The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-04-07
1stn,ng gtnr ano Catholic Mssseng"t.
HSN nRIrANs. sunrAY, APRIL lEs
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

IN green lpk on ob. N-S'
During the last Eve months Patti cleared dn bV
ain oing IN the various cities of Italy $92 ooo
IL appears by q recent Eeport that SOU
children are employed in factories in Germany.
Over two thousand dollars are now on hand
for the erection of o Confederate monument IN
Columbus, Ga.
Among the attractions Of Atlanta, Ga, are
the breastworks around the city thrown up
during the late war, which are In gooo S'ate
Of preservation.
Legislative authority has been granted for
laying pipe line for the trapsPortatios OF Pc
troleum from the oil nelds In Weet SHBinie w
to the Ohio river.
A San Francisco church, whose debt kimball
raised months ago, has just been sold under
foreclosure. Its liberal members failed to
meet their subscriptions.
Gov, Conpor aud the Legislative Council Of
Maine have accepted o proposition to pay
capitalists q bounty Of one cent per pound on
ali sugar made from beets raised In the State.
Custom forbids Tarkish Sultans to wear any
sTile of dress twice. From fez to slippers.
he must be clothed anew each day, and the
worn clothes are relipquished to an attendant
The San Francisco Legislature has passed g
hill forbidding any physician to advertise that
ha 10 expert In any particular branoh OF Prhc-
tioe, but the Governor is expected TO veto u.
ssThe Savannah authorities have suooeeded
in Inducing thirteen tramIs to take q little
regular exercise by working on the streets,
That is next to establishing tramp quaran-
tine"
The Philadelphia Times desires to have mur-
derers privately suftocated by turning some
fatal kind of gas into their cells, 80 that the
execution may be seen by nobody, and revolt
ing soaffold exhibitions prevented.
Edward Wheeler, who died in Nashua, N.
money with him, but he came as near it as he
could. He ordered the expenditure of the
whole Of 1t on his funeral and tomb.
The courts of assize in Belgium have rarely
had such number OF heavy crimes before
them as at this moment. The fact is sttribu-
ted to the virtual abolition of the punishment
Of death by the noD-carrying out of capital
0entences.
The Place dc ropera. at Paris, has been
lighted by electricity. With eight lanterns and
ak small globes the eillumination was sufficient
10 make the neiRhborhood of the opera almost
- light as day. The gas from the cafes aud
from the advertisements OF various public
amusements, which have hitherto made this
the brightest spot In Paris, looked yellow and
dull by the side of the pure white electric
Hight.
A little granddaughter OF Prince Bismarck was
when he suddenly DRIED out, "oh, unole. /
hope shall be great man like you when 1
grow upT "Why, my child 2" asked his unole.
"Bscsuas you are 80 great, and every one fears
You 7" The child thought little, and then
replied. ''NO, unole; for when people love
you they cheat you. but when they fear you
bn0y let you CnoAL LneW
Gov. Rioe of Massachusetts, was petitioned
by Boston atheists to omit from his Thsuks-
giving proclamation any acknowledgment of
God, and to cay simply that he appointed
the day in accordance with the wish of those
who desired it. The Governor begins the
proclamation as follows: ''The Father of
Merctes, whose power is infinite, and whose
loving kindness is everlasting, invites His
people In His Holy Word to make known their
requests unto Him in every time of their ne
aessity,"
According to Trustworthy news from Syris,
although no inAnrrentionRry- movement has
broken ont, much excitement prevails in the
principal cities. Assemblies of men ct Dsmas-
ans, Aeppo, and Beyront have protested 10 the
lnoal authorities against the signature of the
treaty Of peace, by which all Turkey in Europe
10 lost and the SyriAps express their inability
10 support the heavy obligations which the
Porte has assumed to the Russians. Isia stated
4hat secret committees are at work at DAmas-
eus, Beyrout, and Jerusalem, and that their
object is the anuexAtion Of Syria to Egypt.
The Duke OF Satherlaud gave q dinner to
Col. Valentine BakeI-or Baker PABhR of the
TurkiHh nrmy-in London on Maroh H. Musu.
rms Pasha Lord Strathnsirn, Lord Houghton,
and number of distinguishod officers and
nOblemen were guests. After dinner the Duke
of Teok. Prince Edward of Saxo-Weimar, the
Persian Minister, the Earl of Denbgh, the
Earl of FevershNn, the Marquis Of Exeter, and
others of note came In to meet Baker PAshA.
The little episode in the railway carriage, and
the subsequent cashierinG of the gallant Co
lOnel nave 6Vluopbly uOt lS SJuE0U Hlo SOCIAL pO-
sition in England.
A late report of the Board of Trade Of Biz
minGhAm, England, contains matter OF special
iaterest to the United St6tes. 1t says, among
other things: "rhe only shipping markets,
indeed, which continue to exhibit any vitality
are Australia and New Zealand, and of their
orders large and increasing proportion is
going TO the United States. 1t is remarked
shat although the trade of these colonies is
steadily expanding year by year, the business
done with them by manufacturing firms in
Birmingham and Sheffield is not now O tenth
part of what it was three years ago. On the
other hand, there is evidence that the Austria
liam orders for American hardwares have in
creased in the same period nearly twenty fold,
owing, as alleged, to the superior quality, de-
sign, or finish of these goods, and in way to
Sher cheapneSs."
Amemorial, to which nearly halfa million
signatures OF members of the Church of Eng
land were appended, has been sent to Queen
Victoria, praying her to use all the influences
At her command Ito repress the practice of au
ricular confession, whlch is ropugnant 10
the conscience and feelings OF this Protes tant
country" Among the ignatures are those OF