The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-10-17
EDITORIAL AND OTHER IrEMs,

LONDON making book.
Prof. Dana, of Rutland, VT, has copy of,
Virgil printed over 800 years ago
The tax list of San Francisco for tS69-7O
shows valuation of S100,344595.
The gold clip of California, last year, is esti-
mated to be worth over g., 000,0 900.
A heavy shock of earthquake was felt in
San Lorenzo, Cal, Friday week.
On the day Prince Arthur visited the fair at
Toronto, Canada, sc, 600 tickets were sold.
The Court Journal states that Mrs. Stowe got
$1,000 from Macmillan for her Byron expose.
A now and dangerous counterfeit ten dollar
greenback has just appeared in Cincinnati.
Rosenthalgraphy is the title of a new sys-
tenn of teIegraphing in all known languages.
Fifty-four soldiers have committed suicide
at the Prussian camp of Bona in few weeks.
Apples dull at ten cents per bushel, and
peaches at twelve cents, in Crawford county,
Indiana. ~
In addition to-the day labor, 400 workmen
are at work nightly on the New York postoffice
building.
A shark was recently caught by Gloucester
fisherman that had an iron hoop deeply imbed-
ded around its body. ="
At cattle fair recently held at Roeh- Pasay,
France, GOO head of cattle broke loose, serious
ly ipjuring 100 persons.
Millions of "lady birds" lately made their
appearance Mt Ramsgate, England. There was
u similar visitation in 1847.
The shock of the recent earthquake at Fill
more Utah, lasted two minutes. The State
house rocked for two seconds.
A former newsboy the Baltimore and
Washington Railroad has sued the Baltimore
14"'eicae for an alleged libel
Three seamcn were drowned in the Bay of
st. Lawrence lately, by being run down in
small boat by an English vessel.
The gold piece given by Charles l. to Bishop
JuSon, on the scaffold at Whitehall, has just
been sold in London. for $1,000.
There are twenty-five political prisoners in
the stockade at Tyler, Texas some of whom
have been confined over year.
There are more deaths, in proportion, among
children of the native population in Boston
than among those of foreigners.
woman named Bradshaw, of Franklin,
Indiana, was stung by bee on the LIST inst,
and died in half an hour afterwards.
1t may be news to our people that the Mis-
sissippi river discharges into the Gulf of Next
CO 100000 pounds of water per second.
The hardware store of J. D. Gill & Co.,
MeadYille, Pa, was recently entered by bur-
g1ars, the safe blown open and 200 stolen.
The late Caleb Dorsey, of Howard county,
Maryland, beQueathed $4,000 to be appropri-
ated to the most destitute portions of the
South.
1t is claimed that the President wrote with
his own hand the recent opinion of the Attor-
ney General on the election of Senators in
Virginia
a tunnel is to be built under the Detroit
river, at Detroit, to connect the Great Western
Railway of Canada with the Michigan Central
Railroad.
The Richmond Enquirer says it is not true
that "all's well that ends WE'LL" AS proved by
Boutwell,, Cressweil, and the dynasty of Wells
in Virginia.
Gen. Grant has had his photograph taken on
horseback, to accommodate the artist who is
modelling his equestrian statue for the Lincoln
monument.
The recent earthquake at st, Thomas almost
-eatlHled that of ls6S in -Xialence.-Nn- wonder
the Government hestatcs about purchasing
such shaky, concern.
The equestrian statue of Gen. Grant in Phil
adelphia originally intended, it is said, for
Gen. Mcclellan. Tho American Napoleon was
chiselcd ont of his rights.
Brauning the Boston. wife-murderer, con-
fesses that he beat his wife to death because
she otsl4 Hat give him money out her OWN
earnings with which to buy
Mrs. Keep, widow of the late Henry Keep,
loses 100000 by the failure of Lockwood &
Co. Her husband left her four millions, which
she had better keep in safer hands.
Victor Hugo cougratulates the Peace Con-
gress for choosing city of the Alps the
place of their deliberations, because Switzer-
land free and it's scenery sublime.
A female founding has created so much in
terest at Pittsburg, Pa, that it was to be sold
at auction, the proceeds to be invested and
paid over on its arrival at it's 18th year.
In Erie, ILL.,, preacher was lately tried
LIST, for cheating in cow trade; I'd, grossly
OBTAINING young lady; Sd, immoral conduct.
He was convicted on the first two counts
The wealthy negroes IN Washington City
have made up purse to test the question
whether the manager of a theatre in that city
was justified in ejeoting- negroes from his es-