The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-23
DOMESTIC cArHoIIc INTELLIGENCE.

| DOMESTIC CATHOLIC lNTELLlGENCE.
| Death of Rev. j. Amber Weed.-It be.
comes our painful duty to announce the
death Of a Jealous and very faithful Priest
of the Diocese of RichmO nd, Rev. Joseph
Amber Weed. Rev. Father Weed was q
convert to the Holy Catholic Church. He
was a native of Richmond, where, az well
was very highly esteemed for his amiable
disposition, high sense of honor, and un-
destinations piety. Rev. Mr.. Weed was,
for many years before his conversion to
Catholicity, minister of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. He was, as he frequent
~ said, ever anxious to do what was the
will of God, and prayed continually for a
knowledge of the truth and God satisfied
his longing and rewarded his great sinceri-
ty by granting him his request In the
year of 1858, Rev. Mr.. Weed resigned his
Episcopal charge, and sought for admission
in the one true fold-inte which he was re-
ceived by the Right Rev. Bishop McGill,
of Richmond. Sometime after, Rev. Fa-
Their Weed manifested great desire to be-
come priest, feeling he had a vocation for
that holy state. He commenced his theo-
logical studies under the supervision of the
Right Rev. Bishop McGil, and was by him
ordained Priest in tn summer of 1885,
Catholic Mirror.
Death Of Doctor Martin. - 1t is with
are called upon to announce the death of
one of the most talented and useful clergy
men Of the diocese of Louisville. Rev.
James Michael Martin, D. D.. departed this
life on Saturday, April 8, 1871, at Aiken,
South Carolina, whittier he had gone, about
two months before, with the faint hope of
being benefited in his health by the we'll
known salubrity Of the climate Of that lati-
tude. Alas, the fatal seeds of his disease
lconsamption,) were too deeply implanted
in his system to admit of eradication. Far
away from his home and his friends, he
was called to submit to that dread decree !:
1t is appointed for men once to die."-
Catholic ADVOCATE.
Sudden Death of Father Elliott.-The
diocese of Louisville is called upon this
week to mourn the death of two of it's most
valued and honored priests. Scarcely had
the telegraph flashed before US the news of
the demise of the lamented DR.. Martin,
when q still greater shock came upon US in
the Intelligence that the venerable Father
Elliott, after forty two years of service in
the sacred ministry, had been suddenly re
leased from all his earthly tolls. Rev.
james Elliott was born near Holy Cross
church, in Nelson county, in the year 1900,
dy ing in the seventy first year Of his age.
Ibid.
DeaA Of Req: Father Prendergast.-Rev.
John +. Prendergast, for nearly twenty
years Pastor of st. Agnes Church. West
Chester, Pa, departed this life on Thurs
day afternoon, the 4th inst. The announce.
ment of his death fell like a thunderbolt
upon his people and upon the community
in which he had labored for so many years.
1t was generally known that he had been
unwell for a few days, as it was observed
that he had the greatest difficulty in GET
ting through with the unusually long cere-
monies incident to Palm Sunday, but no
one dreamed that his hour was 80 near at
hand. Truly, " in the midst of life we are
in DEATH"
Death Of Priest Father Basil A.
shrob, Pastor of st. Joseph's Church,
Bonaghtown, Adams county, Pa, died at
his residence on Tuesday, the 4th inst,
after an illness of several months. His flu
neral took place on Holy Thursday after
noon, was attended by very large con-
Father Shrob was born in
Adams county, Pa, on the 10th of octo-
time otllis death, 60 years, S months and
lS days.
Religious Reception.-On Monday, the
10th inst, at the Chapel of the Convent of
Mercy, Webster Avenue, Miss Henrietta
Cosgrave, in religion, Sister Mary Berna-
dette, and Miss Elizabeth Knox, in religion,
Sister Mary Loyola, received the white
veil of the Sisters of Mercy from the hands
of Right Rev. NJ. Domenec, Bishop of Pitts
burgh.
Catholic Bequests.-John II. Brady, of
who died March 5th, 1871,
left $500 to the Little Sisters of the Poor,
$3.50 to St. Johns Orphan Asylum, and
$3.50 to the Theological Seminary of ST.
Charles Borromeo.
The sum of one thousand dollars has
been donated to the Brooklyn Roman Ca
tholic Orphan Asylum, as the proceeds of
the late ball given by the " Emerald AS
ISOLATION"
q ATTEMPT TO KILL A CATHOLIC PRIEST
BY AN INSANE MAN.-Ottawa, Ill, April !.
Great excitement was cheated here to-day
by an attempt to kill Rev. Father Terry,
of the Catholic Church of this city, by an
insane man. Father Terry had been on
attendance to his duties to a convent few
blocks away from his residence, and was