The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Catholic organ Mt Ottawa Ont denounces
Parnell as an imposter. aud advises him to go
home.
The President makers In Vermont are en-
de.voripgto inaugurate q boom" for Senator
Edmunds.
Denis Kearney is In sanguinary mood. and
notifies the country that no will wa1e In gore IL
his candidates are not elected next June.
Russian newspapers are discussing the prob
able necessity OF the importation of American
grain into that country In the spring.
The cotton manufacturers. In Bolton, Eng.
land have agreed to advan ce wages 10 per cent
II the revival Of trade continues.
Mr. Jay Gould has given $4,000 to purchase
meal. -four and bacon for the suffering farmers
In tho frontier counties OF Kansas.
Alexander Stephens puzzles the doctors. He
Is stronger now than for fifteen years past, and
will. 1t Is said. soon leave his rolling chair and
crutches at home when he gees out
or rich Philadelphians who died last year Asa
Packer lett an estate valued at over IS 500 900;
Thomas Powers about the same; Bloomfield III.
Moore over 50 900 600: Resale Benson 81 100000
and George Falls 81 .325 900.
It Ia evident from the plan which Is being
considered by the British authorities for the
withdrawal OF their troops that they are tired
or the Afghan war. In view OF q general cleo
tton they cannot afford to bunder much longer.
The free pass system is still deeply rooted In
the affeetions OF the average Legislator. Only
five members out of the 160 omposing the New
York Assembly declined to be dead headed over
the railroads.
Several hundred cow boys from the Panhan-
die Of Texas are said 10 be camped between
Trinidad. Col. and Las Vegas. Fifteen OF them
entered Las Vegas on Thursday night ana Killed
the city marshal and two citizens and wounded
five others.
The congressional committee appointed to
investigate the Pension Office has organized by
appointing sub committees, Toe committee Is
determined to reform things. If possible. so an
applicant may get his pension without waiting
ten or fifteen years Tor 1t.
Mr.. Oliver Dalrymple. the great Minnesota
farmer intends to cultivate 80 600 acres OF wheat
this year. He will have twenty steam thrashers
In operation with, 1876 reaptng machines. Last
year he employed 600 aborers. and this year
will increase the number to 700.
1t is stated In Washington dispatches that the
reason why Gen. Spinner resigned the United
States treasuryship Was that Secretary Bristow
insulted him by suppressng his report. and in
teriered with the appointment of his subor-
dtnates.
machine man of little Rhode Island, is some
$50 900 behind nothing In his accounts with the
government. Theymay call me thief said
the postmaster but they shall not say | am
coward. will In due time explain everything.
and until then the public should not Judge me
too harshly.'
them safe Investments are now drawing long
breaths OF relief at their issue from q bad
fright. Dealers, In diamonds, 100. must feel
value had not the supposed discovery of way
to make diamonds proved deluston.
Mr. Keogh. the secretary of tho National Re-
publican Committee says that the Southern
delegation to fhe Chicago convention will be
about equally divided between Grant and Sher-
man. and that Grant. sherman or Blaine vii!
be nominated. tor there will be no dark horse"
Mr.. KeoRh himself IL for Grant.
The feeling of bitterness and discomfort oc-
casi0ned In Germany by the increase Of the
army will result in smuch greater increase In
ae tie % benet , of t. We are are air already indebted
TO Bismarck for large additions to our popula-
tion
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the cergYmen elsewhere. because the Rev. DR..
Madeira, twice widower. has married Il woman
who had been divorced from her husband. The
reverend gentleman. however. makes gallant
defense, and means, evidently. to make q live of
The young lady who took a smoking car In
New York, and struck a gentleman passenger
because he persisted In burning cigarette.
Notwithstanding her presence, has been fined
$40. The lesson may be useful to women as In
dicating that men have rights which even the
gentler sex are bound to respect.
The now Secretary OF War with view to
adding TO the attractions Of his own n-Stata. and
incidentally to furnish accommodations for the
military headquarters of the Department of
Dakota, recommends to Congress tho erection
Of q permanent building for that purpose at
he thinks, should be SlGo 900.
Since January /. 1879. pig iron has steadily
advanced from fifteen and eighteen dollars
ton up to thirty-hve and fory dollars. aud the
furnaces are unable to supple the demand and
are not inclined to make contracts for future
delivery oven ut the last named figures. These
rrcsa crea demand for foreign iron and
the importatans promise to be quite large
during the wear
The announcement that even Russia may
need supplies of American grain In the spring
illustrates strongly the growing dependence of
Europe on this country for food. and the great
strides we have made In dietanclng our rivals
la that market. In the light of the present de-
velopment 1t seems remarkable that as recently
as 1872 Russia should have sent nearly double
as much wheat TO England as this country.
lud crous scene occurred in the United
States Circuit Court at New York by the discov-
cry by Judge Blatc hford. before whom the case
OF the Chicago, st. Louis and New Orleans Rail-
road Company against Henry :. McComb and
others was being heard. that he was stock
holder in the company. 1t appears that the
Judge Ia stockholder in the Illinois Central
Railroad, which owns a majority OF the STOCK
In the company which was the plaintiff in the
case before him. Judge Blatchford declined to
go further in the case, and counsel withdrew
for conference.
Patroman John Nugent. Of the New York po-
lice force who was recently acquitted at the
Court Of G neral Sessions. OF acharge of COM
plicity in the robbery OF the Manhattan Saw
tngs Institution, has been dismissed from the
force by the unanimous vote OF the police com
missioners. He was charged before the board
with assocating with notorious thieves. burg
lars and persons of bad character about the
time Of the bank robbery, and of not lodging
Information Ia his possession of the contem-
plated raid on the bank. Nugent declined to
answer any questions In regard to the charges:
on the ground that he had been acquitted Of
any completely In the robbery.
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic restores the appetite.