The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-11-17

At Arba, Ind, one night last week, N athal
Overman fell oat Of bed and broke bis neck
and at New Albany Julia Litfel disocated he
hip while bending to draw on her stockin <
She was leaning against q trunk at the time
The Rev. Orby shiPley, B. A, of Cambridg'
University, and his wife were received il to tb,
Roman Catholic Church, on October 26, by tb,
Very Rev. Mgr. Capel. Mr.. Shipley is th'
author of the essays on The Chnrch and tn,
World" and many other treatises of an ex
treme ritualistic type.
The Mexican Government pays $50 head
for European immigrants who will settle per
manently at Mesade Coroneles. As soon as the
immigra ut is permanently settled he can draw
on the Custom House at Vera Cruz $50 fol
himself, $50 for his wife and $40 for each ohild
over four years of age The arrangement 10 for
ten years from January last.
Ofpeople with recognized religious belief
we have three to every one that claims mem.
bership with the various churches. Yet the
salaries paid ministers in the State of New
York amount to q, ,308 231, or about 81 % to
population of the State. The average salary
of olergymen s the annual sum of $3.50 81. The
New York Sun paper is the authority for this
statement.
The frsky members of the Chicago Board of
Trade had one Of their periodical riots last
week. when 200 hats were smashed. The din
ectors, who are tired of horse play, suspended
o dozsn of them for twenty.f1ur hours, and it
happening to be the turn of the moLth one
nan Lost Sl4O0 by not being able 10 be in the
hall to make contracts as usual. He will sue
undergo
his sentence of suspension on another day.
young man at st Paul, Mimi, found, on
going to mind-readiug enter tai ment that
his two rivals had taken seats on either side OF
hia aMeetheart- -Being sensible yonng man,
he sent up their namee to the nInd-reRder as
eligible eubj jects whereon to test his art aud
when, amid the acclamations of the audience,
his rivals mounted the pentential platform
and proceeded to make Themselves ridiculous
he umphantly took his seat beside The lady.
Sir Garnet Wolseley is quite enthusiastic
about Cyprus, and writes TO personal friend
in England as follows; Cyprus is going to
be great success. shall have surplus this
year aft er what have spent on roads and pay
ing the Turks in full for the surplrs revenue
they are entitled to under the annexe to the
convention of the 4th of June last. Next year
I hope to embark upon soma more impoI taut
public works. Laugh st any one who tells
you Cyprus is not going to be q complete sue
Gees.
California, like many other pats of the
country, is suffering from an excess of rail.
ways. The San Francisco Alta says that 80
many ailroads have been built in California,
and they have advanced 80 far beyond the de-
msnGs Of business the probability of any
large prof t. that the future construction must
be slow. Out of Q 900 miles, at least 600 do
not pay six per cent. on the cost. Long
stretches have been puiit with the, ex peotAtion
that they would be unproitable, Que motive
being to increase the trade of other roads al
ready built.
Oat in California they propose to deal v i
college students who maltrent one another
precisely as with any other offenders. The 50
phomores IN the State Universty tossed some of
she Freshmen in blankets, stripped them aud
deluged them with cold water. The Grand
Jury took the matter in hand and made pre-.
sentiment against the Sophomores This is
precisely what is needed TO stop hazing and
the committing of other iudignities which
have 80 cften attracted attention of late. Bars
and bolti must be more convincing than any
amount of persuadiDG aud threatening by
Presidents md professors,
At a meetiug Of the directors Of the C.ty of
Glasgow Bank, held some moutba ago. one Of
their number innooeDtly snggeeted that the
bullion should be coun ted. Thereupon another
director rose and characterized the suggestion
as nothing short of an insult to their man nGer,
who was then present, aud in whose probty
all had reis to have the utmost faith. SO
deeply aRgrieved did he personally feel at the
propcsitio that he could not cnutnne in the
position he occupied u Mess the fendng mem
ber of the board rendered at once n most hmm
BILE apology. The member apolCgiZed most
humbly, and the other director and the man
aGer breathed freely Cpoe more.
A clever lIishman has done good stroke of
business in Chicago. He advertised his pre-
pareduess to renovate old and rancid butter
by eecrtt process, but would only handle
large quantities. Some dealers, to test him,
sept him lot which, according to promise, was
made the equal of fresh cremery butter and
stood The test of keeping. They then sent
agents all over the State, purchased heavily
and sent the stuff to him. To their horror
he declined to operate on it. but q special
favor offered to buy Vt at considerably less
than they had paid for 1t. Being of no use to
them they had 10 let him hsvs it at q loss
and then be converted it to his own double
profit and immense saving of trouble. s---.
There are ktill few bottles l.fs of Chateau
Lahtte of the renowned comet vintage of 1911.
Tha wine has reached at auction in Paris
$62 so a!bottle. Bguon, who Is on the wine jury
in Paris sent his brother jarors into ecet ISLES
by giving them taste of this literally worth
its-weight.in gold liquor, and gave a lecture
Ia at he m Rd it's
essor just as o rich collector of objects of nrts
buys bronze or coin. why should rot one
form collections of curious wines, as of curi.
ous cups' he asked. They were to be bought
to keep up just appreciation of superior wine,
and to serve IS standard of excellence not to
be sold again or drunk except on very rare oc-
cASions, such as TO do honor to q very eminent
guest, or to submit to those whose tasts and
Judgment enabled them thoroughly to aPpre-
CiAte the wines.
Among the prominent Repu ublcans in the
present Congress whose faces aud voices will
be missed in the next, which meets after March
4th, 1879. are little Eugene Hale, of Maine,