The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03
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GENBRAL NEWS ITEMS.

TnotOrf0O. one with o capital etock Oh SSoVVVVp |
the other Of $150. .000-sll paid mp.
A resolution has been introduced into the |
Virginia House Of Delegates TO amend the
roveure lAws 90 to impoee . tax OF one cent
on every cigar sold in the State.
The British Mail, monthly financial publi-
cation, sAys In the review OF the general COM
maroial depression, that up to the present time
the United States SCENE to have suffered post
end France least.
IN Boston alone there are 2 800 women who
own property which Amounte in the aggregate
90 e7b, 600 900, and 1t 10 said that they are or
rAnizing TO push upon the Legislature their
claim for o voice In the government OF the
city.
K new industry is said to be extending in
Paris. It consiste in the manufAoture OF
cloth, much lighter and warmer than Wool
from the feathers of domestic and other birds
The material is waterproof and takes dye
The pupils in the Rockville, Conn. public
schools got into O SNOWFALL fight the other
day, but soon became angry and went at eson
other in real earnest. One boy had his head
ont open with . stone, another was nearly
chossed to death. and q girl was badly hurt.
John Robinson, o leading sporting man OF
Nottingham. England. was elected mem oer
OF the Town Council, and celebrated the event
by Offering % 500 for the relief OF the poor, 20
:, has Indignantly refused to touch the money
A little more than ten years ago the Japan
sss army were still using bows and arrows,
and. wearing armor; now the soldiers use
breech. loading rifee, and the Government has
recently adopted the most potent weapon for
she suppression Of rebellion-a jnst admins
trstiOn of the laws.
The largest oyster on record in the United
States was one taken from the beds IN Mobile
In lSA0. It measured three feet and one lnch
I'd length, and twenty-three and 3 half inches
In breadth aoross its widest part: In lSSo, a
Jefferson Market oyster dealer OF New York
found amongst his stock OF EasS river oysters
one which contained flsh six inches long.
A singular discovery has been madc on board
che Irvine, full,rigged vessel recently & IN S dry
recently arrived from Peru OF which place
the body Of o woman was found imbedded IN
the cargo which consisted OF soda. me BODY
is In q good etate of preservation, and ls sup
posed to be that Of victim OF an earthqnake
Peru. Rings'are inserted in the ears.
American horses are appearing in London
herse, worth SIPS. can be transported to Liv,
erpool for $50, and then sold for $500. One OF
she recent steamers carried out ~, SS carriage
seems to agree with them, for they gain in
weight and are very frisky when they reach
land. This branch Of the American export
trade has been greatly enlarged during the
The North Carolina Conference of the Afri-
ean Methodist Episcopal Church declare IN
seport on the state Of the country that there
hes mot been suoh tranquility in that State
since 1860 40 during the past year OF Demo
cratic adminStrstion' and that never asTs i1s sns
themselves comfortable homes and be happy
in the country as to-day" The report com
Pen Gov nc for nis 9Ss Ssone
Though himself soldier, Diaz has no such
Isnieney towards hie army ss to makeit set
Of dTones Pending the issue Of Hayes war
man 0uvres, the Mexican President, it SCENE,
has put some Of his troops at work in draining
and road making, very useful employments.
Dlaz seems to be looked down upon by the
msgnates of Washington, but on the subject
- 1;-i- W M ar ID.
clothed, and lodged by the public treosury,
hiR head is level.
queer point is up before Philadelphia
court Miss Clara N. Whipple was riding in q
crowded car, aud her corsets were laced so
tightly that, though above the medium height
abe could not raise her hands to cling TO the
straps. The oar struck bumper" violently
and che was thrown down and broke he knee
sap. One Jury has given her S6 500 damsges
and now the suit is mp before the Supreme
Court, the company claiming that she ne
elected to take due precautions for her safety
"Cold tea. lemons and sugar. 81, ,5e4 r. and
ft all went down the throats of seventy-fouE
United States Senators in q single yeari B'
act gentle co1s ss 6sS snS5s ="
fortath The stomach and cheereth the soul o!
. Senator, is not the kind that the maiden o
mature years affects; Its the the. kind a. tss ne
would, assuming the cost price OF drink
cold toe to be seven cents, buy y, ,12O drinks
which, distributed among seventy-t6ree sena
toru the number in the Senate last year
would permit each grave and reverend Senate
TO indulge 10 2SS drinks.
France probably presents more. and NOR
ingenious modes of earning q livelihood thai
does any other country. There ie man II
Paris who manufactures worms for anglers
He calculated, on beginning the trade. tha
the thous Ands of anglers who now and the
catch q ninnow in the Seine have no time t
lose in the search of bait, and set up worr
making. he breeds them out of the fou
meats he buys off the chiGonniers, and feed
them by the Thousand in immense tin boxe'
for the breeding of worms for nightingale
He gats them out of bits of cork mixed wit
bran and flour. A lady living in the Faubour
Saint GERMAN hatohes ants for pheassnts. Sh
has Q room full OF them, and is well known
.the keepers of rare preserves. This is o trad
that has been over hundred years in th
family, and is hereditary. There are ret
brown, and black ante, and they swarm in tt
heated ROOM walking up and down, as well {
in and out Of corners, planks and barrels.