The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-09-30
Msrnius star and Catholic Messenger.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

house of three stories was made of hollow
tree, the cavity being thirteen feet ID Diane
ter. , ;.. |
have in o convention resolved not TO employ |
ChinAmen, and to induce others to cease CIV
ing them employment and selling them land.
The nation is ~ great creditor "a well az
debtor. The six Pacific Rsilroads-uniop,
Central, Southern. Ksu sss Sioux City aud Wes-
tern-owe it $s2 636,751. which pays no inter-
est until matnrity in 1897
Mr. Berry, Pine Minister in the province of
Victoria, Australasia. has o dislike OF large
estates owned by others and proposes that ev-
cry one worth over E2 500 shall be- heavily
taxed. He hopes by this measure to cause
-maay salea.-
A olass of twenty-three young Boeton women
has successfully prosecuted diamond cutting,
which has heretofore been carried on almost
exclusively by the jews of Amsterdam. The
girls cnt and polish the diamonds IN an excel
lent manner.
Marshal MacMahon refused to allow Theirs
papers to be searched. He might have done
itaooording to the French law which authorizes
the ransackinR of the desks Of men who nave
held high office. on the presumption that some
thing might be found of Importance TO inc
State.
A schoolma'am in Meriden. Conn., is 80 IN
popular that the school com mmittee was re9ues-
ted BY the heads OF families 10 dlsmIss her.
The committees refused; and al the children 1
have been withdrawn from the school. lhe
teacher goes to the school room every day stays
there alone and draws her wages regularly.
correspondent from the seat Oh WAR; oH
the Russian side, writes to . London paper:
"Put Tark in ditoh. give bim gnn. o sack
full Of cartridges. loaf Of bread. and jog OF
water, and he will remain there e week or .
month under tho most dreadful artillery fire
that can be directed against him, without
hinohing."
The property left by Theirs. besides his IL
brary and objects of art, which are left ito to the
State, is estimated at about $1,000 600. 1t
comprises the hotel of the Place st. Georges,
in Paris, three neighboring houses. lots In the
Avenue de rImperatrice, mining and railroad
stocks, and French, Rnssian, and American
Government bonds Nine. Theirs Ia his sole
executor.
The whole taxable property of the United
States, by the census Of 1870. was set down at
SALTS 066, 600, and in that year the total taxes
levied for national, State. county and city,
purposes amounted to S676 $50, 900. OF this
amount, 1895 950 900 went into the Golfers of
the Federal Excheqner, OF nearly $l1 for each
of the thirty-six millions OF inhabitants OF the
Republic.
General Grant is bitterly attacked by oor.
respondent of the Dublin Freeman, who urges
leading Catholics to stand aloof from his re-
csption, because he publicly insulted the Irish
nation by refusing to accept its congratulato-
nv address; ; because he spoke 40 muoh about
t'priestly influence" and "priestcratt' in edu
cation in his message OF 1875, and because hs
has expressed his suKtety to see aud shak'
hands with GAribaldi.
The enormous forest Gros in AiRiers causet
loss of many millions TO the French Govern
ment. 10 fleeing from the flames. beasts o
preyed, ran side by side. the former withon
thought of molestation, and the latter withon
fear 40 Arab said that no saw from an en-
inenee lion In an open space Ss iaS bi
tail, and in vain sought escape. Finally
ne ran into the flames.
ION. Mcclellan says, that our army loses
-. proportion of officers killed in time
az hsn the British army loses in peace an
20 tora her. Taking the number killed /
ths boS GA, 'tury from 1904 to 1854, and dedu'
ting the LOSE. during the ware Of lSl2. OF Me, M
ieoe Of Floridm. and the Blsck Hawk. and col
Sidsr the int.rD ming peaceful periods, tn
percentage of kile, sl1sh sish'sr sr W IN the sao
force than that OF The .ai ~ ,ae Sao
period, though Great b. '''A 80 "
~ the whole time.
Game. fsb. seaUsed. tobaA, 70, leeches, frog
snakes, and lizards, were ~. ,t xesr com
British Post Ofioe during the P~> ay IN nsyS
in ..atter packets, Others hidden ~ A born
papers in breach of Post Office rules. ns fro
frog and tive live lizards arrived th> the
the United States, and were delivered Il at
oonsiHness. live snake was less fort9A
without any address, in the Holyhead sE'
KinRstown Marine Post Once, aud wss shene'
forwarded, as unclaimed lost property, to the
Dublin Geological Gardens.
In q speeoa, Sir Wilfrid Lawson said thai
in the House of Commons each party had
whip W no called his hounds together when n
wanted them. A ercalar was sent IN tn'
morning for the political hounds to assemble
saving, "You are earnestly requested to atten'
in the House of Commons this evening, Whel
business of snch and such q nature comes on.
If the circular came without stroke unde
the word earnestly" it meant that there wa
some buaiuess that might come on; If ther
was one stroke under earnestly" 1T mean
that the menlber ought to come II two, TIM
he should come; If three, that he must come
if four, "stAy away At yonr peril"
Sir Bernard Barke, Ulster king-at-arm'
writes to Paris paper concerning the Vexe
question of MacMahon's ancestors: lrelan
Is too proud of the great names she has cor
trihuted to the military glory of Franco. suo
as SaIsaeid, Mahony, T'homond, and MaeMt
hon, not to be Interested in establishing the
Irish descent. Now, Mshon, second son Of Mo-
togh OBriec, King of Ireland, who died I
Lismore in 1ll9, and was great, grandson
the famous Brian BoIoimhe (killed lola, on d.
featinE the Danes at CloutarO, founded tt
MAcMahon branch chiefs of Corcaviskin on
Clondsralaw, county Glare. These MaoMahoI
were the ancestors of Jean Baptiste MaoMaht
the MarshaPs grandfather, who became Sci
neur of Eguilly, and who by document, d
ted l749, established his descent from Il
O'Briens, Kings of Ireland"
An exposure OF @ spiritual materializatit
fraud was made by the Philadelphis Times, 81