The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-09
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Edmund f. Dunno, formerly chief
Justice of Arizona and eX-distrlct Judge
of Nevada. One hundred thousand
acres of land are to be sold at the
lowest possible price.
Relic of st. Anne.-The Church OF
our Lady of Mt. Carmel, at Astoria
/, l. has received a relic of st. Anne,
which is the gift of the Archbishop
of Montreal and is from the SHRINE
of st. Anne in Quebec.
Good Shepherd Campaign.-In Kan
sas CITY the Sisters of the Good Shep-
herd have Woman's Auxiliary They
undertook a campaign for one hundred
thousand dollars in aid of the Sisters.
AT last accounts, the campaign in
progress had reached the sum OF
$4,000.
Cross on ghway.-Residents OF
Prince George County, Maryland, are
developing plans for the erection OF
a monster calvary cross at Bladens-
burg, the starting point of the Blad-
ensburg to Annapolis state memorial
highway, for the soldiers, sailors
and marines who gave their lives In
the war.
Priests Harvest Crops.-The sum-
mer school students Of Notre Dame
University, and even the priests of the
University, assisted in the harvesting
of the exceptionally heavy crops on
the acres of the institution. One tract
of 200 acres yielded 5000 bushels
wheat; another of $50 acres more
than was expected.
Noted Pastor is Dead.-The Rev.
Michael ]. Hagerty, D. D., pastor OF
st. Joseph's Church, Chrome, n. j.,
for two years secretary to the late
Bishop McFaul and former chancellor
of the Trenton Diocese, died on July
10 at st. Peters Hospital, New Bruins
wick following a prolonged illness.
Memorial Arch for Officer.-The
Alumnae Association of st. Mary S
College, Kansas, has voted not only
to build the memorial arch to honor
Lieutenant Fitzsimmons, a member of
the association and the first American
officer killed in France, but to also
build a Science hall to cost at least
$4,000.
Storm Damaged Church.-The re-
cent storms damaged the Church of
the Gesu in Milwaukee to the extent
of $4,000. The great window in the
west transept, picturing the Ascen-
sion was blown in by the gale, which
accompanied the thunder storm, and
this gave the wind full sweep upon
the corresponding window at the east
transept, and it was blown out bodily.
These windows were the largest in
Wisconsin and cannot be replaced for
$4,000. The east window represented
the alteration Of the Magi and was
presented by the Romadka family,
while the west window, only half of
which was destroyed. was given by
the Lonstorf family.
Friend of Indians.-The sum of
$500 has been bequeathed to the
Indian Bureau by DR.. Michael J. Grit
fifth, the late Deputy Register of Wills
for the District of Columbia. Like his
late brother, Father Paul Griffith, the
revered pastor of st. Augustine S
Church for colored people, he was a
staunch friend and benefactor of the
Indian. For several years he audited
the accounts of the Bureau of Catholic
Indian Missions.
Founder of Shrine.-Rev. Joseph P.
Gleaden, formerly pastor of the
Church of st. John the Evangelist in
Defiance, Ohio, has died at the age of
II in Luxembourg, according to infor-
nation from overseas. Father Glea-
den had been doing parochial work in
Defiance for twenty-three years,
when he retired five years ago, and
shortly afterwards went to live in his
native village in Europe. Father Glea-
den was the founder of the shrine of
Our Lady of Consolation at Carey,
Ohio, which he dedicated on the Feast
of st. Luke the Evangelist, October
10, 1874. In 1877 he guilt the paro-
chial school at Carey.
Venerable Priest Dead.-Very Rev.
Canon c. F. Mittlebronn, retired pas
tor of st. Rose de Lima Church, New
Orleans, and the oldest priest and
canon in the diocese, passed to his
reward last week. For sixty-nine
years Father Mittlebronn had served
as priest in the Archdiocese of New
Orleans; over thirty years was he
pastor of st. Rose de Lima Church
of which he was the first rector. For
the past twenty-five years he has
been the retired rector. Father Nit
tlebronn was born in 1927, in Lorraine
France. In 1850 lie was ordained a
priest.
Named for Saints.-Every Catholic
American school boy and school Cir
at least should know that the Missis
sippi rived was named in honor Of
the Blessed Virgin by Father Mar
quette, who discovered the Upper Mis-
sissippi, and was the first to sail dowr
that mighty stream, says the Ave
Maria The Connecticut river wa,