The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-06-07
DOMESTIC CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.



a correspondent kindly sends us q lengthy
account OF the enthusiastic manner in which
Sister Mary Perpetua, Sister Mary Adolph,
ana SISTER Mary of the Infant Jesus, were re-
ceivcd at the Grand Rond Indian Reservation,
from which we make the following extract
On Friday, April 17th, they arrived at
the Agency. The American lag was immed-
ately holsted; and salute Of thirteen guns
was Tired. The Indians fiocked in crowds to
see the good Sisters, aud two of the Chiefs de-
livered addresses OF welcome.
Louis Nipissing, an old Chief. said: Alb
How glad am, good Sisters! How reioiced
we all are to see you among IFS! We are de-
lighted now in having what we wanted,-the
Sisters-for whom We have been calling for
ten years. Our desire has now been fulfilled !;
We require nothing more. We have q church,
priest, Catholic agent and Sisters to teach
our children: We have all we want"
Another Chief said: We feel proud now
that we have you. good Sisters, among to
teach orr children to do right and be good.
Our children will now learn to do right. We
all give you cur hearts and our gratitude"
On Sunday an immense congregation assem-
bied, many of whom had to kneel outside the
Church for want of room. On Monday the
Sisters were placed in charge of the schools by
the Agent The Sisters baye nearly fifty In
dian boys and girls boardeIs, whom they also
deserves the thanks of both the Indians and
the Government for his able administration of
the affairs of the Reservation"
In March last the Sisters of Charity, who
Indian children at Fort Colville, received Off
cIal notice that orders had been sent from
Washington to discontinue the schools there
for the last quarter of the year, on the plea
that there We're no funds to pay for that quar-.
ter. At the solicitation of both the Indians
and the whites of that region, the Sisters,
however, consented to contnue their schools
to the end of the year. eveIi~at tho sacrifice of
their own labor.
A similar order, we understand, was COM
muncated to the Sisters established among
the Pend NOrcille Indians, upon the same
plea. We are not aware that any such orders
have been given in connection with any other
Indian schools under the supervision of any
other denom alton, and two questions natu-
rally suggest themselves in this connection.
First, what has become of the funds and
secondly, why are the Catholics thus singled
out to be the victims of financial mismanage-
ment or official prejudice? We hope to see
this matter satisfactorily explained by the
proper Federal officials at Washin ton.--Port-
land Oregon Sentinel.
ACCIDENT AT TIE MOBILE CATHEDRAL"
Yesterday morning an unfortunate accident
happened at the Cathedral which damaged that
ed,fce considerably, and which might have
resulted in serious loss Of life. 1t seems that
while hosting and placing in position upon
! the south tower one of the large, heavy stones,
weighing many tons, which are being used in
the construction of the tower, it topped
over and fell with a IRENE ndous crash, plunG-
ing in its down ward Hight through the roof
and ceiling oftne Cathedral, tearing away the
left side of the choir, and crushing \ confess
sional upon III" floor below {; the rent in the
ceiling and fi"or is an ugly one, about six
feet wide by eight deep. We learn that a
negro man who in the Cathedral at the
time "as slightly injured by falling timber.
We mention IN this connection, that just 4
year ago Yesterday Father Keller, whose con-
fessinnnl was tie one that suffered, while De
c"ratng the altar for the browning of the
Virgin Mary. fcI and seriously injured him.
self. Yesterday he was to have occupied the
| crushed confessional but did not do so on ac-
count of physical indisposition he had left
it only q few minutes when the stone fell. 1t
makes us shudder to think what tho conse
quences would have been but for this special
Providencc.-Nobi!e Register Nay 3lst.
PRIESTS AMONG THE GEoRNIA NEGRoES.
We are informed, says the Savannah Ncw8
that two more Priests Of the Benedict Or.
der have arrived in Savannah, aud on Sunday
next there will he Catholic services ut the
Isle of Hope. On this occasion Father Weis
sci will preach These Catholic fathers are