The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.


credited with tho opinion that tho grent"Ht
Increase In population will hn found III Min
ne4otn Kansas Iowa, IeSGR, Missouri. Ton
nessee ana A alabama.
Hnehaattr University IL receiving liberal
ujltr II IL announced that 100000 has been
euIa ,rihed Within tho past six months ana
an equal sum has hern pledged toward IN
extra endowment of 2250,ono.
Dan O'Leary having obieotoa to London aa
the plaep to settle the question ma tn which Ia
the better Of tho two lao OF Weston III The
go as- you please business, Weston amends
HIS fret answer md now names Dublin
Mr. Horr, of Michigan. recently furnished
Mr. s. t. COX with mpIs material Tor IN ap-
pandex 10 the little work known AZ 'Why we
| Laugh" and the explanation seemed 10 meet
tho views of the House of Representatives,
Mr. !. q. Flood has just bestowed q pleas
ant iittle amount Of pin-monny upon his
daughter m ias Jennie Flood. He has regis
tered a. 500. 900 Ia United States bonds In her
name This gilt provides for her an Income OF
100000 n year
Tho government has commenced suit
auninst Harrison Johnson formerly special
AGENT of tho treasury, to recover 100000.
which as act forth In tho bill 81 complaint,
he is Indebted to the treasury for cotton sold
IN Mississippi In 1865.
| When Metternich was first introduced at
the Iulsries as Austrian Ambassador, the
| Emperor remat ked that he was very young
| To represent 40 powerful u monnr by to
| which tho kaap-sighte dlplonatist answer
| "a Your Majesty waa not Older Mt Auator-
| litz."
| John Sherman II Ia said, 10 working to oap-
tlre tho Republican delegation FROM KEN
lucky In the next national convention. lie
received several dispatches from friends III
| that State recently which led him to believe
| that he will bs tho FIRST choice OF tho Ken
lucky delegation.
committee Of tho various Associated Press
/ K,,nt To- IN nh
| twenty third to promote n plan for combining
| tho various interesta, and to mako arrange
| ments for the better collection OF news IN
| the evening tho leading editor Of the city gave
u banquet 10 tho committed
/ Chief Ouray. accompanied by his wife and
others of tho Tito delegation. Waited tho
| Capitol on the twenty-third. They attracted
a great deal of attention, and seemed To nj.
miro all they saw. Mrs. Ouray wore q seal
akin sacuue, ~ ailk dress md tashionabla hRt
i looking about ma iaahiOnaDio as Inc lAthst
| who sat near hsr
| The Chicago Union Veteran Club. snld to
bo tho largest organization Of Veterans Of the
civil war IN tho country. almost unanimous
Nv voted down tho resolution indorstng MI
| Weaver's prnpoaterous bill providing Tor tn
isslle of 5000 900 900 OF groenhRcRa, more 81
la4s, for distribution among ex-suldiore
saiiora and othors.
Admiral Ammen hns received A28ster iron
Con Grant praislng the delightful climate Q
Florida and expressing deRira W Ifinhli
tharo all winter, but saying nothing ahou
politics or an interocennie ahtp canal Gran
says that upon his return from Mexico in tn
aprinu he will visit Denver and Leadyiile. r.
turning tn Galonn In April
II eeetns almost certain that no tariff bill
proposing radical Changns In tho rates. o
duiies and method of collection will be- re
ported from the Committee OF Ways an'
Maans this aeasiou There have been ssverh
conferences of tho Democratic members 81 N
committee on tho subject and the genera
tenor Of discussion was opposed to any RAN
oal change III tho tariE.
George " Henderson. well-known poll
tIcian, who was defeated on tho Republics
ticket for tho Forty-sixth 0ongrees IN tn
Ninth Virginia District jumped from ID
third story window Of tho Metropolitan tit
tel. In Washington. on the twenty-thlrd III
stant. aud 50 injured hlmeelf TINT bis deht
followed in about two hours nftcrward. IL
thought that ho had tho iiD jams.
Concerning tho sale OF $4,000 shares OF Con
trail Pacific stock 10 n syndiCate OF Easter
capitalists, Gov, Stanford said to san trai
CIsoo 4 itd reporter that the amount sold wa
not RuCh ~ to Indicate any change IN lhecoi
troll Of the limo. and that 1T WIS SOLD alnp,
In accordance with tho desire OF the stock
holders to put the stock on tho market m
enable them to sell ut u fair price. Tho roRt
no sati Is iii such condition as to pay 6 pc
cent por anuum without amy trouble.
Thus far no witness hns been produced 7
tnatify that Senator Ingalls, offered none
directly to secure votes for his recollection
That money was ueed In the senatorial car
) vass Nv MIR lugalss friends To secur
n majority az votes In the Legislature =
Kansas has been shown beyond dnmhl. II
methods which were employed by fomarol
InRalls's predecessor, to influences the Legt'
Inture have been Rdduced to warrant I'll
committoe In recommending Ingalls, o1pu
sion.