The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-25
forming Star and Catholic Messapser.
FEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY. DrorHnrr g -,
EDITORIAL AND orHxa rrrra

EDITORIAL AND OTHER TrENs.
,0ambetta-this name sienifles, in Italian.
!" little leg"
oIe-slxth Of the female population Of
England work out Of doors.
Inc wickedest woman in New York has
FeIormed-a Ia Tom Allen, we suppose.
INSURANCE against bombardment in Paris
mas recently been raised from to per
cent. ~ POI
They have had succession Of mai,
robberies at New Haven and Hartford re-
Gently.
female shorthand reporter has been
aoded to the staff of the Secretary of the
Interior.
y. T.. Collins, once the largest ship owner
OF New York, is now superintendent of a
coal mine.
Missions concerts in Boston yielded
S6OOO each. At one matinee the receipts
were $4,000.
The best mines in Nevada and California
are now, it is said, in the hands of English
capitalists.
A Springfield (Mass.) manufacturer ia
turning out 100000 cartridges daily for the
French Government
The beautiful fountain of the Innocents.
In Paris, has been bomb ppoofed, to protect
it from the Prussian shells.
Among the French volunteers is a COM
pany commanded by postmistress, acting
as surgeon at the same time.
John Quincy Adams says that the value
OF the railroads of the United States may
hi, psti TOD 90
committee has been formed in London
TOT the purpose of securing continuance
OF peace with the United States.
young girl, who has not as yet attained
her sixteenth year, awaits trial at the Dart
ford (Wis) Jail for demonstrating.
John L. jenkins writes an indignant let
ter to the New York Tribune, deprecating
the slang use of that respectable name.
Mrs. Marvin, of New York, has invented
. new chair elevator for hotels, to which
she was led by her own personal needs.
The evangelicals of Boston are greatly
disappointed because they can't stop Sun
day lectures on the ground of ilIegality.
A Los Angeles (Cal.) paper isgiad to see
that "2most of our citizens have had sense
enough to return to the use of the bowie
i, kuife."
Mrs. Polly Deer, of Montgomery county,
Indiana, has an unmarried daughter weigh
ing quarter Of q ton. What delicate
Deer!
. The value of diamonds has deprecated
~ per cent in consequence of the quantity
offered for sale in London by French
families.
Owing to the siege of Paris, Brittany but
ter, which found q ready market there,
from to its fragrance, now finds its way to
London.
Colored Revels has made good thing of
it since he became U. S. Senator. He lately
bought plantation of 100 acres near
Natchez.
The house of one of the New Haven
Beechers was visited by 'ghosts" lately,
and nearly every pane of glass in the win
dows broken. ~
Blanchard has been rejected-Lo we'll
retains his place as postmaster still-we
CAN'T say when. The Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Dunn it.
1.-The frost of last week exceeded in in
tensity anything seen in this region for
twelve years. 1t Is feared fruit and vegeta-
ton will suffer.
The music of Plymouth Church, Brook
Ign, costs $4,000 per annum, exclusive of
Henry Ward Beecher's voice, which costs
double that sum.
Bismarck has declined the title of Prince
of Alsatia, offered him by the King of
Prussia, because, Bismarck must remain
Bismarck" said he.
For the two weeks ending December 6,
three Boston houses RENTED to Ireland
$4,000 on account of Irish servant G rls to
their friends at home.
Brick Pomeroy says it is =" harder work
to well edit weekly local paper than t"
edit a daily in a large city, and requires
more versatility of talent"
A Mormon was recently followed to the
grave in Salt Lake City 10y twenty discon-
ISOLATE widows. We are not told how many
children accompanied the train.
Reuter-, the English Telegram man, re-
Gently sold to the English Government, for
a premium of three hundred thousand
podnds, certain OF his rights to use the
telegram.
George Francis Train telegraphs that he
will return home next month arraycd i'll his
rr;sop costume to deliver one thousand