The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-11-10
LOCAL NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES.
The Dominican Convent, Greenville, will re-
open next Thursday, 14th inst.
Glasses will be resumed at the Jesuits' Col
lsge, Baronne and Common streets, next Thurs
day.
There are now in port 80 steamships, 15 of
which are British 90 ships, % barks, 2 briggs
and schooners.
The New Orleans Catholic Total Abstinence
Society meets this evening Mt 6:3o O'Clock in
the Morning Star Hall.
State bonds were worth from IS to IS cents
on Carondelet street last Thursday, and City
Premium bonds from 90 to 80 cents.
The Semi-Annual Communion of st. There
sAs Total Abstinence Society takes place this
morning at 1880 O'Clock in st. Theresa's Church.
The Society meets in ite hall on Erato street,
this evening at 7:3o O'Clock.
The receipts of cotton at this port this year
are from s5, 600 to &C. 600 bales behind last
years figures. From September 1. 1877, to
November z, 1877, 204,73 bales were received
here, and this year between the same dates
only 49, .422 bales, showing q decrease of
sc. 80.
The Grand Cornoil of the Native American
Association met the day before the elections
and adopted a resolution releasing its members
from their oath "to vote for and support none
but members of the Native American Associa-
tion"-and leaving them at liberty to support
whomsoever they pleased.
At the meeting of the Board of Health last
Thursday evening, DR.. Austin stated that he
had not heard of a solitary person who came
recently from the North or West who was at
tackled with the fever. He carefully watched
the German emigrants whoacame here q short
time ago, and not one of them has been at
taoked.
Quarantine restrictions against New Orleans
have been raised in all parts of the country
excepting Texas, and business is rapidly re-
suming it's wonted channels. The mails to all
parts of the Union now leave daily, as of old,
exceptin e, of course, those for Texas, which are
still retained in our postcfice. 1t is expected
that in q few days the authorities in the Lone
Star State will follow the lead of their less
tmd neigbbors.
Ahbb uebuAy evening, at Lne COEuer VI oG'
Joseph and Tohoupi oulas streets, Joe Sullivan,
was stabbed by Jack Featherstone and died a
few hours afterwards: Sullivan was twenty.
four years of age, and leaves an aged mother
and young wife. he was employed at Bat
ties mill, and is said to have been a quiet.
good-natured young man. Featherstone is
only twenty years of sge, and was also en-
ployed in q rice mill. He made his escape.
The trouble between the young men originated
In drunken broil some elk weeks age.
Dr. Chopin, President of the Board Of
Health, has issued the following card to the
publics
1t is known that many cases of yellow fever
have recovered without medical attendance,
and consequently without being reported to
this Office. The Board of Health are desirous
ot sscertaining, as nearly as possible, the total
number of cases which have occurred during
sne enid snic, and thereby estimate the rate OF
mortality. To this end, all heads of families
and housekeepers are earnestly requested to
report, without delay, to this office such cases
as nave occurred. in their midst without the
attendance of q medical man.
Blanks will be furnished at this Office, on the
ground floor Of the State House, corner ST.
Louis and Royal streets. on application.
TIE INSANE The Mayor presented to the
Council last ThuEsday the proposition of ths
slassEo q ChaEity a ehaFge ps the xouisiana