The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-01-06
Msrning SfY and Catholic Messenger.
INV unLsANs. SUNDAY, JANuARY Q iTs.
GENERAL NEWS IT.EMS.

Capt. 8. A. Moreno. of She Escambia Rfe'
has been promoted Brigadier General Of th
Fret Brigade Of Florida State Militia.
Fewer railway and steamboat accident
have occurred 10 the United States this yea
than In any previous year since the introdnc
tion Of steam.
Out Of population OF about half millio
in Liverpool, As. 900 were broug ht before tn
looa, justices during the. twelve months sude
September %.
London had precisely four and q half hours Q
aonshtra, though the son was above tho hori
son for hity-siI hours.
4 party OF irishmen, who felt grieved owe
the irreverent parody OF the wake in "Th
8haughraun," assaulted the aotore, IA Denver
With Q shower Of eggs just before that seen,
was to be given.
Six hundred dollars is the average China
mans darling desire. That sum acquired Ia
hard silver, he retnrps to the Celestial oou try
mefries wife with feet 80 small as to be use
suiiy useless, and lives and dies q millionaire.
Gnstave Dore, following the example set by
several painters Of the present day, 10 no "
occupied upon great work in sculpture, the
RAIN Leaves The group 10 intended for the
Exhibition in 1873.
They were playing Lies Deux Cbasseurs" at
little French town the other day when q
fearfol storm came mp, and after one deafening
peal OF thunder the audience was electrified to
SEQ the bear, ono OF the characters of the
piece, rise on his hind-legs and piously cross
Amt ally, for the last decade there has been
paid to the British Government by the Bank of
England sum slightly In excess of Sl7 500.
ooO, representing the unclaimed dividends on
coAaols. In other words, $3.50 600 900 of the
English national debt will never have to be
redeemed.
The telephone has been tested ut Milan over
ae,rcuit representing, in the aggregate, ], 900
miles Of distance, and yielded splendid re-
nha ira mil to1
and appearing to proceed from indie finite dis.
sanees: were perfectly recognizable, as also
ahe voices Of the transmitting persons.
We understand that the Bald win Locomo.
ave Works, Philadelphis, Pa, are now pro-
eesding with the construction of ffty large.
aizsd. hrst-olass locomotives lately ordered for
kueeio. They are to be completed during
OK the sS0o sbost @ be
ara 70 be paid.
The streets Of London, IL placed in one line
woold form an avenue OF GOO miles in len 9Th.
In the daily oleansing Of the streets IA 900
200 carts. The enRineef-in-chief has salary
OF Sc. 600. The work goes on day and night,
b1s the actual svesping does not be- gin until
eight O'Clock P. ~.
Inquiry into the wicked ways of Philade).
phias mock auction men revealed that they
hired two or three women to attend the sales
carefully inspect articles that were to be sold
start the bidding ut the articles cost price, and
put in q bid. Il was then promptly knocEed
doWn-to the outsider.
Early in January the whole of Shakespeare
plays, from "Riohard H." to Richard
liz" inclusive, are to DO played at the Vienna
8uFgtheatre on consecutive evenings The
hundredth anniversary of tho production of
abe fret German version of "H amlet" in Berlin
WIN be eommemorated by special perform
Ance of the tragedy on the 18th inst, in that
eityF
In Pensacoia the honest etraig out Demo
Gratis have selected the following municipal
ticket: John b. Buttmau, Mayor; ri. Paimes
Clerk T. Touart, Marshal; L. MeK. Jordou,
Assessor J. Z Sierra, Tax Collector; de Ia
Rae, Treasurer; Aldermen. f. C. Brent, N.
QLeary, p. J. Stevens. L Sexsuer. s. X. NAL
Bory. Chas. Aberns, o. Ii. Avery, b +. Simmons
and w. L. Lee.
An orange tree In the Azores in Que wear
aEedaced 90. 900 oranges, which were exported
IA perfect condition to England. In those
Sslands the expectation of oranges has become
= very important industry. During the past
year they have yielded to Great Bfitaia alone
500 615 cases Of fruit, worth about $500, 900.
The branches and trunks of the trees are ut.
eended to 90 scientifically that they Usually
attain gig sntic proportions.
The leaders of the Partisan mob, in 1871,
IKE those OF the revolution of l793 were mot
OF the 80 mem bers of the Commune
- only belonged to the city, though among
ssose tooGteen were Rega9ls and Ferre. OF
ANS oame from other countries than France
and ,64s from other departments than that
af the Seine, leaving only 8 93s natives Of the
capital who fought for the precious right of
plundertug their own city.
HAlf Of . house was cut off in Nspo, CAL,
and moved away. The family that continued
g reside in the remsindor temporarily stretch
ed muslin across the open space. That evening
Q crowd gathered to zee the hadow pantomime
1hae the inmatee unooDeoiOusly made for pu bio
amusement. The supper table was close to the
curtain, 80 that the movements of the eaters
were aeen in grotesque silhouette on the CLOTH
Then the husband kissed hie wife, aud that
aight made the spectators laugh so loud that
the show was instantly broken up.
Maxine du Camp, the historian of the Com
Enune, has been iuquirtng into the stories OF
che wholesale massacreS of G )mmunsrds after
tho entrance of the Versailles troops into
Paris. Instead Of from 25 900 to 40 900 corpses
s,inoludiug 10000 women and children,a he
Gnds that from May 20 to May 80, 1871, there |
were 9, $3.50 interments la the cemeteries, and
from the 2Ath of May to the 9th of September
there were exhumed from graves on the high |
wsy, etc, S26 bodies grand total, 6 667.