The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Empress Eugenio will start for Nata
March %.
sevonty-four streets were added to Londor
| last year.
It Is proved that Gonzales, who shot at AL
fona0, Is n mere druntard. without politics.
| auimus.
The now Russian church temple mt Moscow
IL SO nearly completed That It's dedication vii
take place In August next. II was begun II
ts3l
" IS again reported that the trials for So
uttion of Messis. Davitt. DAILY, kiIlen an,
Brennan. the Irish agltators. are to b.
dropped.
A German Newspaper Ia about to be- startet
in Paris IL is intended For the German resi
dents, OF whom there are no fewer than a., ,OOl
In the French capital. 1t will contlne Itself t.
German news.
The Sucz Canal rocripts are reported tu
have dacrensed in 1878 s32J. 200 from those o'
1871. and 1879 showed still greater falling
oil. About three-qBarterS of the vessele
passlng through arc British.
Tho Provincial Council Of Venice will short
ly sanction the engineer Buiroa scheme for {,
bridge three miles long, from Venice TO the
mainland, to serve for u trata way, as we'll as
Tor pedestrians hnd vehicles.
Tho Sheli-u-Islnm has called on the Con
stnntiEople authorities to prevent the wrar-
ing of Paris boots, low drosses and trans
parent wells by Mussulman women. Ilo also
comna|us of cafes being frequented by men
IN the hours Of religious service.
The Pope has named N commission Of cardi.
naaS ana prentes to consider and report on
the publication of the various catalogues OF
the Vatican library. He has also ordered
TINT n commodious room shall be provided
for tho examination OF the archives by
students who have obtained permission to do
81.
I'll" population of the Eternal City at tho
close NJ the past year WIS 2gi 2n2. Tho num-
her uf deaths In 1879 averaged "a per thou
sand, which goes far to show TINT the climate
Is not so unhealthy as II generally claimed
At Naples the average number of deaths In
the Same year was 26 per thousand. Mt Trieste
36. at Paris 2l9, ut Brussels 33. London 81 ana
Buda- Pesth -.
strange disease has appeared IN tho East
End Of London 1t IL HI affection Of the eve,
known IN the affected district 10 "the blight u
and not familiar to the native oculist II is
virulent and dangerous. not seldom destroy
ing the sight II 1t be not promptly taken In
hand. Three weeks ago there were sixty-nne
cases OF this disease In Whitechape alone
The epidemic Is supposed to be Il foreign I'm
portatlOn.
number OF Iriahmcn hold commands In
tho armies Of both Chill ana Peru. The chief
officer Of the Peruvian artillery Is II Col.
OHorRan. and, according to the gazette of
Lima. tnefe are i've MAYORS, thirteen cap
tans and over two score OF officers of inferior
grade. either Irish by birth or descent fight
Ing In the army of Peru, while the Irish ole-
ment IN the victorious forces OF the hostile re-
public t5 even greater.
The terrible depression which has prevailed
In England In commercial matters during
the past year could not be- moro impressively
shown than 1t is by short note printed In
the London Times. 1t appears that the num-
ber OF bills OF sale registered In the Queens
bench for the twelve months ending the thir-
ty-first Of December exceed 10000 This II
more than four times the number registered
In 1875 nearly four times the number in 1876
more than three times the number OF 1877
and very much more than doable TINT of
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