The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-29
NccnIng Star and Catholic Messenger.
GENERAL NE VS. ITEMS.

In the Milan Hospital, where 24OO beds are
placed in long narrow, but lofty galleries, the
EnSe Of mortality is extremely low.
The Weekly Jisitor, Of Providence. 4. :. an
SsaaDoes that nearly one hundred Protestants
sAa|e become Catholics il that city since Jann-
aEJ.
The largest monastery in England is in course
al erection Horsham, Sussex. The style /
u severe Norman, and is being built for the |
Cartbusisn monks. /
Paris is considering the expediency of intro |
s3zeing underground railroads, and the NUM- |
rcipaiity has sent a commission CT Inspection
sod inquiry to London.
limitation Lmburger cheese has been mana !
aaesured SO successfully in Wisconsin; tina,
Families living near the factory were oohgeo
- close their windows.
The London EIamintr notes the fact that
only three European languages have brought
Sorth any notable crop of sonpets F.: the Italian
SEst, the French next, and the English last.
The rice crop Of Georgia and South Carolina
Is estimated al - 800 tierces, which is I've per
cont more than any crop since the war whlc CO
has been produced with an economy heretofore
unknown.
Observe the exodus from Massachusetts
Fifteen families leave AmesbuIy this week for
California. Twenty families left week ago,
Over FIVE hundred people have left Massschu-
setts for Ireland and California il the last Elk
EEzoatbs.
Every horse and mule in France is annually
registered for military reg Hlrements, SO that III
case of mobil'zation, the owners at once take
tho horses and mules 70 designated posts in
their districts, when those selected for the
army will be paid for at once.
The French colony of Algeria at last begins
to give promise of being something more han
= mere military settlement. The la est stats.
tics show rapid and remarkable increase OF
colonization and commerce, whilst at the same
time, the military regime has been greatly re
FAXED.
In the midst of a colloquy between Booth
and Mccullough ~ IdSo and Ofhelto. in San Fran
cisco, Q huge watermelon rolled out from the
1ingB 20 the centre of the stage, then down
She slight incline to the N,, footIigh's, struck
With tbud and spstter.
New York city has four projects on hand for
crossing the East ard North rivers. They are:
the Brooklyn bridge, 1900 feet clear span; the
Pooghkeepsie bridge, 1880 feet, the Backwell's
Island bridge, two spans, 1870 feet and the
Hudson river tunnel, 10000 feet. The suspeu-
sion bridge over the Hudson is TO be at st.
Anthony's Nose, four miles above Peekskill.
The reason why Professionals Of to day
satisfied with schools in which no religion Is
Saught, is that they are not sure that they
have any to teach. Unfortunately for them
che only point they are quite convinced of Is,
that the Catholic Church IS wroug-aud Pagan
schools ircuCate that peTseveriDsly and
Sssore logically than Protestant schools could.
The American Association for the Cure of
1nebriStes held It's seventh annual session in
Philadelphia few weeks since. The attend
a<1oe was large and the discussions of interest.
One of the essays that elected much comment,
took the ground that inebriety is disease,
y. aDd that it is surely on the decrease Toe re-
4se;cAtionshp bet ween inc briefly aud lpssoitJ
.2aborately debated.
a wsyfaring letter fl N Florida gives &C
oounts of the increase OF population IL ttat
StAte, that should give encouragement to the
people there, and courage TO tnose who con
-emplate going there to settle, but are restrain
sd by doubts and fears For 300 people TO
enter land under tie Homestead &C! is alone
a. large influx of inning alton. Every reduction
Gsanfrns the expectations of al unprecedented
number of settlers in Florida
2Eae English papers, allQdiug TO Lord DAT
t;erih's recent trip across the coniinert and
Eirrongh British Colu tnba, complain Of the il
e9sugruty of the QleeL's representative Oein z
Unable, for want OF a railway, TO pass frocn one
part of HIS Canadian dominion to another
szithout tIavcrsiDR the United StatEs. They
z;n be lees coDtented than ever learEIr :
0has in the ast week of September the c. zen:
III British Columbia unaEimoCs!y resolved &c
separate from the DI;nlnlon o! Canada u'.."-'
Gbe latter agrees TO Lyrd ClT2arvoL's sC..el..
&Br nyeIIALd raj Wa.
Mr. Bell N. =, told L eral Cub At Wes
1Fagtlepoc EngauL, fortnight ago =Jut
raourutul facts about American competition
\ vast amougt OF charcoal made iron. - - i
G&d been tuTEed "at In the United S'Ate-
3SEf C,Z.-. years ago Ihat nation lad ncel
400 OF EngiauC's best CUSTOMERS, INT IoS
CEns taking very little lr"u from abroad. /!
believed that tie Aiu=ric.a Iro--.4a-leIs weI
the EQUALS of the Log.l-A il uctal!urg Ica
syoeoce, and III some TrsPrc;s were einp!O! II
EaIprovcd processes. He afraid that Ia =.
E&pd could not regain the bod on tie trpd
which it had once bad. This Is pleasant Fea,
ing for American lrCnmasteIs. Toe epeec
Vgas prepared. moreover before the Goa! c Inb
1Afion went to smash.
The people about DinapoIe and P4tuo, Be
gal, have lately conceived the notion that Il
british soldiers have orders to decapitAte o
natives found abroad af er sunset OF IN seclude
places the heads being deposited in the 81
sSauic lodges. An equally absurd rumor sprei
some time ago the city of Batavia, in J Av
aThen the streets were laid open for the lntr
e1uction of gas pipes. The natives got it in
their heads that two barrelfuls of children
eyes were to be put into the pipes to light Il
city, and that Ehonl would go about at nj &
10 scoop them out of the children's heac
The panic was great that the MaAys did n
venture out after dark, and were only brouG
20 their sci ses when several spreaders of l
News had been whipped.
There has been another dreadful scandal
England over clerical vestments. Early
October anniversary exercises of the Bsnetic
Society we're held 10 st. Georges Church, Pc
sea. Archdeaoon Wright, who preached t