The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-09-26
LETTER FRoM MOBILE.

L udNc Oecu EebtluK, IOE 30 IOHh u blu1e
to meddle once more with the vast concerns o
this work-a day world. However, since yor
have found ne, pray your. good readers u
visit. upon your head the infction of this
epistolary etfusion.
Our Educational Society is now fully organ.
lied, ard it is believed that the gentlemen at
its head win permit no Tagging in the good
work which they have marked out. The pur.
pose of the Society is to devise ways and
means TO main ain the schools founded in the
Cathedral parish, in which O good primary,
intermediate and commercial education shall
be gratuitously impaired to all applicants in
the city. There will be no tuition fee, the
Society charging itself with the duty, through
its executive committee, of collecting and rais-
ing funds for the support Of the schools. Be-
sides, entrance fee of dollar and q
monthly assessment of fifty cents is charged
against each member. The Society will hold
monthly meetings, ard make q report of its
operations in December of every year. 1t is
estimated tha. the expenses for the frat year
will be about four thousand dollars. A con-
siderable part of this sum will be required for
the equipment of the NEW school house now
building on DAuphn street. There are already
forty members enrolled, and it is believed that
there will be large add .tions made to the roll at
every meeting.
think this brief sketch Will give you q cor
rect idea Of the workings of the Society. The
plan is excellent one, and cannot fail of
success, ii the people will but give it their
hearty cooperation and support. The educa-
tional question is, beyond all doubt, tie most
vital one of :he day, and the Church demands
to-day, more than ever, that her children shall
stand fast to her teachinge, and siren 9Th en- the
barrier which she has erected against the
called progress of the age. Let them establish
parochial sch ools all over the land, upon an en-
during basis, and they will not only aid the
material prosperity of the country, butits moral
progress also and receive the richer reward of
their sSaua OLD Mothers benediction. l had
almost forgotten to say that the list of officers
OF the Educational Society, as published i'll
your Las. issue, was not entirely correct. The
SecretaTy's name is G. Lawrence.L Abretta
The new school house for the boys, in charge
Of the Christian Brothers, on Dauphin and
Frauklin streets, will he ready some time next
month. 1t is handsome two-story building Of
Philadelphia brick, fronting 1lG feet on Dau-
phin, and having a,depth on Franklin of fifty
three feet. The ground floor is divided into
oAA StOLCos WHICH,, Ou dCCOuBb OI
tkeir central location, can always be readily
leased. The second 6oor will be used as school
rooms. II will be divided into i've class rooms,
by movable partitions which, on extra occa-
sions, when hall is required, can be taken
down and the whole space thrown into one
large room. There is an iron verandah on tn Q
front and side, and wide gallery in the rear.
In the rear is a spacious play ground, 116x125
feet, which will be secluded and equipped with
proper gy ymnastic appliances. The entire cost
Of the building is $l7 900.
tind the following in Tuesdays Register:
"Dr. J. T. Gilmore died Sunday morning at
o'clock, Mt the home of his father.in-law in
jackson, Tennessee. He was a most estmablt
gentleman good and useful citizen, and ar
honor TO his profession"
DR.. Gilmore deserves more than this passing
notice. Coming here an entire stranger, shortly
after tho war, be rose rapidly in his profession
obtaining alhos: at once an extensive practice
He was plrtic uarly distinguished a skllfuI
surgeon, and his services were in constan;
reQuisiiiyu. lie was a man of marked charac
ter-iudcPeudent, def ant, strong in his friend
ships and his antipathits, but withal Il man o.
true goodness. For several years Le had beer
physician 10 the Providence lnfrmary in charge
of the Sisters of Charity, and i; WAS doubles,
his daily iuteEcourse with the good Sisters tha
led him ~ weigh the claims of Faith whicl
alone produces these angels of goodness, for i
was well known that a long time before hi
death he bad become thoroughly Catholic n
heart. Las: Spring, when he felt the ipsidiou
approach Of consumption, he went to Florida
and her grateful climate improved him SO mucl
that he wrote to a friend here that he hopeC
yet I" to cheat Father Brown out of job"
few weeks ago he sent for Father Brown t,
stand sponsor at his baptism. OF course b.
obeyed the summons, and had the satisfaction
to see the Doctor received into the Church an,
make his first communion. He received tn
last sacraments and died beautiful and edify
ing death. May he rest in peace.
Under the influence of the braciug air which
has succeeded the storm, business seems to b
reviving, and the busy notes of preparation 70
the com mercial campaign are heard on ever!
side. The signs are hopeful of a good season
and Orr clerks mechanics md ortisans will