The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03
EDITORIAL AND OTHER rrx,ss.

1 ATl6.
The thermometer is ten degrees below zero
at Quebec.
late issue of the st. Louis Republican con-
! tanned 103 notices of deaths.
The Germans have commenced fortifying the
passes in the Vosges Mountains.
There has been a large increase of cholera in
stamboul within the past few days.
st. Mary's Catholic Church in Portsmouth
N. H., was destroyed by fire on the 9th.
| The official organ says the Mormons do not
| intend to abandon Utah on account of religion.
One hundred and five shorthand writer's do
the newspaper reporting in the House OF
Commons.
Count Gertenti, son-in-law of ex-Queen Isa-
bella, of Spain, committed suicide in Switzer-
| land last week.
The Bishops of the English Hierarchy were
to have held meeting on the subject of Higher
Education, in the latter part of November.
Bishop Dupanloup publishes letter severely
| crticising the sentiments expressed by Gam
BETA in his speech recently delivered ut st.
| Quentin.
Forty-five negroes passed through st. Louis,
| on the 23d, en- route to Lawrence county, Kan
| sas. They ore the advance guard of 5000 who
will shortly follow.
The famous Tichbourne case, in England,
which was interrupted four months ago, has
again come up for trial. The interest of the
public in it is undated.
telegram from Alexandria, Egypt, dated
the Gath. says that steamer with pilgrims, en-
route to Mecca, sunk from a collision. Seventy
five pilgrims were drowned.
Fourteen million two hundred and sixty
thousand three hundred and twenty-nire
pounds of tea have been transported over the
Union Pacific railway this year.
To this date the Chicago Relief and Aid So
ciety has received $2,5Os, 600 cash for the bene-
fit of the sufferers by the fire. Contributions
came from forty States and Territories.
Five hundred dollars, after long litigation,
has just been recovered by the loser of trunk
by railroad accident the Hudson River
railroad. The case is considered an important
precedent.
Both Halls of Congress are in readiness for
the meeting on the first Monday of December.
Many improvements, including ventilation,
have been made during the recess in all parts
of the Capitol.
M. Gambetta is about to % married. Victor
Hugo has addressed to the ex-dctator q letter
congratulating him on the approaching happy
event, which he characterzes as the union of
o comet with q flower.
William Strange, for fifty years an active
publisher in London, died lately ut the age of
seventy one years, He published at one time
the London Figaro, a satrical journ al, which
reached q circulation Of $1,000 copies.
Chicago breathes more freely in finding that
three abstracts of titles are safe. One of them
is perfect, and two are nearly so. They are
priceless papers, for they settle and quiet the
title of every foot of land in the city, the pub.
lie records being lost. One of these document.
covers one hundred Thousand pages.
This is the way the Chicago Post celebrates
the march of civilization in that city:
"Desolaton continues to reign
rb But GS aEps Ike hseg ssa mp his fire;
Marriages since tho fire."
In another place the Post says "Thero have
been ALI babies published in this city since the
fire-311 of them females. Hail to the Now
She-cargow
The body of the woman found in North
River, near Now York, on the 23d, and TAX en-
to the Morgue, has been recongized that of
Madam Rhodes, of New Orleans, very
wealthy lady. She was stopping at the Span
gler House, and left. there last Tuesday to
VlSlt as she told the cham Oermaid and chief
waiter, her brother-in-law, who is a teacher in
q seminary either at Poughkeepsie or Fort
Washington.
Noise Willard, the editor and proprietor of
the famous Petit Journal, of Paris, died on the |
18th ult., in the ifty-ninth year of his age |
He was born at Bordeaux in 1913. When he |
was twenty years of age he established in that
city lie Lutni, journal of considerable ability.
Soon after he removed to Paris, where he |
has since owned several papers of more or less
note, the chief of which are: La Libe,te, LIE |
Conseller du People and lie Petit Journal. The |
first gained q circulation of $4,000 copies in |
four months, and was then suppressed, on ac-
count of its republican principles. The last
had an average circulation of 2GO, 900 copies,
and sometimes reached 4OO, 900. Mr.. Willard was I
also an extensive and successful banker.
AS an evidence of the wonderful activity
displayed by the people of Chicago in the
rebuilding of that city, the Mobile Register
publishes the following private letter:
CuTrAco