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Oechtering's cousin, Father John Oechtering , arrived Saturday, September 17th. Bishop Joseph Dwenger succeeded in obtaining a priest from the Congregation of the Precious Blood at Minister, Ohio to take his place. Father John Oechtering's throat is better, but he is not fully recovered. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Hudson's correspondent no doubt refers to the Sweetman colony in Minnesota. Spalding thinks it a safe investment, but since his information is limited he refers Hudson to Bishop John Ireland . He requests back numbers of the Ave Maria. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Ryder was afraid Hudson was shocked by the rough way he enclosed the notice of Father James Fitton . He was glad to hear Professor Joseph Lyons . Ryder will see about the portrait of Chaucer next week. He suggests Hudson dedicate the book to Archbishop Patrick Feehan :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Lambing returns 18 pages of proof. He received the money order Hudson forwarded with the letter from Galveston. He has applied for copyrights on his pamphlet entitled "Masses". Lambing has written an article on medical advertisements for Hudson and has stopped the Catholic for that reason. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4to. 1p.

Scope and Contents Dorsey received the money order for $30, but her name was written Anna A. Dorsey. Will Hudson please have another money order sent. Dorsey describes the funeral of President James A. Garfield . It is one of the most pathetic and causeless tragedies Dorsey ever knew. She sends some papers to Hudson. Dorsey's two invalid daughters are not yet cured and Clare Mohun's health is in a very critical state. As Nell Ella Loraine Dorsey is out of the city, direct to Dorsey Mohun, her grandson. ::...

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Mannix found few errors in the proof. The new baby has kept her from writing; she now has four children. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Wood is leaving Michigan City and plans to reside in New York. On his way there he would like to stop at Notre Dame and visit Hudson. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Norfleet would be obliged if Hudson could find time to write to him once a month. He thanks Hudson for the copies of the Ave Maria and the pamphlets. Norfleet asks Hudson for an answer to a question proposed by persons of atheistic tendencies. In the assassination of President James A. Garfield, he believes he has an illustration of the doctrine of atonement, which he would present to Mr. Ingersoll. He encloses a few verses for publication in the Scholastic. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp....

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Jenkins has just finished translating a story entitled "Child of Mary", which he submits for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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They ask that Hudson offer a Mass for their deceased parents around September 30. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Gordon requests that Hudson say a Mass for Father Barotti, who is ill. In doing so Hudson would oblige Mother Lucretia at whose request Gordon writes. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Louage calls Hudson's attention to a mistake in the Ave Maria for September 24, 1881, p. 775. Father Frederik Levavasseur, one of the three founders of the Congregation succeeded the late Superior General. The liturgist is Father Leon Levavasseur :: X-2-h A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Enclosed is a sketch of the chapel of St. Stanislaus in Vienna. Her grandmother, her only living relative, whom she came to this country to visit, has suffered a paralytic stroke and is helpless, so she has resigned her position in the Austrian imperial family. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Raoux would like to borrow the 1844 Volumes of Brownson's Review. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Ryder has been ill. He encloses Father Matthew Russell's, S.J., letter and poem; he also sent Hudson a copy of yesterday's Boston Globe which contained a page of Henry W. Longfellow's poems. Mr. Toomey is making the Scholastic interesting. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dallas is waiting to hear from Cheyenne. The pamphlet Hudson sent him in July just reached him. :: X-2-h A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Ebner makes inquires about why he has not received his copy of the Ave Maria during the past three weeks. He has been recalled to St. Meinrad's Abbey, Indiana. Bishop Martin Marty, O.S.B., plans to send two secular priests, Fathers Simon Carew, and Michael P. Horgan to continue missionary work. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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French thanks Hudson for his suggestion concerning the lack of a religious element at the death bed of President James A. Garfield . He sends Hudson a copy of their newspaper, the Standard of the Cross, together with another paper containing items of personal interest. Has Hudson heard from Mr. Perkins ? French read an item recently inferring he had been transferred from Astoria, Oregon to California. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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O'Meara's heavy schedule of work has kept her from attacking Father Jean Besson. She thinks the Ave Maria should get credit for publishing her work, but the publisher is reluctant to agree. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Nugent Robinson is willing to permit McGee's Illustrated Weekly to use a story which is now appearing in the Ave Maria, if it is agreeable to Hudson. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dwenger suggests that if the Ave Maria republishes Father Roh 's, S.J., sermon "Behold Thy Mother", that Hudson clarify the meaning of the devotion Catholics render to Mary. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Lambing sends his article on medical advertisements together with the letter from the priest in Galveston, Lambing asks Hudson to place an advertisement about his pamphlet in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Robinson intends to send the first five installments of his novel, "Geoffrey O'Hara of Ballybunnim" next week. He suggests a payment of six dollars per page for four pages per week for his novel. The editor of McGee's Weekly Illustrated called Robinson yesterday, requesting permission to republish "Corrie-Sheelah". Since Robinson has no right to it, Hudson can make such terms as he wishes. He requests a check for Corrie-Sheelah. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Booth submits an article for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Jenkins sends the manuscript today. :: X-2-h A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Piccirillo presents Hudson with a book recently published by Woodstock College. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Vagnier wishes Hudson could attend his parish's jubilee. He was disappointed at not getting Father Frederick Wiechmann so he asked Father Theobald Schoch, C.P.P.S. Vagnier gives Hudson directions for getting to Leo. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Sister has learned that Mr. Toomey inquired if any of the Sisters from the Scholastic were working on the Ordo and since they were not this was left to the Sisters on the Ave Maria. The arrangement is that Sister Mary Cherubim will work on the Ordo at her recreation. The Scholastic has been late, owing to the ill disposition on the part of the principal worker. She has more difficulty with the Sisters in the Printing Office than with any other employment in the House. :: X-2-h A.L.S....

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Irwin thanks Hudson for returning her manuscript and his criticism of it. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Robinson sends the promised eight installments. He made the chapters fit without injuring the action of the piece. Hudson can have the novel at five dollars a page. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.