The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-27
NOTES AND COM NJ ENTS.

Rollmania has been formally reCogniled by
England, Germany and France.
Nearly every member OF the Senior class in
Harvard University hns u black eye Or a
broken head.
The costs involved In n law suit about a calf
valued ut $40, which has just been decided at
Leaven WORTH KAN. amounted to 5000.
When Washington's statue Is set up In front
OF the sub-treasury In Wall street. u symbolic
little hatehet should be nailed over tho door
OF tho Stock Exchange.
A st. Petersburg newspaper combnts tho
impression that regleldes are political Offend
ers and urges III agreement among the pow
ers for their extradition.
Hartmann, the Nihillst recently arrested In
Pnris, will probably be secretly shipped to
England or Tho United States by the French
authorities.
authority to be increasing, and 1t is believed
that the worst OF the trouble will occur In
June and July.
A defeat OF Turcomans by Russians is Off
Cally reported by tho latter, who claim to
have killed twenty five OF the former and to
have suffered no loss.
Dakota lis clamorous 10 become n State.
The newspapers Of tho Territory claim that
1t has larger population now than either OF
the States Of Oregon, Nevada or Florida.
Benefits liberaty appears to have borne
fruit in Paris. the propretors of the Uniuers
unVlDK TeHlLJeI I5,UUD ITAnG5 70 lTlBn
Catholic bishops for relief purposes.
It Ia noticed In Washington that Secretary
Evarts IS not enthusiastic over the Monroe
doctrine, and does not grow excited when the
Panama canal project is spoken Of.
Two hundred paid Btecrage tickets have
been sent TO the head conmittee III ENNIS
kileD. Ireland, to be distributed regardless OF
creed In tho counties OF FermannRh, CavAn,
Monaghan and Antrim.
W. II. Vanderbilt has purchased s27, 900
worth OF per cent bonds, and his profits on q
3 per cent rise make n nice little sum, and yet
he pays no personal tax because Ibis debts
exceed his income"
It Is believed that the New York trades
unions contemplate n strike this spring. A
large number OF meetings have been held re-
GENTLY ut all Of which resolutions demanding
Increased wages have been adopted.
An investigation OF the official records OF
Urbana. O., shows that tho city has 9 debt OF
over $6ooOO, whereas Its liabilities should DO
only $4,000. A clerk who stole for years, and
then fled tho country, did the business.
A New York girl has undertaken to increase
the Irish relief fund by selling klssHB at fifty
cents a kiss This ldea ought TO spread and
If the right girls undertake the task the New
York Hernld fund will soon begin to look
pale.
young men who stand on street corners and
stare at women ~ they pass along. Thirty
five OF the nulsHnceS were arrested at ono
sWoop on Thursday night. and each WAS
fined S5.
The Maryland Legislature Is considering a
bill to ''puriiy' primaries by law. 1t is said
the whole business will be handed over to the
health officer who will be required to keep u
fire bucket filled with chloride Of lime or car
boIIc acid at every primary.
Famine In the Caucasus and In the Interior
OF the empire will not tend to weaken Mill
4 trv Date ,t,ttrf hn V,afar
ments claim credit for seasons Of national
prosperity, they are held accountable for ma
| tional distress.
| Gortschakon has requested all the Euro
pean governments to cooperate In tho arrest
| OF Nihilistlc refugees, and to chhiR Re their
| respective police forces to lookout for the as
socates of and the sympathizers with these
| refugees.
| AS the three commissioners appointed to
| wind up the FreedmMns Bank do nothing
and cost the creditors $2500O year, an effort
| IL being made to take the bank from their
possession and turn 1t over to the Controller
Of the Currency.
| Leo XIII is reported to have learned that
three-fourths OF tho Irish agitation Is social
istic In character, and to have therefore in-
structed the Irish bishops to take care that In
| relieving distress they do not play into the
hands Of political schemes.
Mr. Frye expresses the utmost confidence
In Mr.. Bialne's nomination ut Chicago. He
believes the delegates from Pennsylvania are
| for him and the most OF them Will repudlate
| the instruction OF the Cameron convention
and abide by those OF their counties.
! Here is o striking sentence from Gen. Haw-
| ley 3 eulogy ON Zach Chandler: "Iie had lived
through enough Of rude conflict In private
and public TO know that we may Judge
opinions and principles by the light we have
but should estimate men by the light they
| have"
ireland Is the nearest scene Of suffering to
u.s. bat 1t is by no means the only one. Lack
OF food in SlesIa and In some parts of Euro
pean and Asiatic Turkey has attracted somf
atten lon In this country, and to these locaii-
ties there must be added the interior of Rug
sia.
Immigration ls looming up again. Ther'
were 5000 more immigrants booked at New
York for the year ending January 3D. 1880
than for the previous year. In the month Q
January England sent i455, Germany 142
and Ireland $50. 1t will be curious to not
the returns from Ireland for the next fey
months.
il Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures fever and agu