The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31
GENBRAL NEWS ITEMS.


ave Of the worst desperadoes In Western |
Texas.
Ona of the half inch plste-glss window 10
che top Of the stone lighthouse ut Oswego was
ehattered in . recent gale by piece of ice cast
S e. = the waves fN' lighthouse Is sixty ''''
The Paris police have Just been armed With
conceal under the overooat, bat by whose aid
they can instantly throw . binding light on
objects aad identify offenders.
In Q single district of Japan seventy one
Buddhist temples have bean converted into
dwelling houses since 1873. and during the Last
six years upward Of six hundred have thus
been diverted from religious use.
TIE magnificent gold watch presented TO
the Most Rev. Archbishop Purcell Of Cincinnati
ON the occasion of his golden jubilee last
Spring, has been handed over by him to be
disposed Of for the support Of the orphans.
the East Indies, where the leaves are converted
into o kind OF wadding. used for upholstering
parposes instead Of hair and into q sort of
hsnnel, Of which substantial shirts and coats
are made.
The rebuilding of the Taileries and its trans
formation into q museum have been decided
upon by the French Government. Tho pros:
psots Of the Paris Exposition Of 1873 are looked
upon g gloomy in presence OF tho existing
European complications.
Coloeel DGpreasoir, who ooumaaded tho
rsgimeat Of euiraaOiers of the French Guards
6nying tho celebrated attack at Rezonville in
Ys7o, mas just died at Naaey. The regiment,
whieh numbered forty ofaoers and COO mon.
Inst In the stt0ck twenty eight officers and AIS
Haen.
An physicians in Texas, under the new law,
are required to appear before the county board
Il Of examiners, appointed by the District Court.
q and stand an examination in chemistry, an
aAomy, physiology aud msteria medica, before
they can have legal assistance in collecting
their bills.
The French army is Democratic to the core.
The young Duo do Z, q volunteer in 3
hRR Ok
room the other day, when bis corpors rebuked
him for the manner in which he did his work,
and asked him If he fancied that be was stlli
sweeping his drawing room.
b. 8. Corey and ]. J. Stewart arrived in Nash
VILE this morning with thirty thousand young
UMliforniA salmon, Matched 1t the Government
Matching house ct Worthwhile. Minnesota. and
river ut Montgomery. This is but one of many
4 ohipments to be made into the Gulf States this
II wintor.
English papers tell Of o sea captain, recently
~ arrived from Bombay, who saved his vessel
during . hurricane OF two daye' duration by
'A AilinT two canvas bags with oil, puncturing
each slightly, and towing them asf Sn In, Inc
filswnves spent their forcs ut some distance,
l *and around the ship wac o large space of calm
4 fWeter.
The interior of China along the course of the
p Yeng-tse-Kiang, 10 q land foil of wonders. In
3 one place piSCicutural nurserie line the banks
" foE nearly City miles Ali sorts of Inventions,
the cotton gin included, claimed by Europeans
and Americans, are to be found there forty Gen.
turies old. Plants, yielding drugs OF great
vnlne, without number, the familiar tobacco
and potato, maize, white and yellow corn, and
other stalks believed to be indigenous to
y America, have been cultivated there from time
q immemorial.
a The prospects Of Southern industries are
improving. Tha .ellibg mills Of Tennessee
and Geor gia are running on double time, with
orders ahead Of their production; Eve new
cotton mills are being built in Georgia, one at
= Atlanta with 20 600 epiDdlee, and every cotton
last wear Tie Eagle and PhD nix Company
of Columbus will, hen their new mill is COM
pleted, run nearly so 600 spindles and 10000
looms, and " i'll employ between UUU aud L,
900 operatives.
Fifteen Thousand salmon we're placed in the
head waters of TallAhatchie river recepQy, at
Abbeyville, by a deputation of toe United
a States Fish COmmissi 1ners, and the same num-
4 Der are TO be placed in Pearl river, at or near
Kosciusko, by tue same Commissioners. This
thing of stocking the Southern rivers with
sh sd aud salmon is one feature of Grants Adj
ministration, with which Grant had nothing TO
do, however. that we heartily approve. Even
Rebels and Buildozers fond of fine fob. -
Vicksburg Herald
The rise in the price of kerosene is due to
two cAuses-first, the export. which exceeds
the supply, aud second, tie exorbitant de-
mnnds OF the gas monopoiies IN the large cities.
The production of the oil wells, which
amounted to 40 600 barrels day foar years
ago, has fallen to 26 600 barrels adsy-equiva.
lent to less than 20 600 barrels of refined ole.
In New York City and Brooklyn, last year, oil
Geld for twenty-five cents per gallon. To-day
thtrty-eignt ceutS IS the average price. o!
course the rise in oil will be soothing intelli-
gence To the gas monOpolists.
The statement in q London paper repub-
lished very generally throughout the United
States, to the effect that the popnl alton of Peru
in falling of. and that the Chinese and Nor
mons will displace the present race, is IN
founded. The Panama Star and Herald show
that the popul alton increased from 200 coo il
1874 to 2 SOC coo in 1859, and 2 720 7a-j by th'
recent oeusus. these figures indicate thai
while the population is not iucreasing rapidly
ie Is more than holding its o%n. EaTis qdSEee
diseases aguardiente have destroyed III an!
thousands, AID civil kill of few occa
sionaliy.
On March 30 1873, q aho vcr of grayish brow
dust and ashes Tell IN various parts of Swede
and Norway. Tue snow covered with n
ash clouds in some places, aud people " h
were out in tho open felt painful sensa