The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-04

N The donkey engine aboard the Henry Tet
10 exploded Thursday, demolishing one side O
!. the boat. Nobody hurt Loss $25OO
: Premium Bonds seem to be tumbling. Te
q days ago they were worth from 33 to 35 cent
2 on the dollar, now they con m and from 80 to 8
cents.
8 The rest of the report is conf ned to othel
l Catholic institutions and to the few under tn
8 control of the scots, all Of them being in goot
condition.
The incarnate fend of selfishness is the fel
low who stands on the platform with the
driver, or right in the doorway, and monopo
Lies the breeze while the inside passsu gers are
!; gasping for breath of fresh air.
The eclipse here last Monday was q fzzle.
Tens of thousands of people were ready with
their smoked glasses to see old Sol extinguish-
( ed by the moon, bat immense clouds covered
the heavens during the whole time of the
| eclipse.
The Board of Health recommend that all
citizens disinfeot their premises This can be
! done bsstswith car bolic acid and copperas A
| qoart bottle of the former and three pounds of
the latter can be bought of Frederiokson &
Harte for 90 cents.
By notice elsewhere it will be seen that q
Solemn Requiem Service will be celebrated in
st. Patricks Church next Wednesday morning,
at O'Clock, for Cardinal Franchi, late Ponttf-
cal Secretary of State. Very Rev. P. F. Allen,
Pastor, invites the Clergy to attend.
The elecii ,ns last Thursday for delegates
to the Baton Rouge Convention passed off
quietly excepting in the Fifth Ward, where
several shots were fired, a non-combattant
bystander, as usual, being the only person
hurt. He received g shot in the leg.
Mr.. G. A. Millback, his wife, o stepson, c. F.
Roe, eyed nineteen, and Gplored woman, were
poisoned last Tuesday by eating o custard in
which Mrs. Millback had mixed arsenic, mis- |
taking it for corn starch. Mr.. M. died the |
same day; the Others are recovering.
The members of st. Alphonsus Total Absti. |
nence Society will celebrate the Feast of their |
patron Saint by approaching Holy Communion |
at the z O'Clock Mass this Sunday morning, in
st. Alphonsus Church. They will hold their reg
ular meeting this evening at O'Clock.
Friday the Mayor sent the following letter
to the Chief of Police:
oT-1ou are nereoy re equested to supprets.
during the prevalence of the fever in iocali-
ties known TO be infected, all unnecessary
noises, such as bells on ice cream carte, ecis- |
sors grinding; peddlars, organ grinders, eto.
Yours, respectfully,
ED PnsBURr, Mayor.
The City Surveyor thinks that the city could
be properly drained by expending about
$3.50 600 for the necessary machinery, canals,
locks, etc. He does not think "tie city will
bs able to do this (spare the money! soon."
OF course not, if oue-foultA It's receipts are
to be swallowed up annually in carrying out
the Premium Bond Plan.
A distinguished lawyer of this city, Mr.. John
Finney, has entered suit in the Fifth District
Court. againtt the ST. Louis and Chicago Rail-
road Gold Jaokson) claiming $4,000 damages
for injury to his property on St. Joseph be-
tween Carondelet and St. Charles streets
paused by the running of heavy freight trains
IN front of his residence.
Administrator Edwards has introd uced an
ordinance giving the necessary approval and
consent of the Council to proposed issue of
mortgage bonds by the Waterworks company
TO enable it to extend it's works. The bonds,
to $500, 900, will bear per cent in
terest, and cannot be sold at less than par.
The ordinance will be considered next Tues
day.
Yellow fever has lot made the progress dur
ng the week that was feared at one time.
From July 18th, the day the first case was re-
ported, up to noon, Friday, August 2nd, only
1876 cases had been reported at the Board of
Health office, and during the same period only
'3 of the persons attacked had died. About
one-half the persons attacked are children
born here.
Mobile, Galveston Houma, Franklin, Port
Gibson and any number of small towns in this
neighborhood have qusrantined against New
Orleans. Mobile lead off and went so far as
not to allow through freight or passenger
trains to pass within the limits of the county.
The Company has therefore been compelled to
step running it's trains beyond Biloxi. Gal
weston will not even allow the mails from