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Show An Interesting Relic. ,A New Orleans paper states that the old iron cross, cast in the year 1720 and placed in the steeple of St. Louis cathedral. ca-thedral. New Orleans, is now numbered num-bered among the treasured relics in the Louisiana Historical society. The cross, which is fourteen feet high, with arms six feet long, was blown from Its fastenings during the hurricane of September 18, 1309. Very Rev. J. M. Naval, the vicar general of the diocese, presented the cross to the historical society after having it polished up and given a new coat of paint. It will be an interesting relic of old-time church days in the metropolis of Louisiana. |