The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-12

Cneries morgan, proprietor OF the old
Opelusas Railroad and of the Morgan line of
steamers to Galveston, died in New York on
the 9th inst, at the age of SO years.
The semi-annual Communion of the members
of st. Joseph's Total Abstinence Society Of
Algiers takes place this morning at 7 O'Clock,
in the Church Of the Holy Name of Mary.
Ono of the big wigs of the Republican party
has been eliminated from the politics of the
State by the appointment of s. B. Packard as
Consul at Liverpool. The place is worth about
ego 900 year.
We have received letter for Miss Eleanor
Mary O'Dowd. She is q native of Ballymote.
county Sligo, Ireland, and is said to have
Joined a religious community in this city soma
twenty years ago.
Last Sunday morning II children and sew.
eral adults made their First Communion In the
Church of the Aununoiation, Third District,
Rev. A. Durier, Pastor. The same evening at
half past FIVE O'Clock the same persons received
Confirmation from His Grace the Most Rev.
erend Archbishop.
Last Wednesday evening, the State Militia
were reviewed by Gen. W. J. Behan prepara.
tory to his departure for Europe. The side
walks along the line of route were crowded
by ladies and gentlemen anxious to witness
the military bearing and discipline of the
"oitzen soldiery." That all were pleased, we
asked no better evidence than the countenan.
ces Of those who were "lookers. on in Vienna"
. In st. Michaeps Church last Wednesday
evening at O'Clock, His Grace, the Most Rev.
Aroh ~
rem and adults, all of whom had made their
First Communion that morning. Besides His
Grace and Rev. Thomas Heslin, the jealous
pastor Of st. Miohael's, the following ecclesias-
tics were present Very Rev. C. Moynihan,
Very Rev. c. NJ Feain, and Rev. Fathers Simon,
Masssrdier, Dumas and Clark.
At IL O'Clock Sunday night, an unfortunate
man, whose name is unknown, was run over
and killed on Canal street, between Rampant
and Dry AIDES, by one of the Canal and Common
street Gals. 1t Is thought that being drunk,
be lay down to sleep in the grass and rolled
over on to the track. This must be about the
tenth case of the kind that has occurred on
Canal street during the last ten years. It is
useless to ssy that the neutral ground is no
place to sleep; when men are drunk they don't
care much where they lie down. One remedy,
however, can be applied, and that is to compel
the railroad companies to put half dozen
lights, on the neutral ground, on each square
from Claiborne street to the river. The drivers
could then see ahead q sufficient distance to
enable them to stop their cars before they
reached the point Of danger.
The First Grand Military Festival and Tour.
nament of that crack military organization,
the First Regiment Infantry Louisiana Ma
tional Guard, Colonel Adolph Meyer, oom.
manding, comm enced to-day, Saturday
and will continue tomorrow Sunday, at
the Fair Grounds. In another column we
publish the full programme for Sunday. It
promises a great deal of sport and will no
doubt attract an immense attendance. The
mule race particularly, with the cfdcers of the
command as riders, will sfford an inexhsusti-
BILE fund of amusement, as come of the gentle
men are experts while few have not strad-
died horse or mule for many long day. The
special attraction Of the day to all lovers of
military displays will be the competitive drill
between several of our crack oompanies. Aside
from the glory Of being declared the champion
victory will be the not Insignificant Gum of $50.
Rev. Father Manoritta, Pastor Of the italian
church of st. Antony ofPadua, corner Rampant
and Cont streets, left the city Saturday, 4th
inst for Sardinia, on q short visit to his rela.
tives and friends. During the three months
he expects to remain away, his place will be
filled by Rev. Father Piperni, the apostolic
missionary to Bethlehem, who is now here
collecting for the starving people of the Holy
Land. Recent advices received by Father
Piperni represent the condition Of that country
as growing steadily worse. The asylum,
which is one of the institutions for which Fa-
ther Piperni is collecting, is crowded with
children and dozens of applications to receive
Others have to be refused daily. Every
morning before daylight crowds of starving
people surround the asylum to receive the
bread which is distributed Flour has quad
rupled in price in the last twelve months,
ffty-fve cents being now demanded for q
measure which was sold for fifteen cents at
that