Louisiana capitolian., 1880-06-19
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Jersey for boys seminary.
A motion will be made in the British
House Of Commons, opposing the erec-
ton of monument III Westminster
Abbey to Prince Imperial Eugene Louis
Napoleon.
Paul dc Cassagnac is to resign his
seat in the French House Of Deputies,
owing to disagrcements among the lm-
perialists.
A tornado swept through Pottomatto-
mic county, Iowa, on Wednesday Of
last week, ,lemolishing farm houses,
etc. Six persons were killed and
number of others wounded.
The Arkansas Press Association, fifty
in number, left Little Rock on the 18th
inst, on an excursion to Washington
City. When will the Louisiana frater-
nifty have their love-teast
Hon. Lyman Trumbull has been nom
mated for Governor by the Democracy
Of Illinois. His name will be tower Of
strength in the approaching campaign.
House bill amending the act to ell
courage the establishment Of public ma
rinc schools, approved june 20, 1864, so
as to extend it to the ports OF Whining
ton, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and Galveston,
was passed
| At Marshall, Texas, on the 18th INST,
Hon. W. S. Coleman was fatally shot by
Burt Jennings, editor Of the Messenger,
and died in few minutes.
The Greenbackers have nominated
Gen. John y. Weaver, OF Iowa, to'
President, and r. J. Chambers, o
Texas, for Vice-Presdent, who vii
simply run for the fun Of the thing
Thousands of votes will be lost +. tha
s otherwise would 60 to swell that OF TIN
| Democratic nominees of Cincinnati
|, Until the party Of centralization ant
\ sectional hatred is overthrown, ever,
g patriotic citizen should lay aside al
!, side issues.
The Aurora (Nev.) Herald says: "W
are sorely in need Of q preacher, but W
. don't want any cheap trash. We wan
u good, muscular Christian, who ca
j. snatch sinners by the scruff of the nee
: and drag them bowling up the plane {
g righteousness, and who will not drin
It more than he can hold. Such imam wi
It get right smart layout here. If Ii
. can play the fiddle for the regular week.
J., dance it will augment his salary som'
II what.
A New York dispatch, says: John Gi1
till, a German frescoe painter, whose Wi
keeps boarding house for men Mt N
10 Delaney street, beat his wife til
, morning until he thought her dead, al,
,f then flung her ont upon the stairs, bolt'
his bedroom door and set the house {
" fire and cnt his own throat from ear
~ Fear. The lrcmcn found him on the b'
~ cnvelopcd in flames and dragged hi
~ into the street, where he died. The W
III mans skull was fractured, and h
f. death is expected The cause OF Il
" terrible crime was improved jealousy
II the part of the husband.
r. Gen. Randall Gbson's only daughtc
named after the State Of Louisiana, di'
= yesterday morning at Fortress Monro
J.. She was ten years of age. The pro>
~ mate cause of her death was cougesti'
'" of the lungs. but she has long been
Il, invalid. The funeral took place fro
ry Gen. Gihson's residence, and was attc
On dcd by a large number of friends of t.
s. family, with all of whom she was
e, great favoiitc.
at A correspondent of the Globe-Den
H. crat thus sketches the Republican MOI
~ inee: "Gen. James A. Garfield, of Oh
-, has attracted considerable attention
,s dark horse. He is Il large, tine-Ioo
ing man, with Gaelic or Welsh cast
features. His beard would be full
tb left untrimmed, but he keeps it Will
,ot bounds by tonsorial attention, and 1T
- neatly trimmed, as his mustacl
" His hair, which is abundant ut the st
u" and back of his head, is scant on
= ton. % fact which enables him to p'
"" it with o towel, and gives him u VI
TO high forehead indeed. els convinci
om in debate rather than eloquent, and ]
ith the habit Of "tagging" his speecl
for with "that is all have to say at pr
cnt," that it would be just as well
drop.
lie Sarah Bernharlt, tho noted Frc'
he actress, is coming to this country. )
m will first appear at Booths Theatcr,
vs. New York, in November.
;s A Paris paper estimates the amount
moucv likely TO be sDcnt by AmeriC;