The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-25
ST. LOUIS NEWS.
now ST. PATRICK's DAY WAS CELE-
HRATED I'm ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis Board Of Health ana Doctors
Diplomas A Queer BOdy-snaich-
Ing Trtal-st. Louis to Try a
Mfstfck Krewe Procession.

noon. 1t was at first decided 10 have parade
Monday instead of Sunday but this proposition
was reconsidered and st. Patrick's Day was
chosen for the celebration of st. Patrick's Day.
The principal church services were held at Ut.
patrick,s Church, and lasted from early In the
morning until nearly o'clock in the afternoon.
Solemn High Mass was celebrated by Father Nc
Laughlin. of the Church OF the Holy Angels, and
the customary panegyric on the life OF St..
Patrick was pronounced by Father Brady. OF
f. the Annunciation Church. The parade took
place In the afternoon. the procession forming
at a O'Clock. on the corner OF Broadway and
Howard streets, and disbanded at O'Clock on
Lucas Market Place. The procession consisted
3 Of tWenty-six different Irish societies, number
tng between fifteen and twenty thousand mem
bers a company of State militia, German
i Catholic society knights OF st. Joseph. an es
n cort or mounted police and a large number of
citizens In carriages. The streets were rather
dusty, but In other respects the day was a
splendid one for marching. and the parade
feature OF the days celebration was a grand
success. Most OF tho houses passed by the pro-
4 cession were decorated with Irish and American
\ fiags, and every window was filled with faces.
and the streets themselves were so crowded that
the procession had to move very slowly. The
route taken by the procession was about seven
II miles long. and ran In front of score or more
Of Catholic institutions. including st. Patrick's.
7 Et. Joseph's. st. Bridget's. st. Lawrence
sO'Toole's and st. Johns Churches st. Mary's,
sSt yincent's and st. Joseph's Orphan Asylums
the Church OF the Immaculate Conception. st.
AIMS Infant Asylum, st. Louis University.
Visitation Convent. Loretto Academy. House OF
The Good Shepherd and several parochial
schools.
The annual banquet Of
THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PATRICK
was given on Monday night ut the Lndel
Hotel. This Is one OF the bon-ton organiza
s tions of st. Louis; Its members being for the
most part representative men OF the city. AL
though essentially an Irish society, 1t extends
the hand Of fellowship to men Of other nation
alities,. and although revering the. religious
Il men 81 OTHER reig IONS. Among the guests
or the Knights at their banquet Monday night
were Jews and Professionals. as we'll as Catholics !;
and Germans, Frenchmsn. Scotchmen, Eng
lishmen and Anglo Americans. as we'll as Irish
THE ST. LOUIS BOARD OF HEALTH
have been trying for some time to enforce the
4 provisions Of 9 city ordinance. and their own
rules made under the ordinance prohibitng the
physIcians and allowing none one 70 register That
are not graduates Of medical colleges in good
ss e sse a hav %g rs n T. decide sad
sented, themselves Of the Health Commits
Hh Rs asT aSf thy w'f g. fsss
sse 81 s fss dssss os EnS hs S e9y s
College. the name q which have forgotten In
charged with having sold diplomas. and the
charges have been substantiated to the salts
Sic s Ct e e. hSsEa ho as" Eclectic College
been before the board several times. IN de-
Tense Of his. institution. but the diplomas
s1adk r 10 nth nfit
nized By the Health Commissioner, who
has charge Of the registration books. Several
oa sa q heS no bs s bns a g.
to continue the practice Of medicine In the city
40 heretofore. with the ayoyed intention Of
the ordinance and the rules made by the Board
Sf Health n pursuance Of t. In case any Of Dr.
y 20 issue burial certificates for the bodies, and
A number Of doctors who were practicing
left the city since the new rules went into effect.
Several others who claim to, be regular medi-
have i been lost Or destroyed have been granted
elapses tthe number OF days or weeks being
fish their claims to the satisfac ion Of the board
One Of these physicians is Dr T., 3 A. Macarthur.
was SIG graduate ' 81 the University Of GLASGOW
Scotland Last week the Health Commissioner
received 2 letter from the Glasgow University
A.
ever received q diploma. from that institution:
20 Dr.. Macarthur will have to move to some
other city II he desires to continue the practice
a novel criminal case was decided couple of
days ago by the St. Lonis Court Of Appeals
1 principal point on which the appeal was based
a was In regard to the ownership of coffin after
as hs Naon out E e p 19eDke
q The wagon, 9 body and coffin, showed that
course followed. Body snatehine In this STATE
handed that Doepke be sent to the penitentiary.
being the stealing 81 the coffin. Ii the trial The
defense claimed that the owner Of = a
is placed in the grave and that for that reason
eoihns are not property at al IN the meaning OF
hand o aen Whou mapset Vaue and
court decided adversely to the objections raised
was held and the defendant convicted. The
rulings 81 the court were excepted to and the
court hs rnnss g
and Doepke must go to the pententiary.
THE ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED woRKMEN
are holding the annnal meeting Of their su
but none. ! believe. from Louisiana. The order
was founded by few railroad men and me-
I and now numbers. according to the annual re-.
port OF the supreme recorder, over 40. 900 mem
hers. "Workmen" disclaim all connection with
the "Workingmen." and they disoountenance
strikers. they say. and all measures of that
character for increasing the wages of the labor
ing classes The principal object OF the order
is life insurance. They give no benefits to
sick or disabled members of their order. or to
organizations do. but simply insure every
members life for $4,000
THERON BARNUM.
prominent citizen of st, Louis. and one of the
United States. died here last Sunday at the age
OF seventy five years. Mr.. Barnum was native
4 After teaching school for several years he went
into the hotel business. and remained in it the
balance Of his life. more than half century.
NUNS Hotel. in Baltimore. and a few years
afterwards was proprietor OF the Philadelphia
in 1889. and for the next twenty two Years he