The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-24
Mernint Star and Catholic Messenger.
WV ORLEANS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY "a
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

yet the people complain that the crops "s''
cot good.
According to the census held on 'he lsJ Oh
january last, the population or madIio is
ANA SSS persous According 10 inc Statehhan
Yearbook it was, in 1864, a''."'
Acable dispatch says it is officially stated
that Mr. James Lowther vii be appoint@sn @
Chief Secretary for Ireland, in place OF 81,
Nicbnel Hicks Beach WHO succeeded Lord
Carnarvon AS Colonial Secretary
Among the recent shipments to Eur 2pe oy
Ahe WaItham Watch Company vas iot OF
90 stem winding watches by oroet oI t,s tuo
british Government, for the use OF conductors
and en- pgineers on the State railroads OF lnuia'
This order W az obtained in direct competition
With foreign manufactures
The Mofret bell punch is in favor with the
Richmond Va, liquor sellor. fnsf IL ID
,hecI upon his bar tender, jnst as 1t IL on
ear conductor; second it enables him TO raise
ihe price of every drink of whiskey and sp-
oleiaok fl We cents of which ann he only pays
Sne-haf to she State; third IL puts al Gnu ~
the credit system.
In Rutland, W., the ConRregationaiists re-
fuse to partake of the sacraDent from tne
,ane cup with their coored brothers ana SIS
terra One CUP was pAssed around to l0l white
non and women, one of whom sat in the same
pow with the four coored persons, ana sneh
another cup-a pewter one-Wss serVeo 10 'n0
Swo men Of African descent
A tooth the size of q small ham, and similar
in shape wei Ching twelve pounds, wss extract
ad from the law of q white elephant in Ceylon
while the animsl was under the influence OF
ehloroform. The dental operation was per-
caused by ex posure OF the nerve owing to the
decay Of portion of the bone.
On Wednesday, Jan, 90, all Franco began
drawing at the ballot-box for army service.
When the drawing for the First D,stTo. s n OF tee
was called. and Prince Joachim Murat present
I'd himself as a relative in place of the OK.
Prince Imperial, who. being the eldest son OF
tl,akn amt
a Paris newspaper charged the proprietor
Of "a bsth with ronding in to the Emperor OF
HanEiI n hill of 500 for a bath furnished the
Imperial visitor. An actionwas began against
the conductor of the journal for hpei, aud ne
has toen iuade to pay $50 fine and have the
,udgnen- of the conrt published IN his own
paper and another journal at the choice of the
plaintiff.
A Zurich newspaper has the following
death notice - / communicate to all my
friends nd acquain tAuces the sad news that
1t 3 p. IN. to.u orrow shall incinerate. accord
ing to nli the rules of art. my late mother.ln-
law, who has fallen asleep with faith ~ her
Lord. Tie funeral urn will be placed near
ths furnace. The profoundly smtoted sonin'
law, Brandolf LIGHTER"
An ingenious water faucet, through which
water is drawn as cold IS Zoe, is the Invention
nf a California. Boiling water placed in any
Reooptaole and allowed TO run shrouGh, will
30 foand coCl and fit to drink. The lancet
contains Numerous small tubes enclosed in
larger ones, and between the outside OF one
md the inside of the other certain chemicals
are packed which produce the desired effect.
Frog culture is the latest Western industry,
and is being systematically carried on in Min
aesota. 1t is q simple process, CONSISTING
ehiefiy in the protection of eggs and tadpoies
from birds and other enemies by means of wire
ocreens. The product thus far reported
amounts to 900 dozen legs, of which two
ihirds have been shipped 30 St Louis where
thsy bring an average of twenty cents pei
dozen.
Tbs Gazette Of Moscow publishes letter
from Mr.. Gladstone, the late B'iish Premier
10 a friend IT, Russia, in which he talks OF tue
1.-THE atrinal fAtcc- at Lord Beaconsisid,' chnr
ActeIizes Oman Phehn a. a conrte brute
thougn courageous thiuEs that :hn palm io
1tratt Ky durIaG the IaieWar should be hwafn
ed to Gen. GUnrkho: gloi :ies tho brave httl'
State of Montenegro; and hopes thHt buigarit
will be free from all connection with Turkey.
sign of the times nay Ue read in the fac
bhat the Lexington (kentucky) isitor, jour
nal owned and edited by tHo colorcd men. nn'
devoted to the interests OF the African race
mona of the stAuuchest Democratic papers II
the State One of the editors was formerly
member Of tho Mississippi Legislature, and hi
experience in carpet bag pohtics sat'shoa hiu
that Republican professions OF friendship 10
hin race could be depended on only 40 long a
eolored men voted the Republican ticket
An admirable economy seems TO prevail q
Krupp's to wn of Essen. Every workman is
sense q partner, because outside OF his wage
Asum aecru es aud is put aside for hIm, &C
oording to the profits of the shop in which b
works At the end Of sixteen years it woul
nsually yield as much per week as his wages
Muple men can live we'll on twenty -oue cent
Aday The Beesd Company Of Essen supple
bread pure To the hands at cost price Rret
secret of the ohenpuess is that there are II
nidalemeu and no illct or dishonest Gsir
made on anything.
The first OFF cial batch of statistics born
the Moffst register, IN Virginia, shows tia
rom the middle of September last to the lat
Eebruary the people of Richmond took .c3 Ct
alcoholic aud 70G 67G malt drinks. LeaviI
ont the liquids purchased in large quAntit'
for excluaige home consumption, :he reGist
would chronicle an average of 900 600 dIin
per annum. Adding the registered and
simnted unregistered (ouo-third m"re) drinl
the allowance will bu dOo drinks per voter,
. drinks utr annum for every man, woma
and child in the ctty.
Investigate into the opium-h abts of re
dents ot the Shenandoah valley, reveals t
fact that in the town of Stauntun 100 poun
of the drug are sold every week. Many you
WSmen aud " ladies OF the first families" {
Rlaves of the habit A local newspaper says IL
public attention was first called to tae sulj'
from the fact that woman sent her horses
Ae sold tina: she might use the money to pit