The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-15
gsrnlng. Star and Catholic Messenger.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

uomestend Iaw to grant 100 acres of land for.
sver to each family Of immigrants, together
with seeds, cattle and food
Some fn ans stained the Soldiers Monument
at Pitfsield, Mass, with rotten eggs, and the
shaft had to be CHS lied down to eradicate the
marks. Where are The troopsf
The vastness of the Socialist organizatio in
Germany revealed itself ct the Congress held at
Gotha, when 1o1 delegates, elected by 49, TAI
votes and sent by PEA districts. took part in the
deliberations.
Fifty tborssnd elephants are killed every
4 year to tnInsh the ivory worke up in Eng iahd
alone The best ivory comes from Htnz'oar
the silver gray from regions south OF the
equator, aud the favorite ornamental material
from Siam.
Already there is little of nature lett 10
Niagara except the water, the surroundings
being aln,ust " holly mposed of elevators
bridges, and other money making devices. "A
stone aud iron obseI varofy, at the foot of the
Amer lean fail, is TO further dishGnre the place
The new tunnel being bnilt nnder the
Thsmes !. intended chieH. for the use of about
600 kmeD who have to cross at that point
and who often detained by fog that stops
the boats 1t will be an iron tube pire feet in
diameter lighted with gas, thoroughly venti-
lated, and only for pedesrrians.
The Marquis de Chauernsy, the representa-
tive of one of the leading French families, has
lust Joined the Trappists. In one of the battles
of 1870 he was left tor dead and as near being
buried by the Germans. E,caDipg from them
he served in the Army OF the Loire, aud was a
youpg bank clerk at Toronto has inst
espoused lady who is described in the mar
risge notice as the fourth daug hter of Major
-, Staff eff Ger, and rsnddaug ter of General
-, Colonel in: Chief of Har Majesty's -
Regiment. and of the late General-. Colonel
Commapdant Royal Eogineers. and great
granddaug hter of the late General Sir
-, KC.B., c. II"
AyouuR Quaker has been sentenced to two
mont hs imprisonment at Marse Hes for refusing
to join the army of reserve. He declared that
it opposed to his religions principles TO
bear arms, and replied to the President of the
Court MARTIAL no asked if he would not se: re
weapon # his father was threatened with
murder, that he should not even then offer vio-
leDce, but allow Gods will to be done"
Charles Lamb, when a child, on visiting a
cemetery, asse cd whore all the wi ked peopl Q
were buried, and lady travelling in Devon
shire, England, some months ago, wrote to a
friend: The Exeter reredos is exquisite, and
we thought it much needed to remind us of the
Saviour, for the cathedral is full of tablets to
such marvelously virtuous people. who are all
spoken Of if they bad gone to heaven through
their own inertia"
At the Annual French Masonic Congress, lost
completed, the revision of Article l. of the Ma
sonic Constitution, relating to philosophical
dogmas and containing declaration in favor
of the Great Architect of the Universe" was
decided upon by ITO votes against Is. All the
lodges in France will be asked to send dele
gates for the Discussion of the snbject, and to
harmonic the first article with another which
ASSOkSo'Eoo
A barrel of 1861 JohannIsberg, from the
famous cellars of Prince Metternch, has lost
been knocked down for the highest price ever
given even for that wine. The purchaser lie the
recently deposed Sultan, who, after attempting
to jun I'M the Jsphorus appears determined
to drown his cares in the bowl. The piece con-
taips 400 bottles-about S3 SIS. q botte-so
the Sultan Murad will have something to con
sole him for the sword of Osman, now worn by
his brother.
a wonderful microscopic W stch has been pre- |
septed to Nine. MacMahon by the EcoIe dc
PHorlogerie at Besancon. 1t ia so small thatt |
tell the hour glass of high mssnifyipg power
10 needed. The Due d'Aumale ives present when |
this fairy jewel was handed to the Marshal, and
related how bis ancestor, the Due de Penthievre.
wore watches in his vest buttons. The Duke |
50 bsC quently ordered n set of Liliputisn |
chronometers for shirt and wrist studs which |
will be ready in time for the Exhibition of
1873.
1t is a remarkable fact that picture which |
the committee of artists to select pictures for |
the Centennial Exhibition refused to accept |
and " hich could not have got hung on the |
walls of our National Academy, received pre-
MUM from the Centennial commissioners. So |
disgusted were tho foreign judges with the
farce of the awards that many of them returned
home, the Belgian judge declaring, depart
ing, that he would not accept the medals. This
Is only one department of the Exhibition. The
same dissatisfaction exists in the others.
Lady Burdett Coutts was invited to attend
meeting to protest against the Turkish policy
of the English Government She declined and
added 1.-The page of history does not teach
GnsG the ezecrable deeds perpetrated by the
Bashl- Bazouks are wholly unmatched in war
fare, or by cruelties legally Inflicted upon q
dominated people, even in our own generation.
Nor ore there wanting among ourselves in
stances of assault SO brutal and dastardly that
We have need to be careful in speaking of
the ferocious and licentious acts of wild sol.
diery as unparalleled"
great many Servians have been wounded
in the hand, and the generality of these wounds
are thought to be selfipflicted as a means of
escaping from further military service. After
the battle of Leipsio, Napoleon remarked that
great number of conscripts were similarly
wounded, and he ordered Baron Larrey, sur
geon-in-chief of " la grand armee," to make q
report on the matter. Baron Larrey pronounced
1t as his opinion that the wounds were caused
ey the rear-rank men firing while the men in
'front.' ranks were raising their arms in the act
o. loading their muskete.
, a boarding. house keeper in Chicago read how
tne hotels in the White Mountains had school
mlstresses aud divinity students for walters,
and, to follow the example. induoed a younR