The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-15
ssrnIng Ssar and Catholic Mess snger.
0R1. "A 81. sUrDAY. sRpTEMBER is, 1873.
LOCAL NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES.
In TO the 10Th. 7476 white voters and 4434
co,ored had registered in this city.
The protection levee ct the New Lake End,
4 viii be completed about November Is.
Mr.. F. ]. Papineau has been appointed Tax
! Collector for the Sixth District, vice Corbin'
8 deceased.
Hereafter only one mail o day will be sent
off by the jackson railroad. 1t will leave on
the z o. M, train.
Rev. p. M. L. Massardier, Pastor Of st.
Theresa's Church, was taken with fever last
Saturday 18th: He is convalesoing.
Mondsy evening, store II Gravier street, CO.
oupied by II. Spiro, tobacco dealer, was burn
cd. Loss S12. 900; insurance on building and
stock 500 600.
Up to the 1st of September the city had ex-
changed 62O6 Of its shares of stock in the
Water Works Company for $623. .15e 81 of its
floating Indebtedness.
The HON 90 pathic Relief Association, r132
Canal street. Hon. A. Voorhees,. President and
G. G. Fisher, Secretary, will give prompt as
distance to the sick on application.
Henry Spieker, carpenter, aged 5S yesrs, re-
siding on Eighth street, between st. Thomas
and Chippewa, committed saicide last Tuesday
evening by Jumping into @ oistern full OF
water.
The dispensary established by the Piokwiok
Club for the purpose of distributing beef teA
and soup for convaiescents has been filing 300
prescriptions day. Four hundred and twenty
pounds Of beef are used daily.
Father Coustarot, Curate at the Church of
4 the Sacred Heart, Claiborne street, has the
prevailing fever. He was attacked last Tues
day, and ct last accounts, Friday night, was
doing as we'll as could be hoped.
The Waterworks Company have transferred
their Office to Masonic Hall, at the corner OF
Sc. Charles and Perdido streets. The American
District Telegraph Company will OCCUPY the
old quarters of the Wsterworks Company, No.
AZ Camp street.
The Peabody Association filled some Il. 600
acquisitions for food last week. little more
system 10 needed in the distribution to prevent
fraud and to enable the deserving to get
rations without having to wait around the
depot for hours.-
Last week Mrs. Evans, q resident Of jena
street, in the Sixth District, poisoned herself
and three children by mistaking tosdstools for
mushrooms and serving them at dinner. By O
timely administration Of antidotes the whole
family were saved.
The Canal and Claiborne Street Railroad
Company, last Monday commenced the con.
struction of the new bridge across the Old Ba.
sin. It will be completed by next Saturday.
Meanwhile passengers have to0hange cars at
the basin which is crossed on small but safe
floating bridge.
The Workingmen's Association of Savannah
sent 5000 to the Screwmen of New Orleans.
In one day last week the Firemen's Charit'
able Association of New Orleans received oon-
t:ibutions amounting to $11s0.
The Mitchell Rifles received 500 from the
Clan-na- Gael Of Chicago.
The report of the Administrator of Finance
for the month of August shows:
July 81, balance on hAud-.-.-- 313s 81
Receipts during August..--- h3sS3 20
D,.,,,..n..... 1898 1893 g g
Balance, September ber1..--...-...-...... S6.asS OF
MATRD6orVIAL.-Last Thursday week, Mr.. j.
Bsrcegeay, o gentleman well known in ocm-
merCial, social and military circles, was united
in the holy bonds of marriage to Mrs N. Gil
more (Miss n. Doyle), q lady Of a most exem-
piary Catholic family, whose members have
been identified for many years with every char
liable enterprise undertaken by the Church of
81. John the Baptist.
Gen. McMillen, Pension Agent, being afraid
Of yellow fever, has transferred his headqualt
srs from the Customhouse to Montgomery, Ala.
The consequence 10 that the pensioners, all Of
whom are MANNED soldiers, or the widows and
mothers of soldiers, have to wait ten
or fifteen days longer than usual for their PEN
sionS, and this at q time Of general destiSution
when their friends can give them NO help.