The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-05-16


is that of charity. To-
Statistics show that the srverage of life in
Massachusetts, IL thirty years.
The President has appointed Eighteen Qua
kersto Indian agencies.
The house presented to Gen. Shern,aIisin St.
Louis Is advertised for sale sts.s..
Twenty Thousand safes have been made at
the grsat factory of Werthheim. in Vienna.
A Mrs. Atbnckle, of Indians, draws q pension
for herself aud sixteen children.
A skating rink, which cost $so,OOo, was burnt
in Philadelphia Thursday week. n
Greeley declines the Office of Pacific Railroad
Commissioner.
In 1855 Chicago shipped a wagon load of
wheat; in 1868, AZ, 00O, 900 bushels,
The French Government has ordered 100000
Remington rifles from the United States.
There is a camelia in full bloom III the Jardin
PAcclimatiop, Paris, bearing 300 buds.
The Catholics of Germany sent 100000 to
the Pope to commemorate his jubilee.
Rosa Bonheur has received alegacy of $4,000
from an enthusiastic Russian admirer. APP
George Hudson, the English railway king, is
living on the Continent in absolute poverty
The costs in the case of the Westminster
election petition amounted to 900.
Senator Casserley's outside lands i'll Califor-
mia have been assessed at 81 665, 700. l,,,,
They had grand celebration in San Fran
cisco on the completion of the Pacific Railroad
Mr.. Costa, the eminent composer aud con-
ductor, has been knighted by Queen Victoria
A company is about to be formed in Belgian
for the purpose of constructing railroads i'll
China
49, :
from France to Texas, and hatcled while on
the way.
Grant has made thousands of appointments.
Who can estimate the number OF disappoint-
mentsi
DIR. odenheimer, Bishop of New Jersey. de-
MES having refused confirmation to ladies wear
ing false RsiK KIIT1 II III
Gen. jog Lane, who, MAS on1tbs Democratic
tiGes Wiz Beske& s!seI Tia fsG I4a iaiusd
the Catholic Church.
The afdt rassaggfsom Sacramento to Wash
ington, since the opening of the road, has been
made Ia eightdayss
The money editor Of the New York Times has
been siaed for 600 600 damages, BY an \ operator
ms owasi 81 1aetsEys ia sIsiyoke, Mass,
has compalied all the opera 1890 in num-
ber-S6 Dc N8ccuRate1<
nfighsm Young, in . recent serm0n, asfies
the GoxeEnmens 10 intsrfers with Mormon
habits ueagess - 3
+ The Massachusetts, Legislature rs discussing
the propriety of distributing firearms among
the high schools of that StaNcs'
twenty dye banks have been started in the
White Pine silver region already-all but one
being carried on in the faro line.
boy in Andover, Mass, shot himself last
week because his father insisted that he should
apologize to his teacher. a----z
\ handsome brown stone house has been pur-
chased in New York by Mrs. Phelps to be used
as q clubhouse for women.
The Paris political journals design reducing
their price, in order to compete with the Gov
ernment papers. ,~~
The Common Council of London has refused
to sanction project for the erection of a statue
to the late Prince Albert.
Baron LEROY, late Chief Justice of the
Queens Bench in Ireland, died last week, at
the advanced age of -ninety-three.
By two cent tax on each opera and theatre
ticket so1dsin Paris, 1920 charity hospital beds
are supported.
zThurlow Weed and =Wm. H. Seward; who
may be said to be the fathersof the Republic
can party, are nowAigporea by it. -...,.'5s,
The feathers of -fan grown ostrich sells for
500 per year In Australia the business is
carried on with success.
Although there is talk of raising subscrip-
ton to f. NJ. Stanton, he returns an income of
nearly $1,000.
The Pope presented the golden rose to Duke
Robert of Parma, the occasion of his late
marriage with the Princess Maria-Pia.
Ex-Congrcssman II. T. Blow goes to Brazil
as Minister. notwithstanding his name, it is
hoped the mission will be a peaceable one,
1t is duly recorded that when Gen. Grant
lately visited the tomb of Washington, he
threw away the Inevitable cigar.
1t is said by correspondent of the New York
Tribune that ten thousand persons have mas
tered the velocipede- in that city and Brooklyn.
An Iowa woman Experienced religion at a
revival meeting-but on reaching home she
cut her throat, for fear of falling from grace