The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-01-31

the Sth proXtmo, under the auspices OF the
Clan ma Gael Association. His subject will be
"The Future of Ireland"
On January 10th the California steamship
for San Francisco, took from New York six
Paulist Fathers, who design to remain seven
months in California, giving missions in differ
emit places.
There are 5,671, 900 smokers in France, and
their average consumption is eleven pounds
two ounces of tobacco each yearly. Out of
fifteen, eight smoke pipes, Ave cigars, and two
cigarettes.
The Rev. Father Phelan, of St. Benedicts
College, Newark, has been appointed Superior
of st. Malachy's Monastery of the Benekictine
Order, now in course of erection at Creston,
Union county, Iowa.
at recent fair in Boston, Appleton's ENJOY
elopedia, sixteen volumes, was offered as
prize to the most popular member of the press.
1t was won by Mr.. John Boyle o'Reilly, of the
Pilot, he having received 1900 majority.
The Grand Orient of the Roman Masons'
signor Ladovico Frapoli, having recently lost
his reason, the sect in Italy has issued a circu-
lar addressed to the editors of the Masonic
papers, in which they are ordered to say as
little as possible about the matter.
A petition was recently presented in the
House of Representatives at Washington, by
Barbour Lewis, of Tennessee. Ii has three
hundred signatures of colored people in differ
emit portions of the South, who are DESTROYS to
have "somo portion of the South or South
western territory set apart for their exclusive
use, with similar protection by the United
States Government to that now given by law
TO the Cherokee, Chectsw and Seminole Ia
dians" The petitioners further state that they
are DESTROYS of having fair chance in the
great race of life, and are Satisfied that neither
themselves nor children can have it so long rs
they are in the midst of the 4" dominant race
of people who are far their superiors in point
of education and many other advantages"
The centre fraction Of the German Parlia-
ment has sustained . severe loss in the death
of Herr Won Hosnsbroech, Count of the EN-
pire, and rich landed proprietor of West
phalia. and brother-in-law Of the Baron Felix
Won Loe, the illustrious president of the
General Association of the Catholics of
Mainz. The deceased was q member of
the Prussian House of Lords, and he was
the owner of country house and lands in
Holland, which he placed at the disposal Of
German Jesuits after their expulsion. Herr
vop Hoensbroech had rendered great services
to the Catholic cause in his native province,
and such men can, humanity speaking, i'll be
spared in these times.
One result of the persecution of religion and
the spread of {" free thought and modern en-
lightenment in Prussia is felt by tho Protest
ant pastors, who complain loudly of the dimi-
mutton of their incomes caused by the sudden
falling off in baptisms and religious marriages.
On all sides the Minister of Public Worship
1da fhF aRSiRTancA. which he
invariably replies that he has no funds out OF
which to help the applicants. 1t is computed
that out of every hundred marriages celebrated
in the towns sixteen per cent At the most re-
ceive any religions sanction