The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-06-19


New York last week.
The late Illinois Constitutional Conven.
ton cost the State 420O, 900.
| Rev. Mr.. smythe, Of gin and milk noto-
riety, il ambitious to 60 to Congress.
The number of persons who,crossed from
Dover to Calais last year was 10000.
The late Mark Lemon was m unscrupu-
lous villifyer Of Ireland and Catholics.
More than half the type-setting on the
Paris literary papers is done by women.
The cOal-felds of Illinois contain six
times as much as those of Great Britain.
1t is estimated that there are over 2OO, 900
persons in London in q destitute condi-
ton.
The grave of J. Wilkes Booth was pro-
fusely adorned with flowers ON decoration
day"
Cozzens, who keeps the crack hotel at
West Point, refused to lodge the black
cadet.
The recent fire in Constantinople is rank
ed in destructiveness with the great fire in
London.
Paris owes over 10000, 600, and still
running in debt. New Orleans is not quite
that far gone.
There is capital of over $lOO, OOO, 600
invested in the manufacture of lager-beer
in this country.
Gen. O'Neill is going to enter suit against
the United States for arresting him on
foreign territory.
There is church in Lynn, Mass, which
provides ice water in the vestibule for the
thirsty worshipers.
Twenty-one thousand Irish emigrants
left Liverpool for the United States during
the month of May.
Morris L. Chester, a negro lawyer from
Pennsylvania, was admitted to the English
bar on the 3Oth ult.
man in New Hampshire, by attending
town meeting, gave eighty three men and
boys the smallpox.
The greatest "sell of the day was I'M
doubtedly the Roumania massacre. Did
Moses get that consulship7
1t is confidently asserted that Treasurer
Spinner suspends writing letters on Sun
day. Thanks for the relief.
The Mayfower," after carrying the
Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock, was employed
in transporting a cargo of slaves.
1t is announced as something extra
ordinary that three Welsh bishops are
really able to speak their own language.
Seven sisters work their fathef's farm in
Wright county, Minnesota. That's the
right way of demonstrating woman's rights.
In appointments to Office, wouldn't it be
we'll to prefer soldiers with one arm. They
couldn't dip in with both hands, any how.
A pupil in Galesburg, ILL.,, had what little
sense he possessed knocked out of his head
by q schoofmarm-leaving him non conepos.
The death of Hon. Mrs. Stucley, last
month, leaves Sir Lucius O'Briep the head
of the Royal house of the O'Briens of Tho.
mond.
Forney declines being candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania, as it would in
terfere with his running his two papers,
both daily.
A Catholic University, free from Govern
ment influence, is to be established in
Madrid. Twenty distinguished professors
are named.
A man with much leisure has made the |
calculation that In forty years enuff-
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ing his nose.
The Matrimonial Ne,cs, new paper re-
Gently started in London, contains more
than 200 announcements from candidates
for marriage.
A man in Terre Haut, who was divorced
from his wife many years ago, now employs
her to wait on his second wife, at the rate
of 81 per week.
Victor Hugo is going to write novel,
having John Brown for hero. Won't that
make the people grin more than "The Man
Who Laughs Z"
Five milk vendors were fined five dollars
each in New York last week for mixing
water with their milk. The police caught
them in the act.
A colored man in Indianapolis is build
ing hotel, from which white folks are to
be excluded. Isn't this an infringement of
the fifteenth amendment7
The Archbishop of Quebec has made an
appeal in behalf Of the Saguenay suffer-
ers by the late disastrous fire, by which
nearly 5000 souls have lost their all.
Hawthorn says, in his lately published
:" English Notes." that Miss Martineau gave
Emerson lock Of hair. 1t was not her