Evening star., 1886-11-23


PASTORAL LETTER.
Archbishop Oorrigans pastoral letter 20 the
people of his diocese was referred 10 briefly In
yesterdays STAR. The remarks OF the arch
bishop In relation 10 the rights OF individuals
10 acquire and hold property are OF special
interest and Significance. He begins by warn
ing his people against certain unsound rrin-
ctpies aud theories which assail the rights OF
property" and continues follows:
Undoubtedly God made the earth for the use
OF all mankind: but whether the possession
thereof WAS 10 be In common or by individual
ownership WAS len for reason To determine.
such determination. judging nom the facts OF
history, the sanction OF law, from the tesching
bravest of mankind, has been and 10 that man
can, by lawful acts, become possessed OF the
s Q, a.e Tss IN sno no' n s,e y,
strictly entitled TO that OF which no is The pro-
oucing cause, 10 the improvement he brings
about In IL and the enjoyment OF both. But lt
is clear that in a Iarm, TOR instance which one
mas, oy patient toll, improved In value; In -
block OF marble out OF which one has chiseied
provement he has caused unless he has also tho
right 10 own the object thus improved He has
a ss s.iiet @ rlght-and evil are the laws and sys.
TENS which ignore it-either To ownership and
ehioyment or 10 a full com prehension for the
Improvement which is his. To strive to base
an arxunent against ownership In land by
reasoning on the universal distribution OF air
ana light Us only freak of the imagination.
so,'. nce me-. aeny the right OF ownership and you
soW ene SEED oi stagnation i'm human enter.
prise,' y proceeds the archbishop. "Who would
Durrow the earth 10 draw forth its buried treas
the mercy OF the passer-by whom It's riches
might attract: Who would watch with easor-
ness ne tns season when TO SOW and 70 reap. and
10 gather the harvest which IL the very fruit OF
MS labor, IL be is told that those who stand BY
the wayssde idle are equally entitled To its en-
loyment: True, indeed, An many painful in
stances the rghts OF the toiler are trampled ON.
ana the fruits of his labor snatched nom hss
grasp. true, this Is done too frequently with
n a lon ft.o
law. Inis Is the evil that needs redress but
sucn redress can never be brought about by
aenying a fundamental right or by perpetratil.g
radical wrong"
PRINCEToN CoLLEcE-The board OF trustees
OF the College of New Jersey held their regular
autumn meeting AT Princeton ON ThursaSy OF
iast week, there being full attendance OF tho
board. A suggestion by President Nc, losh thaI
steps be taken TO transform the college into "a
university met with hearty approval of ina
board, which referred the matter to the COM
mittee on curriculum, and two other members
oil the board. In the course of President Nc
Gosh report he says: IL AIN happy to be able 10
have entered this year than Ia apy preyious
year In the history OF the College OF New Jer.
sey. In the academic Department. lao; in the
scientific, 80; total, 40. This makes iorty or
nifty students above the average. BESIDES these.
nfty-two meaning TO enter next year, have had
preliminary examination"
HE trustees adopted plan, TO 20 into imme-
ulate elect, for the appoin tment OF committee
oi students To represent the college i'm confer
an n
selected by the students themselves. The plan
Was approved by the faculty, and has been
muca desired by The students. A COMMITTEES
OIL the board was also appointed 10 confer with
alumni associations in various parts of the
country with a view TO formulating practica-
PIC scheme for alumni representation In the
SALE OF LARGE COAL LPRoPERrY.-The coal
thracte company were sold 10y auction at
scranton, Pa, last saturday, by Sherin Lewis
breaker. % coal mioe ioes,S nnd Z, a sSo acres with
5Oo acres OF coal land with two breakers and
openings. Two executions lad been issued
tavor OF the Second National Slnk OF Wilkes
Barre Tor $4,000. and the other for N similar
amount Ia favor OF X ID. Lacoe. both founded
upon unpaid interest coupons on The bonds OF
The corporation. The property was 81. d subject
To charge of S99O.0O0, being the par value of
aoie i colnPetlticn the purchaser was declared 10
be X Il. Dow, oil New York, for S5O0VoO The
value OF the property is estimated at 81 500 OOu.
