The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-20


NEW York. September Is, 1877.
A Catholic Priest in Newark,
named Leonard, is taking q hand
in politics, as well as religion. He
commenced his sermon last Sunday
with q violent diatribe against the
free school system, denouncing it
as gross wrong to the "The
Church." and one which every Cath
Ollie was bound by his religion to
oppose. He held that the Church
alone had the right to control the
education of children, and that ed
ucation outside of the Church could
not be tolerated. Father Leonard
went out of his way to show that
the Church had the power to enforce
its demands. He narrated how on
ly last Fall, a man named O'Reilly,
bern of Catholic parents, but who
had joined protestant church, was
q candidate for Office, and how as
soon as he heard of it he instructed
his flock and the unfortunate O'Reil-
ly did not get a Catholic vote. And
Father Leonard notified the politi-
clans that the Catholic Church was
a unit, and was controlled by the
clerical authorities, and that it
would be felt this Fall. The SER
mon created great deal Of feeling
in the city,as all that the reverend
gentleman said is true, though his
confreres have more sense than to
make their purposes known so ear
ly in the game. When the enor-
nous Catholic population of the
Eastern States is taken into account,
together with the fact that all Faith
or Leonard said as to the Church's
power is true, it is not to be won
dered at that such declaration
should excite comment.
2 The temperance organizations are
distributing tracts showing the cost
of rum to, the city, with a view Of
awakening deeper interest in the
fight they are making against it.
The total number of arrests in the
city for the quarter ending Sept.
LIST, was 1898. Of these the.num-
Der tracsablc directly to, rum was
4,090. Probably half the remain
der could be traced indirectly to
rum, but it is safe to say that four
6fths Of the enormous police force
required to keep the peace in the
city, owe their employment to rum,
and ninety per cent. Of the crimes
and casualties can be traced to the
same cause. With these figures be-
fore one, it is no wonder that the
public demand its regulation, at all
events, and extinction if possible.
The look Of the Hale factory FIRE
grows worse and worse. 1t has
been shown that the enormous build
ing, eight stories high, and filed
from cellar to garnet with the most
inflammable material, was entirely
unprovidcd with means of escape.
Water could not be drawn on the
fourth story, and there were not
only no hose for the extinguishment
Of FIRE, but there were not even FIRE
buckets. The workmen were COM J
PEELED to bring their drinking water
from the third story; consequently
when the FIRE broke out among the
varDishss and seasoned lumber,
there wcro no means Of checking it,
and an hundred men and women
persisted miserably in the flames.
The lovers Of tea will be gratifed
to know that teas are lower in the
great importing houses than they
were before the war. The reduce
ton has been brought about by the
decreasing demand. When wages
were high the lsboring man not on
y drank good tea, but bought it by
the pound, and the moderately we'll
of BY the chest. Now it 10 differ
emit. The lsboring man buys Il by
the ounce, and the better-of BIZ the
pound, and many have been ia to !
abandon tho luxury altogol ~.
Then the course Of the trade ~
changed. New York is no loneSs
the great importing centre, for the