The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-24
LOCAL NEWS.
NEW YORK AND TuE VICINITY.

Prices OF PEovIstoSs.-- What though
god may fall Is that aug reason wby Provisions
saould not iisci It appears No. Tor although
fecaatly gold has fallen more than % per cent got
very necessary Of life seems have ~.vsuccl In
proportion. and especially at corner groceries.
Bliier is now % cents per pound flee, o. cents;
ie- 81 SO; milk, in some portions OF thc city, IL
ecnts per quart pork, 20 cents per pound; saus-
SECS do; cabbsgcs OF very ordinary size, Is cents
sacl: caulinowers, 20 cents; coal, 10 cents per
peck; ham, 30 cents per pound. AMI 10 on. t1e
'aly article Of .ood which is any way reasonable
I ny potatoes and ,urnlps which now sell about
VA cheap as when gold was down 10 one hundred.
What is the reason q the cSortitant prices No
reason can be given, save that when goll goes up
,he grocer goes up tob bu, When gold goes down
All the grocer will not sloop 80 low-he Is
above n.
TuE NrCrssIry AND OBJECT or TnE CATH
olic EKroaNAIoRy.-Ihis WAS the sub'c1t OF m
abe and Interesting lecture al tie Cooper Institute
last cvenn, L. :. Ives, IL. D., bcug' the lcciurcr.
The audience tiled the auditorium ~: the hall Of
the Union, aud one halt OF 1t n, east was COM
posed Of ladies. Tho platform was appropriately
decorated by American md Irish flags aal the ban
ner OF Father Mathew Temperance Society No. 9,
tac lecture being given under the auspices Of the
r. I. "A u. Societies u New TX anu BtuoSly n.
Al S o'clock Archbishop McCosLey came upon
ne stage, accompanied by the lecturer. lie was
received with most hearty applause. Coming Cor
ward lie said; lie did not appear before them for
1bc Virposc OF making an address, bit merely to
show In this public msnuer the interest he took III
la tt.apt In flEaA nt.
tAs evening gathered together. H. had Nsitei
10th the male aud female departments Of it
cutie recently, ind To dcs rcd to cons
ilrnd II TO the earnest and hearty sun
port OF the Catholics of this ar h.docese. lie had
no nc:1 to introduce DR.. Ives, as that gentleman
was fun we'll known TO all pr sent From him
t'cy would lcaru what tr Institution had accom-
Ilsact s,n'c Il formation, and whs. its directors
3uien led 20 do ~ the future in the way OF rscu-
iug poor and unprotected Catholic children from
'eati,utou and moral destruction.
Dr.. Ives then came forward anil was loudly ap-
ylaudcd. lie said, IN substance that the New York
catholic Rerormatory bad been but about eighteen
ron,hs in existence, and had in that iret space
Of time accomplished great deal Of gool. Its OBJ.
sect wss fully explained by Its ti,e--"For the Pro-
tecton Of Destitute Roman Catholic Children IN hc
city Of New York" Tue lcas, knowledge e ID,
number Of children of Catholic parents thrown
.,ppn the cold charity OF tie world would convinc,
-, one Of the necessity OF such an institution
Dlauy Of these children were made proselyte
20 other religious than tho faith o
xncir fathers, lecause Catholics had nc
,f.i!y realized tin vast importance @
such Q reformatory. They rad now such al
institution legally Incorporated by the Legisstur
.r the State, and he called upon all Catholics /
rnve IL their hearty, earnest and uuyieidlng sup
mort Tie lecturer then proceeded TO describe IT.
liod.s operandt In which the keiormaory wa
.rnY iuelcd-,he toys being under the care Of tn
.Ehr..tian Brothers and the girls undo. charge {
ths Sisters of Charity. uo then proceeded /
show thst the many institutions which, by n
..oubt we'll meant efforts succeeded in prosclyh1
aur the children Of poor Catholic pare 4ta, an
,crding them TO the tar West were dong NOR
harm than good to that section Of the Union AL
10 the children themseves-thst what was nit
taken by calling charity was in effect nothing b'
rartizsn zeal, and urged the Catholics to take th
m satsr In hand for themselves, and by giving the'
Children thorough christian and intellectual edu
cation a. them to 20 into tho world, each an homo
90 bimsslk HIS faith and the noble charity wherei
bo WA educated. Alter paying high compI
nent 10 the Father Mathew Societies under who's
susvioes the lecture gotten up the lecturer o.
aoxn amid loud applause.
On The platform were numbsrs u Catholic clerg
- sssstpss, lSyweas