The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-01

ed better for ns all on the North American
Continent. TIE finger OF manifest des- |
tiny seems to gravitate TO the point that,
eventually, everything from the isthmus
to the pole, and from ocean to ocean, Cusa
and the islands of the Gulf included, shall
be under one fag. By means of the throes
of revolution, some Of THE outside terri
tory may come by means Of conquest,
come and by treaty stipulation, come.
Elections occur this year in the follow
ing order:
Neutrality-suspicious. Monday. August
California Wednesday, September
Arkansas Monday, September 6
Maine. Monday, September Is
Iowa. Tuesday, October ID
Tuesday, October Il
Virginia. Tuesday, November
Kansas. November
Maryland II ueedaY, NoVemoerE
Massachusetts, tuesday, NoyemoerS
Mississippi 800 Tuesday, Novem ber2
Minnesota $4,000 Lueeoay, NoVeboer<
Missouri. Tuesday. November
New Tuesday, November2
New jersey. Tuesday, November2
Pennsy lvania--- 5000 Inesday, NovenperS
Texas Tuesday, December
Unser Fritz is making speeches. The
| second centenary of the victory OF Febrbel-
lin, won by the Elector Frederick William
over the Swedes, was celebrated in that
town Jnne Is, 1875, by laying foundation
| stone of a monument to the great Eiector.
The Grown Prince, who performed the
ceremony, made o speech, stating that the
monument was destined to testify to poster
iey the sentiments which always bound the
HohenzollerDs to their people, and to recall
the time when the State was small and
hardly known. "By trusting in God, the
Prince concluded, Eve have succeeded in
always doing our duty for the wider father
land and to day we have arrived at the
poiut in which We hold the destiuies OF
Germany with q Arm hand for the welfare
and prosperity for the whole fatherlaDd.'
At the banquet which followed in the roy al
tent the Crown Prince proposed "The
health of the Emperor" and again dwell
upon the small beginnings and the present
might of the House of Hohep zollern, adding
| "Tbis must never make rs vain glorious
and we must always remember that We
have to be grateful TO God, who has guided
ue.n
. San Francisco has ,7s6 white children
, and Of these 1852 are either foreign
born or the children Of foreign parents
; Portland, Me-, has 10. IOl children attending
schoOl, of whom 3475 are described a
'Irish," which means, We presume, tn
4 children of Irish parents. About half tn
children in Boston are of Irish blood snt
a the same is true of New York, st. Loui
a and Chicago. Under these circumstances
= we need not be much alarmed st the fellow
: ing announcement made by the Jersey Cit
I Press: Ia
The secret has been well-kept, but the fac
: is now known that the Republicans in thi
country, or certain factions OF them, are organ
q izing secret political organization known q
= the Order of.6." The grips, pass words an
. affirm stions are after the manner of the Know
nothing party of1e54, and the oath of admissio
o provides that the applicant shall not vote fc
J, any foreigner or Catholic for Office. The societ
i in Bergen meets in Odd Fellows Hall, and th
e one in Bayonue in Salter's Hall.
We w0uld suEgest to those secret gentle
e men that they Wilfkeep fooling round I'll
70 political machine till they cut of their ow
q noses.
TIE LARGEST FARM IN THE WORLD :
= This 10 rather large claim to make, eve
in this country, where real estate liz
around in parcels Of considerable size bu
= according 70 the st. Louis RepWblicdH.
- may be fairly applied to the estate of &c
e Grant, founder of the Victoria colony
- Ksnsas.s His farm embraces the who
county ofEIlis, 10 larger than any dukedo
Of Europe, aud contains SIC 900 acres. n
:. Grant devotes himself principally to stool
10 raising, and has accomplished great de-
II by the introduction Of the best bloOde
stock, and exhibiting the best methods
= rearing, feeding and Improving the foreie
=, and domestic breeds of horses, cattle an
Se sheep. he has just wintered z 900 sheeI
- with q loss OF lees than one per cent, ii
je secret Of his success lying in providir
ho good shelter. He is the owner of the through
bred stallion Flodden, valued at s25 90
the father Of which won the Derby race
II. 1850. He has just purchased fer his far
an thirty odd brood mares in Ohio, yirgini
be and Kentucky, and he has S25O, 900 inves
For ed in stock. Among the large number
ny. resident colonists and stock raisers wi
set have purchased land Of him, and are no
raising stock in Victoria colony, are MAJ