The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-12-13
EDITORIAL AND OTHER 11K1es.

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The Irish Zouayes in the Papal army are in
a fine state of discipline.
Both houses of Congress refused to have the
Presidents message read.
Chatetaillon, France, formerly populous
town, is now an oyster bed.
Over one thousand divorces were granted in
Indiana last year. #;
+ Oregon has been snubbed by Congress for be-
ing "impertinent."
Already o man has lost his life by the cold
in Canada.
By late census it is found that Paris has
800, 900 cats.
The agricultural college of Iowa has three.
female students.
Wisconsin exceeds all the States in the num-
Der of its foreign citizens.
The Emperor of China is fourteen years old,
and his wife eleven.
Paris workmen go to and from their labor on
velocipedes.
Another beef packery has been established ut I
Shreveport, La.
Broom corn yields q net profit of $44 per
acre, exclusive of seed
The New York canals were closed on the 7tl1
instant.
| The new Archbishop of Canterbury was the
first to draw attention of Oxford to- Or. New
| mans celebrated Tract 80. -
| Within four years eighteen billion tons of
coal have been discovered ip Russian posses
sions.
Napoleon, instead of going to war, has been
amusing himselfin making maps-of his future
conquestsf -
| Peabody has egain opened his purse-strings-
giving another hundred thousand pounds to
the London poor.
| Of rr1y,1eS
GREECE ceases to foment instruction among the
Cpetans.
" Gen. Upham, of Arkansas, is up in arms, has
proclaimed martial law, and threatens terrible
| things.
| Curiosity has overcome Partisan politeness
crowds daily surround Queen Isabella's resi-
dence in Paris.
Heinrich Conscience, the Belgian novelist,
has been rewarded by the Government with an
appointment.
! The Pope has placed the services of his ply
stefan at the disposal of Fuad Pasha, the Turk
. isll Minister.
A man was fined 800 roubles in Warsaw, be-
cause his daughter, aged seven, played Polish
national air.
Amos Adams. the last survivor of the Wyo-
: ming massacre, is living in Westchester, Mass,
aged 95.
!, 80 Rev. Geo. H. Doane, agent of the American
Bishops secured $21, 900 In Baltimore for the
: American College in Rome. ----.-.....=-
The constabulary force in Ireland is Ia 900
t their pay is fourteen shillings per week, with
: lodgings.
! The Pope has sent a contribution in aid OF
the sufferers by the late inundation in Switzer-
I land.
The collection for ecclesiastical students in
8 the diocese of Newark last year amounted to
8 $7562.
Ticknor g. Fields gave Dickens $4,000 foI
, his readings in the United States, and made
$685. 900 by the operation.
;. The barricade system has begun in Spain
in many towns the Republicans have common
ced operations.
= Heavy gales prevailed last week throughout
England, damaging houses and shipping to a
! great extent.
The steamer Hibernia, from Liverpool fol-
New York, foundered the coast of Ireland
:, by which thirty-three persons were lost.
:: The condition of things in, Arkansas is de-
plorable, brought about mainly by government
! officials.
9 The increase of thieves in London is such
8 that the authorities propose to revive the whip
g ping post,
No wonder the Turkish finances are deran.
ged the Sultan having to support nine hun
8 dred wives.
l. Coal has been found under the Illinois State
house. This accounts for the warm debates
(; | held there.
An ardent politician lately deceased in Eng
!. land, left $1,000 to defray the election EXPENSE
Il of liberal candidate.
o The mulbery-morus NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. al
extraordinary height and quick growth in Cal
| ifornia.
p The statue of Alexander Hamilton, ordered
to be executed by Congress, has reached thu
= capital.