The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-24
FOREIGN NEWS.

Tho mn yimnm war strength of Russia.
every element Included. Ia 2 2tg DOD
Tho debts or English towns and eiiiNs for
sanitary improvements amount to $3.50 0Oo
nnn
During Tho past year there have been In
Ftanoe twenty-five persons condemned to
death. " whom two wero women.
I he Shah ls aal1 10 intend making ptgfl-
mnga ~ MeRhrd IN tn" eptHg. accompanied
only Ivy d modeat retlnuo of ten Thousand
troops
II il anld tha' Queen Victoria has strongly
encouraged the Iupre-s EHgtntH'a project nF
undertaking u pilgrimage Ii South Africa,
aud hAs offered tho Empress the escort OF
Air Evelyn Wood.
Wives nre being looked FDrnmoug nroyal
rtmiirs of Europe fet Prince William of
Prussia, nldrHt son 81 the Grown fttnea 81
Germany and for tho Prince OF Orange. heir
to the throne of Holland.
Tins Paris Savings Bank haa issued u state
mont of Hts operations In 1879. ending tho
twenty y-aaventh of Dco mbcr the last Sntur-
dav IN the VENT rho deposits received
amounted to 2st4l2ll francs.
The fnGt Of tho ex- Empress CHrIotta being
rat and we'll ia considered by many very ex-
priiprnd phyaieinnB Hs cmtnently hYmirsit
her chance oF recovery Wher" tho general
health b0Gpmrs strong recovery j. snid to be
| Inrn.
Tho Duchess or Mnrlborough's committoo
| hns iuade giants amounting Ia $500e To unions
| iii tha north and west of Ireland. The fund
nov pxreetIa &70, 900 r. has b,.,n resolved to
purchase clothes fur tho children of tho
| poor.
| Tho Gossacks number 4319 officers nnd
| 1872 5i4 men. They render military service
without remuneration, IN lieu of pnyiHg
! taxeR and have II small allowances in lieu or
ratione. together with their arms aud ammu-
milton.
The city OF Paris has just opened seven
new central schouls Of design for girls only
Education In drawing has lHtelY boen fnhds
compulsory In France, and tho means for
acquiring It. nre therefore being extended in
every direction
The administration OF tho department Of
the ilne arts have decided to build new gal
lores In tho garden OF tho Luxembourg Tor
tho statues aud pictures OF living artists
which have been driven from their present
home by tho Senate.
Qleon Margaret Of Italy Is snid to be nerv-
Gus una hyateiical. and when Gen. Ctaldin
paid her u vist To amuse her with details OF
the Spanish marriage festivities ahe inter
rupted his narration abruptly, telling hlm
that Rhe felt distracted and Ill. Sho will re-
turn to Rome this month.
The French are about to follow the lend Of
the Germans In introducing suhterranean
telegraph lines. M. Goehery, the Minister 81
Posts and TeeRraphs, recently hpplled 10 me
government for Il credit Of 5000 000 iran for
some Or the principal lines, to take the plac"
or the aerial ones, in case the latter shonid be
interrupted by the weather or other causes.
| Nj Gambetta Is q connolsseur OF good eat
| ing and has o marked preference for new-lAid
| eggs. Not the egs of hens, however. The
| President of the Chamber COndescand5 TO eat
eggs Or the lapwing only, and as these birds
are rare in France it Is reported that he has
rented large fnlze heath near Oenabtuck In
| Hanover, where these creatures will be raised
| to supply eggs to this French Lucullus.
Lyons France. Is going to raise a statue to
| the memory OF jacquard, tho inventor OF the
famous loom bearing his name, who was born
there In 1852 and died in 1884. This machine
strange to say, reduced the labor but not the
earnings OF weavers, get 1t was, nevertheless
when first brought 0 at, burned on the market
place Of Lyons. Tie statue, OF marble, witt
bronze reefs, purrJorts to represent Jacquarc
with folded arms, contemplating the deetruc-
tion Of his machine
The works FOR rebuilding the Paris Hote
de Vile are advancing rapidly. The attl
windows on the rue de Rivoli are almost Ter
minated, and those looking on the centra
court ere commenced some days back; II
the otAer courts the building mas reached u
. heignt OF the third story. The total sam ez