The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-03

MANY American Places Named After
Saints.-Outside of California there
are twenty-five places in the United
States named ST. Mary and nineteen
places bearing the name st. Joseph,
the next highest in the list. The total
number of places in the United States
named after saints is 263, thirty-seven
of these being Spanish names in Cali
fornia, Texas and New Mexico.
Catholic Colonization Society Or
uanized.-Twenty-si priests met at
the Southern Hotel in st. Louis on the
End inst, with Archbishop Glennon
presiding, and after two days con-
ference organized "The Catholic Colon
ization Society of the United States
It's object is to induce the estimated
100000 Catholics who annually come
to this country to settle on farms in
stead of in the cities.
New Sisters School in Oklahoma
David Blubaugh, of Tonkawa, Okla,
has started movement to have a
Catholic Sisters school established at
that place and has donated the old
public school building, which he re-
Gently purchased, for that purpose,
together with all it's furnishings. The
school will be ready for opening in
September.
Annual Report of st. Vincent de
Paul Society of PhiIadeIphia.-At the
General Meeting of the Philadelphia
St. Vincent de Paul Society, 81 Con-
ferences reported $3.50 visits to poor
families and an expenditure of $685.
900. At it's summer home last year
it took care of 1900 children.
Large Request to Charty.-Miss Ell
len Haggerty, nearly ninety years old,
died at her home in Brooklyn some
time ago. For many years she was
employed in a Brooklyn department
store as a hat trimmer, and no one
suspected until her will was filed in
the Surrogates office on April 13 that
she had been garnering her little saw
ings The aged toiler left nearly $780,
900 to charities.
Many Descendants Of Literary Men
Cathoic.-It will interest many to
know, says an exchange, that among
living descendants of great men OF
letters, the following are Catholic
A daughter each of Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and
Canon Kingsley; grandchildren of
Charles Dickens and Bulwer Lytton;
all the direct descendants of Lord
Byron and Sir Walter Scott, and neph-
ews and nieces of Thackery, Hallam
and Froude.
Great Falls CathedraI.-St. AIMS
Cathedral, Great Falls, Mont, is most
stately and imposing in appearance. 1t
stands as a worthy monument to the
commendable enterprise, energy and
devotion of the worthy prelate of Great
Falls, the Right Rev. Bishop Lehman.
Within the short period of five years
after his arrival in the city this beau
tiful house of worship, costing approx
imately 100000, was erected and COM
pleted.
Academic Degree for Sister of St.
Joseph.-Among, the names of the
graduates of Queens University, Tor
onto, just announced il that of Sister
Mary Pauline, of the Sisters of st.
Joseph, of the Diocese of Peterboro,
Ontario, who obtained the degree of
Bachelor of Arts at the examination
just closed.
Rockefeller Gift to Catholic Orphan
age.-Mr. Rockefeller has promised
the st. AIMS Orphan Asylum and
Maternity Home, Cleveland, $4,000.
provided the remaining debt of $4,000
be met by other friends. 1t has $50 in
fants and in "a years has sheltered
$4,000 children.
Rector of Laval University Made a
Member of the Royal Society of Can
ada.-Rev. Amedee Gosselin, Rector of
Laval University, Quebec, and Super
ior of the Seminary, has been named a
member of the Royal Society of Can
ada, section of French Literature
Father Gosselin has already made a
name for himself in Canadian letters.
He has devoted himself particularly
to history and his latest work on
Public Instruction in Canada Under
French Rule" has been most favorably
received.
Senator Platt's Home Bought by
Sisters.-Tioga Lodge, formerly the
home of the late Senator Thomas C.
Platt at Cromwell Lake, N Y, has
been sold to the Congregation of the
Religious of Jesus and Mary, who will
have charge of the educational work
in the parish schools of Hartman after
September next