The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-13
EDITORIAL AND oTHTR rTN,


~" estimated that three millions Of n. :.
naoitants have died from famine in per.. ' ~'
Late Havana advices state that thu ...
snip OF the press will be abolished .bo,.,u .'0'
Inc eastern bank of the Missouri A. ~
washing away at the rate of six ;nch.. A@
day. '''oes Pc,
w. d. Seward, Lincoln"s Secretary a, o..
aied at bis residence in Auburn, N, a
10th inst. ' - On The
The anniversary of Father Ma.th.u
cay OCT. IT, was celebrated in Boston h.'
grand parade. "n oy'
A Miohigander sneezsd from his ,,,..,
other day minnie ball that had e,,.ss, ,a'
eye during the war. a
Eighteen Capuchin friars. expelled from r..
temala by the Government sailed fo, r.S
from New York on the 5th. 'H
A severe shook Of earthquake VA. Ga.
Sioux City, Iowa, on tho 10th, and c,s...,
great CONSERVATION among the citi,s,.
The Journals Of Paris have opened sub..,;,
tions for the relief of Alsatians who b,v. ~
their homes, and retained their FreucS o;.;...
ship. '''''
Three companies of U. 8. troops sun,,,..,
by friendly Indians attacked the An,.h..s4
Arizona, killing forty and capturing m.,.
others - -'u!
Gen. Won Schweinitz, German Amba.s.a,,.
Vienna, was married on the 4th, to Min Il,
the daughter of the Hon. James sJay. Ams;
can Minister to Austria.
Damages to the monastery aud pslscs ofy,
curisl by fire Last week, are not a. ba.,,,,
was at first supposed. A thorough iaspec:an
of the building shows that the loss will M,
exceed $l25. 900.
The inhabitants of OberamerRau bays y.
fused tho offer of 80, 900 forins to play tia mai,
sion play at Vienna. Great damage has ben,
done in the village and the neighborhocd BY
the recent thunder storms.
The Rev. DR.. j. A. Penne man, late of Il.
Woodbridge Episcopal Church, New JERSEY,
with his wife was received into the Catholic
church on Sunday, at Summit, New York. Tts
Doctor was formerly q Unitarian originally
rom Massachusetts,.
The disease among horses in Toronto, Cana
da, continues, and there it scarcely horse in
the city At for work. The interruption to bus.
iness is becoming very serious. Merchants
are unable to ship or get goods from the depot
There are no hacks ON the stands.
A strange death occurred near St. Omsr, ILL
nois, last week. A young man named Roberts
commenced bleeding at the nose, then ct tho
lungs. and finally the blood oozed out ofAs
pores of the skin. In this condition he ling.
cred three or four days when he died.
The Missionary priests of st. Paul the Apos
tie have recommended their regular Courses
of Missions. Applications should be made IS ear.
ly as possible to the Superior of the Congrega
ton, the Very Rev. L T. Hecker, St. Pauls
Church Ninth Avenue and Fifty-nintkstre
Now York.
Go where ono may in Virginia, he is almost
sure to find engrsvings of President Davis, and
of Generals Lee and jackson. The first being
still spared to us, his ehgraviDgs are dressed
daily with fresh flowers, while those of tho
latter are trimmed with sprigs of cedar and
arbor vitae.
An unfortunate girl in Madison, Wisconsin,
suddenly lost her reason, while in apparently
good health, recently, and with it her know
ledge of the English language. At the same
time, it is said, she miraculously acquired CON-
mand Of the German, though she had never
learned it, or lived where it had been spoken.
The Journal Official announces the appsint-
ment of the French Supreme Council of war
the members of which are Marshal McMahon,
Marshal Canrobert, General LAdmirault
Duke D,Aumale, Admiral De LaRonciere, and
NJ. Ozenne. This council is charged with tho
organization and administration of the army
but not with the direction of military move
m ents.
Whether the mast is short in Arkansas this
season, and starvation is driving the squirrels
over the wide Mississippi in search OF bette,
nut groves, or whether it is merely freak OIL
fancy on the part of the squirrel tribe. is some
thing which puzzles the river folks up the
country not little, but certain it is that they
are leaving the former State, swimming across
the Mississippi in doing SO by the million
Advices state that the Indians of Hondura.
made another raid on the British settlers ~
Orange Walk, near Corosal, Yucatan. inef'
were about five hundred of the raiders. lux
British garrison made a gallant Defence XII
ling few of the enemy and woundlng s0Du,
others. Two soldiers were killed and siA'een
wounded, one civilian killed and seven wounu
ed. The Indians pillaged to the eNsens v
thirty or forty thousand dollars and re'ire"'
A good many years ago Kentuckian "o-'
tn cipcinpati and drove o cart at low "aee'