The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-27

stitutional amendment doing away Win dis
franchisement.
The Erie Railroad investigation develops the
fact that during 1870 and II that company
paid, yearly, 100000 lawyers fees, i. c. buy
ing up legislatures, etc.
Work commenced on the Texas Pacific Rail
road at San Diego on tho 21st. Director Lar
kin promises that connection will be made
with New Orleans in 1875.
The members of the Catholic Church, of
Pensacola, are about purchasing new organ
for their church, and subscriptions are being
freely given by all the citizens.
English noblemen are, taken all in all, a long
lived race. OF the eighteen who have died
during 1872, 12 were over sixty years of age,
the Oldest being eighty-four and the youngest
sixty-two.
Business in the line matrimonial SEEMS to be
brisk in Mobile. Last Sundays Register reports
three knots tied by Rev. Father Callaghan, of
st. Vincent's Church. and one by Very Rev.
Father Pellicer.
The worst storm ever known prevailed last
week throughout Nebraska. Men were frozen
to death within two rods of their houses while
trying to get their stock under shelter. Many
women and children were frozen.
Sixteen valuable horses, belonging to Thos.
Farrell, of New York city, starved to death
while the owner was away, sick The horses
had eaten the boards and everything in the
stable where they were locked up.
Recorder Hackett, of New York, has received
anonymous letters, threatening death in case
no again sentences prisoners to long terms of
Imprisonment for what, in the Judgment Of the
ssnders of the letters, are light offences
The Louisville Adrocate says that on the 10Th
of March, Miss Clara Delvine, of Savannah,
Ga, and Miss Alice Furlong and Miss Mary
Fenelon, of New Orleans, received the white
veil in the Convent of the Presentation in
Rome.
Almost every town in Illinois holding cleo
lions in April has gone Democratic. The
same may be said of Missouri, The Credit
Mobilier and Congressional and Presidential
salary steal has evidently disguised the great
mass of honest voters.
The Dutch forces in the Island of Sumatra
have been SO severely handled by the rebel
lious natives that they have been forced to
retreat to the sea-ehore, where 1t is doubtful
that they will be allowed to remain long,
though we'll entrenched.
The sermons of the celebrated Pere Monsabre
continue to attract large congregations at
Notre Dame, Paris. On Sunday, March 3Oth,
more than 1000 persons assembled to hear his
sermon on the Passion. The Archbishop and
his whole chapter attended.
jacksonville, Fla, boasts of a single rose
bush, bearing lovely white and fragrant
flower, the top branches of which cover an area
Of over fifteen feet square. Last year over
27oO roses were cut from this one buah
This season the bush has even q larger num-
Der.
Hon. NJ. Cassiday, Member of the Provincial
Parliament has been elected Mayor of Mon
treal. He is the first Irish Catholic who was
ever elevated to that position. He is gradu-
ate of the Sulpician Seminary, lawyer by
profession and holds q prominent position at
the Montreal Bar.
Tho bells of st. Joseph's Cathedral, Buffalo,
are said to be the most remarkable in this
country. They were brought from Europe by
the late Bishop Timon, under whose direction
the present splendid church was constructed.
Every Sunday the people of Buffalo crowd the
surrounding streets to listen to their delighted
music.
100 New Orleans Metropolitan policemen
went to Anite, La, on the Goth, to establish
the Kellogg officers there. All Of his appoin-
tees have left Franklin. large nesting was
held on the 21st, at Rayville, Richland parish,
by the Taxpayers, who organized tax-resist-
ing association. Gov. McEnery addressed the
meeting.
In tearing down an old out building at the
Yarboro House, near Raleigh, n c., last week
. colored waiter found a package of money
rolled up in paper, containing about 500, 600 in
in old State notes, some Confederate money,
$500 in gold, and several silver watches. There
il no clue as to when or by whom they were
placed there.
A new lighthouse, half a mile from the old
one, will be exhibited at Southwest Pass after
July LIST. Tho focal plano is 1875 feet above the
base of the tower, and 100 feet above the mean
level of the sea, and should be seen in clear
weather from the deck of a vessel fifteen feet
above the water at distance of seventeen
nautical miles.
The manufacturing city of JOachimsthal, in
the mountains Of Bohemia, was destroyed by
fire on the S1st of March. Out of 5s6 houses,
$50 were completely burned and i've thousand
persona were rendered homeless. The magni-