The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-20
nernIng Star and Catholic messenger.
MHw ORLEANS. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 90
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EDITORIAL AND OTHER ITEMS

Pottsdam, Mo-, has artesian well more
than mile deep.
Cincinnati is defyiug the lightning with
church spire $40 feet high.
The Columbus, Ga, factories bave taken
2,5l7 bales of cotton this season, against Lily
during the same time last year.
Lovers Of peace and quiet in Detroit are re-
ioiced at the street boys discovery that cat
skins arc marketable commodities At 10 cents
apiece.
Bridgeport, Conn, las been for some tin'e
watching the subserranean bnrning oil q pear
swamp of unknown depth and circumierence
N its neighborhood-
If you Wish 10 make q Phiiaoeiphlan furious
ins. allnde casually TO the metropolis" and
then, as his face begins TO brighten, tell him
yuu mean New York.
Chicago viii Of it isn't altogether burnt up
IN the meantimel celebrate the centenniTer-
cary of iis incorporation rs = city sixfy-Swo
years from the 4th of next March
The New York SEn says There have been
several newspaper in this country bearing the
name OF the Republic, but II lie curlous fact
that no one of them has ever succeeded in
living over two years-
Davenport girls attempted the other day
cigars and whiskey. Retiring TO their bed
room they prepared themselves Tor the spree
bu. brous h- the experiment to END by trying
the cigaIs hrst-
Tom Thumbs fortune r. estimated al $780,
on. l. is strange that the world shonid have
given him all that money merely for the pFivi-
Iege of s-"'rg him, W hen II would hardly give
half the amount for the privilege of seeing 8
L..
There lie said to be in this State merchant
who has been in business forty seven years
and never advertised and doesn't mean TO.
He began with q capital of $500, and by strict
attention 10 business and economical living
has Increased it to ssoo.-Eeac Fork Aaii.
The people of Wisconsin regard Frahk
Person, of GAINESVILLE, as g much greater man
than Matt. Carpenter. Frank has just com
pieted l&dy's work box that is composed O:
6a5l pieces OF wood, and il is shaped SO that
1t cam. be distinguished from family bible
1t is remarkable that the colonies Of Men
1,onites 20 emigrated from Russia on account
Of their conscientious scrnples against using
carnal weapons, likely to have nice time
iu their new settlements on the Indiau frontier
unless they learn 10 pepper the Cheyeunes and
pursue the Sioux.
When a Chinese contractor proNluee Aoi WI
much private percentage in his specification
the local auditing authorities not only GU
down his estimates, bat cut off his head. 1t IL
Aeedless TO add that under such a barbarou
system China has NO public improvements u
aonpare with our trans-eontinental railway
aod eonrthouses.
The world generally having ceased to tax
further interest in the short-lived discussion
upon the relative merits of burial and crema
tisn rs means of disposing Of the dead, tn
young ladies of Cleveland have revived ii
And Miss Hanscom put if very prettily whe
abe declared a. She was content 10 leave th
mortal part Of life in the keeping Of on
common mother, through whose tender alcheD
it may some day come back 10 be velvet blooI
in the violet or balm breath in the rose-leave
that drop above the grass grown mound