The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-09


ot Italy It may he n handy thing Tor her 10
have around with her In Europe. but what
will she do with II In this country
An snterprlsing English Clergyman pro-
poses to Apply the as to the root Of the tres
by converting the devil. :" and asks ths svatl@
gellral ministry W join him III the good work.
This movement deserves to boom.
There Il decided pressure upon members
of Congress to pass bankrupt law of some
kind. md the Judiciary COMMITTEES have
agresa tu hear arguments on tho subject.
| which will be com neuced This week.
Mrs. T. AdolphuH Trplppe. the clever pgv~
sllst. ls. .qnnts1 hy Miss Htawstar aa eHolaIm.
ing Have you .any ugly women III ths
United States For surely only bsatitiful
ones come IN Europe from your country"
| Judge Hunter. ol Utah, ipstrtets his new
grand Jury to take particular epgplzanes Of
| the crime Of bgany.a as praettnad at HALT
| Lake. Being COMPOSED entirely of Mor-
mons. 1t might ba called q Jury of experts.
| Mr Eennstt. u the New York Heraal BY
his timely contribution III elO0.000 10 ar irish
relief fund. gives = hsnlaolns rsbuke to the
| ltlneralt FarneIl. who baa been charging htn
paper with sympathy for the irish oppressors.
The English iron trade Is finding all that II
can do In supplying the unprecedented Ameri@
can demand, -Four VESSELS loaded with ul0s
Iron anl rails sailed for New York February 1.
and thlrtssn more are chartered Tor similar
| service.
Miss Fannie Parnel. sister of the dstin-
gnishsd advooate has Just lssusd a book lH
| New York entitled "rhs Hovels of trelaud."
for the benefit of the sufferers. as the PRO-
oeetls of the subscription are 10 be devoted TO
that end
Tho Portsmouth N. II Chronicle says that
| a steam tira engine manufacturing company
IN Manchester allowed its city $500 Tor Offl~
demned engine. spent at90O IN alterations aud
| repairs upon her. and then sold her to New
York for fgstD.
Hon. T.. b. Waahburne ex-U Unitsd States
Minister 10 France, read paper bsfOre the
Long island Historical Hoolaty, at l,r6oklyn,
N. r.. on the fourth Instant, containing his
personal "Reminiscences III the selge II Paris
and the reign of the Commune
A son and two nephswsnf rom Hughes, the
English statesman and author, have bssti fpr
several years engaged IN nattls raising In
Texas. His son tras just made the yearly
sale from bts herd, clearing D per oeat on tho
capital he has In the business.
II The public debit statement for the month of
January will not tend ~ mitigate the bhsr~
man boom. no long as ths public debt is
diminishing at tho rate of more than Otl8
million of dollars every thrss days Mr.. 6hsf-
man may be considered iasths Held.
A Washington special to the CDmrier4Jot4v-
nal states that there ia . rutnor to the effect
that nj the CAUCUS of Democratic Senators On
Hordon'a resolution to have a special commit
tes on the intarUGsaniG canal, a very sharp
personal discussion occurred between bsnA~
tors Gordon. Beck and Vest. and that the lie
passed.
As the Iev. John Nesbit os the baptist
CoIored Bethlshem Church. In Savannah, ue..
!, , WAS conducting the services at n meeting on
,, Thursday evshlng last, the congregation was
startled by tho report of d pistol, and the
ball. whlEzng by the pastors head. butisi IT.
self In tho back oF the pulpit The wOuld@b0
assassin. n negro. escaped.
When Cen Grant arrived In Cuba the othsf
day tho island WAS shaken from one end TO
, the other by an earthquake. When Grant felt
! the jotlng he took oil his hat. bowed politely
and remarked tO one ut tho attendants that
this was tho nsatsst personal compliment
. that Ind ever besn paid to him outside OF
|. Philadelphln.
ELL Perkins. who ls down In the Indian Ter
rltory. writes 10 the Kansas City Journal that
the Indians are really In favor Of opening the
. Territory. and are ready to rise up and bless
the whites who wi come among thsm. Mr..
r. has never been known 10 10 far forget him
self aa TO represent things NJ thsy are. and II
. In needless to say that the facts In this casa
are tho rsverse of what hs states.
Tested by a comparison OF the last ten
years with the preceding ten years. the In
Oreaas In Indian expenditure WAS, In round
numbers. &as, 100000. Here are the exact fig
ures from tho lntest Treasury report:
From 1890 TO 1869 Inclusive. total .tss. .lg7, ,7sd
From 1910 TO 1879 Inclusive. total. .. ea.004.447
Difference. .e7s. .sss 6s7
Noticing the many Idle men Ia Augusta
ua who complain that they cannot get work
the GOnaiit,ltiondltst advises them to 70 into
the country. saying: ''rhere is 4 dennaud for
lhbor. No man need sthrvs Ia this section oi
4 our country. unless his pride prevents him
u from working III the field. Pride and lazness
keep hundreds of able. bodied men out of tke
fields In Georgia and other States"
Tho Cincinnati brewers, at their last week
I. ly meeting. considered the question Of rails
ing the price of beer, and q committee OF threl
was appointed to visit the various brewery
firms To secure n unanimous agreement q
raise tho price per barrel from eB tn %. Thoe,
. who urge tho Increase In ths prica base theil
argument on the high price of Ice and othe
material used In the manufacture Of beer, thl
scarcity of ice being nm especial Incentive