The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-13
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diving condition, Ia the State Of New York,
from soitening vi the brain.
II Ia said that ex- Governor Il. j. Davis. OF
Texas, will be urged by the Southern Rapub-
Leans for the second place on the Chicago
ticket.
Mr.. George Augustus Bala characterizes
New Orleans as ths most Interesting city On
this will be warmly resented In Boston.
The New York Chamber of Commerce has
applied to Congress for more efficient RrmR-
,nsnt Or the harbor, though what they fear is
hard to discover. They want seven hundred
rified cannon.
Already they are predicting. for this year
the largest wheat crop ever raised In Kansas.
The predictions are based upon the amount
Of winter wheat sown and its present excel
lent condition.
or the English Wesleyan Thanksgiving
fund OF 81, 100000. some $200,O00 ls to be de-
voted to foreign missions. Of this sum $s5. 600
will be used TO pay oil the debt of the Mis-
sionary Society.
The Kansas City Times comes out In a
strong leader for Seymour and Hendricks as
the Democratic candidates for President and
Vice President and believes they would
sweep the country.
Representative Donnell, OF the Massachu-
vding that all ballots cast m the election of
State and National officers shall be inclosed
In sealed envelope
Edward Atkinson, OF Boston, has plan to
protect the business parts OF that city from
lire. His scheme is to run large water pipes,
with smaller branches, over the tops Of the
buildings In each block.
.,F nn raNb11ln ~,P
Covingtop. KY, has Issued pastoral, 1t Is
aaid. declaring that the sacratnents will be
positively denied to all Catholic parents who
send their children to the public schools.
Steps have been taken by the New York
Sanitary Reform Association IN the matter of
school-Tooms, which are now y, many places
20 improperly constructed. New plans have
been submitted by more than q hundred
architects In various cities.
Miss Bertha Won Hilleru, who sensibly
pave ,lp champion pedestrlansm. Ia acquiring
considerable local fame Ia Boston as m artist.
She has just made her first public exhibition,
with group Of elk pictures. some of which
are eaid to possess decided merit.
Gen. Sherman proposes that u regiment OF
heavy artillery be stationed at Washington.
He doesn't give his reasons. but 1t is sup
posed that vanity Ia Mt the bottom of the suK-
uestion. There would be more salutlng Of
Gen. Sherman as he walked the streets.
To q friend fr Dm the Pacific COAST who re-
Gently interviewed him about tho Presl-
dency, Judge Field said he inclined very
much to the denomination OF the old ticket,
as the most direct aud effectual method OF
rehuking the fraud and redressing the wrong
OF 1876
Edison has struck the idea that Paris, after
ALL may be the place best suited for the
bringing out OF his light from under its rather
provoking bushel. He Ia now preparing to
send a box of the lamps to Paris. He now
tab kNsAn nntAr
prevent cracking.
| The Smithsonian Institution has received
from nj. Forester. OF Berlin. the announce
ment of the discovery, by NJ Palisa, at Pola,
on February 6. 1880, OF planetoid OF the
twelfth magnitude. In 10 hours 23 minutes Of
right ascension and 50 81 north declinatioD,
with daily motion Of minutes north.
There are 1870 cIatms against Nicaragua ag-
gregating $6,692. 393 O3 pending Ia the De-
partment OK State. some OF them dating back
more than half a century. The sub-commit-
tee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
latlons having the questions involved In
charge has made no progress as yet, and
there seems to be little prospect that any ar
rangement will be made for some time to
come. Nicaragua has steadily refused to en-
tertain any proposition tor q settlement Oi
these claims, which should not fret recognize
the responsibility Of the United States for the
loss resulting from the bombardment OF
Greytown In 1854 by United States naval
vessels. 1t is thought that the ultimate set
tlement OF the respective claims Will be made
the subject of consideration by an interna-
tional commission. The interoceanic canal
question will doubtless bring this matter tc
the front and open q way for its adjustment
The latest dispatch of Commander Cor.
ringe relative to the supposed discovery o.
Masonic emblems at the base Of the Egyp-
tian obelisk has oecasioned much controversy
among prominent members OF the order In
this as well as In other countries. Mr.. Chas
II. McClenachan, OF New York, commander O
Aurora Gratta Consistory and grand master
Of ceremonies OF the Supreme Council Free
Mason of twenty-seven years standing, and
an author whose works take high rank among
Masonic writings, In an interview with 4
representative of the Herald, said he coult
not imagine what was meant when 1t wa.
said that "the white mortar and yellow ce
ment between the stones are the Masonic
pavement" for the fact was that the Masonic
floor Is mosaic Of blue and white stone. MI
McClenachan further stated that he failed t.
discover any evidence OF Free Masonry In tn
fact that the stones found under the obelisl
were OF yelIowish limestone, full OF fossils
that being the material OF which the Rrea
pyramid was built. DIR. Alexander B. Mot
VINO is most illustrious grand master genera
OF the Ancient and Primitive Rite OF Ere
Masonry in and for the continent OF Americs
said: HAS 1t not been custom for ages-is
, not our custom to deposit In the corner-ston
OF every public edif'ce certain memorials {
the time of the builder? Now, suppose tha
1900 years hence the New York Postoffiee
torn down and some antiquary pulls some
the coins OF our day forth from the bronze bo
In the cornerstone Of that great structure
may that antiquary not look at those COLI
!. and say, These are the emblems OF an Orde
that had symbols like those we are emplO,
, Ing, and this Is evidence that our order exist