The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-09-02
alsrniug St.r and Catholic Messenger.
NV oRLEANs, sUNpAY. sEPrEMBER 9 ,71
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

] ,5S5 feet bat found no water.
The gifts Of Pilsrims to the Pope during Stt the
celebration of his jubilee amounted TO - 295,'
276 20, of which 81 slS, 900 was 10 gold.
A horse thief was summarily shot in Kern
County, California. The Justice before whom
the murderers were taken said " four conduct
Is reprehensible. 1t was we'll enough to shoot
him, but you ought tn have tried him first.
severely reprimand YOU. ~
An English jiry lately awarded $40 900 as
damages to be paid by the Great Northern
Railroad Company to n Mrs. Bnrbrdge, whose
husband, O clerk with So 800 q year salary and
aprospeet of SO $50, died from injuries received
in an accident last Christmas, when she also
sustained dreadful injuries.
The Mayor of Philadelphia has ordered the
closing of all barrooms in that city on Sundays,
and o committee of temperance men have nn-
dertaken TO see that the order is obeyed. They
have employed detectives to make Lists OF men
who drink in GarroOms on Sundays, and the
most reputable will be summoned.
The names of Eve olergymen appear on the
last lists of nominations to the Legion of
Honor. Four of the gentlemen decorated are
Catholic priests, the fifth is Idoc Kahn, Grand
Rabbi of Paris. Two very old soldiers get the
order, one of whom served in le07-9. and lost
limb at WRgrAm, the other in 1Sl2-13, losing
leg at Lutzeu.
Tho laying of subterranean telegraph wires
continues with great activity in Germany.
The line between Berlin and Mayence was
lately opened, and the former city will soon be
in subterraneau connection with seven points
of the western frontier of Germany. Subter-
ranean telegraphs are found there to be many
times more expensive than those upon poles,
hut have the advantage of never being im-
peded by weather.
During the first six months Of 1877 the Paris
Butchers who deal in horse flesh slaughtered
5,283 horses, donkeys and mules, against a .4O2
for the corresponding period of 1876. The in
crease is of o marked character. TRe persons
who endeavor to popularlze the use of horse
flesh affirm that it is more wholesome and more
nouiishing than beef, although often not qnite
agreeable. Paris contains moro than Fifty
butohers' shops specially devoted to this ar
ticle.
A woodman in Austin, Nevada, has named
his team of eight oxen after leading citizens of
the place. Every day be IL heard shouting 10
them like this, except that he also pro-
family: Gee there, John Lyons whoa, DIR.
Sheridan, you blamed lazy beast; haw, there,
Co. Price. or I'll break every bone in your.
darned lazy body; git up, Jack Squires" Then
he whacks the minister with the but of the
whip, and throws a stone at the bank presi-
dent.
Count Mol,ke recently asked by Ger
man noble of high rank what course he thought |
the war would take, and If he did not predict
the early ard complete subjugation of Turkey.
"Certainly," replied the Field Marshal. "ths
mnst not lack the four G's which everv general
requires" What four Gsf" Geld gednld, |
genie and glUck," replied Won Moltke (money,
patience genius aud good lucky.
clergyman, u widower with seven grown
up daughters, left home few days ago for a
neigh boring city, and wrote back that he had
come news which would surprise them-te had
just married o widow with ak children. The
seven grownup daughters had an awful time
till he returned-slone One of them mustered
up courage TO ask " Where is our mother !"
"In heaven. hope" But l mean the widow
with six children that you marriedT 30,
.narried her to another man"
The trade in human hair continues to in
crease at Marseilles. Six seven years ago
the annual quantity imported did not exceed
sixteen tons, bat durng the past year ninety |
two tons were registered having arrived, |
and of that amount forty three came from !
Italy, while Chi na Supplied thirty -S'x. Turkey +
five, and Japan three tons, the remainder being
made up of mportsriOns from Esypf, lcdis-
Germany, Belg!nm, Spain AID AiEe..A Ise
total arnouu: of hair ported irio F'a-cSe sAAi
year is estimated ~ ~ soc4; SSlce SS@ GJy
The French ofiss.s 9! eust4-ns hare lArs.y 7
discovered enorDoos frauds or IEe pEri Of csr-
tain jeEelry E-Is IN GecevA- uboss SEoTE *
prosperity hAs long been pOzzle 20 Tts usoe
Their Sso6Ss oPs7aHdI vas Ss f0!4ows: They
would send aAuTlty 0! leWslry irto France
N the regular way AID pay The dDilSs. TSep
they would re export IL TO Geneva HDd get the
duties returned by the French Custom bopse.
They tO1n after smuRRled the same gooas iuIo
France, and then tax ng them TO . oIdeTsut
custom house from that To which they had x De
with them before, would STOW theiE papers.
proving the original entry of the gooGe. AID
get the duties again returned. II j. estimated
that they have thus victlmized the French
Government 10 the amount of $500 900. TIE
frauds are said to have been exposed by
clerk, who declined 80 receive Sl2 900 TO hold
hIs tongue
John Ellio: has been on trial in London for
unlawfully damaging a confessional hox in the,
parish church of st. James, Hatobam. An
officer fouud hi III in the building at night, with
several pls, which he said were his property,
and the confessional battered to pieces. Elliot
said that he had found the door open and went
IN, but deuied having done any injury to the
confessional. The verger of the church said
that the confes zion al box was not popular with
the parishiouers, and that as persons passed it
after the serTice they generally gave it a shake.
He believed that sometimes As many as 100 or
l50 persons shsok it IS they left the church, 30
that it in very dllapidated condition.
Upon one occasion the organist went into the
confessional to see what sort of place it was,
and the seat gave way, and he fell down ali
Of q heap" The jury returned q verdict of not
guilty, and tho defendant was discharged.
Gen. Shermans pet plan for increasing the
army is To raise the infantry regiments TO
twelve companies, to put them on TIE
came footing with the cavalry and artillery.
BY this scheme the number OF new officers to
be created would be twenty-five lieutenant
oolonels, twenty-five majors, 6Ity captains, and
one hundred lieutenauts. TO be appointed from
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