The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-09-11

6UOuC themselves tlan OF battles or maneu- |
vering armies.
The Orleans princes have contributed !
5000, GOO toward the fund for wounded |
French soldiers.
Fond du Lac, Wis, will furnish to the !
country the small item of one million
pounds of cheese.
1t will take 1900 volumes, of 1000 pages
each, to record all the names returned by
the census takers.
Prussia photographs her prisoners of
war, SO that if they attempt to escape, de-
lection is pretty sure.
A London paper declares that England
could not get DO, 900 troops ready for foreign
service within a month.
The cost of soda water consumed in New
York during the late heated term is esti-
mated at $15, 900 day.
new style of hair-pin has been invent
ed, which screws into the head, SO as to fix
the chignon immovably.
The New York Times says there is not in
that port single vessel Of any magnitude
in course of construction.
Trenton, N. j., presents the novelty of a
father who has been coerced into becoming
boarder in his own house.
The Roman Catholics of Iowa propose to
give $4,000 to any town that will raise
100000 for Catholic College.
| A man and his wife, in Marshall county,
Ind, are now taking good care of a sick!y
lady, who is the mans divorced wife.
Notwithstanding Parson Newman's cru
SADIE against Mormonism, Utah is receiving
4 large accessions from other Protestant
scots.
! 1t is estimated that the value of the State
bonds granted by the Georgia Legislature
to railroads in two days is nearly $685.
1000.
Bismarck has suppressed sixty seven
newspapers in North Germany while in
power. Such is the record of champion
of liberty!
citizens purse of $4,000 has been made
up in St. Louis for the best specimen of
cotton exhibited at the fair to be held
October Sd.
Henry Ward Beecher refers to one of his
correspondents as person, evidently, who
took what is called the hyper Calvinistic"
incubation.
The street car fare in Boston has been
reduced to five cents. Why, the Ante
difuvians in this region we've never had
anything else I! go
New York newsboys have been arrested
in Orange, N. j., for crying out "extras-
all about the war;" without q license.
There's progress for you!
The Rev. J. E. Pecler, of Belleville, ILL.,,
&c -,
United States bonds, and sentenced to four
years in the Penitentiary.
; &. The discount ON mutilated currency has
been lately figured up, and the amount is
$500 ,OOO-which is to- this extent a swindle
out of the peoples pockets.
There are five women now confined in
= the Lunatic Asylum at Longvew, Tenn.
, against whom petitions for divorce have
been fled by unkind husbands.
Some of the omnibus routes of London
= are fourteen miles long. Well, it's pretty
- near that distance from Carrollton to thu
. Barracks, and we don't brag about it.
An Iowa man, who suffered "soie,
takes the precaution, when filling out
=, check to pay his railroad bond tax, to maxi
: it payable to highway robbers or bearer.
= Fennimore Cooper Pomeroy, nephew o
;, the celebrated author, Fennimore Cooper
e died in Milwaukee last month. He and hi
wife Joined the Catholic Church some year
ago.
Six young men were ordained in Chicago
y, last week to act as missionaries in convert
- ing Chinese. We venture to say they'll
q keep within the civilized protection of thei
= bankers drafts.
. The versatility of women is shown b.
the fact that number of the sex hav
adopted the profession of photography, ant
=. are travelling about the country with wagon
= fitted up for the purpose.
70 An English correspondent says that il
answer to a question, one excellent Bava
r. rian ecclesiastic replied, that for the mo
q ment he was "neither priest nor Catho
e lic," but only "patriot."
d AGerman named Stedman, residing nea
,s Philadelphia, who is married to Frencl
y woman, quarrelled lately over the wa
y news, and were in the act of resorting to
n rusty sword and bread-knife, when the.
n we're arrested by the police.
The war has begotten a new sect, ant
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