The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-25
eSornlng Sta and ,athollc Messenger
REw ORLEANS SUNDAY. FEBRUARY rs. Is,7.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

extent OF 2l3 600 GOO.
A retnrn of the steam power in mss in France
shows thai - a.uoun'- I" II 5d0,pvO men ; tcn
fold the imd 'trlnl poi nIA;inu.
Maine has pro ihitru ,pr' selling al d lotte
ries with" ."r hrmndrr. And the law nppir'
especially TO tch"r'c G; {. uca in church fairs
The currrnto immigration TO Texas il very
strong nj urrse't 'r.d fdily loo COO immigrant,
are reported a- having cI"escd Red River since
last September.
All railroad cars in France are now heated
by steam or hot water, in s"mo form "i other
and exper'n'"nis are constantly going forward
to devise improvements in the processes.
The ST. i.ouis Repubiican says that large
quantities Of corn in bulk ARE contract ted for to
be forwarded to Liverpool VIA the JottIes The
Bee and hnrges have 100 coo bushels, as part of
their cargo.
Farm laborers are ia demand in T,xas and
also in some of the parishes in this State;
wages arc generally higher tins year than last,
and oil farm hands willing to work are
eagerly secured by planters and farmers.
Texas exchange says: The New Braunfrls
woolen factory employs 300 hands, and has
recently put in some of the finest English ma
shinery and in a few months will be turning
ont army and navy cloths as well ns dOeskins
and broadcloths.
Rev. J. A. Rooney, the great Dominican, is
new in California giving missions. He takes
great interest in the now movement to estab-
lish Catholic colonies throughout the country
and recently delivered au effective address on |
the subject at a meeting in st Louis.
The newly Instituted Board of Pablo Health |
in the German Empire commenced it's func-
tions with the year. IL publishes weekly
paper, In which al! the epidemic illnesses pre-
yniling III any country will be Inserted the
dGures being furnished by imperial agents 1t
will also pu Dl4h no statistics of diseases a nd
mortality IN nll German towns Of more than
10. 900 Inhabitants, aud detailed meteo rologc
reports.
The PrrCrss Ida Wrrd., handsrnro woman
of thirty three. wnoso ancestral castle is on
the Giotonse in Germany, recently mar.
ried to u woodcntter viii" can neither rend nor
write. Tno Princess is IA remarkably iutelli-
gent woman. who speaks six languages and il
very cultivated. She il now living IA little
place on the SAlzbmrg Isohl road with her hus-
band. She has donEed peasant gaIb, and
goes with him to the country church every
Sunday.
1t is said that diamonds have lately declined
IN market value The decline is attributed to-
the large numbers recently found in Brazil and
in the south African diamond fields Paris
jeweller says that the trade in diamonds is
after all, very limited, owing to the very few
who wear them and that they keep passing ,
IN rotation from hand TO hand. OF fifty per-
sons " no bny diamonds, forty purchase to sell
again, Six buy to give away and four only &C.
tually keep and wear the gems
The cold in Russia has been more severe
ths winter than for l53 years In St. Peters
burg, on December Both, the thermometer fell
TO ~ degrees (Reaumur) below zero. Several
oa6men were frozen to death on their seats,
and cats pigeons. and sparrows were found
dead IN tho streets. Large tires kept
burning Mt night by the police for the benefit >
vi sne Pu1ic' III Mosco" the HF"n9 theatre I
~us o'osc" inr want OF an"i"hC's' the people
"elns "ii"'" I" venture OUT III the ooIn' t
Heuilly and the neghbnring paris of Paris r
have, during tho last month or two, been puI.
zled by a"rial music which was at last E,unI -
to proceed from CAREER pigeons being r.arei | Il
and trt'n"a at the Military Pigeon House IN d
she "Jard,u aAcolimat. in = Hs t,ry viii +,
IN futnrc l., expected 20 Il, r,ty long d.. =
tauces bccomn .,xhau-. ..rl. pnl tISn pr.,h,L.y ;,
DO alta rlrd hy other bod extremely hin mad :
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presSrd rr linz mon tL, ,y,rrl wL,cI, Ey
,oVed his Hf, Snmr LydronhrL;c vim. ti :,
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