The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
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ST. Paul, MINI. - George w
Roberts and his wife ouarreled at
the outbreak OF the civil war, he join
ing the union army, she following the
confederate cause and becoming a
nurse They lost trace of each other.
Not long ago a patient of Mrs. Rob
erts recognized a picture of Mr.. Rob
erts in a locket worn by the nurse.
As they had been married in Mexico.
in 1853, they applied for license to
remarry, but being told their mar
rage bonds had not been broken, they
left the courthouse happy, and now
are preparing to take another honey
moon trip to Mexico. Mr.. Roberts is
- years old and his wife is 40.
Chicago, Ill-Hemmed i'm bv
fire in an upper story. Mrs e. !
Cox today tied her year-oId baby be-
tween two pillows and threw the in
tant out of a window The bundle
was safely caught by neighbor. who
then climbed porch and assisted
MRS. Cox across a slippery roof and
down to the street The woman's
home was practically destroyed
NeWdru, n. J.-No one in this
section of the state has found
house cleaning more profitable than
mas Miss Ida Simonson, who got
$1,000 as the result of her annual
oVerhauling of her homestead in YER
non, n. j. While cleaning a closet
she lifted a loose board in the floor
and brought to light the treasure. $500
In gold and the remainder in bills
OIL large denomination. The money
was probably hidden there about forty
years ago by relative who died soon
after.
Rome. = Pope Plus sent this
Christmas greeting to America:
With particular affection we i'm
part the apostolic blessing to the
church in America. May its work be
crowned by the best results for the
glory of God and the salvation of
souls"
Baltimore, Md.-Cardinal Gibbons.
IN response to a request for
Christmas sentiment, wrote the fol-
lowing:
Christmas is day of gladness for
all men. Not only do the more COM
Portable share their gifts with their
poor brothers, asking their PRAYERS in
return, but each and all. rich and
poor, young and old, are again made
rich and youthful in the hopes and
promises of the newborn savior-all
seem to feel what the angels sang
at Bethlehem: Glory TO God in the
highest and on earth peace to men of
good will
New York. 'Send for Mary.
think I'm dying" said Thomas
Cooley, 73 years old, to the watchers
at his bedside in Jersey City Christ
mas eve; but the watchers only made
feint to tell Mary, for in the next
room she, too, lay dying.
Husband and wife had both been
stricken with pneumonia and both
were so i'll that neither had been in
formed of the others danger.
Send for Tom; think the end Is
here now," said Mary in the next room
an hour later; but the watchers only
pretended to tell Tom, for he was
dead. Mary followed him twenty min
utes later.
Rome. The pope's Christmas
began when he gave au-
dience to the cardinals, the lay and
ecclesiastical members of the house
hold and the commanders of the papaI
troops, all of whom were presented
with his greetings.
Two cumulative audiences consti- |
tute the only formal Christmas cele- |
bration at the vatican. Saturday the
pope was alone and granted no audi |
ences. He celebrated midnight mass
in his private chapel with his sisters |
and his niece. He dined in their COM |
pany on Christmas.
Ordinary midnight mass was said |
in st. Peters cathedral and also in |
the principal churches. The pope had |
no brother to keep him company this |
year, hence he is lonelier than usual |
The vatican was nearly deserted, as |
most of the people employed there |
pass the holidays at their homes
Owing to the cholera scare, there |
are few foreigners in Rome this year. |
hence the holly and mistletoe hawked |
about the streets remain for the most |
part unsold.
Dublin, Ireland.-At the last meet
ing in the East Vavan United Irish |
league, the Rev. P. O'Connell referred |
to the increasing taxation in this coun-
try. and asked whether the people
were going to allow themselves to be
robbed. English taxation would, if
not checked, reduce the people to
penury, he said.
Dublin, Ireland.-The Rev. Cannon
Sheehan. Doneraile, speaking at a
reunion at Ballyvonore, |
said that every girl who was not mar
lied at twenty was an old maid, and