The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-12-02
Asrning Ss.r and Catholic Messenger.
MNw vRLRAMB, SUNDAY. DRCEMBRR .. isl7
GENERAL NEW ITEMS.

There are now 2, ,285 letter carriers employ cd
In the free delivery service of the United
The barroom bell puuch in Richmond, Va,
have collected $l5.ooo tax in about two
months.
The demand for boots and shoes 10 taxing
che capacity of New England man ufAoturers to
the utmoat.
citizen Of Cinoinnati, bAs lately given IS. .ocO
20 the Sisters OF the Good Shepherd.
Two millions and Q half dollars worth OF
American dried frutts have been scld In Ea.
rope during che Last twelve u'onths.
TWeuty.niue women were adSertis In .
recent isaue 81 Chicago paper 10 about to
preach and oo1daos religioas services on the
following Snndsy.
The inmense irouolsd, the Dui,to, larneSed
by the IsAliAn Government last year, proves
partial failure. The Armor is nos yet applied.
and the vessel sinks below the limo intended
for it,
Very Rev. Father Sorio intends to erect q
fee stn'ile of the Gro.to of LouEdes near the
new and beautiful church Of Our Lady of the
Sacred Heart, which adjoins the College of
Natre Dame. South Bend, Indiana.
Germany is the greatest potato growing
county Of Europe. Her annual crop Is more
than doable that of either Frauoe or tse
United Kin gdoE: bus it is not exported. ou-
ie1s the price TO be obtained rises above The
rate which the crop yields when made into
spirits
Sixty. fSe families from Psnnsyiv ania and
New Jersey have just settlsd ppon 600 acres
Of agricultural land in Navarro eoaaty, Tex ~. !
The State Commissioner of Emis ration sx poets !
that the inersase Of popalsilon Ibis Ssar-sxi ill
rkr exceed that of last, when it passed copsid- |
eraeiy beyond So0 No.
The R;siay SAa Rscord says: A colony is be-
ing formed at Indian Apols, to go to Carroll |
parish, Louisiana. Tho success of these en-. |
tefptises will result in the departure of thou |
sands in year or so. II the Southern people |
viii 90 treat these emgrants "a TO make them
q xrfn ha hsl
means OF getting all the labor they want, and
opening upia new era in Souihern farming
At the recent marriage in the Imperial pal
ace at G~e9ilR. Hungary, OF the Baroness
WAllersee, niece Of the Empress of Austria, to |
the Count Lsrisch OF the Imperial Court, the
ladies wore their own hair exclusively, aud
dispensed with ssains to their dresses. This
the mode now in vogue at the Austrian Court,
and the Empress and her ladies in waiting
who were present clcsely observed it.
While Senator MAxey, of Texas, WAS speak.
ing in the Senate. Senator Davis, of Illinois,
who wants to hear everything that is said and
zee every thing that 10 done. left his own seat
to set nearer the Texan. FerSsttiuS himself,
he took the risk Of sitting down in one of the
the cane-seatipg, ~ we'll the legs of the
chair, gave way, and the next moment four
hundred poands of solid Senatorial flesh were
gently dumped ON the hoor.
A Washington special to the New York
Herald says: "Iu accordance with the request
of the Sioux Indians it is Understood that the
Bscedtcttns Fathers, together with lay
brothers aud skaters of that order, are 20 be
allowed 90 establish missions a! the Red Cload
and Spotted Tail agencies other Catholic
missionaries are anxious to ee sent 20 CO ope.
rate in aiding the Indians 10 establish thenl-
ee!ves on permanent peace footing. aud the
Administration. it Is understood, will favor
them in their Efforts.
Two years sg, Miss Carrie BAssett wss
teaching o district school in GoWArdA, N. Y.
One day che stepped % = defective board in
the floor of the school house. It threw her,
and che iislooAtsd > lnespan. She sued the
district for damages. ln the County Conrt she
peAled 10 the Sapreme Court where the judg
meps sfasunei. TIE General Term fol-
lowed with similar decision. The case vas
carried 80 the Court of Appeals, whsre = de-
oision has jast been given sustAiIiag the
award of damages. The total expenses OF the
suit will amount to over S. ooo, which the
school district will have to pay
Tough Mr. Gladstone ~as SoIu and brsd 81
Liverpool, aud has passed the latter part Of
his life Wit&iu even easier reach of Ireland. be
only visited il for the 6rst time last month,
while Lord Beacon has, 10 common With
thousands OF other EnRiish gentlemen, never
set foe: Oh lis shores. Scott Was stimulated 30
write tae WayeTly novels by the hope of doing
for Scotland what Mics EdGeUosth had done
origioAl in this respect. SootIs services to
Scotland we're worth 10 that country millions |
in hard eaaa, for he made it the fashion, ~hioh /
it has 600 tinusd 90 be- Before his tiBe it WAs |
oonsideTed 9 bowling wilderness The scenery |
rage only dates aDo1E the mass from the pub |
heAtion OF the Lady ef the Lake"
The-exp 0sion of the Jssaits from Germany |
has notably increased the army of Catholic |
mission Aries in foreign parts. A large pun-
Ser OF these EeAloas priests the
East Indiss, aud several have been sent 10
Ahyssinia- oae Father, . native of Raenish
Prussia, has >OtAe!GsseS : aaissson Gu the eaAaf
Of ths r q Sea. Before be rs6ched bis de&IiuA-
tion he had TO suffer much persecution frorn
ale sA~AEss, being obliged 10 roam about for
eleven day oftentsnsA having Gothic ( BAT the
shy for = roof at night. Tie labor Of the mis-.
siOnaEi"s - now fairly progressing in epitS of
the trenoae thAt sometimes ooeurS- The nam-
her o: so0vsrts during the last two months
Ausolnt to several h1ndrsds, Snd 6fGy nSEria-
&es have been blessed.
Conserving thoSe Cottage Homes OF ErS
land OF whose pictureRqoe SeAaty Hrs. ne-
mans 50 sweeIly sang. ccScSEPondeot Of Q
London weekly writes tAas on ecq1irirE z as 30
lodging accommodation 81 Axno1Ih, u Devon.
sAire. he WAS ipfcEnsd by q respectable hook
ing WON m of the plASs, My dsAr sosl, la Be
pretty nigh s,oEGed right mp aiCeSdy. Way,
IN thleky (thAD bo-se next door, for Instance,
they've only ESS one chamber, and see wcSt
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