The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-03-12
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

York averages $25O0 week at this season OF
tbs year. It averages $1,000 week IN the
enN4aax.
EAEing tbe reign of the present Car Russia
La gained S5 347 SQUARE miles of territory and
&2646, 900 souls in population, and reduced the
Nzapnal debt by SO. .ooO,o ,ooo rounies.
lr Arthur Guinness has made the Commis, ano
tEDners OF stephen's Green free gift of e50O0
RI enable them to pay off their debts and con-
vert the green into public garden.
Under the sdministration Of Governor Coke
the State tax of Texas has been reduced from
g 90 so cents on 500, 2 debt Of o. 500 900
has paid, and there is $4oO 900 in the trea-
"a ing the year 1875 there were in st. Peters-
&sl "a women studying medicine, of whom
8qH &tS described as belonging TO the nobil-
Fifey-three were graduated during the
ne managers of the st. Louis Fair Aasocia-
t7oHare about to add geological garden of
Skfrtg-6ve acres and o school for tho stndy Of
natural history to its grounds, et o total cost
. 1t the Outset of 100000.
TWo old ladies of Saugus, Mass, will send
70 the Neutenniai sample OF the tea pitched
ee1f& it from one of the patriots who took
fsRo the Demonstration.
m brig Tinker, of Norfolk, w., was re.
&fff attacked by q sword-fsh, which drove
z<4 4Nprd through the copper sheathing and
frisNsnch plank, and some six inches into the
1ztnnszs, causing serious leak.
firm in Treves. Germany, manufactures
4DWpressed fuel of refuse tan just as it 10
! taken from the pits. The tan is saturated
lt4 eoal tar and powerfully compressed into
ssss sble. aA' "An0'A'''f' Is '''0 70 10 vary
scgansport Ind, last week, while several
estpn were playing together, the four-year-
aaug liter of Eliza Wagner thrust her
f1nHno through the crack of the room door,
4 Ni4&9A one of her plsymates instantly slammed
sa ting off nearly ehaK of the member.
Ee1nsyl lvania court stenographers have to
tpks faziB oath You solemnly swear that the
teet5RaNE which you shall take in this case
NtHtk ~ khe truth, the whole truth, and moth
f@H N11 tke truth" This would seem to do
nEA4 eptirely with the necessity of swearing
Nienatsss.
Ak recent London press dinner one of the
qpenkeks, a Mr. Gruneisep, q veteran journal
1ets ss Epported to have made q curious state
t8tnt. al have" be said, chad leading articles
kr0sn FL. Disraeli in my hands, and" he added,
eha reporter says, amid loud cheers and laugh
stefs e Y have rejected them"
:I'hs lnorease of the aggregate tradebf chioa.
Ee daring 1875 exclusive of the retail trade)
j. AaoHee Equal to the entire trade of the city
$e50e-oniy twenty five years ago. The COM
@SlDe 81 Chicago in 1850 was only $50 900 900.
III 1850 1t had reached S97 O00 coo, while in
4ez e aggregated Se57 ,000,O0
eentleman in Williamsburg, Va, has pro-
l RuiEesed a novel plan for extinguishipg the
pehiiS debt, which now amounts to 50 pa 1885,
84t15.. He enclosed 25 cents to the Secretary
e tize Treasury, and proposes to pay off the
cisiae1ato fight it out on his line, and signs
himsplf "a rebel of 1864, patriot of 1876"
In EEance they take chicken feathers, whose
hAEnh stems bave rendered them useless, chip
the plane part from the stem with scissors,
and HRe *he Plumes in q bag, which, when
fun. fe elosed and kneaded with the hands, 40
thzt thS feathers are felted together forming
q down ~ upbroken fabric and great lightness,
which Hei1B in Paris for two dollars pound.
On lbs 2d of February, at st. Denis, near
Paris thp annual crownipg of the rosieres took
p1aae. 2Abbe Belloy de Francieres left in
H64e piece of propertyin the commune whose
REo9u859 should annually be given as marriage
Poftinns 20 the two or three young girls of the
ppcree4 md most worthy families whom the
ocant1l9Es shonld designate best entitled
to tha NnjZe. The day is made q holiday, aud
the ffactBes, crowned with roses, are led to
.oharrn by the Sub Prefect and the Mayor, and
married TO their lovers, who must be brave and
honest Forking-men of the place. This year
bont 6iao. VIVA - ''''' ''''''OO
4t isotated by q Paris journal that typical
glAkman, as foolish ss he is rich has just
Heed for an enormous sum of money the
Adh which the hands of Louis XVI were
sous to his execution. Before making
u 9se it appears that the English an
sc to assure himself that the cord
otle Inn was really the one which Samson,
tne Rntf executiOner at that time, nsed on
sne qstHgn. While admiring the English
I1a9'G tassa for literary curiosities, the same
touxDal takee occasion to recall the circum
Anse, wen known to all readers IF bistorv.
1HEe Samson took no part in the execution Of
A1gsslA 4yL, and was put in prison for refusing
ns isg estd, to behead the King.
IL iii passed ct the last session of Con-
4ReH - was provided that the notes. chr
RanaF and other securities of the United States |
el fractional currency, be executed with
ncG BfS than three plate printinRs." In tue |
ION or engrossment of the bill, the |
weeds except fractional currency" were drop |
ped 1nH the bill became q law without them. |
lSey Bristow's estimate of the cost of
fk ioeion is $250000, as the failure to in
se words necessitated q complete !
ID the manner of printing fractional
O H few such costly lessons in care |
les eught to convince the country of the |
Ag1 ity of performing Congressional and
DEP aentaT work according to the accurate
lna Shat are insisted upon in private
bu sss.
INN the ConquerOr, about A. D. loco,
sn IL 3 Doomsday book for England. 1t con-
aiHed the owners names of all the land in
sAd. So 600 in all. Il shows who " came
Win the CerQueror," and fixes the gentle
blood" of half of England and most of