The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-07
earning Star and Catholic Messenger.
LOCAL NOTES.


aSw ORLEANS. SUNDAY, JULY 1873.
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LOCAL NOTES.
st. Alphonsus' and St. Miohael's Total Abst
nence Societies meet to-day. Sunday.
General Randall L. Gibson and Hon. E. job
Ellis, members of Congress, have returne
home from Washington.
The contractors for the repair Of the reyet
ment levee at the New Lake End are pushini
ahead the work with great energy.
The Mortuary report for the week endiDi
June 30th shows: males SO, females 46
white persons 65, colored 40. Total los.
The daily papers report q meeting of Social
lists, numbering about thrty.fve, at Turner.
Hall, last Sunday. They were addressed by
DR.. Pemberton and others.
The people of New Orleans owe the city
$685.. 924 II for taxes from 1860 to 1877 inclu-
sive. OF this amount it is estimated that one.
half, or 81. .791 1862 IL is collectible.
Nominations for public offices being now in
order, Mr.. Joe Craig has nominated we'll
known Camp street grocer for Mayor. He
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substance" as well as of many of "the boys"
There was quite an exciting tub race at the
New Lake End on the Fourth, under the aus
pices of the st. John Rowing Club Mrs.
jerks" got away with "John Sherman" Ten
Brock was nowhere. We did not hear of any
Committee.
To Mrs. z. r. Shaw and Hon. r. III. Lusher,
the MORNING STAR is under obligations for
courteous invitation to attend the Commence
ment Exercises" of the Peabody Normal Semi
nary, which are to take place this Saturday
evening, July 9th, at O'Clock, in Grunewald
hall.
Our business men purpose having q Texas
mail, or they will know the reason why. No
correspondence from that State has been re-
oeived for nearly q week, owing to the fact
that for the sake of few dollars the Govern.
.rent, on the let inst, took the contract away
from ,Morgan's steamers and gave it to party
who appears to be thoroughly irresponsible.
Mayor Pilsbury has done q very praise wor-
thy act and one which will have 9 great il j.
ence in promoting the efficiency and esprit du
corps OF the police force in promoting Patrol
man Gilbert, of the Harbor Precinct, to the
rank of Sergeant for his heroism in saving a
youth from drowning, The Council unani-
mously approved the>Msyors action.
nice young man named Geddings, or Wood
hull, "took in" quite o number Of people by
selling them tickets for 4th of July excur-
sion on the Thompson Dean to the Jetties. AS
the Dean is laid up across the river it is need
less to say that each one who purchased
ticket for two dollars, lost that amount and
his trip. MT. Geddings, is now in Captain
Gill's castle. The only consolation to the vic
Tins of the sell is that the "big dailies" which
advertised Geddings' fraud, didn't get paid for |
their advertisements.
Fhe famous Shakespeare Club gave their first
complim entary entertainments for this season,
at the st. Charles Theatre last Wednesday
evening. The splendid audience which crowd
ed the edifce proved the high esteem in which
the club is held by our citizens. The plays
were GAIL that glitters is not gold"
and a farce entitled "His last legs" The gen
tlemen who represented the club in the leading
characters, Messrs F. H. Wilson, C. N. DeCamp,
Tim O'Neile and others, acted their parts
and won the most enthusiastic sp-
pl6use.
The "GloIious Fourth" did not appear to dis
turb the equanimity of our people to any great
sxtent. A few excursions carried away some
If the residents, but the remainder seemed to
AXE 1T quite easy. At $50 q. m. q section of
artillery saluted the 1O2nd anniversary of the
of the United States with the
king of guns. At 8 o'clock, q. m. a portion
VI the State Militia paraded tie principal
treets Of the City, and at p. m. the day was
inished by grand dress parade of the Wash
ngton Artillery in Coliseum Square.
Incidental to the above, there was the usual !
number of picnics, FIRE crackers, rockets, etc.
The Spanish citizens of our community as
'embled last Friday morning at the st. Louis
Cathedral for the purpose of assisting at the