The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-02
NEWS or rHE DAY.

NEWS or INEDAY.
Tho slunae manufacturers In buffalo
make from &aA,tmn to $4,000 Ver week The
stock 'n enc concern. originally valued at
sl0n each ahare. II now worth $4,000.
Scnator-elect Gihaon, 81 J"uia|ana. can
aerva out hia p,napnt term In the Houaa vt
Representatives. gat elected. ant arrva ont
ano her full term before hc takea hia seat In
the Senate.
man III Iowa frl from hia ho'pe while
drunk the other dav ana broke hia neck. lla
widow has brought suit fur $4,000 damaNaa
aHatnat the aal,Nnkenppr who sod her hus
band the liquor.
The leuisatnra W Wisconsin arc diao,aan1
the Ruhiprt of lirnnial aeAaana lr thoy
knew what relief II L. e. lavo the l,eHisia
tu,a meet only once In two yeats. they would
adopt the System At once
Slowly, but aurely. Nnnuroaa approaches
The duty of PERFORMING an act nf iustien Ivy
re-tnutat'nG Gen. Fita John Porter. The Sell
cnrdance With The tiuhinH IL thc hoard ~ IN
CURRY. Gen lrEan diaarntn. and he t"na not
add ~ TIL" hrilltannn of his own military re-
rutation by az doing.
Gen, Schcuck has juat Hcnt $40 to he added
t. fund for the widow aud children vi
policeman III Dayton. Onto. who was muir
dnrrd white III dtscharse ut h,s duty Gnn
Srhanck writoa. 1t IL not much. hut may
aerve ~ prove my appreciation Ut the charan-
tor, AMI raapect Tor the memory and example
W All officer nf the law who Loaf his life In hta
endeavar to maintain the peace aud order he
waa act ~ guard .
Augmentation IN Chicago calling ttaelr the
Deaf Mute Ghriatian Association haa lately
been perfected. ami plana adopted for ACQUIRING
contributions at money in all Of the mnv"-
mant. ltappnara. however. that consider
ahlo porter of the deaf mut,a Of Chicago TO
gard the association with lIsiavnr and suapi
rtnr. IA they held amcetlnH and adopted rrao-
lutiuns dannuncnH The thing IA AL Imposition
and unworthy Of support.
James Russell lowell. our now mlniater to
England. Ia sometimes called tho mnat Eng
ltah or American poets. and there arc people
who say that he Ia cold. but he haa written
ono or two pnotna which, being quoted before
audiences. have drawn tcars Lnwell Ia said
to hc ono OF the hoyp. and although he IN a
dapper chap. who parts his hair Ia the mh-
die. he ikea a cigar. a drink aud u lively
story after u fashion. Hn doesn't care Il cent
for tormaltlea.
Congressman, Cox. of Now York. wlouo rca
name Ia Samuel =. Cox. Ia distinguished for
having, and having had. more nekuamee
than any man IN Cangress. n" h.s been
popularity known IA 'Snnset" Cax. ''Shm
Fly" Cox. "Humpty numptv" Cox. and, aimee
his tilt with Mr.. Horr. IA Little Huttnrcup''
Cox. Somehow. hts political antagonists are
happy III tnvrntlug u taking nickname to APP
New York. .5.o
They have boon having = negro cxodus In
Virginia of which Shenandoah county has
received the benefit though the white opcl-
ativas who suffer by this influx of eompctt-
tive labor regard II IA anything but a benefit.
The prnprlotora Of some large iron furnaces
there have lately begun IL substitute negroes
for white operatives. and tho latter forthwith
organized to fnrriblv prevent the new comcra
from til,in1 their places =z...-. .z..-..M=m
Tho House Committee on Naval Afrairs haa
approved with some notifications. tho bill
appropriating $4,000 ~ establish IN Arctic |
COLONY on Lady Franklin BAY, for the purpose
OF taking observations of Importance To the
actenthc world and Of sending expeditions
by land northward t. the pole. great con
tinent stretches to tho north from I.sdy |
Franklin BAY. over which a properly equipped
expedition can proceed without difficulty
The serious Internal agitation In Russia has
led the Car to seriously consider a plan Tor |
putting the Poles on an equality with Rus
slams. Prussia settled her Polish question. |
after the division uf the tripnrttta Polish |
steal. by cooniziuE the territory with Ger
mans and Garmanizlng tho Poles by force |
Russia tried that severe ayatam without sue
cess. The Russian Poles will not be- satisfied |
with equality with Russans They still |
dream ~ Il frco Poland. Karl Blind Ii ono or /
those faneiful dreamcrs.
Among the bills relating to Interstate COM
mrrce now In tho hands OF the House Conl-
mittNe on Commerce Is one which was intro
iuccd on the fourteenth ultimo by Keprcsen-
Lative McCoid, II Iowa rhis differs from
the Reagan bill In that 1t does not propose 80
much Immediate interference BY government
with tho management OF railroads, Indeed,
I does not provide for regulating freight
charges or other matters connected with rail-
-oad management except In y few respects of
little Importance, but rather
or obtaining the data required by Congress
~ the basis for future action. III any action
shall be- deemed advisable 1t Ia, therefore,
more like the Price bill than the Reagan biz
Senator Conkltng begins to ha,r some
Ia his State. aud the threat IL even
made that II Grant II nominated ut Chicago
another candidate will be run, around whom
he anti machine Republicans in New York
an rally. These Republicans are taking
aides against the proposed change iii the
node OF selecting the Presidential electors
They give notice that II the electors are to be
'lected by districts the delegates to the ma
tonal convention should hn chosen In that
way. without any Interference on the part OF
he State convention. This would make 1t
impossible to get a solid delegation for Cpnk-
ing 70 do as he may please with. The stu
ltion Il sufficiently interesting to make
Meeting of the Conkling leaders this week a
necessity, and they have been summoned.
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