The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-25
EDITORIAL AND OTHER 1rz,ls.

Sir George Dean Paul, the convict banker,
died recently in Australia. Ss
A person paid thirty dollars at Delmonico's
lately for ono dinner.
Seymour, so far from retiring, is about to take
the stump.
The Micado Of Japan has opened the port of
Yeddo to the worlds traffic.
The Emperor Of Russia has banished homee-
psthists from his dominions.
All the tape measures used in this country
are made in Meriden, Ct.
Oil is now shipped direct from Cleveland,
Ohio, to Liverpool
As sign Of peace, it is said Prussian has
invented q machine that can discharge 12O bull
let's per minute
An autograph letter of Washington to Herry
Laurens, sold for fifty dollars in LoGdon re-
Gently.
A German predicts that in five centuries Eng
lish will be the universal language. Happy
posterity!
A hotel iu New York pays twenty-five thou
sand dolla,s year for butter. It must have
greasy customers.
A man made thirty-thonsand dollars gather
ing mustard seed in Southern Califo,oia last
year.
The Cortes is to decide what the future gov
ment of Spain is to be-monarcbical OF repub
lican.
deputation from Cuba has arranged with
the Junta for the emancipation of the slaves in
that Island.
In consequence of the prevalence of typhoid
fever, our Consul at Liverpool has ceased issu-
ing clean bills of health.
Four hundred souls only out of forty thou
sand, survive the horrors of the late earthquake
in Ecuador.
Governor Mccormick of Arizona has called
out the militia to repress audacious Indian
depredations.
shell wherry, weighing forty pounds and
thirty-three feet in length, was launched in
Baltimore last week.
Australian beef and mutton are now being
introduced into England in very large quanti-
ties. =
The climate of Rome not agreeing with Car
dinal Bonaparte, it is sasd he intends removing
elsewhere.
The attempt to change the Presidential NOM
inees on the Democratic ticket has proved
abortive.
A ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien
is again before the public. This project is
headed by Peter Cooper.
Chicago has yards for 10000 cattle. 1t has
great and unenviable reputation for beastly
accommodation
By the last improvement on the velocipede
it is made capable of carrying two persons and
a footman.
The entire loss of lie by the late earthquake
in South America is estimated at 10000 per-
sons.
Beecher, having proved his capacity to act
the politician, wishes to enter the United States
Senate.
new line of steamers, to run between this
city and New York, by way of ST. Domingo,
is projected.
A convention of German women lately as
sembled at Stuttgart-not to assert their rights,
but to agree measures to promote the well
fare of their families.
One Northern shirt-collar factory turned out
sixteen million collars last year. They have
already manufactured numberless yokes for
Southern necks.
They grind out two million false teeth annu-
ally in Philadelphia. Some of our Legislators
would contract for wisdom-teeth, if they had
any gumption.
New Hampshire State prison has engaged a
lecturer this season. His first lecture should
be on the absorbing subject in all minds-the
almighty dollar.
A man lately died in Paris, who left 100000
to his wife ON condition that she would pass
every day, from eight A. NJ. till six p. NJ. in his
tomb
There are schools in Paris where lessons are
given in velocipede riding. We need no mas
tiers in this country to teach the art Of fast 60
ing.
A submarine diver, employed on the Seine,
went down when drunk lately, and as he made
no signals, another went down after, who found
him asleep.
The first intelligence about the earthquake
in San Francisco was greatly exaggerated as to
the amount of injury The property destroyed