The Irish standard., 1894-09-29
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Il woman to be admitted to the bar in Ill;-
nois, OF, indeed, any other state. She Il I
graduate OF the Chicago Law School.
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The smallest woman living today Is
said to be Mile. Pauline, OF Holland, Of
q respectable family, who Is 18 years old.
weighs 10 pounds, and is ! foot 9 inches
tall.
The dryest place in the world is that
part Of Egypt between the two lower
falls Of the Nile. Rain has never been
known to fall there, and the inhabitants
donot believe travellers when told that
4 water can fell from the sky.
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It seems likely that the Eiffel Tower
will be taken down. The committee in
charge of the competition for the build
lngs for the Paris Exposition of 1900 has
just agreed that the architects may dis
card the tower in their designs.
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The capitol at Washington has cost
more than $50, 100000. 1t covers three
and q half acres, the dome is 307 feet
high and 1876 in diameter, and is exceed.
ed in size only by st. Peters in Rome,
St. Paul's in London, the Invslides in
Paris, and st. Isaac's in st. Petersburg.
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| The affection of the people of Ireland
for our Holy Father, the Pope, is en-
phasized by the Peters pence collection
OF this year, which is larger than: at any
time since 1850, the date of the first col
lection for the Pope. The diocese OF
Dublin alone contributed about $4,000,
which is remarkable showing. 81"
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If all plans are carried OUT there will
soon be three Catholic summer schools
in this country. The Catholics of the
West, on this side of the Rocky noun
tains, are apparently going to work in
serious earnest to establish one tor
themselves, and word now comes that
one is to be opened on the Pacific coast
Of sound Catholic education there can
not possibly be too much.
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Father James Hofzugott, who died
recently in Baltimore, and who was the
oldest Passionate priest in America, was
Jew. He was priest for over half q,
century. His secular name was Moses
Welsch. He was born at Altenstadt,
Bavaria. He wrote the memoirs: Of his
career. This book is now at Rome, and
has not been made public, as the vener-
able author desired that his death should
precede it's publication.
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Cardinal Gibbons has received a letter
from Right Rev. DR.. John Leonard, vicar
apostolic Of the Western district of Cape
Colony, calling attention TO the probable
appearance in this country of "tour or
five gentlemen" who called themselves
Catholic priests in communion with
Rome, and thus procured letters from
Catholic Bishops of Natal and Orange
Free State, as we'll as the perfect apos-
tolic OF Transvasl. 1t appears that these
mon, for the purpose of collecting. money,
have represented themselves Is priests Of
some Oriental rite in communion with
Rome. DR.. Leonard in his letter says:
"They were about to visit America, IS
well as Great Britain and Ireland an
all the English colonies, and they left
here Wednesday last, July Is, for th at
purpose"
The death at the age Of 81, of Mr..
Gillespie O'Dwyer, the manager OF one
of the best known sheep farms on the
River Platte, Buenos Ayres, took place
on July 26. Mr.. O'Dwyer was native
of Dublin, was the bosom friend OF the
great O'Connell, and member of Parlia-
ment for many years. Deceased was
| school fellow of the unfortunate Mr..
Burke who was assassinated in Phoenix
Park. He went to South America some
80 years ago, and in his administration
of the Joint Stock Estancia Company, in
Entire Rios, proved himself to DO one OF
the best practical sheep farmers on the
Platte. The wool from his estancia al
ways commanded the very highest price
in the market, and the San Guillermo
brands we're we'll known in the English
wool markets. His long residence in
Entire Rios endeared him to the whole
country around, and his funeral at Gu
aleguay, when the whole town and dis
trict turned out, was an eloquent proof
of the universal esteem in which he was
held.
Mr.. Thomas Crosbie, editor Of the Cork
Examiner, who has been elected pren-
dent of the Institute of Journalists, which
has been holding it's annual conference
at Norwich, was for years the literary
coadiutor of the late Mr.. j. r. Mcguire,
M. p, and his successor in the editorship