of tho Eastern states
ought 10 take thirty or forty Thousand OF the
Ia a11 Ksn. ssa''s'n negroes = '''''' '''
Davidson county. Tenn. has sued tho re-
Gently formed railroad combination. under
tha leadership Of the Louisville, Nashville
md Great southern railroad. FOR 100000 Of
back taxes.
Ihe psmoesratle press y Indiana are ananl-
should have place on the presidential ticket
fhia wear. And they don't appear to DO par
Nculsr ID to which place he has.
Cotton manufacturers IN Oldham. England,
decline the proposition u the employees. who
INSTRUMENTATION Of an advance Of . per cent In
thoar WaRes, b begin with next month.
A cAll ID out for State Convention 10 be
4 held on the sixteenth and seventeenth Ut Feb
ruary. g Dallas, Tex, TO discourage the exc
dus movement TO Kansas. and 70 establish
colony of colored people IN Northern Texas.
The amount Of money raised In Chicago for
j tha relief OF sufferers In Ireland. and either
] r1snittnfi already, or about to be remittsd. ls
1880. and the collecting committees are CON
hdent Of their ability to bring 1t up to $4,000
Congress u to he asked to add $4,000 to
and Massachusetts,, the whole 70 be expended
"a marking with a monument the place where
Eoliie STARK did not become q widow on Au-
rust 10, lit.
Tho st. Louis and San Francisco and the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
@ build 3 line from Albuquerque. on the Rio
0rande, TO San Francieco. The road will cost
eob,000 600.
Il Ii charged that John sherman, In order
j % strengthen himself In New York. Is per-
nnittinr Appointments to be made In tho New
8 V.ast tnsH. uf1ias VIZ tn
etrict rules Of civil service. which require
examination.
The Salt Lake Tribune halls the conilrma-
tion Of Gen. Murray ~ Governor OF Utah
with, "praise God, from whom all blessings
nOw." and conRratulates the aentiles upon
having q Governor who will execute the laws
against polyKamy.
Now that all the newspapers OF Europe
have exhausted their ingenuity In assigning
8 motive for the trip Of the Grown Prince OF
Germany to Italy, Il Berlin ,orHan officially
and 9Th due solemnity announces that he
hrs goue to SEQ his wife.
In many counties In West Virginia steps
are being taken to organize wool-RrowerH
and sheep breeders associations to encour-
age the rAieinR OF improved breeds OF sheep
for wool and mutton. and, above all, to check
the depretationa of aheep.steallng dogs.
Nh. pllmsoll, the English philanthropist,
nronOeee to uriyp upon Parliament the enact
meft of law requiring British vessels to
hoAd grain In sacks instead OF bulk. Ii that
Inv spaeses, perhaps some O. our American
y0Vaole Will find an opening for little bust
nese.
The New York police locked UP ~ drunk
L on Saturday night man who, after his com
mitment 10 prison on Sunday was dscov-
er0d 70 b. suffering from conoussion % the
brain. Nothing shows more clearly the
necH9oity of having attending physicians ut
police stations.
me Cbu,ier- Journal thinks that tho next
man who should be bounced at Washington is
Second Assistant Postmaster General Brady.
who has been getting rich BY allowing com.
penaation 10 ; gang " favorite stage and
horse route mail contractors Tor additional
service" which has been shown to be iraudu-
Mr.. Mills, q prominent Republican from
Indianapolis, was before the exodus tnyesti-
ration committee February 2. and freed his
mind with u, frankness that was refreshing,
He had no heeitancy In stating that he and
his political brethren desired to get 10000
bucks. without any does. into Indiana In or
der TO put down the Democratic party
From now until after the Chicago conven-
~ reductions Of the public debt. Mr. Sher-
man understand. the manipulation OF claims
70 thoroughly that their adjustment will not
b permitted to repress his boom. He gets q
than eleven millions for last month.
Uuuut Roohambeau, descendant OF La.
myette, has si9nified his intention Of coming
over TO take part In the Yorktown centennial
observance. The United States government
win send Invitations to the French govern
ment and to the French societies In New
York TO Join In the national ceremonies. At
400 one French vessel aud one French regi-
ment viii be ct Yorktown to help the celebra-
Hon out.
The New York Tsibsxe says that Hon. 3;
p. Weshb1Ine when Minister q H., the United