TROUBLE BETWEEN PRIEST AND PEOPLE
The trouble between pastor and people in s.
feters German Catholic church, in i,ineston,
MI, which has attracted widespread al .e Etion
along the hudson valley Tor some time past
assumed a new phase sunday. The Rev. Father
Selgiach, the chief priest, stated at the altar
that "A petition which the members OF The
church nat sent 10 Arch hbishop C.lriran ON
Thursday last asking that he be removed had
been thrown into that diguiLary's waste basket
because IL was insulting Ia iis tenoI. The priest
stated that he had decided 10 abolish Tie uoard
OF trustees and all other Offices, and that ba
would handle All the church finances Sunday
school moneys included bc SAID le WAS ..boss -
and lac ordered the church treasurer and Others
10 hand over the funos in their possession to
him. He also said that ne proposed to run the
church as IL should be, without any uudy's helm.
John II. Derenbacner, the treasurer of Ulster
county, and other prominent mem mbers rose up
and walked out oI the church. Father seils.
lachs discontented parishioners charge that lie
finances, and that he works tie growler.S
They Say that they will build u new church q
their own.
WATCHMAN LAREINs FATAL SHoT.-Dayid
Kane, who WAS shot in the temple by Night
atcbman Patsy Larkin, near the Roildoui.
n. Y, National bank, III about 1880 O'clock
night, died AT two o'clock sunday
morning without regaining consciousness. Lar
KIN says that the dead man, a companion
named Grimes, and AN abandoned woman
named "kea Lena attacked him. The woman
was found Sunday. She says tuat she and the
two men were standing on Romer a Trompers 9
dock, when Larkin came along. and some nos
words followed. The party walked from the
dock 10 the bank building. Grimes walked up
the street, and the woman says she followed
him. They had gone about a block when she
heard a pistol shot she ran back and found
Kane lying in a pool Of blood Oh the sidewalk.
She says that Officer Larkln told her 10 "keep
her mouth shut" and tnaI ii she told what she
had heard he would make 1t hot for her
Grimes and the woman are locked up in ialL
The night watchman has good record. Iho
dead man had been a c;inaler ior u lew yexrs,
BROKE HIS RIB IN PRIZE HING.-A prize
fight WAS fought in an ice house near Peoria.
ILL.,, early Sunday morning between Chas Me-
Coy, cousin OF the well-k nown pugilist Pete
McCoy, and Prof. Woods, a lighter oI some ex-
perience. VINO has lived IN St Louis and Deca.
tur. Mccoy succeeded in knocking out Woods
in the sixth round by heavy blow under the
ear. McCoy got out oil town SUNDAY morning.
Woods was brought 10 Peoria insensibie and 10
In hiding. II Is said he has rib broken.
A fsny IN IA Dx.xr-
ING WHITE WoMEN.-A dispatch from Detroit,
Mich, November II, says: A colored man
named George Harris, unuer arrest ON a charge
OF thieving, has been accused Of a more serious
crime. Mrs. Markie, q white woman with whom
lac has been living since August 30, declares
that he administered to her a ur;g and by this
means obtained complete mastery over her
will. Mrs. Markle abandoned a pleasant home
and faithful husband, vino has since removed
10 distant part Of the state. She becomes al.
most frantic when the negros name Is men,
toned in her hearing. she says that Harris
trifiing job, and that one day while at work.
hearing her complain OF "A headache, he pre-
vailed upon her 10 take a dose OF medtcine--a
sure cure-since which time she maintains that
She has not been morally responsible for her
acts. Another peculiar feature Of the case In
that q lady calling al the police station to iden-
THY some stolen property went into nystcrics
W hen she discovered Harris behind tue barx.
and howled like maniac, declaring that sue
would have him out at all hazards.
RED STAR COUGH CURE-It brings glad tiar
lngs; it's curative effects are wonderful.
MAkRlEn.
DREW-NEWYAHRO On November 9th 1886 k0